We have a copy currently on display in our Anne Lister exhibit. Lister wrote that reading Aristotle's Masterpiece (in a copy confiscated from a maid) left her "in a high state of excitation".
Historian Anna Clark suggests the book was the origin of Lister's knowledge of the clitoris.
Jack Gann
Today’s Find: “Aristotle's Works: Containing the Master-piece, Directions for Midwives, & Counsel & Advice to Child-bearing Women with Various Useful Remedies” by Anonymous. First published 1684; this edition 1704 tinyurl.com/249hkc2f #histmed #medicalhistory
