| [CHAPTER I.] |
| THE JEWS. |
| Prostitution coeval with Society.—Prostitutes in the Eighteenth Century B.C.—Tamar and Judah.—Legislation ofMoses.—Syrian Women.—Rites of Moloch.—Groves.—Social Condition of Jewish Harlots.—Description by Solomon.—The Jews of Babylon. | Page [35] |
| |
| [CHAPTER II.] |
| EGYPT, SYRIA, AND ASIA MINOR. |
| Egyptian Courtesans.—Festival of Bubastis.—Morals in Egypt.—Religious Prostitution in Chaldæa.—BabylonianBanquets.—Compulsory Prostitution in Phœnicia.—Persian Banquets. | [40] |
| |
| [CHAPTER III.] |
| GREECE. |
| Mythology.—Solonian Legislation.—Dicteria.—Pisistratidæ.—Lycurgus and Sparta.—Lawson Prostitution.—Case of Phryne.—Classes of Prostitutes.—PornikonTelos.—Dress.—Hair of Prostitutes.—The Dicteriades of Athens.—Abode andManners.—Appearance of Dicteria.—Laws regulating Dicteria.—Schools ofProstitution.—Loose Prostitutes.—Old Prostitutes.—Auletrides, or Flute-players.—Origin.—Howhired.—Performances.—Anecdote of Arcadians.—Price of Flute-players.—Festival of Venus Periboa.—VenusCallipyge.—Lesbian Love.—Lamia.—Hetairæ.—Social Standing.—Venus and her Temples.—Charms ofHetairæ.—Thargelia.—Aspasia.—Hipparchia.—Bacchis.—Guathena andGuathenion.—Lais.—Phryne.—Pythionice.—Glycera.—Leontium.—Other Hetairæ.—Biographers of Prostitutes.—Philtres. | [43] |
| |
| [CHAPTER IV.] |
| ROME. |
| Laws governing Prostitution.—Floralian Games.—Registration of Prostitutes.—Purityof Morals.—Julian Law.—Ædiles.—Classes of Prostitutes.—Loose Prostitutes.—VariousClasses of lewd Women.—Meretrices.—Dancing Girls.—Bawds.—MaleProstitutes.—Houses of Prostitution.—Lupanaria.—Cells of Prostitutes.—Housesof Assignation.—Fornices.—Circus.—Baths.—Taverns.—Bakers’Shops.—Squares and Thoroughfares.—Habits and Manners of Prostitutes.—Socialstanding.—Dress.—Rate of Hire.—Virgins in Roman Brothels.—Kept Women.—RomanPoets.—Ovid.—Martial.—Roman Society.—Social Corruption.—Conversation.—Picturesand Sculptures.—Theatricals.—Baths.—Religious Indecencies.—MarriageFeasts.—Emperors.—Secret Diseases.—Celsus.—Roman Faculty.—Archiatii. | [64] |
| |
| [CHAPTER V.] |
| THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA. |
| Christian Teachers preach Chastity.—Horrible Punishment of Christian Virgins.—Persecutionof Women.—Conversion of Prostitutes.—The Gnostics.—The Ascetics.—ConventualLife.—Opinion of the Fathers on Prostitution.—Tax on Prostitutes.—Punishment of Prostitutes under the Greek Emperors. | [86] |
| |
| [CHAPTER VI.] |
| FRANCE.—HISTORY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. |
| Morals in Gaul.—Gynecea.—Capitulary of Charlemagne.—Morals in the MiddleAges.—Edict of 1254.—Decree of 1358, re-establishing Prostitution.—Roi desRibauds.—Ordinance of Philip abolishing Prostitution.—Sumptuary Laws.—Punishmentof Procuresses.—Templars.—The Provinces.—Prohibition in theNorth.—Licensed Brothels at Toulouse, Montpellier, and Avignon.—PenaltiesSouth.—Effect of Chivalry.—Literature.—Erotic Vocabulary.—Incubes andSuccubes.—Sorcery.—The Sabat.—Flagellants.—Adamites.—Jour des Innocents.—WeddingCeremonies.—Preachers of the Day. | [93] |
| |
| [CHAPTER VII.] |
| FRANCE.—HISTORY FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO LOUIS XIII. |
| The Court.—Louis IX. to Charles V.—Charles VI.—Agnes Sorel.—Louis XI.—CharlesVIII.—Louis XII.—Francis I.—La Belle Feronniere.—Henry II.—Dianade Poictiers.—Lewd Books and Pictures.—Catharine of Medicis.—Margaret.—HenryIV.—Mademoiselle de Entragues.—Henry III.—Mignons.—Influenceof the Ligue.—Indecency of Dress.—Theatricals.—Ordinance of 1560.—Police Regulations. | [108] |
| |
| [CHAPTER VIII.] |
| FRANCE.—HISTORY FROM LOUIS XIII. TO THE PRESENT DAY. |
| Exile of Prostitutes.—Measures of Louis XIV.—Laws of 1684 and 1713.—PoliceRegulations.—Ordinance of 1778.—Republican Legislation.—Frightful state ofParis.—Efforts to pass a general Law.—The Court.—Louis XIII.—The Medicis.—LouisXIV.—La Vallière.—Montespan.—Maintenon.—Literature of the Day.—FeudalRights.—The Regency.—Duchess of Berri.—Claudine de Tencin.—LouisXV.—Madame de Pompadour.—Dubarry.—Parc aux Cerfs.—Louis XVI.—PhilippeEgalité.—Subsequent Sovereigns.—Literature.—Lewd Novels and Pictures.—Tendency of Philosophy.—The Church. | [120] |
| |
| [CHAPTER IX.] |
| FRANCE.—SYPHILIS. |
| First recorded Appearance in Europe.—Description by Fracastor.—Conduct of theFaculty.—First Hospitals in Paris.—Shocking Condition of the Sick.—New SyphiliticHospital.—Plan of Treatment.—Establishment of the Salpétrière.—Bicêtre.—Capuchins.—Hospitaldu Midi.—Reforms there.—Visiting Physicians.—Dispensary.—Statistics of Disease.—Progress and Condition of Disease. | [131] |
| |
| [CHAPTER X.] |
| FRANCE.—PRESENT REGULATIONS. |
| Number of Prostitutes in Paris.—Their Nativity, Parentage, Education, Age, etc.—Causesof Prostitution.—Rules concerning tolerated Houses.—Maisons de Passe.—Windows.—Keepers.—Formalitiesupon granting Licenses.—Recruits.—Pimps.—Profitsof Prostitution.—Inscription.—Interrogatories.—Nativity, how ascertained.—Obstacles.—Principlesof Inscription.—Age at which Inscription is made.—Radiation.—ProvisionalRadiation.—Statistics of Radiation.—Classes of Prostitutes.—Visitto the Dispensary.—Visiting Physicians.—Punishment.—Offenses.—PrisonDiscipline.—Saint Denis.—Tax on Prostitutes.—Inspectors.—BonPasteur Asylum.—(Note: Duchatelet’s Bill for the Repression of Prostitution.) | [139] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XI.] |
| ITALY. |
| Decline of Public Morals.—Papal Court.—Nepotism.—John XXII.—Sextus IV.—AlexanderVI.—Effect of the Reformation.—Poem of Fracastoro.—BenvenutoCellini.—Beatrice Cenci.—Laws of Naples.—Pragmatic Law of 1470.—Courtof Prostitutes.—Bull of Clement II.—Prostitution in Lombardy and Piedmont.—ClericalStatute.—Modern Italy.—Laws of Rome.—Public Hospitals.—Lazaroniof Naples.—Italian Manners as depicted by Lord Byron.—Foundling Hospitals.—True Character of Italian People. | [154] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XII.] |
| SPAIN. |
| Resemblance between Spanish and Roman Laws on Prostitution.—Code of AlphonseIX.—Result of Draconian Legislation.—Ruffiani.—Court Morals.—Brothels.—Valencia.—Lawsfor the Regulation of Vice.—Concubines legallyrecognized.—Syphilis.—Cortejo.—Reformatory Institutions at Barcelona.—Prostitutionin Spain at the Present Day.—Madrid Foundling Hospital. | [168] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XIII.] |
| PORTUGAL. |
| Conventual Life in 1780.—Depravity of Women.—Laws against Adultery andRape.—Venereal Disease.—Illegitimacy.—Foundling Hospitals of Lisbon and Oporto.—Singular Institutions for Wives. | [178] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XIV.] |
| ALGERIA. |
| Prostitution in Algiers before the Conquest.—Mezonar.—Unnatural Vices.—Taxon Prostitutes.—Decree of 1837.—Corruption.—Number of Prostitutes and Population.—Nationalityof Prostitutes.—Causes of Prostitution.—Brothels.—ClandestineProstitution.—Baths.—Dispensary.—Syphilis.—Punishment of Prostitutes. | [180] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XV.] |
| BELGIUM. |
| Hospitals and Charitable Institutions.—Foundlings.—Estimate of the Marriage Ceremony.—Regulationsas to Prostitution.—Brothels.—Sanitary Ordinances. | [187] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XVI.] |
| HAMBURG. |
| Ancient Legislation.—Ulm.—Legislation from 1483 to 1764.—French Revolution,and its effects on Morals.—Abendroth’s Ordinance in 1807.—Police Ordinancein 1811.—Additional Powers in 1820.—Hudtwalcker.—Present Police Regulations.—Numberof Registered Women.—Tolerated Houses.—Illegitimacy.—Ageand Nativity of Prostitutes.—The Hamburger Berg and its Women.—Physique,Peculiarities, and Diseases of Prostitutes.—Dress.—Food.—IntellectualCapacity.—Religion.—Offenses.—Procuresses.—Inscription.—Localityof Brothels.—Brothel-keepers.—Dance-houses.—SundayEvening Scene.—Private Prostitutes.—Street-walkers.—DomesticProstitution.—Unregistered Prostitution.—Housesof Accommodation.—Common Sleeping Apartments.—Beer and Wine Houses.—Effectof Prostitution on Generative Organs.—General Maladies.—Forms ofSyphilis.—Syphilis in Sea-ports.—Severity of Syphilis among unregisteredWomen.—The “Kurhaus” and general Infirmary.—Male Venereal Patients.—Sicknessin the Garrison.—Treatment.—Mortal Diseases of Hamburg Prostitutes.—Hamburg Magdalen Hospital. | [189] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XVII.] |
| PRUSSIA. |
| Patriarchal Government.—Ecclesiastical Legislation.—Trade Guilds.—Enactmentsin 1700.—Inquiry in 1717.—Enactment in 1792.—Police Order, 1795.—Census.—Increaseof illicit Prostitution.—Syphilis.—Census of 1808.—Ministerial Rescriptand Police Report, 1809.—Tolerated Brothels closed.—Re-enactment of theCode of 1792.—Ministerial Rescript of 1839.—Removal of Brothels.—Petitions.—MinisterialReply.—Police Report, 1844.—Brothels closed by royal Command.—PoliceEmbarrassment, and Correspondence with Halle and Cologne.—LocalOpinions.—Public Life in Berlin.—Dancing Saloons.—Drinking Houses.—Immorality.—Increaseof Syphilis.—Statistics.—Illegitimacy.—Royal Edict of 1851.—Recent Regulations. | [219] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XVIII.] |
| LEIPZIG. |
| Population.—Registered and illicit Prostitutes.—Servants.—Kept-women.—Brothels.—Nationalityof Prostitutes.—Habits.—Fairs.—Visitors.—Earnings of Prostitutes. | [252] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XIX.] |
| DENMARK. |
| Prostitution in Copenhagen.—Police Regulations.—Illegitimacy.—Brothels.—Syphilis.—Lawsof Marriage and Divorce.—Infanticide.—Adultery.—New Marriage Ordinances. | [256] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XX.] |
| SWITZERLAND. |
| Superior Morality of the Swiss.—Customs of Neufchatel.—“Bundling.”—Influence of Climate. | [259] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXI.] |
| RUSSIA. |
| Ancient Manners.—Peter the Great.—Eudoxia.—Empress Catharine, her dissoluteConduct and Death.—Peter’s Libertinism.—Anne.—Elizabeth.—CatharineII., infamous Career and Death.—Paul.—Alexander I.—Countess Narishkin.—Nicholas.—CourtMorality.—Serfage.—Prostitution in St. Petersburg.—Excessof Males over Females.—Marriage Customs.—Brides’ Fair.—Conjugal Relationsamong the Russian Nobility.—Foundling Hospital of St. Petersburg.—Illegitimacy. | [261] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXII.] |
| SWEDEN AND NORWAY. |
| Comparative Morality.—Illegitimacy.—Profligacy in Stockholm.—Infanticide.—FoundlingHospitals.—Stora Barnhordst.—Laws against Prostitution.—Toleration.—GovernmentBrothels.—Syphilis.—Marriage in Norway. | [277] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXIII.] |
| GREAT BRITAIN.—HISTORY TO THE TIME OF THE COMMONWEALTH. |
| Aboriginal Morals and Laws.—Anglo-Saxon Legislation.—Introduction of Christianity.—St.Augustine.—Prostitution in the Ninth Century.—Court Example.—NormanEpoch.—Feudal Laws and their Influences.—Civil and EcclesiasticalCourts.—General Depravity.—Effects of Chivalry.—Fair Rosamond.—JaneShore.—Henry VIII.—Elizabeth.—James I. | [282] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXIV.] |
| GREAT BRITAIN.—HISTORY FROM THE COMMONWEALTH TO THE PRESENT DAY. |
| Puritans.—Results of Asceticism.—Excesses of the Restoration.—General Licentiousness.—Art.—Literature.—TheStage.—Nell Gwynne.—Nationality in Vice.—Sabbathat Court.—James II.—Literature of the seventeenth and eighteenthCenturies.—Lord Chesterfield.—House of Hanover.—Royal Princes.—GeorgeIII.—George IV.—Influence of French Literature.—Marriage Laws.—Increase of Population. | [298] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXV.] |
| GREAT BRITAIN.—PROSTITUTION AT THE PRESENT TIME. |
| Influence of the Wealthy Classes.—Devices of Procuresses.—Scene at a RailwayStation.—Organization for entrapping Women.—Seduction of Children.—ContinentalTraffic.—Brothel-keepers.—“Fancy Men” and “Spooneys.”—Numberof Brothels in London.—Causes of Prostitution.—Sexual Desire.—Seduction.—Over-crowdedDwellings.—Parental Example.—Poverty and Destitution.—PublicAmusements.—Ill-assorted Marriages.—Love of Dress.—Juvenile Prostitution.—Factories.—ObscenePublications.—Census of 1851.—Education andCrime.—Number of Prostitutes.—Female Population of London.—WorkingClasses.—Domestic Servants.—Needlewomen.—Ages of Prostitutes.—AverageLife.—Condition of Women in London.—Charitable Institutions.—Mrs. Fry’s benevolent Labors. | [312] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXVI.] |
| GREAT BRITAIN.—SYPHILITIC DISEASES. |
| First Recognition in England.—Regulations of Henry VI.—Lazar Houses.—Johnof Gaddesden.—Queen Elizabeth’s Surgeon.—Popular Opinions.—Proclamationof James IV. of Scotland.—Middlesex and London Hospitals.—Army.—Navy.—MerchantService.—St. Bartholomew’s Hospital.—Estimated Extent of Syphilis. | [354] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXVII.] |
| MEXICO. |
| Spanish Conquest.—Treatment of Female Prisoners.—Mexican Manners in 1677.—Priesthood.—ModernSociety.—Fashionable Life.—Indifference of Husbandsto their Wives.—General Immorality.—Offenses.—Charitable Institutions.—The Cuna, or Foundling Hospital. | [359] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXVIII.] |
| CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. |
| Low moral Condition.—San Salvador.—Guatemala.—Yucatan.—Costa Rica.—Honduras.—TheCaribs.—Depravity in Peru and Chili.—“Children of theHouse.”—Intrigue in Lima.—Infanticide.—Laxity of Morals in Brazil and Paraguay.—Foundling Hospital at Rio Janeiro. | [364] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXIX.] |
| NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. |
| Decrease of the Indian Race.—Treatment of Females.—Courtship.—StealingWives.—Domestic Life among the Crow Indians.—“Pine Leaf.”—Female Prisoners.—Marriage.—ConjugalRelations.—Infidelity.—Polygamy.—Divorce.—FemaleMorality.—Intrigue and Revenge.—Decency of Outward Life.—Effects of Contact with White Men.—Traders. | [372] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXX.] |
| BARBAROUS NATIONS. |
| Africa.—Australasia.—West Indies.—Java.—Sumatra.—Borneo. | [385] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXI.] |
| SEMI-CIVILIZED NATIONS. |
| Persia.—Afghanistan.—Kashmir.—India.—Ceylon.—Ultra-Gangetic Nations.—Celebes.—China.—Japan.—TartarRaces.—Circassia.—Turkey.—Northern Africa.—Siberia.—Esquimaux.—Iceland.—Greenland. | [415] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXII.] |
| NEW YORK.—STATISTICS. |
| Schedule of Questions.—Age.—Juvenile Depravity.—Premature Old Age.—GradualDescent.—Average Duration of a Prostitute’s Life.—Nativity.—Proportionof Prostitutes from various States.—New York.—Effects of Immigration.—Foreigners.—Proportionto Population.—Proportion to Emigration.—Dangers ofPorts of Departure, Emigrant Ships, and Boarding-houses.—Length of Residencein the United States.—Prostitution a Burden to Tax-payers.—Length ofResidence in New York State.—Length of Residence in New York City.—Inducementsto emigrate.—Labor and Remuneration in Europe.—Assistance toemigrate; its Amount, and from whom.—Education.—Neglect of Facilities inNew York.—Social Condition.—Single Women.—Widows.—Early and InjudiciousMarriages.—Husbands.—Children.—Illegitimate Children.—Mortality ofChildren.—Infanticide.—Influences to which Children are exposed. | [450] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] |
| NEW YORK.—STATISTICS. |
| Continuance of Prostitution.—Average in Paris and New York.—Dangers of Prostitution.—Disease.—Causesof Prostitution.—Inclination.—Destitution.—Seduction.—Intemperance.—Ill-treatment.—Dutiesof Parents, Husbands, and Relatives.—Influence of Prostitutes.—Intelligence Offices.—Boarding-schools.—Obscene Literature. | [484] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXIV.] |
| NEW YORK.—STATISTICS. |
| Means of Support.—Occupation.—Treatment of Domestics.—Needlewomen.—WeeklyEarnings.—Female Labor in France.—Competition.—Opportunity forEmployment in the Country.—Effects of Female Occupations.—Temptations ofSeamstresses.—Indiscriminate Employment of both Sexes in Shops.—FactoryLife.—Business of the Fathers of Prostitutes.—Mothers’ Business.—Assistanceto Parents.—Death of Parents.—Intoxication.—Drinking Habits of Prostitutes.—DeliriumTremens.—Liquor Sold in Houses of Prostitution.—Parental Influences.—Religionof Parents and Prostitutes.—Amiable Feelings.—Kindness and Fidelity to each other. | [523] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXV.] |
| NEW YORK.—PROSTITUTES AND HOUSES OF PROSTITUTION. |
| First Class, or “Parlor Houses.”—Luxury.—Semi-refinement.—Rate of Board.—Dress.—Money.—LavishExtravagance.—Instance of Economy.—Means of Amusement.—House-keepers.—Rents.—Estimated Receipts.—Management ofHouses.—Assumed Respectability.—Consequences of Exactions from Prostitutes.—Affectionfor Lovers.—Second Class Houses.—Street-walkers.—Drunkenness.—SyphiliticInfection.—Third Class Houses.—Germans.—Sailors.-Ball-rooms.—Intoxication.—FourthClass Houses.—Repulsive Features.—Visitors.—Action of the Police.—First Class Houses of Assignation.—Secrecy andExclusiveness.—Keepers.—Arrangements.—Visitors.—Origin of some Houses of Assignation.—Prevalenceof Intrigue.—Foreign Manners.—Effects of Travel.—Dress.—SecondClass Houses.—Visitors.—Prostitutes.—Arrangements.—Wine and Liquor.—ThirdClass Houses.—Kept Mistresses.—Sewing and Shop Girls.—Disease.—Fourth Class Houses.—“Panel Houses.” | [549] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXVI.] |
| NEW YORK.—EXTENT, EFFECTS, AND COST OF PROSTITUTION. |
| Number of Public Prostitutes.—Opinion of Chief of Police in 1856.—Effects onProstitution of Commercial Panic of 1857.—Extravagant Surmises.—Police Investigationof May, 1858.—Private Prostitutes.—Aggregate Prostitution.—Visitorsfrom the Suburbs of New York.—Strangers.—Proportion of Prostitutes toPopulation.—Syphilis.—Danger of Infection.—Increase of Venereal Disease.—Statisticsof Cases treated in Island Hospital, Blackwell’s Island.—PrimarySyphilis and its Indications.—Cases of Venereal Disease in Public Institutions.—Alms-house.—Work-house.—Penitentiary.—BellevueHospital.—NurseryHospital, Randall’s Island.—Emigrants’ Hospital,Ward’s Island.—New York City Hospital.—Dispensaries.—Medical Colleges.—King’s County Hospital.—BrooklynCity Hospital.—Seamen’s Retreat, Staten Island.—Summary of Casestreated in Public Institutions.—Private Treatment.—Advertisers.—Patent Medicines.—Drug-stores.—Aggregateof Venereal Disease.—Probabilities of Infection.—Costof Prostitution.—Capital invested in Houses of Prostitution and Assignation,Dancing-saloons, etc.—Income of Prostitutes.—Individual Expensesof Visitors.—Medical Expenses.—Vagrancy and Pauper Expenses.—Police andJudiciary Expenses.—Correspondence with leading Cities of the United States.—EstimatedProstitution throughout the Union.—Remarks on “Tait’s Prostitutionin Edinburgh.”—Unfounded Estimates.—National Statistics of Population,Births, Education, Occupation, Wages, Pauperism, Crime, Breweries and Distilleries, and Nativities. | [575] |
| |
| [CHAPTER XXXVII.] |
| NEW YORK.—REMEDIAL MEASURES. |
| Effects of Prohibition.—Required Change of Policy.—Governmental Obligations.—Prostitutionaugmented by Seclusion.—Impossibility of benevolent Assistance.—Necessityof sanitary Regulations.—Yellow Fever.—Effect of remedial Measuresin Paris.—Syphilitic Infection not a local Question.—Present Measures tocheck Syphilis.—Island Hospital, Blackwell’s Island.—Mode of Admission.—VagrancyCommitment “on Confession,” and its Action on Blackwell’s Island.—PecuniaryResults.—Moral Effects.—Perpetuation of Disease.—Inadequacyof Present Arrangements.—Discharges.—Writs of Habeas Corpus andCertiorari, how obtained, and their Effects.—Public Responsibility.—Proposedmedical and police Surveillance.—Requirements.—Hospital Arrangements to beentirely separated from punitive Institutions.—Medical Visitation.—Power toplace diseased Women under Treatment and detain them till cured.—Refutationof Objections.—Quack Advertisers.—Constitution of Medical Bureau.—Dutiesof Examiners.—License System.—Probable Effects of Surveillance.—Expensesof the proposed Plan.—Agitation in England.—The London Times on Prostitution.—Objectionsconsidered.—Report from Medical Board of Bellevue Hospitalon Prostitution and Syphilis.—Report from Resident Physician, Randall’sIsland, on Constitutional Syphilis.—Reliability of Statistics.—Resumé of substantiated Facts. | [627] |