"Birth-control methods varied widely around the Islamic world, and there are a great number of texts suggesting a variety of techniques, ranging from coitus interruptus to more bizarre solutions such as suppositories containing rennet of rabbit, âbroth of wall flower and honeyâ and âleaves of weeping willow in a flock of woolâ (a popular option in early medieval Persia). But birth control was not just the womanâs business: male contraceptive techniques included âdrinking juice of watermint at coitusâ, rubbing the juice of an onion or a solution of rock salt onto the end of the penis, or, more alarmingly, smearing the entire penis with tar. Other mysterious solutions to the problems of Islamic family planning included âfumigation with elephantâs dungâ and, stranger still, âjumping backwardsâ."
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