Page:Contraception; 1st ed. (IA in.ernet.dli.2015.94163).pdf/283

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

CHAPTER NINE

the year 1527 contain some interesting entries showing the hypocrisy of the pretended sanctity of the Priests—July 12, 1527, "Many citizens complain of the priests of St. Magdalen's who keep a bawdyhouse where there are many bawds. Ordered, that the bawds shall be banished, the lewd women compelled to live in the place assigned to them, and that the said priests shall be severely censured."[1]

The English brothels also were in charge of the Clergy at one time. Interesting accounts of this are to be found in Kitchener,[1] and the "Encyclopædia Britannica," article "Prostitution."

Theilhaber mentions[2] that Arabian doctors knew the protective pessary, and special suppositories impregnated with various chemicals, but unfortunately he does not give any exact reference to the source of his information. I have seen it often stated in reference books and elsewhere that the ancient medical practitioners of Greece, Rome and Arabia derived much of their knowledge from Hindu sources, and were acquainted with the contraceptive

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See many other items of interest in H. T. Kitchener, 1812. "Letters on Marriage." 2 vols. London, 1812.
  2. ↑ Felix A. Theilhaber (1913) "Das Sterile Berlin." Pp. 165. Berlin, 1913.

257

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.