Tractus de usu flagrorum in re Medica et Veneria is a 1639 treatise by Henricus Meibomius (1590–1655). The English title is A Treatise on the Use of Flogging in Medicine and Venery. It was published by the English publisher Edmund Curll.
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It is the earliest printed work on the subject, giving accounts of a number of examples.[1] David Savran declared it was the authoritative text on the subject for two hundred years. In it the author, among other things, “rejoice[s]” to know that when someone doing flogging for sexual gratification was found in Germany, they would be burned alive.[2]
References
edit- ^ Studies in the Psychology of Sex By Havelock Ellis. F. A. Davis co, 1913 p.132 Google Book Search
- ^ Jillian Keenan (9 March 2016). "BDSM isn't a right due to lack of "history," Virginia court says". Slate.com. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
External links
edit- English translation Archived 2008-03-11 at the Wayback Machine of the 1718 edition: A treatise of the use of flogging in venerial affairs: also of the office of the loins and reins / by John Henry Meibomius; made English from the Latin original by a physician. To which is added A Treatise of Hermaphrodites (by Giles Jacob). Publisher: E. Curll, London