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Tractatio qua lupanaria vulgo Huren-Häuser ex principiis medicis improbantur.

1743 · 3606 — Halle 1743. 4to. Johann Christian Hendel Modern wrappers. With woodcut vignet on title woodcut headpiece and large woodcut initial in text. 24 pp. First edition of an interesting treatise on brothels by the German physician Georg Franck Von Franckenau 1643-1704. As stated on title the work was based on a public lecture given at the Heidelberg University in 1674 where the author held a chair in medicine. Franck gives a historical survey of the opinions on brothels and warns for the medical dangers of prostitution.Good copy of a rare and interesting pamphlet.l Gay III 1225; Hayn & Gotendorf II p. 353; Waller 3216; not in Cat. Med. Manchester Library; Cat. 17th Cent. Nat. Libr. of Medicine; Garrison-Morton. unknown