The Goncourt Journals are read today for the duo's continual sniping about their own lack of literary success and for their vivid depictions of the great minds of nineteenth century art and literature — for their gossiping and drinking, talking as much of whores and
venereal disease as literary matters.
Not exact matches
In our post-Nietzschean age of AIDS and rampant
venereal disease, the remark now carries with it a certain unintentional irony, but one finishes reading Bloom's book not entirely sure why erotic relations nowadays are so dreary: Is it because of the relentless reductionism of Freud and Kinsey or because,
as Nietzsche held, Eros and Institution will always be at war — and Christianity, with its rigorous stress on monogamy, now symbolizes for modern society the institution of marriage par excellence?
In this new democracy of sexual desire the invention of efficient and inexpensive contraceptive devices and of improved drugs for the cure of
venereal diseases is regarded
as a signal advance toward the goal of the good life, for now it is possible to engage freely and widely in sexual intercourse with little fear of unwanted consequences, in the form of either offspring or infection.
Profanity abounds, there is cop - show violence, and episodes three and four contain sex scenes with some nudity — though in the true artistic spirit of communist propaganda, they are about
as erotic
as a medical textbook's illustrations of
venereal disease.
Paul assumes that
venereal disease is the divine punishment for homosexual behavior; we know it
as a risk involved in promiscuity of every stripe, but would hesitate to label it a divine punishment, since not everyone who is promiscuous contracts it.
In effect, it often introduced infection, such
as tuberculosis and
venereal diseases, with very serious and tragic consequence,
as reported throughout history.
Sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) also known
as sexually transmissible
diseases, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or (infrequently)
venereal diseases (VD), are
diseases or infections that have a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of sexual contact.
One way to find out was not to treat those who tested positive for the
venereal disease and simply monitor their cases
as they developed.
The paper cites many cases of improvement when Atomidine is given for gum problems,
as an antiseptic after surgery, gastrointestinal problems, urinary tract infections, high blood pressure, goiter, malaria and tropical fevers,
venereal disease, infections of eye, ear, nose and throat, bronchitis and asthma.
These are the «bad» bacteria in your GI tract and are most responsible for
diseases such
as bacterial meningitis, cholera, bubonic plague and certain kinds of
venereal diseases.
The author makes references to the women's suffrage still pending, primitive methods of birth control, and
venereal disease (transmitted by a woman's husband) being categorized
as a «female disturbance», and also more enduring issues such
as Zelda not knowing how finance worked.
Also known
as infectious sarcoma,
venereal granuloma, transmissible lymphosarcoma or Sticker tumor, this
disease is a benign tumor that occurs primarily on the external genitals of both male and female dogs.
Those who breed dogs, though, need to know all about it
as it is an important
venereal disease in dogs.
In traditional medicine in Somalia and Kenya, desert azalea roots are processed to make various concoctions to treat a variety of maladies, such
as killing lice, treating skin
diseases, and even treating
venereal disease.
Writ large in scrawling loose paint and charcoal, Bernstein's wry engagement with text — Uncle Sam Balls Vietnam and Gets V.D. not V.C. (
Venereal Disease not Viet Cong)-- evoked the crude gonzo aesthetics of artists such
as R. Crumb and Wally Hedrick, presaging the later linguistic permutations of raconteurs like Jean - Michel Basquiat and Raymond Pettibone.
Picasso thought of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
as not just his first cubist painting but also
as his first exorcism painting, intended to exorcise his fears of contracting
venereal disease in brothels.
Section 163 also makes it an offence to «advertise instructions, medicine, drug or article intended or represented
as a method for restoring sexual virility or curing
venereal diseases or
disease of the generative organs».
Payment of compensation in respect of death, injury or disablement of insured (a) from intentional self - injury, suicide or attempted suicide (b) whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (c) whilst engaging in aviation or Ballooning, whilst mounting / dismounting from or traveling in any Balloon or aircraft other than
as a passenger (fare - paying or otherwise) in any duly Licensed Standard type of aircraft anywhere in the world (d) directly or indirectly caused by
venereal disease or insanity (e) arising or resulting from the insured committing any breach of the law with criminal intent.
The law states that «a minor has the same capacity
as an adult to consent to treatment for or advice about drug abuse, alcoholism,
venereal disease, pregnancy, and contraception other than sterilization.»