Dissertatio de febribus biliosis; seu historia epidemiae biliosae Lausannensis, An. MDCCLV. Accedit Tentamen de morbis ex manustupratione.
Publication Details
Lausanne: Marc-Michel Bousquet & Soc., 1758 CE.
Tentamen de morbis ex manustupratione translated into French as L'onanisme; ou dissertation physique, sur les maladies produites par la masturbation.Traduit du Latin de Mr. Tissot. Et considerablement augementé par l'Auteur (Lausanne: Antoine Chapuis, 1760). This scholarly and purportedly scientific work on masturbation, which underwent numerous editions and translations, played a significant role in the pseudo-scientific perception persisting through the 18th, 19th and portions of the 20th centuries that masturbation was a debilitating illness. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link. Digital facsimile of the 1760 translation from BnF Gallica at this link. English translation as Onanism; or a treatse upon the disorders produced by masturbation, or the dangerous effects of secret excessive venery (London: B. Thomas, 1766).
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| Entry Number | #10478 |
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| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | lonanisme-ou-dissertation-physique-sur-les-maladies-produites-par-la-masturbation-traduit-du-latin-de-mr-tissot-d-m-et-considerablement-augement-par-lauteur |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Lausanne
Mentioned in annotation: London