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Historical Bibliography Updated: April 7, 2018

Da prostituição na cidade de Lisboa; ou considerações historicas, hygienicas e administrativas em geral sobre as prostitutas, e em especial na referida cidade: com a exposição da legislação portugueza a seo respeito, e proposta de medidas regulamentares, necessarias para a manutenção da saude publica, e da moral.

Publication Details

Lisbon: Typ. Lisbonese., 1841 CE.

In this comprehensive study of prostitution in Lisbon Cruz analyzed the history of prostitution in Portugal and compared it to the practice in Japan, India, Egypt, ancient Greece and Rome, as well as a number of modern states. He defended legally regulated prostitution as a necessary public health measure. The leaves and folding tables between pp. 438 and [552] consist of 13 numbered “Mappas” containing statistical tables and explanations thereof for various districts of the city of Lisbon pertaining to the theme of the book. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#9063
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11242
Author Bio Linkworldcat.org.identities ↗
External URLda-prostituio-na-cidade-de-lisboa-ou-consideraes-historicas-hygienicas-e-administrativas-em-geral-sobre-as-prostitutas-e-em-especial-na-referida-cidade-5-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Lisbon

Mentioned in annotation: Rome