A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of a learned doctor talking about somebody's pathologies. And then it would get really detailed. And then it would get really sweaty. And then you're like, "This isn't a doctor! I would like to see a degree, Mister!"
![A lot of [erotica] was really interestingly disguised in the 19th-century as medical journals. So it would be in the voice of a learned doctor talking about somebody's pathologies. And then it would get really detailed.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/elizabeth-gilbert/a-lot-of-erotica-was-really-interestingly-disguised-in-the-19th-century-as-medical-journals-so-it-would-be-in.jpg)