Curiositates eroticae physiologiae, or, Tabooed subjects freely treated in six essays, viz : 1. generation. 2. chastity and modesty. 3. marriage. 4. circumcision. 5. eunuchism. 6. hermophrodism, and followed by a closing essay on death / by John Davenport.
- John Davenport
- Date:
- 1875
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Curiositates eroticae physiologiae, or, Tabooed subjects freely treated in six essays, viz : 1. generation. 2. chastity and modesty. 3. marriage. 4. circumcision. 5. eunuchism. 6. hermophrodism, and followed by a closing essay on death / by John Davenport. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![medical attendants. I never left him for an instant during his last moments, and I can certify that we invariably observed in him the same strength of character, though his disease was necessary attended with horrible pain. [Here follows the de- tails of his case.] We positively forbade him to speak in order to prevent the increase of a spitting of blood with which he was attacked; still he continued to communicate with us by means of small cards. If he was not satisfied, he always noti- fied to us his observations. He was, therefore, perfectly sensi- ble to the very last moment, and, consequently, all the absurd stories circulated are deserving of the utmost contempt. It cannot even be said that such and such a person had mentioned this or that circumstance concerning his death, as having been present at it, for at the end everybody was forbidden to enter the room, and those who came to make enquiries respecting the moribund remained in the saloon and the other apartments adjoining. 6 (Signed), Beard.' This statement of Mr. Beard was confirmed to me in all its particulars by Madame de Villette, Voltaire's adopted daughter, who was likewise about his person during his last moments. (Signed), C. Morgan. Lord Brougham, in his Memoir of Voltaire, is obliged re- luctantly to admit on what proved his (Voltaire's) real death-bed that the Cure* came and insisted on a full confession. When the dying man had gone a certain length he was required to subscribe to the doctrine of our Saviour's divinity. This roused his indig- nation, and he gave vent to it in an exclamation which at once](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B20442191_0218.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
