AUDREY B. DAVIS, Circulation physiology and medical chemistry in England 1650-1680, Lawrence, Kansas, Coronado Press, 1973, pp. x, 263, illus., $8.50. The vast majority of those who have investigated the history of the cardiovascular system have looked at the pre-Harveian period or at Harvey's work, and very little attention has been devoted to events immediately after Harvey. Mrs. Davis, howev...

in the case ofRichard von Krafft-Ebing, it was by writing to sexologists with descriptions of sexual behaviour that challenged pathological interpretations. Other sexologists, such as Hirschfeld, were gay themselves, and so projected relatively positive images of homosexuality. This "gay-liberation" trend continued throughout the history of scientific writing about homosexuality. Either the par...