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... moral and therapeutical means , the morbid terrors of the imagination may be
dispelled , and a healthy and hopeful tone of mind restored . ” THE BOSTON
MEDICAL LIBRARY FUNCTIONFRANCIS X. COUNTWAY ISORDERS LIBRARY
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... moral and therapeutical means , the morbid terrors of the imagination may be
dispelled , and a healthy and hopeful tone of mind restored . ” THE BOSTON
MEDICAL LIBRARY FUNCTIONFRANCIS X. COUNTWAY ISORDERS LIBRARY
OF.
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I should specify hereditary predisposition as by no means the least common . It
cannot be denied that as children soon after birth inherit a peculiar conformation
of features or frame from the parent , so they frequently evince , even in the
earlier ...
I should specify hereditary predisposition as by no means the least common . It
cannot be denied that as children soon after birth inherit a peculiar conformation
of features or frame from the parent , so they frequently evince , even in the
earlier ...
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It is now employed to express ejaculation or emission attained by almost any
other means than that of the natural excitement arising from sexual intercourse ,
and in children too young to emit semen , it is liable to produce that nervous
spasm ...
It is now employed to express ejaculation or emission attained by almost any
other means than that of the natural excitement arising from sexual intercourse ,
and in children too young to emit semen , it is liable to produce that nervous
spasm ...
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... the downcast look which seems to arise from a consciousness in the boy that
his habits are suspected , and , at a later period , from the ascertained fact that his
virility is lost . I wish by no means to assert that every boy unable to look another ...
... the downcast look which seems to arise from a consciousness in the boy that
his habits are suspected , and , at a later period , from the ascertained fact that his
virility is lost . I wish by no means to assert that every boy unable to look another ...
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... flag under the accustomed stimulus . There is a case , related by Chopart , of a
shepherd boy who was in the habit of passing a piece of twig down the urethra ,
in order to produce ejaculation , when all other means had failed . PROGNOSIS .
... flag under the accustomed stimulus . There is a case , related by Chopart , of a
shepherd boy who was in the habit of passing a piece of twig down the urethra ,
in order to produce ejaculation , when all other means had failed . PROGNOSIS .
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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.
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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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