THE
PLAGUE OF LUST,
BEING A HISTORY OF VENEREAL DISEASE
IN
CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY,
and Including:—Detailed Investigations into the
Cult of Venus, and Phallic Worship, Brothels,
the Νοῦσος Θήλεια (Feminine disease) of the
Scythians, Paederastia, and other Sexual
Perversions amongst the Ancients,
AS CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS
THE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THEIR WRITINGS
BY
Dr. JULIUS ROSENBAUM
TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH (UNABRIDGED) GERMAN EDITION
BY
AN OXFORD M.A.
The Second of Two Volumes
Paris
CHARLES CARRINGTON
Publisher of Medical, Folk-lore and Historical Works
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