A Penis-shortening Device Described by the 13th Century Poet Rumi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8359712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cornelis W Moeliker (Natural History Museum Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 767-767 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archives of Sexual Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0002 • E-ISSN: 1573-2800 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-007-9249-1 |
| PMID | 17710523 |
| PMCID | PMC2121655 |
| OpenAlex | W2061170060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
With great interest, I read Kompanje’s (2006) clinical case report about a remarkable penis-shortening device invented in 1593 by the surgeon Hildanus. With this letter, I want to point your readers to an even older description of a similar device—not by a medical scholar, but by the great Persian humanist, philosopher, and poet Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207–1273). In his poem, ‘‘The Importance of Gourdcrafting,’’ Rumi vividly describes the sexual interactions between a women and a donkey. I cite here from Barks’ (1995) translation
Art · Humanism · Literature · Penis · Persian · Poetry · Point (geometry) · Sexual behavior · Theology · Genital Health and Disease · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Surgery
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |