{"product_id":"sammelband-of-five-french-medical-theses","title":"(Sexual Health) Sammelband of Five French Medical Theses, 1792-1793.","description":"\u003cp\u003eA group of First Republic-era medical pamphlets published at the Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, under the direction of some of the era's most famous vitalist physicians and chemists, i.e. Paul-Joseph Bartez and Henri Fouquet. The final pamphlet, by Lion, is a rare thesis on sexual diseases caused by excessive or insufficient sexual activity. The epigraph by Voltaire sets the tone with the warning “L'abstinence ou l'excès ne fit jamais d'heureux.” [“Abstinence or excess never made anyone happy.”]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLion speculates on the effects of abstinence in the health of priests and nuns, at risk for “erotic deliriums,” visions, and hysteria. He discusses masturbation and admonishes against marriage between a young woman and an older man. Particularly interesting in the context of the French Revolutionary “reorganization” of the Church.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Only no. 4 is noted in OCLC, with one holding, in Wales. The rest, including Lion, are not recorded institutionally. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDurand, Joanne-Antonio-Guillelmo. De atmosphaera quatenus physicum, chemicum et medicum spectat, selecta quaedam [...]. Monsepelii: J.G. Tournel, et primo Reipublicae [1792]. 51 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuhult, Francisco. Dissertatio anatomico-physiologica de systemate lymphatico seu absorbenti [...]. Monsepelii: J.G. Tournel, 1793. 41 pp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagistel, Gabriel. Collecta quaedam circa naturae morborum cognoscendae necessitatem [...]. Monsepelii: J.G. Tournel, 1793. 29 pp.; closed tear beginning at fore edge, p. 3.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVidal, Joannes-Baptista. Quaedam circa naturae vires, et circa perturbationem virium vitalium [...]. Monsepelii: J.G. Tournel, 1793. 29 pp. Some footnotes in French. Partially a vitalist assessment of epilepsy, just over ten years after its first classification in French.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLion, Laurentius-Basilius. Pensum academicum circa tum continentiae, tum lubricitatis morbos [...]. Monsepelii: Tournel Patris \u0026amp; Filli, 1792. 16 pp. Some footnotes in French.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnbound pamphlets, stitched, 21 x 14 cm, untrimmed. Engraved headpieces, wide margins, some general darkening and light staining or foxing; dampstain affecting gutter of final two pamphlets, else good, sound copies.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graph Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45373001826455,"sku":null,"price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3194\/7671\/files\/IMG_20201116_141035026_ad950f9e-2aca-4f2a-9099-007d3a6a6a19.jpg?v=1744228062","url":"https:\/\/graphbooks.com\/products\/sammelband-of-five-french-medical-theses","provider":"Graph Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}