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Tytuł publikacji grupowej:

Almanach Historyczny

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Παιδίον μὲν γὰρ οὐδεμία ποτὲ γυνὴ λέγεται ποιῆσαι δίχα κοινωνίας ἀνδρός – according to popular belief, no woman is ever able to conceive a child without the help of a man, according to Plutarch, who can hardly be considered an expert on the subject. Although in the ancient world it was universally believed that both men and women were needed for reproduction and that each played their own role in conceiving a child, infertility was usually blamed on the woman, although men whose wives had not become pregnant for a long time might have felt some anxiety. In a patriarchal society where the primary purpose of marriage was to produce a legal offspring, all available methods and means were used to cure genital diseases and treat impotence, including seeking not only human but even divine help. In my paper I will try to present both medical and social aspects of male infertility. For this purpose, I will use both iconographic sources (exvota), such as the texts of Lucretius, Martial, Juvenal, Pliny, Gargilius, the advice preserved in the Cyranides collection, as well as the opinions of the greatest physicians of the time, namely Soranus, Celsus and Caelius Aurelianus.

Miejsce wydania:

Kielce

Opis fizyczny:

s. 11-23

ISSN:

1642-4530

Wydawca:

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach

Data wydania:

2023

Identyfikator:

doi:10.25951/11118

Język:

angielski

Jest częścią:

Almanach Historyczny

Ma część:

t. 25

Typ:

tekst

Format:

application/pdf