''The Amatory Experiences of a Surgeon'' is a pornographic novel by

James Campbell Reddie James Campbell Reddie (26 November 1807 – 4 July 1878) was a 19th-century collector and author of pornography, who, writing as "James Campbell", worked for the publisher William Dugdale. According to Henry Spencer Ashbee, Reddie was self-taught ...

under the pseudonym of "James Campbell" published in

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(although the title page asserts Moscow) in 1881. The narrative gives a view of Victorian

abortion Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...

References

Iwan Bloch Iwan Bloch (April 8, 1872 – November 21, 1922), also known as Ivan Bloch, was a German dermatologist, and psychiatrist, psychoanalyst born in Delmenhorst, Grand Ducal Oldenburg, Germany, and often called the first sexologist. Together with M ...

, "Anthropological Studies on the Strange Sexual Practices of All Races and All Ages", Minerva Group, 2001, , p. 171 * Alan Norman Bold, "The Sexual dimension in literature", Vision Press, 1983, , p. 116 *

Steven Marcus Steven Paul Marcus (December 13, 1928 – April 25, 2018) was an American academic and literary critic who published influential psychoanalytic analyses of the novels of Charles Dickens and Victorian pornography. He was George Delacorte Professo ...

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The Other Victorians Steven Paul Marcus (December 13, 1928 – April 25, 2018) was an American academic and literary critic who published influential psychoanalytic analyses of the novels of Charles Dickens and Victorian pornography. He was George Delacorte Professo ...

: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-Century England", Transaction Publishers, 2008, , pp. 235–247 * Gowan Dawson, "Darwin, literature and Victorian respectability", ''Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture'' 57, Cambridge University Press, 2007, , p. 128 British pornography Pornographic novels 1881 British novels Novels about abortion Works published under a pseudonym Novels by James Campbell Reddie Victorian era {{1880s-erotic-novel-stub