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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... show a nervous susceptible temperament , which always requires careful attention . The cases in which an operation may be required on the prepuce are for the surgeon's decision , and are not within the scope of our present remarks .
... show a nervous susceptible temperament , which always requires careful attention . The cases in which an operation may be required on the prepuce are for the surgeon's decision , and are not within the scope of our present remarks .
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... 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 which is , in the adult , accompanied by ejaculation .
... 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 which is , in the adult , accompanied by ejaculation .
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... nervous symptoms set in , such as spasmodic contraction , or partial or entire convulsive movements , together with epilepsy , eclampsy , and a species of paralysis accompanied with contractions of the limbs . " ( Vol . i , p . 462. ) ...
... nervous symptoms set in , such as spasmodic contraction , or partial or entire convulsive movements , together with epilepsy , eclampsy , and a species of paralysis accompanied with contractions of the limbs . " ( Vol . i , p . 462. ) ...
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Provided the vicious habit is left off , or has not been long practised , the recuperative power of Nature in the boy soon repairs the mischief , which appears to act principally on the nervous system , 1 for in very young boys no semen ...
Provided the vicious habit is left off , or has not been long practised , the recuperative power of Nature in the boy soon repairs the mischief , which appears to act principally on the nervous system , 1 for in very young boys no semen ...
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He might be further informed that many of the sicknesses to which we are subject may be traced to this cause , and that many of those complaints set down as nervous debility , much languor and loss of spirit , much feebleness of mind ...
He might be further informed that many of the sicknesses to which we are subject may be traced to this cause , and that many of those complaints set down as nervous debility , much languor and loss of spirit , much feebleness of mind ...
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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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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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