256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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How did men cope with sexual health issues in early modern England? This vivid history investigates how sexual, reproductive, and genitourinary conditions were understood between 1580 and 1740. Drawing on medical sources and personal testimonies, it reveals how men responded to bouts of ill health and their relationships with the medical practitioners tasked with curing them. In doing so, this... Read more
List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part One: Sexual Health and the Life Cycle, 1. Disrupting Manly Development: Issues in Infancy and Childhood, 2. A Moment of Crisis: Flagging Phalluses and Failing Fertility, 3. Old Lechers: Ageing Bodies and Manhood in Decline, Part Two: Patients and Practitioners, 4. Embarrassment and Reticence, 5. In 'soe much payne he coud not indure it', 6. Family Matters, 7. Unruly Patients
Biography
Jennifer Evans is a senior lecturer in History at the University of Hertfordshire. To date, she has published widely on men and women’s reproductive histories in the early modern era. Her work has examined understandings of infertility, sexual stimulants, and miscarriage.
