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Aphrodisiacs --- Aphrodisiaques --- Love philters --- Love philtres --- Love potions --- Philters --- Philtres --- Drugs
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voodoo priesthood --- hexes --- sexual control --- talismans --- love potions --- games of chance --- summoning spirits --- spells --- symbols
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American Indian medicine men --- plants --- animals --- magic rituals --- modern science --- magic power --- Indian cures --- sorcery --- witchcraft --- love potions --- herb medicines --- Indian diseases --- visions --- dreams --- ceremonies --- the magic of name giving
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It was common knowledge in early modern England that sexual desire was malleable, and could be increased or decreased by a range of foods - including artichokes, oysters and parsnips. This book argues that these aphrodisiacs were used not simply for sexual pleasure, but, more importantly, to enhance fertility and reproductive success; and that at that time sexual desire and pleasure were felt to be far more intimately connected to conception and fertility than is the case today. It draws on a range of sources to show how, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, aphrodisiacs were recommended for the treatment of infertility, and how men and women utilised them to regulate their fertility. Via themes such as gender, witchcraft and domestic medical practice, it shows that aphrodisiacs were more than just sexual curiosities - they were medicines which operated in a number of different ways unfamiliar now, and their use illuminates popular understandings of sex and reproduction in this period.
Aphrodisiacs --- Fertility, Human --- Reproduction --- Amphimixis --- Generation --- Pangenesis --- Procreation --- Biology --- Life (Biology) --- Physiology --- Sex (Biology) --- Embryology --- Generative organs --- Theriogenology --- Human fertility --- Natality --- Demography --- Human reproduction --- Infertility --- Love philters --- Love philtres --- Love potions --- Philters --- Philtres --- Drugs --- History. --- Effect of drugs on --- England. --- Angleterre --- Anglii͡ --- Anglija --- Engeland --- Inghilterra --- Inglaterra --- Aphrodisiacs. --- Scottish freedom. --- aphrodisiacs. --- aristocratic achievement. --- domestic medical practice. --- early modern England. --- fertility. --- gender. --- medicine. --- political governance. --- reproduction. --- reproductive success. --- self-governance. --- sexual desire. --- sexuality. --- witchcraft.
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Cleopatra-a brave, astute, and charming woman who spoke many languages, entertained lavishly, hunted, went into battle, eliminated siblings to consolidate her power, and held off the threat of Imperial Rome to protect her country as long as she could-continues to fascinate centuries after she ruled Egypt. These wide-ranging essays explore such topics as Cleopatra's controversial trip to Rome, her suicide by snake bite, and the afterlife of her love potions. They view Cleopatra from the Egyptian perspective, and examine the reception in Rome of Egyptian culture, especially of its religion and architecture. They discuss films about her, and consider what inspired Egyptomania in early modern art. Together, these essays illuminate Cleopatra's legacy and illustrate how it has been used and reused through the centuries.
Queens --- Egypt, Ancient. --- Art, Ancient --- Egypt --- Architecture, Ancient --- Egypt. --- Religion. --- Cleopatra, --- Rome --- History --- Kings and rulers --- ancient egypt religion. --- ancient egypt. --- ancient egyptian architecture. --- ancient egyptian rulers. --- ancient egyptian women. --- ancient history. --- ancient pharaoh. --- ancient roman politics. --- ancient rome. --- classical studies. --- cleopatra afterlife. --- cleopatra and egypt. --- cleopatra and rome. --- cleopatra love potions. --- cleopatra vii. --- early modern art. --- egyptian culture. --- egyptian religion. --- egyptomania. --- historic women figures. --- imperial rome. --- life of cleopatra. --- political history. --- roman history. --- rome and egypt. --- women in history. --- Cléopâtre vii (reine d'égypte ; 0069-0030 av. j.-c.) --- Cléopâtre vii (reine d'égypte ; 0069-0030 av. j.-c.)
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death of the Gods --- Christianity --- demons --- the Bride of Corinth --- the Middle Ages --- Robin Goodfellow --- the Serf --- the Spirit of Hidden Treasures --- diabolical possession --- Satan --- the Devil --- King of the Dead --- the Solonaceae --- charms and love potions --- Blue Beard and Griselda --- witches' Sabbaths --- the Black Mass --- Sabasia --- The Black Mass --- decadence --- persecutions --- The Malleus Maleficarum --- France --- Spain --- The Basque Witches --- Gauffridi --- the Nuns of Loudun --- the Nuns of Louviers --- Satanic possession --- Madeleine Bavent --- Illuminism --- Father Girard --- Charlotte Cadière --- the Convent of Ollioules --- Jesus --- religious renovation --- the Inquisition --- witchcraft
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Testosterone has inspired dreams-of restored youth, recharged sexual appetites, faster running, quicker thinking, bigger muscles-since it was first synthesized in 1935. This provocative book investigates the complex, bizarre, and sometimes outrageous history of synthetic testosterone and other male hormone therapies. Exploring many little-known social arenas-both inside and outside the medical world-in which these substances are becoming increasingly available and accepted, Testosterone Dreams examines the implications and dangers of their use in professional sports, in the workplace, in our sex lives, and beyond. Testosterone Dreams tells the story of testosterone's growing and sometimes concealed influence in our culture over the past 70 years. It explores such controversial topics as the invention and marketing of the male menopause, the disturbing history of hormonal and other medical treatments aimed at boosting or suppressing women's sexuality, and hormone doping in sporting events such as the Tour de France and the Olympics, and in Major League Baseball. It brings to light the hidden use of hormone doping by policemen, soldiers, and other workers in a variety of jobs. It also discusses the burgeoning steroid use in the gay community and its relation to AIDS, and takes a hard look at the pharmaceutical industry's promotional campaigns to create new markets for testosterone products. Testosterone Dreams is the first book to bring together the whole story of testosterone and to consider its social and ethical implications: Where does therapy end and performance enhancement begin? How are changing medical technologies affecting how we think about our identities as men and women and the elusive goal of "well-being"? This book will be essential reading as we move inexorably toward the wide-open, libertarian pharmacology that is now making these drug regimes available to a wider and wider clientele.
Testosterone. --- Hormone therapy. --- Menopause --- Testosterone --- Longevity. --- Aphrodisiacs. --- Love philters --- Love philtres --- Love potions --- Philters --- Philtres --- Drugs --- Life, Long --- Life extension --- Life span prolongation --- Long life --- Prolongation of life span --- Age --- Health --- Life spans (Biology) --- Old age --- Androgens --- Estrogen replacement therapy for menopause --- Hormone replacement therapy for menopause --- Hormone therapy --- Endocrine therapy --- Hormones --- Therapeutics --- Therapeutic use. --- Physiological effect. --- Estrogen replacement therapy --- Hormone replacement therapy --- Therapeutic use --- Aphrodisiacs --- Longevity --- 613.83 --- 796.011.5 --- 796.011.5 Ethiek van de sport. Fair play --- Ethiek van de sport. Fair play --- 613.83 Narcotics --- Narcotics --- Physiological effect --- 20th century. --- aids. --- aphrodisia. --- athletes. --- controversial topic. --- ethics of testosterone use. --- hormone dipping. --- hormone doping. --- hormone therapy. --- hormone treatments. --- male hormones. --- masculinity. --- medical community. --- medical technologies. --- medical treatments. --- men and women. --- muscle building. --- pharmacology. --- professional sports. --- scientists. --- sexual appetites. --- sexuality. --- social perspective. --- social sciences. --- soldiers. --- steroid use. --- synthetic testosterone. --- testosterone.
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