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... circumstance has received the minutest attention . “ On the subjects of
Impotence and Spermatorrhea , those bugbears of so many weak and foolish
persons , and sources of inexhaustible wealth to the quack fraternity , Mr. Acton
discourses ...
... circumstance has received the minutest attention . “ On the subjects of
Impotence and Spermatorrhea , those bugbears of so many weak and foolish
persons , and sources of inexhaustible wealth to the quack fraternity , Mr. Acton
discourses ...
Page x
1. - VIRILITY II . - MARRIAGE III . - SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN MARRIAGE . 124
132 PART II . 148 CHAPT . . DISORDERS IN THE ADULT 1. - Marital ExcEsSES
II . - IMPOTENCE 148 66 154 PAGE 154 Y. Temporary or False Ympotence .
1. - VIRILITY II . - MARRIAGE III . - SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN MARRIAGE . 124
132 PART II . 148 CHAPT . . DISORDERS IN THE ADULT 1. - Marital ExcEsSES
II . - IMPOTENCE 148 66 154 PAGE 154 Y. Temporary or False Ympotence .
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The abstinence must be voluntary , for continence must not be confounded with
impotence . An impotent man is continent in a sense , but his continence , not
depending on any effort of the will , is not what we are now speaking of . nence .
The abstinence must be voluntary , for continence must not be confounded with
impotence . An impotent man is continent in a sense , but his continence , not
depending on any effort of the will , is not what we are now speaking of . nence .
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I have been consulted by persons who feared , or professed to fear , that if the
organs were not regularly exercised , they would become atrophied , or that in
some way impotence might be the result of chastity . This is the assigned reason
for ...
I have been consulted by persons who feared , or professed to fear , that if the
organs were not regularly exercised , they would become atrophied , or that in
some way impotence might be the result of chastity . This is the assigned reason
for ...
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The patient is now frequently reduced to a state of complete bodily and mental
impotence . We need not pursue the progress of the physical disease further here
, as the subsequent symptoms will be more fully described in the chapter on ...
The patient is now frequently reduced to a state of complete bodily and mental
impotence . We need not pursue the progress of the physical disease further here
, as the subsequent symptoms will be more fully described in the chapter on ...
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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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