It is practiced in the following manner:
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla)
Title
It is practiced in the following manner:
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla)
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla)
Subject
The "Arab regime" of syphilis treatment
Description
It is practiced in the following manner:
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla), very dry, is then sieved. The fine powder resulting is kneaded with an equal part of klwurf (cinnamon), four ounces of raw sugar and two ounces of zetulzebir (ginger), to obtain a paste of which one large spoonful should be eaten daily. The residues from sieving are collected in bags, and are subject to a decoction in two liters of water reduced by half by boiling, to drunk during the day. During the first ten days the patient can only eat a small piece of bread without salt and some raisins; after, he is allowed a little bit of fresh butter with they bread; seven days later can enjoy some warm bites of kouskoussou. From the twenty-second day is served a bit of mutton, boiled rather than roasted, cold rather than hot, and so on, until the fortieth day, still without salt. For the duration of àariz, it is strictly forbidden to be exposed to the wind, to be out in the morning or evening, to smoke, or engage in coitus.
Profuse sweating, a scary weight loss, excruciating stomach pains, diarrhea, these are the effects of this kind of diet, after which I saw poor natives become actually unrecognizable. She has the cure, but was it worth the price of these hardships?
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla), very dry, is then sieved. The fine powder resulting is kneaded with an equal part of klwurf (cinnamon), four ounces of raw sugar and two ounces of zetulzebir (ginger), to obtain a paste of which one large spoonful should be eaten daily. The residues from sieving are collected in bags, and are subject to a decoction in two liters of water reduced by half by boiling, to drunk during the day. During the first ten days the patient can only eat a small piece of bread without salt and some raisins; after, he is allowed a little bit of fresh butter with they bread; seven days later can enjoy some warm bites of kouskoussou. From the twenty-second day is served a bit of mutton, boiled rather than roasted, cold rather than hot, and so on, until the fortieth day, still without salt. For the duration of àariz, it is strictly forbidden to be exposed to the wind, to be out in the morning or evening, to smoke, or engage in coitus.
Profuse sweating, a scary weight loss, excruciating stomach pains, diarrhea, these are the effects of this kind of diet, after which I saw poor natives become actually unrecognizable. She has the cure, but was it worth the price of these hardships?
Creator
A. Bertherand
Source
On Prostitution in the City of Paris, paragraphs 1-3, p. 542
Date
1836
Format
.jpg of .pdf
Language
French
Type
scientific treatise
Files
Citation
A. Bertherand, “It is practiced in the following manner:
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla),” A la Recherche des Femmes Perdues, accessed April 27, 2024, https://onprostitution.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/105.
A heap of very finely pounded A’acheba (sarsaparilla),” A la Recherche des Femmes Perdues, accessed April 27, 2024, https://onprostitution.oberlincollegelibrary.org/items/show/105.