Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Histoire de Ma Vie

  • Casanova: Patient Zero and other insights into sexual health in the 1700s

    Beth JaroszWashington, DC, United States Giacomo Casanova, the infamous rake, is responsible for providing historians and anthropologists with a veritable treasure trove of historical health information. His life spanned from 1725 to 1798, and his memoir, Histoire de Ma Vie, recounts nearly every day of his life with meticulous detail, from the most basic breakfast…