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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Indeed , with Mr. Acton , the investigation of every circumstance connected with the generative function has been a labor of love ; and we accordingly find that whether as regards the structure , the functions , or the diseases of the ...
Indeed , with Mr. Acton , the investigation of every circumstance connected with the generative function has been a labor of love ; and we accordingly find that whether as regards the structure , the functions , or the diseases of the ...
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THE FUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN THE ADULT . First Division . GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SEXUAL CONDITION OF THE ADULT PART I. CHAPT . I. - VIRILITY II . - MARRIAGE 66 III . SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN MARRIAGE .
THE FUNCTIONS AND DISORDERS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS IN THE ADULT . First Division . GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SEXUAL CONDITION OF THE ADULT PART I. CHAPT . I. - VIRILITY II . - MARRIAGE 66 III . SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN MARRIAGE .
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Taking each period separately , I have first discussed the normal Functions or Conditions of the reproductive organs incidental to it . Having fully explained these by the help of the most recent physiological investigations , I have ...
Taking each period separately , I have first discussed the normal Functions or Conditions of the reproductive organs incidental to it . Having fully explained these by the help of the most recent physiological investigations , I have ...
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In many species of moths no sooner is the perfect insect produced than it proceeds at once to the exercise of the function of procreation , which completed , its own existence ceases . Very different should be the case with the human ...
In many species of moths no sooner is the perfect insect produced than it proceeds at once to the exercise of the function of procreation , which completed , its own existence ceases . Very different should be the case with the human ...
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