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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This apparent rudeness , often lamented over by anxious parents , may almost be
regarded as a provision of nature against possible danger . At any rate , in
healthy subjects , and especially in children brought up in the pure air , and amid
the ...
This apparent rudeness , often lamented over by anxious parents , may almost be
regarded as a provision of nature against possible danger . At any rate , in
healthy subjects , and especially in children brought up in the pure air , and amid
the ...
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... feelings is different , and sadly premature . He may be apparently healthy , and
fond of playing with other boys ; still there are slight , but ominous indications of
propensities fraught with danger to himself . His play with the girl is different from
...
... feelings is different , and sadly premature . He may be apparently healthy , and
fond of playing with other boys ; still there are slight , but ominous indications of
propensities fraught with danger to himself . His play with the girl is different from
...
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alone repugnant to all we associate with the term childhood , but is also fraught
with danger to dawning manhood . On the judicious treatment of a case such as
has been sketched , it probably depends whether the dangerous propensity shall
...
alone repugnant to all we associate with the term childhood , but is also fraught
with danger to dawning manhood . On the judicious treatment of a case such as
has been sketched , it probably depends whether the dangerous propensity shall
...
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This most dangerous habit is not unfrequently , I believe , produced by irritation of
the rectum arising from worms . In other instances it arises from some morbid
irritability of the bladder . Of the existence of this latter cause another symptom ...
This most dangerous habit is not unfrequently , I believe , produced by irritation of
the rectum arising from worms . In other instances it arises from some morbid
irritability of the bladder . Of the existence of this latter cause another symptom ...
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... steps ( of which cleanliness is the most effectual ) are not taken to check it , the
child will in ignorance handle the organs , and the dangers arising in this way are
much greater than those attendant on mere ablution , especially in cold water .
... steps ( of which cleanliness is the most effectual ) are not taken to check it , the
child will in ignorance handle the organs , and the dangers arising in this way are
much greater than those attendant on mere ablution , especially in cold water .
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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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