title: [In venerem ignavus: medicine, impotence and law in modern age].
abstract: Surgical and forensic medical texts of modern age classifies male impotence according to two different patterns. If both psychological and functional causes can be admitted as responsible of male disfunctions, physical deficiencies only can be regarded as legal reason to obtain divorce.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Storia della Medicina, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Pathologia, Università degli Studi di Roma, "La Sapienza", I.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gazzaniga
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Frati
mesh_terms: D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000266:history*; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007603:Jurisprudence / Q000266:history*; D008297:Male; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*