This peculiar work was apparently first published in Latin in 1639
under the title Tractatus de usu Flagorum re Medica et Venereas. This
is the first English translation made in 1898. The author discuses a
number of medical conditions which appear to improve after flogging.
With that term he includes a number of physical punishments such as
whipping, hitting with a rod, spanking, and others alike. One of the
arguments to explain it, is that the punishment improves the blood
circulation of affected organs. Of particular interest is the claim
made by the author, that flogging increases the "venery" of men
(libido and sexual activity). He goes into great detail to prove his
point drawing on writers such as Juvenal, Ovid, Apuleius and Catullus
(to name a few).
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