The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations |
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From the London Lancet . " The only way by which some of the most important functional ailments and aberrant physiologic states affecting humanity can be rescued from the grasp of the most disgusting and villanous quackery , and treated ...
From the London Lancet . " The only way by which some of the most important functional ailments and aberrant physiologic states affecting humanity can be rescued from the grasp of the most disgusting and villanous quackery , and treated ...
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BY WILLIAM ACTON , M.R.C.S. , LATE SURGEON TO THE ISLINGTON DISPENSARY , AND FORMERLY EXTERNE TO THE VENEREAL HOSPITALS , PARIS , FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MED . AND CHIR . SOCIETY , ETC. , ETC. THIRD AMERICAN FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION .
BY WILLIAM ACTON , M.R.C.S. , LATE SURGEON TO THE ISLINGTON DISPENSARY , AND FORMERLY EXTERNE TO THE VENEREAL HOSPITALS , PARIS , FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MED . AND CHIR . SOCIETY , ETC. , ETC. THIRD AMERICAN FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION .
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I have heard both those statements often made in London and on the Continent - made by men who were no way bound to be celibate , men whom nothing prevented from marriage except the lack of sufficient income .
I have heard both those statements often made in London and on the Continent - made by men who were no way bound to be celibate , men whom nothing prevented from marriage except the lack of sufficient income .
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I have seen many young men in consultation with some of the leading authorities of London , and have rescued them from what has been considered a very dangerous condition . The ordinary remedies for phthisis are of no avail unless we at ...
I have seen many young men in consultation with some of the leading authorities of London , and have rescued them from what has been considered a very dangerous condition . The ordinary remedies for phthisis are of no avail unless we at ...
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In order to satisfy myself that these affections of the heart were not organic , I have met in consultation most of the ablest men in London , and we have come to the conclusion that these patients are suffering from functional diseases ...
In order to satisfy myself that these affections of the heart were not organic , I have met in consultation most of the ablest men in London , and we have come to the conclusion that these patients are suffering from functional diseases ...
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Page 50 - If the balance of our lives had not one scale of reason to poise another of sensuality, the blood and baseness of our natures would conduct us to most preposterous conclusions ; but we have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts, whereof I take this that you call love to be a sect or scion.
Page 47 - In the Spring a fuller crimson comes upon the robin's breast; In the Spring the wanton lapwing gets himself another crest; In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
Page 328 - ... for this night's repetition of the folly ; could he feel the body of the death out of which I cry hourly with feebler and feebler outcry to be delivered, — it were enough to make him dash the sparkling beverage to the earth in all the pride of its mantling temptation ; to make him clasp his teeth, and not undo 'em To suffer WET DAMNATION to run thro
Page 164 - As a general rule, a modest woman seldom desires any sexual gratification for herself. She submits to her husband, but only to please him; and, but for the desire of maternity, would far rather be relieved from his attentions.
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| Title | The Functions and Disorders of the Reproductive Organs in Childhood, Youth, Adult Age, and Advanced Life: Considered in Their Physiological, Social, and Moral Relations |
| Author | William Acton |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | Lindsay & Blakiston, 1871 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 1 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 262 pages |
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