The study of ethical conduct in human sexuality, and sexual behavior

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Etching by W. Unger after Titian.

Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by W. Bromley after P.P. Rubens.

A family doctor, an obstetrician, a sensationalist author-doctor and a hypnotist; all pruriently satirised under the guise of moralism, as promoted by James Morison and his pharmaceutical company. Lithograph, 1852.

A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.

A man looms over an old woman, telling her that it will not cost her anything if he has made her daughter pregnant, as she is on welfare support: the daughter lies dishevelled in the background. Colour photomechanical reproduction of lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1902.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by R. Pranker, 176-, after J. (?) Houbraken.

Christ and the woman taken in adultery. Engraving by P. Anderloni after Titian.

A mesmeric physician taking advantage of his female patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.

A gynaecological physician seducing a patient. Colour lithograph, 1852.

94 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

106 pages : black and white illustrations ; 30 cm

Developing sex education in schools : a practical guide / by Gill Mullinar.

Sex & character / by Otto Weininger. Authorised translation from the 6th German ed.

Sex and the social order / by Georgene H. Seward.

Sex life & sex ethics / by René Guyon; translated from the French by J.C. and Ingeborg Flugel with an introduction and notes by Norman Haire.

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Sexual ethics

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Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

Developing sex education in schools : a practical guide / by Gill Mullinar.

Sex & character / by Otto Weininger. Authorised translation from the 6th German ed.

Sex and the social order / by Georgene H. Seward.

Sex life & sex ethics / by René Guyon; translated from the French by J.C. and Ingeborg Flugel with an introduction and notes by Norman Haire.

Sexual ethics

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Works from the collections

Commonsense about sex / by Leonora Eyles.

Developing sex education in schools : a practical guide / by Gill Mullinar.

Sex & character / by Otto Weininger. Authorised translation from the 6th German ed.

Sex and the social order / by Georgene H. Seward.

Sex life & sex ethics / by René Guyon; translated from the French by J.C. and Ingeborg Flugel with an introduction and notes by Norman Haire.

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