cantharide

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Another not “a sexual practice as such” but related, the legendary cantharide “Spanish fly.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex, Slang, and Pejorative (or at Least Formerly Pejorative) Ethnic Stereotypes: 2007
A 1953 article in Clinical Science describes a medical experiment in which researchers purposely blister the abdomens of 41 children, ranging in age from eight to 14, with cantharide in order to study how severely the substance irritates the skin (Goliszek).

Articles of Health Robert O. Young D.Sc., Ph.D., NMD 2009
1953: A 1953 article in Clinical Science describes a medical experiment in which researchers purposely blister the abdomens of 41 children, ranging in age from eight to 14, with cantharide in order to study how severely the substance irritates the skin

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009