It was a weakness In me, but incident to all our sex.

2003: Overall, Cullen defined insanity (‘vesania’) as a nervous disorder. — Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 311)

Tattoos, in particular, are not the radical brandings, the bold violations of flesh and propriety, they once were.

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