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I HAVE in the following pages treated of the Functions and Disorders , as
distinguished from the Anatomy and Pathology , of the reproductive organs . On
the latter topics there are many excellent and exhaustive works , but the former
still need ...
I HAVE in the following pages treated of the Functions and Disorders , as
distinguished from the Anatomy and Pathology , of the reproductive organs . On
the latter topics there are many excellent and exhaustive works , but the former
still need ...
Page xvi
I venture to hope that scarcely a single ailment to which the generative functions
are liable has escaped notice . To each it will be found that I have at least
indicated the appropriate treatment . FIRST PERIOD - CHILDHOOD . THE
FUNCTIONS ...
I venture to hope that scarcely a single ailment to which the generative functions
are liable has escaped notice . To each it will be found that I have at least
indicated the appropriate treatment . FIRST PERIOD - CHILDHOOD . THE
FUNCTIONS ...
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On the judicious treatment of a case such as has been sketched , it probably
depends whether the dangerous propensity shall be so kept in check as to
preserve the boy's health and innocence , or whether one more shattered
constitution and ...
On the judicious treatment of a case such as has been sketched , it probably
depends whether the dangerous propensity shall be so kept in check as to
preserve the boy's health and innocence , or whether one more shattered
constitution and ...
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PREVENTIVE TREATMENT . — The first point to be observed will already have
suggested itself - cleanliness . Yet I have never heard of any steps being taken by
those having the care of youth to induce boys to adopt cleanlier habits in this ...
PREVENTIVE TREATMENT . — The first point to be observed will already have
suggested itself - cleanliness . Yet I have never heard of any steps being taken by
those having the care of youth to induce boys to adopt cleanlier habits in this ...
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1 CURATIVE TREATMENT . — If the practice of masturbation be ascertained to
exist , steps must be at once taken to check it . In young infants the habit may be
corrected by the ordinary mode of muffling the hands , or applying a sort of strait ...
1 CURATIVE TREATMENT . — If the practice of masturbation be ascertained to
exist , steps must be at once taken to check it . In young infants the habit may be
corrected by the ordinary mode of muffling the hands , or applying a sort of strait ...
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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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