Curiositates eroticae physiologiae, or, Tabooed subjects freely treated in six essays, viz. : 1. generation. 2. chastity and modesty. 3. marriage. 4. circumcision. 5. eunuchism. 6. hermophrodism, and followed by a closing essay on death / by John Davenport.

  • Davenport, John, 1789-1877.
Date:
1875
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Credit: Curiositates eroticae physiologiae, or, Tabooed subjects freely treated in six essays, viz. : 1. generation. 2. chastity and modesty. 3. marriage. 4. circumcision. 5. eunuchism. 6. hermophrodism, and followed by a closing essay on death / by John Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Attempts to explain the immaculate conception.—Celibacy, evils of; opinion of the Emperor Augustus respecting it . 41 Effect of celibacy upon longevity .... 42—3 Chastity often confounded with continence; the difference between them . . . . .45 ESSAY III. MARRIAGE : Marriage defined ..... 47 Object of—Burke’s observations on ... 48 Marriage esteemed by the Jews and the Christians far before virginity.—Paley’s remarks on the use of marriage . 48—9 Observations of Toland, Grotius, Erasmus, Lubrity, Hume, Robert Owen, adopt the same view of marriage . . 49 Different opinion of Shelley .... 49—51 Agreement of the Canon and the Roman law as to the object of marriage . . . . . 51 Little respect shown to matrimony in the feudal times . . 52—4 The number of marriages decreases in proportion as a nation hastens to its decline, instances.—Marriage protects morality, society, and the laws ; celibacy necessarily produces adultery, prostitution, and, in many cases, irregular and unnatural desires . . . . . 55 Bossu’s remarks and note .... 56 The French revolution of 1789 chiefly caused by the licentious¬ ness of the two preceding reigns.—Bussy Rabutin quoted . 36 A regular college for the accommodation of the detestable vice of Sodomy instituted in Paris, and to which belonged many of the highest nobility, including Monsieur the King’s brother.— Indignation of the King, Louis XIV., who orders one of the royal princes to be horsewhipped in his presence.—Punish¬ ment of the offenders, &c.—Breaking up of the society . 56—9