The preventive obstacle; or, Conjugal onanism
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Turner and Mignard Printers and Publishers |
Publication date | 1870 |
The preventive obstacle; or, Conjugal onanism is the English translation by P. De Marmon of the third French edition of Louis François Étienne Bergeret's book Des Fraudes dans l'Accomplissement des Fonctions Generatrices (1868). It was published in 1870 by Turner and Mignard Printers and Publishers.[1] In the book, Bergeret used his nineteenth century clinical case studies to demonstrate his anti-contraception beliefs and his theory that sexual excitement without conception was "fraud", which leads to uterine inflammation, "indirect infanticide", and various physical and psychological illnesses in women.[2][3][4] In 1874, the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London library ordered the book to be burned.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Book reviews". Medical and Surgical Reporter. 22 (16). Philadelphia: 326. 16 April 1870.
- ^ Finn, Michael (2009). "Female Sterilization and Artificial Insemination at the French Fin de Siècle: Facts and Fictions". Journal of the History of Sexuality. 18 (1): 26–43. ISSN 1043-4070.
- ^ van de Walle, Etienne; De Luca, Virginie (2006). "Birth Prevention in the American and French Fertility Transitions: Contrasts in Knowledge and Practice". Population and Development Review. 32 (3): 529–555. ISSN 0098-7921.
- ^ Smith-Rosenberg, Caroll; Rosenberg, Charles (2013). "1.The female animal: medical and biological views of women and their role in nineteenth century America". In Mangan, J. A.; Park, Roberta J. (eds.). From Fair Sex to Feminism: Sport and the Socialization of Women in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Eras. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-135-17570-2.
- ^ Wade, P. (August 1962). "The history and development of the Library of the Royal Society of Medicine". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 55 (8): 627–636. ISSN 0035-9157. PMID 14004280.
Further reading[edit]
- Bergeret, Louis François Étienne (1974). The preventive obstacle; or, Conjugal onanism. New York, Arno Press. (translated by P. De Marmon)
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