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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men

The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.

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  • Curd ball preventative : a safe and effectual preventative of wool or curd ball in sheep and lambs and hair balls in calves : it instantly arrests inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestines : general directions...
  • The government of cattel. Divided into three books. The first, treating of oxen, kine and calves: and how to use bulls, and other cattel, to the yoke or fell. The second, discoursing of the government of horses; with approved medicines against most diseases. The third, discoursing the order of sheep, goats, hogs, and dogs; with true remedies to help the infirmities that befall any of them ... Also, perfect instructions for taking of moals; and likewise for the monthly husbanding of grounds / Gathered by Leonard Mascal.
  • The government of cattel. Divided into three books. The first, treating of oxen, kine and calves: and how to use bulls, and other cattel, to the yoke or fell. The second, discoursing of the government of horses; with approved medicines against most diseases. The third, discoursing the order of sheep, goats, hogs, and dogs; with true remedies to help the infirmities that befall any of them ... Also, perfect instructions for taking of moals; and likewise for the monthly husbanding of grounds / Gathered by Leonard Mascal.
  • Astley's pneumonic mixture for the pleuro-pneumonia or lung disease, in cattle, horses, sheep, &c. : shake the bottle / prepared only by John Astley.
  • A practical treatise on variola ovina, or small-pox in sheep, containing the history of its recent introduction into England; with the progress, symptoms, and treatment of the disease; also the experiments instituted to ascertain its peculiar features, and the best means to avert its fatal consequences / [James Beart Simonds].
  • A practical treatise on variola ovina, or small-pox in sheep, containing the history of its recent introduction into England; with the progress, symptoms, and treatment of the disease; also the experiments instituted to ascertain its peculiar features, and the best means to avert its fatal consequences / [James Beart Simonds].
  • Ointment for the scab in sheep / prepared by Cary Cocks and Roper.
  • Concentrated sheep dip : labelled poison by the new pharmacy regulations and containing not less than 25 per cent of phenols : directions for use...
  • Luigi Marchelli, a Genoese surgeon, obtains from a sheep matter for inoculation against smallpox. Coloured etching, c. 1807.
  • Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.
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