Medieval people took the idea that the food they consumed could influence their sex lives seriously.
Medicine and the Body
Intimate Worlds: Exploring Sexuality Through the Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Library is a rich source of material for the study of historical attitudes towards sex and the human body.
The Erotics of Shaving in Victorian Britain
Beardedness in nineteenth-century Britain had definite implications for manliness and sexuality.
Love, Lust and Procreation: Debating Sex in Nineteenth-Century Medicine?
Nineteenth-century medical texts contain recommendations on how to navigate love and marriage.
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