Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 707

DANIEL DEFOE (1661?-1731) A treatise concerning the use and abuse of the marriage bed. Printed for T. Warner 1727 vi, 406 pp. 19.5 cm.

Best known as a writer of novels, including Robinson Crusoe, and as a political pamphleteer, Defoe is credited with writing more than 500 works during his career as a merchant, political activist, and author. An accomplished writer with a plain and direct style, in this monograph he satirizes many aspects of marriage and sexual ethics. The book was published anonymously, and Defoe's name does not appear in it.

Cited references: Wellcome II, p. 441

Gift of John Martin, M.D.