Collected Item: “Sheltered from laymans’ eyes’: sex in the RCP library”
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Contribution Title
Sheltered from laymans’ eyes’: sex in the RCP library
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Rare books and special collections librarian, Katie Birkwood looks at a once controversial book that relates to LGBT+ history and explores changing attitudes in society and the medical profession.
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Title page of Psychopathia sexualis with especial reference to contrary sexual instinct: a medico-legal study
Content Type
Blog
Subject (1)
History of Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Subject (2)
LGBTQ+ History
Subject (3)
History of Medicine
Geographical Area (1)
Britain and Ireland
Time Period
18th-19th Century
Time Period (2)
20th Century
Contribution URL
https://history.rcp.ac.uk/blog/sheltered-laymans-eyes-sex-rcp-library