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 I NT R DUCTI O ON .

N PR E SE N I NG the following T p age s to the M al e Se x I ,

have had a tw o fol d obje ct i n Vl e W First a d e sire to b e n

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e fi t t h e risin e n e r ation — to w arn the youth o f o ur l and o f the

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V IL — an d t e ac h the m how to shun it to prev e nt Dis e as e and
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t he de g e n e ration o f t he R ac e an d to l e ad as far as m ay b e the

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e rri ng b ac k into t he path o f VI R TUE and adm onish th e m to ,

w alk in it My s e c on d obje c t is to b e n e fit thos e who by th e

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i ndul ge n c e o f evil habits hav e be c o m e the vi ctims o f D ise as e

a n d a r e ady pr ey fo r Charl at ans an d quac k s W hos e only ob ec t is
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t o fle e c e th e m o ut o f the ir m on ey an d o ft e n l e ave the m wors e
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in b ody an d m in d .

I am aw ar e o f the op p osition an d o f the pr ejudi c e that I

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h av e to ov e r co m e an d the c e ns ure that I am s ur e to bring do wn

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upon m y h e ad b ut all o f th e s e do not m ov e m e or t urn m e from

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t he gre at o bjec t o f m y li fe whi c h is to pre v e nt an d r e li e v e suf

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fe ri ng .

de arre ade r
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Now, t r havin g giv e n m e a fair an d i m parti al

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he aring if yo u are favorably im pre ss e d W ith the truths pre s e nt

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e d t e ll yo ur fri e n ds an d ai d m e in the Ci r c ul ation o f this p am

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hl et an d thus b e the m e ans o f doin g good to your fe llow m an

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T H E AU THO R .
 NE RVO
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US VIT ALITY .

PR E LI MINAR Y RE M AR "S .

NE of the most im portant systems o f the hum an frame is:

the n e rvous . Upon a h e althy n e rvo us syst e m d e p e nd a .

he althy m in d an d body Be ing the s e at of int e llig e n c e it e x

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t e nds its i nflue n c e to ev e ry part o f the body T he brain is a. .

p art o f in fac t the gre at n e rve c ente r T o the brain b e long the
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int e ll e c tual fac ulti e s ; to the Spin al n e rve the vital powe rs re
fle c t e d to the mus c ul ar syste m Und e r ordin ary h e althy c on di
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tions the two s e e m to e x e rc is e a mi x e d influe n c e on all parts o f

the body . For e x am pl e distre ssing int e llig e n c e ofte n c aus es
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the sto m ac h to r ej e c t its c ont e nts or r e fus e to r e c e iv e m ore

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Al arm ing n ews fe ar

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the h e art to fl utt e r and p alpi

t ate an d in some p e rsons c aus e the bl add e r an d int e stin e s t o

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e vac uat e th e ir c ont e nts O n the c ontrary a prop e r de gre e o f

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corpore al e x e rtion stre n gth e ns the mus c ul ar fun c tions W hil e an ,

e x c e ss W ill d e bilit at e .

That the s e ve ral n e rvo us influe n c e s are s e at e din the c e ntraE '

p art o f the n e rvous system th e re c an b e no doubt ; fo r instan c e

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if by ac c id e nt the c ir c ul ation of a n e rv e or the c ontin uation is

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c ut o ff from o n e li m b animal l ife an d the int e ll e ctual op e rations

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go on uninte rrupt e d in the o the r p art o f the body I n som e .

anim als the brain m a b S e v e r e d fro m t he Spin al n e rv e at a c e r

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t ain point an d life stil l re m ai n b ut if the Spin al n e rv e b e p en e

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t rat e d or divid e d d e ath is the r e s ult thus Showing the b rain the
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se at o f int e lli e n c e an d the Spin al n e rve the s e at o f li fe

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 NE nvo us VI TALITY . 5

T he following som e o f the m any physi c al fun ctions ove r

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w hi ch the n e rvo us syste m pre si de s

D IGE STIO N the whol e pro c es s
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.I M asti cation ;
II I n Swallowi ng ;
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I I I I n D ige sting an d the Absorption of Chyl e an d fin ally

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I V T he p as s age o f the e fle t e m att e r o ut o f the bo dy

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T he e x ist en c e o f this influe n c e is prov e d fro m the fac t that -

s e p aratin g t he p ar v a u m n e rv e de stroys the pow e rs o f dig e stion

g .

R e s piration the m e chani c al ac t by whi c h the thorax is e nl arge d

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t o adm it o f the in t ro duc t io n o f ai r de p e nd up on the phr e ni c

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a n d inte rc ost al n e rv e s I f th e s e n e rve s b e divid e d or a li ga

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t ure appli e d to the m the ch ang e s in the blood produc e d by

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re spi ration c e a s e an d the ani m al di e s

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Se c re tion abso rption e xh al ation an d ani m al heat all are de

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p e n d e nt up on t h e int e grity o f t h e n e rvo us syst em T h e ac tion .

o f t he h e art s e ns ation an d vol untary m oti on are d e pe ndant

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up on the s am e influe n c e .

T his m uch I h av e writt e n to c onv ey so m e id e a " to the ge n e ral

re ad e r o f t he i m p ort ant influ e n c e e xe r c is e d ov e r the bo dy by
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t he n e rvo us syst e m an d the gr e at n e c e ssity o f e stablishing an d
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m aint ainin g a h e althy c ondition o f this vital prin c ipl e .

W he n the n e rve forc e is lo w e r e d all the fun c tions o f the sys

t e m are affe c t e d in pro p ortion It is to the influe n c e ov e r se
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c re ti o n s e s p e ci ally o f t he s e m in al s e c re tion th at I pro os e to

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d ire c t the atte ntion o f the r e ad e r No s e c ret ion o f the syst em

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re quire s so m uc h n e rv e for c e in the form ation as this — o n e o z .

re quirin g m or e pow e r th an forty o un c e s o f blood ; or in oth e r ,

w ords the loss o f o n e o un c e o f the fluid is e qual to the loss o f

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f orty oun c e s o f blood Ne e d w e wond e r the n that e x c e ss e s

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h ave s uch t e rribl e i nflue n c e both on the n e rvous an d m us c ul ar

s yst e m Of the s e e x c e ss e s I will spe ak unde r the ir appropri ate
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h e ads .
6 NE RV O U S VI T ALIT Y .

The brain is that part o f the n e rvous syste m that suppli e s the
re asoning pow e rs W e O . ft e n h e ar t he expre ssion a b ad h e a
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c hange o f h e art
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powe r only as mov e d by the brain So it would so und b e tt e r

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to s a y a b ad br ain & c E v
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e ry tho.u g ht e v e ry ac tion o ri in at es
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in the brain . Our mus cl e s with th e e x c eption o f the ‘h e art are

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b ut s e rvants o f the brain Extra e x c it e m e nt ange r & c c aus e

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the blood to fl ow to and stimul at e the brain thus m e n com m it ,

d e e dsund e r the i mpuls e o f the mom e nt th at th ey woul d Shrink ,

from with horror in a mor e cal m an d ratio n al stat e So als o .

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do al c oholi c stim ul ants influe nc e the bra n C onsc i e n c e is the.

b e tte r part o f o ur r e asoning fac ulti e s—a re gre t fo r a wrong don e

o r an ar um e nt a ainst W hat w e know is wrong an d
g g y e t i nt e nd
doin g W e m ay drive this m onito r o f prud e n c e an d w e ll doing
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away until w e shut o ut th e b e tt e r part o f o ur s e l f an d o ur brain ,

b e c om e s the abode o f v i c e an d s e ns uality Passi ons p re do m i

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n ate in individuals b ut m ay be suppre ss e d by e duc ation until

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p a rti ally und e r c ontrol ~ Y e t in a h e a

.lthy p e rs on so m e
p assion s

o fte n ge t the be tte r o f the ir judgm e nt W e are c o mm and e d to

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shun e ve n t he appe aranc e of e vil b e c aus e w e are not al w ays ,

proof against temptati o n I n this w ay alon e are o ur p assion s

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c ontroll e d at all by Shutting o ut e v e ry in flue n c e c al c ul ate d t o

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aro us e th e m .
 NERVO
US VITALITY '

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NANISM or M asturbat ion .

This 1 s t h e artificial ind ulg e nc e o f th e s e xu al p assi o ngby

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friction o f t h e p e nis and scrotum with t h e h and .

As t o ho w t he practic e aris e s w e are oft e n at a loss t o

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d e t e rmin e but I am inclin e d t o t h e Opinion th at s e xually

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dispos e d childr e n oft e n inv e nt it fo r th e ms e lv e s Childr e n .

are oft e n e ntrust e d to nurs e s w h o are not alw ays s e l e ct e d

b e c aus e of th e ir mor al ch ar act e r e sp e ci ally is this tru e in

t h e South wh e r e sc arc e any but co l or e d nurs e s are em
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p loy ed
. I h av e oft e n notic e d nurs e s c arr y ing t h e child

with th e ir h ands und e r t h e clothing an d n o doubt in this ,

way by fr e qu e nt h andling , th e r e i s a pr e m atur e d e v e lop

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m e nt o f t he s e xu al prop e nsity Bo y s oft e n l e arn it from

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c omp anions who h av e acquir e d th e h abit .

T he first c as e w e h av e o n r e cord is th at o f O n an—j Ge n .

xxxv iii ch ap 9 an d 1 0 v e rs e s From this I d e riv e t he

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app e ll ation o f O n anism Go d sl e w O n an fo r this crim e

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an d t h e curs e th e n pronounc ed follows i t s v ictims t o t he

pr e s e nt day The v ic e is tr e at e d o f und e r t h e n am e o f

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O n anism M asturb ation S e lf Pollutio n Solit ary V ic e & c ;

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but th e m e ans are usu ally th e s am e ; and t h e pr acti c e

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unfort un at e ly fo r t h e h um an f amily is indulge d by tho u ,

sands — m al e and f e m al e The s e m e n c an no t b e e mitt e d

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from e ith e r s ex e xc ept b y t h e art ifici al fri ctio n o f t h e p ro

cr e at iv e org ans a conc e ntr ation o f t h e mi nd u pon am atory
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su bj e cts as i s oft e n t h e c as e in dr e ams o r by ani m al m ag

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n e tic h eat through t h e conn e ction o f t h e s e x e s

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Sex u al int e rcours e is a sp e ci e s o f m agn e tism and p ro ,

du c e s an e l e ctric e mission W h e n t h e s e m e n with t h e

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a nim al e l e ctricity is thrown o ff t h e p as sions o f t h e g e n ,

i t als are app e ase d t h e m al e organ los e s its e l e ctricity and

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t h e p as sion subsid e s — j ust as t h e f e ath e rs o f a qui ll ,

ch arg e d with e l e ctricity st ands e r e ct an d fall s down wh e n

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t h e curr e nt is withdr awn from t h e st e m .

God h as wis e ly ord ain e d a w ay for t h e prop ag ation o f

t h e sp e ci e s by s e xu al coh abit ation an d nothi ng but s e xual ,

i nt e rcours e i n t h e good o ld w ay should b e productiv e o f ,

o ffspring an d t h e emi ssion of t h e s e cr e tion fo r t h e prop

agat i o n o f t h e r ac e by any oth e r m e ans th an t h e n at u ral
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way sho ul d b e pun ish e d with ill h e alth unhappin e ss an d

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short l i f e C ircumcision in my opi n ion w as e st abl i sh e d

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n o t only as a tok e n o f t h e cov e n an t but t o pr e v e nt t h e ,

unn atu r al indulg e nc e o f" t h e s e xu al p assion as with th e

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e xc i sion o f t h e f o re ski n ,t h e friction is att e nd e d with p ai n
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Fro m th i s f act e arly m arri ag e s w as t h e rul e in t h e Je wi sh

tri b es an d t o t his m ay b e attribut e d t he r apid in cr e as e o f
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t h e Isra elit e s .

M as t urb ation d e tr acts from t h e e nj oym e nt o f t h e nup

ti al rit es an d t e nds t o l e ss e n t h e l ov e f o r t h e opposit e s e x
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in t he holy offic e o f w e dlock Circum cision w as condu

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civ e t o he alth and h e althy offspring and w e ll c alcul at e d ,

t o p e rp e tuat e a r ac e o f pe opl e sound in body an d mi nd .

Ev e n t o t h e pr e s e nt day t h e Je ws as a rac e are re m arka

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b ly st out an d h e althy and rar ely b e com e inm at e s o f

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lun atic as ylums and are comp ar ativ ely fre e from s e xual
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dis e as e s Th us w e r e th e y i nd e e d an ho n o rt o Go d be in g
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in hi s o wn im ag e —s ound o f mind and b ody .

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God kn e w an d so do m asturb ating m e n and girls th at

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t h e d e s ir e for m arri ag e is gr e atl y le s se n e d e v e n to utt e r

abhorr e nc e b y t h e pr actic e of m asturb at ion
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Not s o with .

m al es o rf e m al e s unpollut e d by this vi c e Th e s e x e s are .

to e ach oth e r as m agn e ts whos e gr e at e st h appin e ss is c o m

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p a ra t i v e mis e r y u ntil,
j oin e d in s e xu al lov e A w om an .

c an n e v e r b e s atisfi e d with a m an who h as no e l e ctric s e

m e n p ass to e l e ctrify h e r Nor c an a m an b e s atisfi ed

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e ith e r by m asturb ation or with t h e oth e r s e x unl e s s h e h as ,

an e l e ctric e m i s s i o n o f t h e s e m e n .

T he s e xual p assion is holy it w as ordain e d and e st ab

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lis h e d b y God for t h e h appin e ss of m an an d p e rp e tu ation

of t he sp e ci es cr eat e d in His im ag e It is a rich bl essing .
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a nobl e gi ft of p ow e r to m an to prop agat e t h e im ag e o f

hi ms e lf and his m ak e r b e stow e d by t h e wi s e Cr e ator a n d

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F ath e r of all and whil e God h as instit ut e d t h e n atural

m e ans of it s r ation al gr atific ation b y cr e ating an e qu ality
o f numb e r s of m al e an d f e m al e it should not b e abus e d
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by e ithe r se x e ith e r b y art ificially procur e d e missions or

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b y futil e att e mpts to utt e rl y suppr e ss its workings T o .

m arry multipl y and r e pl e nish t h e e arth , w as t h e comm and

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of God— an d ho w but b y t he rightful gratific ation of t he

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sexu al app e tit e c an this comm an d b e ob e y e d

- A gr e at s e lf abus e li e s l n t h e d e l ayi ng o f m ar
c au s e o f

ri age T h e do ctrin e th at t h e s e xual p assi o n

. h e atin g ; ,

r aging and e xacting as it o ft e n 1 s c an b e suppr e ss e d an d ,

k e pt und e r by e duc ation IS f als e an d p e rnicious unle ss

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th at e duc ation is to furn ish t h e d e sire only through t h e

m e dium o f m arri ag e
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A m ativ e n e ss m ay b e k e pt und e r b y turnin g t he mind

e nt ir e l y
from th at subj e ct , ut if n o t b gratifi e d in t h e right
an d n atur al w ay ,
it will in nin e out o f t e n individu als fin d
v e nt through t h e ch ann e l o f s e lf pollution unl ess t he in di
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vi du al ha b e e n e duc at e d t o know its e v il e ffe ct s and r e s i st

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t h em I am an d e v e r h av e b e e n an advo c at e o f e arly m ar
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ri age an d if a prop e r s ele ction o f p artn e rs is m ad e th i s

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is t h e sur e st ro ad t o hap p in e s s o n e arth .

To put o ff m arri ag e and th e n att e mpt t o control am a

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t ive n e s s in e ith e r m an o r w om an from th e ag e o f 1 5 t o

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2 5 t hr ough t e n y e ars o f lif e wh e n t h e g e nit al org ans are

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mor e acti v e and mor e e asily e xcit e d th an at any oth er

tim e while lo v e is pur e an d s e nsib ility strong whil e t he
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min d gi s in e xp e ri e nc e d and prostitut e s and s e lf pollution -

o p e n doors f o r t he r aging o f p assion t o e sc ap e through is ,

wors e than folly T e ll t he hurric an e t o suppr e ss its wr ath

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b e fore its fu ry is app e as e d ; Say t o t h e thund e rb olt t o c e as e

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whil e t he clou d is y e t fill e d with e l ec tricity 3 t e ll h ung e r

t o b e qu e nch e d without food and t hi rst without w at e r .

A s w ell e xp e ct t he s e t o ob e y y o u as th at t he p assion o f
am ativ e n e ss w ill b e sil e nt whil e un app e as e d an d co nst ant

ly provok e d t o activity .

Go d instruct e d th at t h e lightning should b e attract e d by

s o m e m agn e t W hy n ot s e e k t o punish it wh e n th e tr e e
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i s b last e d by its touch H e int e nd e d th at t he hungry m an

s hould p art ak e o f food — why n o t punish him fo r e ating
wh e n h e h as b e e n st arving ? I f no t so th e n why wh e n , ,

Go d h as cr e at e d in m an an d w o m an a d e sir e fo r e ach oth e r ,

b e surpris e d wh e r e m arri ag e is d e l ay e d th e r e are r ap e s

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prostitution st p le n int e rcours e by t h e young and m astur

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b at i o n I n t he lightning s e eking its m agn e t in th e hungry

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m an d e siring food and t h e thirsty w at e r w e s e e a b eautiful

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il lustr ation o f t h e law o f n atur e E ach principl e in na .

t ur e s e e ks it s o w n m agn e t I n th e am ativ e p assion s e ek

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ing gratific ation in s e xu al int e rcours e w e b ehold an illus ,

t rat i o n o f t he law and w e r e n o t obst acl e s t o this pr es e nt

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e d prostit u tion an d m astur b ation would b e annihil at e d

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Th e s e monst e r e vils h av e th eir found ation in t h e obst a

cl e s whi ch t h e customs o f soci e ty lay in t he w ay o f t h e
n atur al and right gr atific ati o n o f amativ e n e ss th rough t h e
divin e institution of m arriag e I app e al to t h e c andor .

an d good s e ns e o f a ll,
an d a s k if t h e p assions o f m e n a n d
wom e n cr e at e d by God are r aging to m adn e ss wh e th er
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it would n o t b e wis e an d w e ll th at m arri ag e a t an e arly ,

ag e should b e inculc at e d an d pr actic e d

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The e vils o f m asturb ation are m anifold to both s e x e s .

I ts practi c e e xh austs t h e activity of t h e b ody e nfe ebl e s the ,

whol e syste m d e t e riorat e s t h e pow e rs of t h e g e nit al o r

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gans imp airs t he dig e stion an d circul ati on d e r ang e s t h e

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br ain an d n e rv ous s y st e m e ng e nd e rs in t h e ni in d d e pr avi

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t i e s of v arious kinds pr e v e nts offspring in som e c as e s

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and m ak e s th e m f e e bl e an d infir m in oth e rs ; it l e ss e ns t h e

wom an in t h e e stim ation of t h e m an an d t h e m an in t h e ,

e stim ation o f t h e wom an

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I t is d e ath mor ally an d physi

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c ally . T h e pr actic e o f m asturb ation i s clung to with t e

n ac it y by m any b e c aus e o f t h e e v an e sc e nt an d fl e e ting an

imal pl e asur e d e riv e d th e r e from T h e s e should not for .

g e t t h e truthfuln e ss of t h e s e nt e nc e
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T h e r e ,
is a couch

which i nvit e s t h e r e pos e bu t to slum ber up o n i t is de a th

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The mis guid e d victim o f his o w n folly m ay e xp e ri e nc e

in t h e ac t o f m asturb ation a s e ns ation of gr at ific ation e u
t irely an d sol e l y anim al and m ay fo r this tr ansitor y pl e as
but I w arn him n o wth at his
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ure contin u e t h e pr actic e ,

ro ad of pl e asur e is t h e ro ad o f ins anit y dis e as e an d d e ath ; ,

and if h e fle e not t h e e nticing p ath t h e v e ng e anc e o f r e tri

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b ut i o n will b e upon hi s h e ad .

M asturb ation as a c aus e o f ins anity d e s e rv es sp e ci al ,

att e ntion .N e arly o n e s e v e nth o f all t h e c as e s of ins anity

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com e from thi s c aus e The fact m ay s e e m st artling b ut

.
,

is n e ve rth e l e ss tru e The pr actic e is oft e n fr e e ly confess

.
12 NERVOU S VITA L I TY .

e d, an d v igorously r sist e d : I n t h e m al e t he habit 1s e asily

e

de t e ct e d b y t h app
e e ar anc e I n t h e f e mal e it is n o t s o .

e as ily d e t e ct e d T h e shy timid d own c as t count e n anc e

.
, ,
-

c ombin e d with a d e bilit at e d app e ar anc e r e l ax e d tissu e s , ,

f ull v e ins & c arous e sus picion o f m asturb ation

,
.
,
In .

s o m e f e m al e s t h e eff e ct is t h e d e v e lopm e nt o f t h e c e llul ar

‘

a n d adipos e tissu e s a gay an d v olupt uous m ann e r ,

in o t h
e rs d e bility an d e m aci ation
,
.

I t is oft e n t h e c as e th at p ar e nts o r fri e nds do n o t susp e ct

t h e h abit o f m asturb ati on t o e xist a n d attribut e t h e d e bil ,

i ty o r ins anity t o som e oth e r c aus e Fr e qu e n tly i t is b e .

lie ve d th at r e ligio u s anxi e ty h as produc e d ins anity wh e n ,

t h e c aus e w as s e lf pollution b e c aus e t h e first e vid e nc e o f

-

d e r ang e m e nt notic e d w as an e xtr aordin ary anxi e ty about

s alv ation inordin at e f e ar o f futur e punishm e nt much
, ,
“
an d goin g t o
”
re adi ng o f t h e bibl e r e l ating e xp e ri e nc e s , ,

g r e at l e ngths in r e ligious m e e tings a n d such lik e acts ,

”

C areful w atching o f such individu als will almost i nv ari

a bly pro v e t h e m t o h av e b e e n m asturb ators f o r y e ars an d ,

t his w as t h e c aus e o f t h e d e v e lopm e nt o f re ligious an ki e

“

T h e syst e m an d t h e mind o r br ai nb e ing d e bilit at e d

”
ty
'

b y s e lf pollution th e y are un abl e t o b e ar up und e r an

-
, y
e xcit e m e nt and b e i ng conscious o f sin in t h e ac t o f m as

t urb at i o n th e ir thoughts are turn e d t o r e ligion an d r e ason

, ,

iv s w a und e r t h e xcit e m e nt H e nc e it is no t r e ligio us

g e y e .

e xcit e m e nt but m asturb ation that c aus e s ins anity I n

, ,
.

t h e s am e st at e an y oth e r e xcit e m e nt will d e v e lop in m e n

,

t al d e r ang e m e nt .

C ommit sin against your o w n bodi e s Encour ag e

no .

p ur e r e fin
,
e d lov e m arr y t h e idol o f your h e art ; lov e an d
re sp e ct e ach oth e r ; an d h e alt h h appin e ss an d good o ld ,

a g e Will b e your r e w ard o n e arth an d your childr e n Will

“

ris e up an d c al l y o u bl e ss e d .
 nnnv o us VI T ALI T Y . 13

I hav e in pr e c e ding lin e s end e avor e d t o e xpl ain m as

the
t urb at i o n i t s c aus e its pr e v e ntion an d t h e e vil e ff e ct s
, , ,

ri
a s
i

ng from it ~
as a whol e I now b e g to c all t h e r e ad e r s
.
’

a tt e ntion to t h e dis e as e s o r d e r ang e m e nts th at r e sult fro m .

its p r actic e an d sh all giv e th e m onl y as d aily pr e s e nt e d

,

t o m e in my pr actic e This is a growing e vil Sil e nc e and

. .

f als e mod e st y c an n ev e r ov e rcom e it th e r e for e t he soon er

we m ak e known to our boys e sp e ci ally t he evil eff e cts , , ,
‘
t h e soon e r w e sh all nip it in t h e bud an d turn th em to t h e ,

p ath o f mor a lit y a n d virtu e thro ugh t h e h e av e n a pp oint e d -

an d s anction ed i ns t it ut i o n o f m arri ag e Non e of t h e fol

'

lowing s ymptoms are ov e rdr awn but as b e for e r e m ark e d

—
, ,

are but r e p e tition of e e e t s not e d in

fi m y pr a ctic e no f a n

c y sk e tch e s but pictur e s tru e to lif e

,
.

SPERM AT O RRHE A .

T his m ay b e divi de d l

into s e v e r al st ag e s or forms viz

N octurn al Emissio n s I nvolunt ary S e min al E m 1 ss1 o ns
, ,

S e min al W e akn e ss N octurn al Emissions are t h e e sc ap e

.

o f t h e s e m e n during dr e ams This m ay b e of an am ative

.

o r voluptuous n atur e an d t h e disch arg e of t h e fl uid r e sul t

,

as a crowning a c t of t h e dr e am and t h e p ati e n t aw ak e s t o

,

find t h e e mission h as t ak e n pl ac e an d hims e lf w e ak an d ,

e xh au st e d ; On e dr e am an d emission cost t h e s y st e m mor e

th an h alf a doz e n e missions in t h e n atur al w ay .

I n nearly ev e ry c as e wh er e s elf abus e has b e e n pract ic e d -

t o any e xt e nt t h e br ain b e com e s affl ict e d w ith a m o rb i d

,

pa ssion t h e s e xu al org ans b e com e e asily e xcit abl e t h e

, ,

pow e rs o f t h e e ntir e body b e com e w e ak ; an d h e nc e l n thi s

st at e l asciv ious dr e ams l e ad t o e missions o f t h e s e m e n
Nocturn al e m i s s1 o ns m ay occur 1n thos e who h av e n e v e r ,

pr actic e d th e h abit but no t unl e ss t h e mind during t h a

,
14 NE RVO U S VIT ALI T Y .

w ak ing hours has b e e n occupi e d with am atory thoughts .

T he s e e missions m ay com e onc e in a month o r l e ss fre ,

q u e nt at first
,
b ut if t h e h
,
abit is continu e d th ey in cr e ase

t o onc e a w e e k an d th e n g iv e w ay t o almost const ant dis

,

c harg e .

P e rsons wh o are p e rf e c tly contine nt an d h av e n e v e r ,

p ract ic e d s e lf ab us e are subj e ct t o v oluptuous dr e ams

-
,
.

This is n o t confin e d t o e ith e r s e x Th e y g o through all .

t h e e xcit e m e nt o f s e xu al c onn e ction and e xp e ri e nc e t he ,

—
fin al e ff e cts e missions This in p e rfe ct h e alth i n de p e nd
.
,

e n t o f e xc e ss e s o r s e lf ab us e is a sort o f s af e t yv alv e an d
-
,
-
,

do e s t h e p ati e nt n o gr e at h arm e sp e ci ally thos e w h o liv e ,

w e ll an d do n o t l abor A ll th at is n e c e ss ary t o cur e thi s

.

c l ass is t o giv e th e m m e nt al e mploym e nt ,pl e nty o f e xe r

"

c is e an d occ asion al s alt w at e r b ath , an d av oid all s e xu al

,
-

t houghts I r e fe r o f cours e t o thos e who hav e th e s e e mis

.

s ions at long int e r v als but wh e n it is o f almost nightly

,

o ccurr e nc e it d e m ands o ur b e st tr e atm e nt

,
.

T he dr e ams m ay b e controll e d in most c as e s by av oid

ing all e xcit e m e nts o f t he sexu al organs turning t h e mind ,

from t h e subj e ct an d conc e ntr ating it upon som e thing o f

,

an opposit e n atur e W e are t h e s am e s le e ping o r aw ak e

.
,

an d o ur dr e ams are but an ind e x o f o u r thoughts wh e n

aw ak e an d as a n atur al r e sult if your thoughts are pur e

, ,

wh e n aw ak e th e y will r ar ely b e impur e wh e n sl e e ping

,
.

Nocturn al e missions as b e for e r e m ark e d are d e bilit a

, ,

ting an d e xtr e m e ly inj urious e xc e pt as st at e d T h e y are

,
.

but t h e b e ginnin g o f a mor e s e rious complic atio nin t h e

m asturb ator an d should w arn him o f t he e v i l in stor e fo r
,

him if h e p e rsists i n t h e pr actic e No tim e should b e lost .

in procuring prop e r tr e atm e nt at this st ag e ; if n o t it soon ,

assum e s al arming proportions an d r e sults in in v olunt a ry ,

s emin al e missions Th e s e t ak e p lac e at any hour o r tim e

.
 NERVOU S V I T ALI T Y . 15

sl e e ping o r aw ak e T he e ff e cts Of this are mor e horribl e

.

th an n octurn al e missions Co ns um p t io n o ft e n r e sults from

'

a w e ak condition o f t h e n e rvous s y st e m ; ins anity o r a ,

to tal loss Of all e n —

s e xu al f e li g o n e o f t h e thr e e are alm ost
c e rt ain t o foll ow and Oft e n w e h av e all combin e d in o ne
,

individu al but should h e e sc ap e with his lif e and ab an

do n t h e h abit impot e ncy or st e rility is t h e r e sult o r a
, ,

f e e bl e imb e cil e Offspring A t this st ag e o f t h e c as e th e r e

,
.
,

a f h —
is almost const nt dribbling o t e s e m e n t h e slight e st e x
c it e m e nt t h e touch o f a wom an s h and t h e e xposur e o f
’
, ,

h e r n e ck a w anton gl anc e an amorous thought a lasc ivi

, , ,
'

o us p aintin g a voluptuous d e scription — will produc e an

,

involunt ary loss of s e m e n C oh abit ation is out o f t he

.

—
qu e stion t h e p ati e nt could not control his e missions suffi
c i e nt ly long to m ak e t h e slight e st p e n e tr ation and in t h e ,

w ay t he s e m e n p ass e s from him h e e xp e ri e nc e s no pl e asur e ,

b u t still fr e qu e ntl y pr actic e s m asturb ation t o gr atify an

ins an e d esir e T he mind b e com e s e nf e e bl e d t h e m emory
.
‘

imp air e d t he fl e sh l e av e s t h e bon e s th e e y e s w and e r in va

, ,

c an e y inclin ation for conv e rs ation and soci e t y is lost The

,
.

s e m e n p ass e s const antly at stool in t h e urin e an d without ,

t h e sligh e st e r e ction all pl e asur e h aving long S inc e d e p art

,

ed . T h e ge nit al org ans Oft e n g e t in fl am e d an d irrit abl e

h e could not h v e conn e ction if
a h e would — t h e S ight o f a
f e m al e is dis agr e e abl e to him but t h e mis e r abl e wr e ck of
a m an will pr actic e m asturb ation in his sl e e p unl e ss his ,

h ands are ti e d to pr e v e nt t h e m anipul ation .

A t this St ag e t h e mind b e com e s compl e t e ly absorb e d

,

with t h e id e a of his wr e tch e d an d lo athsom e condition ,

h aunt e d with t h e distr e ssing thought th at e v e ry On e knows

his condition an d d e spis e s an d lo ath e s him B e s e t b y a .

thous and d e mons from whom h e c an not e sc ap e he thi nk s

, ,

o f suicid e — troubl e d with bodily p ains an d m e nt al agon y ,

16 NE R VO
US VI T ALI T Y .

his sight b e c o m e s dim his mind c o nfus e d r i nging sounds

, ,

in his h e ad his constitution giv e s w ay , an d h e is l and e d in

,

a consumptiv e s gr av e
’
OI chain e d in t h e c e ll o f a m ad
‘
,
-

hous e .

Th e co n f e ssions o f t h e mis e r abl e victims o f m as turb a

tion an d involun t ary s e min al e m i ssions inform m e o f all
this and mor e . Should I publish t h e t e stimony as I h ave
r e c eiv e d it word fo r word e Ve n at d e ath s door y o u
, ,
’
,

would b e astonish e d at t h e s ad h avoc this d e mon is m ak

i ng n o t only among m e n but among wom e n for both s e x e s , ,

o r m e mb e rs of both s e x e s are alik e guilt y Of this u n p ar

,

don abl e S in th at l e ads t o d e ath through involunt ary se m

,

in al e missions .

I Visit e d o n o n e occ asion a lun atic asylum and no t e d th e ,

e ff e cts in c e rt ain c as e s th at w e r e known t o h av e b e e n c ar

ri e d th e r e fo r this c aus e I not e d o ne poor wr e tch a m e r e

.
,

sk e l eton from whos e g e nit als th e s e min al fluid w as c o n

,

s t ant ly dribbling W ith his h ands pinion e d t o pr e v e nt t h e

. .

touch h e with wh at re m a1 n1 ng str e ngth h e poss e ss e d w as

, ,

const antly rubbing ag ainst any thing th at would produc e

t h e slight e st friction A noth e r o n e e duc at e d an d gr adu
.
,

at e d as a physici an y e t a Victim fro m his e arli e st y e ars

, ,

h ad d e fi e d all e fforts to pr e v e nt t h e h abit and would m an ,

age t o giv e v e nt to this consuming p assion .

But why multipl y this li t o s f h orrors so a a —

pp lling SO
like unto fiction but y e t a r e ality R e ad e r if yo u are a
, ,

v ictim o f this d e mon p aus e e re it is t o o l at e s e e k m e ans

.

—
,

t o e r adic at e t h e e ff e ct s from your syst e m an d liv e in fu ,

tur e as b e com e th o ne s e e king h e alth and h appin e ss h e r e ,

an d immort ality h e r e aft e r .

18 NERVO U S VIT ALI T Y .

h av e th e ir origin in m asturb ation I h av e m ad e t he tr e at .

m e nt Of this dis e as e a sp e ci ality an d n e v e r f ail wh e r e I

c an k e e p th e m frO
,

m pr acticing t he h abit but I h av e had ,

t w o c as e s th at are n o w inm at e s o f a lun atic asylum sim

, ,

ply b e c au s e I could no t ge t th e m t o br e ak Off t h e h abit ,

although I g av e t h e most pow e rful r e m e di e s t o contro l t h e

s e xu al p assi on an d at t h e s am e tim e w arn e d th e m o f th e ir

,

dang e r ; b ut al as t o o lat e and a mis e r abl e d e ath aw aits

'

, , ,

t hem . Epil e psy is as all admit sp as ms h av ing its origin

.

, , ,

i n som e morbid d e r ang e m e nt o f t h e n e rv e c e ntr e s br ain ,

an d S pin al column In m ast ub at o rs th er e is a sp e ci e s o f

.

l e sion o r S pr e ading o ut o f t h e m e mbran e th at e nclos e s t he

m arrow o r spin al n er v e This l e sion g e n e r ally t ak e s plac e
.

j u st b e low t h e point wh e r e t h e b rain and spin al m arrow

conn e ct W h e n this is t h e c as e e pil e ps y is t h e r e s ult
.
,
.

No w t he only w ay this c an b e cur e d is t o r e mov e t he e x ,

citing c aus e an d giv e r e m e di e s th at will ac t upon th at

,

p a rt o f t h e n e rvous syst e m invol v ed R e m e di al ag e nts .

are us e l e ss unl e ss t h e caus e " m asturb ation in this cl ass o f

c as e s" i a a b an do n e d I f this is r e mov e d b e for e t oo l at e
.
,

w e ean alw ay s cur e e pil epsy .

CH O RE A O R ST ,
. V IT US D A NCE .

Thi s is a pur ly n e rvous di s s

e is oft e n brought about e a e —
by t h e pr actic e of m asturb ation I t is from t h e e fie c t s o n .

t h e n e rvous syst e m an d in s uch c as e s c an only b e r e mov e d

,
‘

by g e tting t h e p ati e nt to ab an don t h e c aus e an d giv e rem ,

e di e s t h at will giv e ton e an d str e ngth t o t h e whol e s y st e m .

I hav e h ad quit e a numb e r o f c as e s th at origin at e d in thi s

pr actic e and h av e n e v e r fail e d t o cur e
,
.

P A RAL Y S I S .

T his is som e tim e s c aus e d 1 rom m asturb ation ,

an d sud
 NERVOU S V I T ALI T Y
'

. 19

de n shocks foll owing T he br ain and n e rv ou s syst em

. be
i ng imp aire d lo ss o f muscul ar pow e r r e sults
, .

D I SE A SES O F T HE HE ART .

~
P alpi tation o f t he h e art sinking s e ns ation faint ing
, , ,

& c fr e qu e ntly r e sult fro m m asturb atio n

.
,
The prin c ipl e s .

a re t he s am e ; b y w e ak e ning th e n e r v e o r controll ing forc e ,

y o u l e av e t h e syst e m without d e f e ns e ag ainst su dd e n

s h ocks an d h e nc e w e h av e h e art d e r ang e m e nts
, .

~
D Y SPE P SI A I ND I GE ST I O N .

This is a v e ry common eff e ct o f m as turb ation and sexu al

e xc e ss e s acting upon t h e s am e p rl n c ip le t h e ne r v e forc e is
"
,

l o w e r e d t h e pow e r cut off from t h e p ar vagum an

,
d we ,

a re n b lige d to h av e an impair e d c o ndition o f t he fu n c tio ns

p f dig e stion It r e quir e s no el aborat e argum e nt to c o nvin ce

.
‘

t he r e ad e r of thi s .

D Y SPN " EA ,

tor shortn e ss Of br e ath is also t h e r e sult o f this p racti c e .

T h e n e rv e s controlling t h e m e ch an ic al p art o f r e spir atio n

‘
b e ing too w e ak to p e rform th e ir functi ons and w e h av e ,

h urri e d br e athi ng & c ,

.

C O N S TIPA TI O N
is ar e sult also Of m asturb ation an d in turn Oft e n b e com e s
,

a n e xci ti n g Caus e of involunt ar y e mission s

.

t h e h ard e n e d ,

a n d i mp act e d f ac e as g e t up a sp e ci e s Of irrit ation and ,

b e ing r e fl e ct e d to th e g e nit al o rg ans e missions t ak e p l ac e .

T h e conditions o f t he bow e ls is highly im port ant i n t re at

i ng s e mi nal w e a kn e ss .

DE R AN GE MAN T OF T HE "IDNE Y S .

r e qu e ntly w e m e e t with an irrit ab l e con di t i on Of t he

F
k i dn e y and bladd e r prostr a t e gl and and ure thra all fro m
, ,
20 NER VOU S VI T ALIT Y .

th e ff e c ts o f t he mis e r ab l e h abit Th ey
e ,
are t h e d ir e c t re

sul t o f lo c al irr i t at i on an d c an on l y be o v e r c om e by
-

, .

rem o v al o f t h e c au s e .

MEN I NG I T I S ,

Or i nfl amm at i o n of th e Meningi es som e tim e s r e sult fro m

,

o v e r t axing t he n r v ous sys t e m through t h e

-
e ch an ne l of

e xc e ss n t he nat u r al w ay
1 r m astur b ation ,
o .

I MP OTE N C Y .

A m o ng t he t erribl complic at i ons o f this evil p rac tic e

e
,

is t he e nt i r e l os f s xu al f ling o r i n ability t o h av e
s o e ee ,

c o nn e ction with th opposit e x A Victim o f s lf pollu ~

e se . e -

tio n s e s t h e e v il f hi w ays att mpts t r form b ut

e o s ,
e o e ,

finds hims lf stripp e d o f t h gr at e st attribu t

e f m an e e e o

hood H e i s impot nt ; unfit f r m arri d lif e and sink s

. e o e ,

t o t he low e st d e pth o f d e spond e ncy .

B e for e y ou ab an don all thoughts o f an ho n o r abl e m ar

riage first b e sur e y o u are impot e nt an d i f so m ak e an

, , ,

e ffort t o b e r e stor e d Me n som e tim e s fail o nc e o r twic e

.
,

wh o are sur e ; f e w as a rul e Ag ain yo u wi ll fail wi t h .

,

On e indiv idu al from disgust f e ar 85 0 Just ge t it int o

, ,
.

you r h e ad th at yo u will f ail an d fail yo u will Co nfid en ce

,
.

in on e s s e l f i s all import an t , an d y o u should e nd e av o r t o

’

b ring th at t o you r aid W hil e the m as turb ator c an no t

.

e x p e ct t h e fu ll e nj oym e nt o f s e xu al pl e asur e s at first y e t ,

wh e r e t h e p ow e r o f s e xu al co nn e ction r e m ain I rec o m ,

m e nd m arri ag e as t he r e m e dy p ar exce llence .

I f y ou h av e c aus e t o f e ar your p ow ers are d efici e nt ,

s e e k t h e advi c e an d tr e atm e n t o f an ho n or abl e physi c i an

who h as gi v e n such dis e as e s o r d e r ang e m e nts sp e c i al

att e ntion and k n ows wh at cours e t o p ursu e
,
Ab o v e all .
‘

t h ings av oid thos e m i s e r abl e qu acks w h o ad v e rtis e fr e e

,

p a mph l e ts an d p r e s c rip t i ons Th e y s e e k noth i ng.bu t y o u r

 NERVOU S VIT ALI T Y . 21

m on ey ,
and y o u your sorrowth at yo u are
will find to
w o rs e th an b e for e Y o u m ay h av e t h e pow e r of e r e ct i o n
.

a nd p e n e tr ation and y e t n o t consumm at e t he ac t p e rf e ct

,
.

Se l f pollution g e t s up an irrit ab e condition o f t h e org ans

-
,

a n d t h e e mis sion is pr e m atur e This m ay b e o v ercom e by .

p a t i e nc e an d r ation al tr e atm e nt N e v e r le t t h e e xcit em e.n t

ru n too high or continu e t o o lon g b e for e yo u m ak e t h e

a t te mpt L et all your surroundings b e pl e as ant an d yo u

.
,

w ill s o O n ov e rcom e this difl i c ult y and b e abl e to p e rform ,

t his function .

T h e r e is in som e c as e s an imp erf e ct e mission an d p art ,

Of t h e fluid ooz e s aw ay aft e r t h e ac t T his will r e quir e .

t r e atm e nt to o v e rcom e t h e we akn e ss or sp asmodic stri e

t ur e which is g e n e r ally t h e c aus e
,
Impot e ncy e xc ept in .
,

e xtr e m e c as e s can b e no e xc u s e fo r not ab andoning t he

,

h abit and s e e king in m arri ag e t o oblit e r at e e v ery tr ac e o f

i ts d e mor alizing eff e cts I mpo t e ncy as a di s e as e will b e
.
,

t r e at e d o f u nd e r th at h e ad .

To r e c apitul at e S e lf P ollu tion long

— M asturb ation or -

i ndulg e d c aus e s C onsumption is productiv e o f C anc e r

, , ,

E pile psy or Fits St V itus D anc e M e ningitis I ndig e s

’
.
, , ,

t io n I n fl amm ation Of "idn e y s an d Bl add e r P ar alysis

, , ,

I mpot e ncy Dimn e ss of V ision L o ss o f M e mory P alpit a

, , ,

t ion o f t h e H e ar t Rh e um atism I ns anity ,

— and d e ath as a ,

fin al .

A s a m emb er Of th e m e dic al profe ssion I know wh er e of

I sp e ak I h ave giv e n a pl ain st at e m e nt of facts and not
.

o ne who indulg e s in this pr actic e aft e r r e ading this littl e ,

w o rk c an lay t h e bl am e to 1gn o ranc e

,
I am writing in .

t he int e r e st of hum anity and h av e no doubt my moti v es ,

w il l b e misconstru e d an d my work cond emn e d by thos e

whos e f als e mod e sty Would consign thous ands o f promi s
i ng youths t o a pr e m atur e gr av e I c ar e no t fo r th e ir ce n .
22 NER VO U S VI T ALI T Y .

s ur e . c o ns ciou s ne ss o f havi ng s av d a si ngl e o ne fro m

A . e

d estruct i o n w ill o v e rb al anc e t he cond e mn ation o f thos e

“

s tr ait l ac e d i n d ivi d u al s wh o th ink it immor al t

-
writ e o n o

Su ch sub j e c t s Aw ay with all s u ch nons e ns e and l t us

.
,
e

s tri v t o und rst and ours l v s th at w m ay shun t h e v il

e e e e ,
e e

and pr ac tic e t h e good .

H avi ng notic e d th symptoms o f m asturb ation I propos e

e ,

t o g iv e a p n p i c t nr o f it v ot ari e s so t h at all m ay k n ow
‘

e e s

t hem Y o u h av a m ark whi c h wi l l b t h mor e ap p ar e n t

. e e e

the l o ng e r i n dulg d W h r this pr actic e h a b n lo ng

e . e e s ee

i ndulg d th er is a l ack o f app tit e f r br akfast H will

e e e o e . e

f e l m e anly and a t a though h h ad p lund r d a h n

e c s e e e e

r ost
o H e will h av a sn aking l ook and ac t a though
. e e ,
s

e v e ry o n kn w f his guilt
e e o will b fo n d f b ing alo n e o e e,

y o u c an sc arc e ly e v e r c atch hi s ey e ; his e v e ry action i s -

su ch as t o ind i c at e a f e ar t o look t h e w orld in t h e f ac e

Th e r e is g e n e r ally a moistur e about t he h ands an d som e ,

t i m e s bl o tch e s o n t h e f ac e Th e b e tt e r w ay fo r f ath e rs t o
.

do is t o pl ac e this littl e p amphl e t in his sons h an ds an d ad

m o ni sh him t o av o i d t h e e rrors o f youth Som e o f t h e
“

b right e st int ell e cts and most promising you ng m en h av e

”

falle n v ict ims t o th i s polluting sin Be w arn e d in tim e y o u .

,

are n o t proof ag ainst its d e bilit ating eff e c ts .

H aving w arn e d you o f this evil I no w c all your att e ntio n

t o oth e rs o f al arming proportions an d gi v e y o u t h e c o n
s e qu e n c e o f i nd ulging th e r e in .
 NE RVO U S VIT AL IT Y . 23

PROS TITUTI ON .
-
ITS EFFECTS .

In t he pr e c e ding p age s I h av e adv oc at e d e arly m ar ri age

as a p r e v e nt lv e o f m asturb atio n an d prostitution I .

am fr e e t o s ay th at n o t on e wom an in t e n w h o ply th e i r

v oc ation do it from choic e Th e y are g e n er ally driv e n t o

.

hous e s o f ill fam e through s e ductio nw ant o r v anity f ash

, , ,

i o n and lov e o f fin e dr e ss s e nd som e th e r e whil e actu al ,

w ant s e nds oth e rs O nc e dow n th e r e is n o rising ; soci e ty

.

shuts its doors against th e m an d if r e form is att e mpt e d it

,

g e n e r all y f ails b e c aus e t h e world turns t h e cold should e r

t o all such .So much for t h e c aus e t h e e ff e cts are wh at I
,

h av e to d e al with h e r e L e aving out th e li ability t o dis e as e

.

from promiscuous i nt e rc o urs e it is injurious from its eff e cts

,

upon t h e n e rvou s syst e m A s r e m ark e d in a pr e vious ar

.

t i c le s e xu al int e rcours e is a sp e ci e s of e l e ctricity anim al

, ,

m agn e tism T o b e h e althy t h e ac t must b e from d e sir e

.
‘

r e ciproc al b oth p arti e s e nt e ring into it with a will T his

, .

is n o t t h e c as e in promiscuous int e rcours e Y o u p ay your .

f e e and go through t h e op e r ation an d t h e r e s ult is a de

pr e ssion o f t h e n e rvous sy st e m not e xp e ri e nc e d in t he,

l awful e nj oym e nt o f t h e m arit al right ; so m an y t e mp e r a

m e nts h aving conn e ction with o n e individu al e ng e nd e rs
dis e as e Nin e o ut o f e v ery t e n prostitut e s are t h e victim s
.

o f inf e ctious dis e as e an d though you m a sc ap e it onc e

, y e

o r s e v e r al tim e s t h e risk is gr e at an d t h e ch anc e s are v e ry

,

m uch against y o u A noth e r e ff e ct is y o u e ncour ag e t h e

.
,

e v il by p atronising it thus h e lping t o d e mor ali z e oth e rs

,

an d so w dis e as e bro adc ast in t h e l and an d are sinning ,

against your o w n souls .

N o w as in th e d ays o f Solomon t h e prostit ut e li e th

, ,

in w ai t as fo r a pr e y and in c r e as e th t he tr ansgr e ssion s

24 NE R V OUS VI TALI T Y :

am ong m e n No w she is witho u t no w in t h e str e e t

.
, ,

and l i e th in w ait at e v e ry c orn e r H e r l ips drop as a

”
.

h o n ey c omb an d h er mo uth is smooth e r th an o il; b ut he r

-
,
"

e n d is bi tt e r as worm wood sh arp as a t w o e dg e d sword

-
,
-

h e r f e e t go dow n t o d e ath h e r st e ps t ak e hold o n h e l l

,
.

L e st thou shouldst pond e r the p ath o f h er life her w ays ,

are mo v ab l e th at tho u c anst n o t know t he m H eark en

” ~
.

u nto t he wisdom o f Solomo n “

R e mov e thy w ay far
from h e r; com e n o t nigh t h e door o f h e r hous e .

But i n spit e o f e v e ry w arning h o w m any o f t h e gay

, ,

and thoughtl e ss t h e r e ckl e ss an d l ight h e art e d are le d

,
-

astr ay and ruin e d for e v e r O nc e withi n t h e m e sh e s it is

.
,

h ard to fr e e yo urs e lf Av oid it— liv e a pur e an d v irtuo us

.

li fe and s e ek a comp anion fo r life that i s c al cul at e d t o

,

m ak e y o u h appy This alon e is t h e sur e ro ad t o h e alth

.

an d h appin e ss I f in spit e o f t he w arning o f Go d and

.
,

m an y o u will p art ak e o f stol e n int e rcours e I giv e y o u i n

, ,

t h e following p ag e s a list o f dis e as e s o f which y o u are

lik ely t o b e com e the v ictim ; dis eas e s which und ermin e
t h e co nstitution lay t he f ound ation f o r co nsumption c an
, ,

c er corroding ulc e rs an d lo athsom e ski n di s e as e s in yo u r

,

o wn p e rson an d are tr ansmitt e d t o your offspr i ng

,
W ho .
,

I ask is willing t o b e qu e ath t o his childr e n such a h e rit

,

ag e ? an d y e t t hous ands do it ; an d t o this in a gr e at ,

m e asur e is due t h e d e g e n e r ation o f o ur r ac e W e r e m e d

,
.

i c al m en l e ss s elfish w er e th ey wi lling t o b e com e in p art , ,

t h e e duc ator o f t h e p e opl e in pointin g o ut th e s e e vils I ,

h av e n o doub t w e would h av e f e w e r wre cks and a mor e

h ealthy ro bu st r ac e o f m e n an d wom e n
,
.

L UE S V ENER A , S YP HI L I S OR POX .

Th e r e are t w o forms o f Syphilis distinc t or Po x— tw o

class e s o f chan cr e s that proc e e d from impur e s exual int er e
26 NE RV O U S VIT ALITY .

t hr e e t o fourt e e n d ays from t he d ate o f cont ac t , coming

On in a few d ays in som e and l at e r in oth e rs The virus
, .

fro m e ith e r ch ancr e coming in cont act with a m uc u s m e m

b rane produc e achancr e o f l ik e ch ar act e r O cc asionally
, .
,

h o w e v e r a soft ch ancr e in a f e m ale will gi v e ris e t o a

, _

s e v e r e form Of gonorrh e a in t h e m al e att e nd e d with bubo , ,

p rof u s e disch arg e from t h e ur e thr a & c ,

.

Syphilis is cont agi ous and m ay b e contr act e d fro m ,

drinking o ut Of t he s am e v e ss e l with a p e rso n who has

s yphili tic ul c e r in t h e mouth from using s am e tow e l & c , ,
.

Infants contr act it from t he mothe r s bre ast and if t h e ’

,

vi rus is d eposit e d in a cut o r abrasion Of t he skin it m ay ,

b e t ak e n up an d conv e y e d t o t h e syst e m o n t h e s am e prin ,

c ip le th at v accin ation f o r sm all p o x produc e s a p us t u l e -

.

T aking this vi e w Of t h e c as e w e c an n o t b e t o o p articul ar ,

h o w w e en tertai n str ang e rs e sp e ci ally in drinking aft e r

t he m . I h av e had o ne o r t w o w ell authe ntic at e d c as e s ,

wh e r e wi v e s h av e t ak e n t h e dis e as e just by sl e e ping i n t h e
sam e b e d without any oth e r conn e ction
,
but as I am t h e
first th at I am aw ar e t o not e this I do no t know th at it is
, ,

c o mmon .

A pr gn ant woman inf ct d with syphilis will invariably

e e e

c o nv y it t t h mbryo Tr atm nt should b n rg tic

e o e e . e e
“

e e e e

and acti v from t h first app ara

e nc I f di cov r d whe n
e e e . s e e

a m e r pimpl
e burn it u t with c austic pot ash and littl e
e, o ,

e l s will b r quir d but wh n it ha run f r som tim e

e e e e e s o e ,

y o u should los e n o tim e in Obt aining t h e b e st tr e atm e nt t o

b e h ad Und e r t h e r e gul ar tr e atm e nt t h e symptoms m ay
.

b e controll e d m a f e w d ays o r w e eks but th e y g e n e r ally

'

gi v e s o much m e rcury that t h e syst e m is m e rcuri al iz e d ,

and t h e p o x still l e ft i n t h e bl ood t o b r e ak o ut und e r t h e

first d e pr e ssing influ e n c e wh e n t he m e rcury an d s yp hilitic

,

p o i so n b o th h av e t o b e e r adic at ed r e qui ring from six t o ,

 NERVOU S VI TALI T Y . 27

tw e lv e months activ e tr e atme nt und e r my syst e m Of

’
,

practic e .

T his is tru e Of the indurat e d chancr e ; and I will h er e

t ak e occ asion t o s ay nin e t e n ths o f t he v ictims Of this dis
e as e n e v e r do ge t ov e r it I t br e aks down t h e n e rvous sys
.

t e m im pov e rish e s t he blood is tr ansmitt e d from fath e r t o

, ,

child an d shows its e lf in scroful a consumption c anc e r

, , , ,

ulc e rs & c e v e n t o t he t e nth g e n e r ation

,
.
,
W h at chi ld .

would n o t curs e t he m e mory Of a fath e r w h o h ad doom e d

him to a lif e Of suffe ring
Th e s e are dis e as e s th at are s e nt upon us only as a pun
ishm e nt for illicit indul g e nc e cons e qu e ntl y w e h av e noth
—
ing t o f e ar if w e k e e p aloof from thos e d e ns o f infamy ,

an d avoid as ass oci at e s its mis e r abl e victims .

G O N O RRHE A .

T his mild er typ e Of v e n e r e al dis e as e I t is t h e re

is a .

sult Of a s e xu al int e rcours e with a p e rson aff e c t e d with a

lik e dis e as e o r a soft chancr e as pr eviously d e scrib e d A ,
.

g onorrh e a contr act e d from a wom an who h a s a soft

chancr e is t he most s ev e r e and giv e s ris e t o fe v e r and

, ,

constitution al disturb anc e s n e v e r m e t with in simpl e go n

o rrh e a The dis e as e in it s i ncipi e nt st ag e is m e r e ly a lo
.
, ,

c al aff e ction confin e d t o t he m u c o us m e mbr an e Of t he

,

ur e thr a b ut if long n e gl e ct e d it b e com e s co nstitution al

, ,

o r chronic and i s v e ry difficult t o ov e rcom e

, .

—
Sy p ma Th e
m to dis e as e first m ak e s its app e ar anc e wi th

an itching o r tingling s e ns ation slight burning On urin a ,

tin g About this tim e if a clos e insp e ction is had yo u

.
, ,

m ay discov e r a slight discharg e Of thin gl assy m att e r , ,

d

t ransp are nt at first The p ain o n urin ating incr e as e s th e

.
-

burning is int e ns e— th e disch arg e assum e s a thick y ellow ,

app ear anc e T he gl ans p e nis b e com e infl am e d and sw o l

.
28 NE RV O U S VIT AL IT Y .

le n , with t he e dg e s Of t he e x t e rn al orific e thick e ne d and

t u rn e d outw ard Th e burning and irrit at i on gr adu ally e x
.

t e nd up ward t he b l add e r b e c om e s irrit at e d with a con

—
st ant d e s ir e t o ur in at e I f contr act e d from soft chan cr e
.

t he inguin al gl and b e com e s enl arg e d an d p ainfu l Th e t e s .

t i c le s sw e ll an d sp asmod i c c ontr actio n o r strictur e Of t he

,

u r e thra e ns u e The w at e r is p ass e d with difii c ulty, and

.

t h e p ati e nt is t o rm e nt e d with chord e e wh i ch is a p arti al ,

e r e ction o f t h e p e nis dr awn downw ard as if b y a cord .

This is t h e tru e infl amm atory st ag e T h e bubo e s Oft e n .

s up u rat e an d disch arg e a thick p uss and in som e c as e s ,

c ontinu e t o disch arg e fo r w e eks att e nd e d with mor e o r l e ss,

p ain . Th e s e are t h e common symptoms o f a s e ve r e typ e

O f Gonorrh e a o r Cl ap und e r ordin ary circumst an c e s ; tr u e ,

w e h av e c as e s th at c aus e but littl e troubl e mor e th an t h e

b urning and irrit at ion in t h e ur e thra with profus e dis ,

c h arg e s This form in a h e althy m an will w ear i ts e lf o ut

.

i n six o r e ight w e e ks without tr e atm e nt bu t is ne verthe ,

l e ss cont agious and shoul db e tr e at e d as soon as disco v e r e d

,
.

Gonorrh e a i s cont agiou s from t h e tim e o f t he slight e st

“

app e ar anc e Of t h e disch arg e an d continu e s s o until e v e ry

,

tr ac e o f it is r e mov e d .

O f t hecomplic ations conn e ct e d with it I prop o s e now t o

sp e ak I point th e m o ut th at y o u m ay av oid th e m if e v e r
.

it s v ictim .

G O N O RRH E AL OP THALMA .

From c are l e ss h andling t h e v irus Of gonorrh e a is som e

‘

tim e s c o nv e y e d t o t h e ey e c au si ng t h e s e v e r e st typ e Of
,

infl amm ation Of t h e eye and in most c as e s e ntir e loss Of

,

t h e si ght Th e r e is a filthy pr actic e among t he ignorant

.
,

Of using t h e urin e t o w ash t h e e y e s wh e n i nfl am e d und er ,

t h e impr e ssion th at it will cur e th e m This should n e v e r .

 NERVOU S VITALI T Y . 29

pr actic e d as th e r e is gr e at risk Of p e rm an e nt injury t o

°

be ,

t h e e y e s e v e n in a h e althy subj e ct
,
T his form o f sor e .

e y e s h av e t o b e t r e at e d on s am e principl e as t h e o n o r
g
rh e a and if n o t att end e d to without d e l ay th er e is no
, ,

ch anc e t o s av e t h e ey e .

S W E L L ED TES TI C L ES .

This Oft e n r e sults from using strong inj e ctio ns Of lun ar

c austic an d from riding hors eb ack b eing much o n foot , ,

long w alks & c I h av e m et with c as e s t hat w er e v ery Oh

,
.

s t in at e an d t h e sw e lling r e ach an e normous siz e

,
Poul .

—
tic e s Of tob acco are t h e b e st tr e atm e nt should b e appli e d
at n ight an d p e rf e ct r e st in a r e cumb e nt position Obs e r v e d
,
.

L e e ch e s are t he b est r em e dy wh er e the infl amm ation and

sw e lling is gr e at .

IRRI T AT I O N OF T HE PR O ST A TE GLAND S .

Is Of t h e r e sults Of strong inj e ctions thrown into th e

o ne

bl add e r which by p assing o v e r this gl and giv e s ris e t o

, , ,

sw elling Of t he gl and difific ult y in urin ating and at stool

,

in fact I h av e m e t with c as e s wh e r e it w as so much en

,

large d as to almost clos e both t h e ur e thr a and r e ctum T h e .

p ain is s o int e ns e th at lif e is but a tortur e Irrit ation and .

e nl arg e m e n t Of t h e p rost at e r e quir e s prompt constitution al

tr e atm e nt v ari e d t o suit th e symptoms Of t h e c as e .

I RRI TA T I O N OF T H E B L ADDER ,

R e su lts from sam e c aus e— Oft e n b e com e s so irrit ab l e as t o

produc e a const ant d e sir e t o urin at e with s e v er e st rangury, ,

o r b e aring down p ains This r e quir e s a soothi ng c o nst itu

.

t i o nal tr eatm e nt an d som e tim

,
e s it b e com e s n e c e ss ary t o

inj e ct mucil aginous fluids t o prot e ct the w alls Of th e blad e

de r from infl amm ation and s l oughing .

30 NERV OU S V IT ALI T Y .

I S TULA I N A N O
F .

O ft e n r e su l t from Gon orrh al infl amm at i on s p c ially

s e ,
e e

wh e r e e t h p ati n t is tr o u b l e d with pil s

e e I had a c as e n u .

de r my c ar e s om e y e ars ago th at origin at e d in a chronic

c as e Of v e ne r e al Th e di s ch arg e from t h e p e nis n e v e r
.

stopp e d until t he fist ulo us Op e ning app e are d and wh e n ,

th at w as clos e d t he gl e e ty disch arge from t he p e nis again

m ad e its app e ar anc e ; o n c h e cking th at t h e lungs b e c am e
in v olv e d and nothing b ut t h e most rigid c ar e and p e rs e
,

v e re n c e with tr e atm e nt s av e d t h e p ati e nt from c o nsu m p

tion .

STRI O
TUR E OF T HE URET H RA .

T his Oft n r e sults from using strong inj e c tions during

e

t h e h e ight Of t h e infl amm ation I t is a condition Of the

.
'

ur e thr a wh e r e t he w alls are contr act e d and form a ridg e

in a circl e contr acting t h e ap p ert ure SOas Oft e n t o pr ev e nt
,

t h e p assing Of th e urin e at all an d at all tim e s with gr e a

,
t -

difficulty A r adic al cur e Of strictur e c an only b e e ff e ct e d

.

by gr adu al dil ation with prop e r in s t rum e nts I n e v e r us e .

t h e knif e and n e v e r f ail t o cur e strictur e

,
.

GL EET .

T his is a s qu e nc e o f n e gl e ct e d Gonorrh e a and is c aus e d

e ,

from a w e ak o r r e l ax e d condition Of t h e mucous m e mbr an e

which throws Off a disch arge v arying from a whit e t o y e l
lo w o r gr e e nish color I t ~m ay continu e for y e ars al
.
,

w ay s k e e ping t h e p arts w e ak and irrit abl e Gl e e t is also .

an att e nd ant symptom o f strictur e an d wh e n this is t he ,

c aus e it c an n e v e r b e cur e d until t h e strictur e is r e mov e d .

V ENERE AL W A RT S .

From l ack Of cl e anlin e ss w arts an d e xc re s e n c es som e

tim e s grow o ut around t h e h e ad Of t h e p e nis Oft e n Of a ,
 NERVOU S V I TALI T Y . 3 1

l arg e siz e Tinc t chlorid e Of iron appli e d with a c am el

. .

h air p e ncil thr e e tim e s a day will soon r e mov e th e m

, ,
.

UL CERA T I O N O F THE GL AND PENI S .

Som e tim e s r e sults from t he disch arg e b e ing allow e d t o

r e m ain in cont act with t h e p arts A fr e e u s e Of so ap and .

w at e r will pr e v e nt this and if it occurs will d e m and tr e at

,

m e nt as oth e r v e n e r e al dis e as e s .

Th e e r
s e v e r al oth e r complic atio ns th at som e tim e s
are

occur but are Of such a natur e as t o r e quir e t he p e rson al

,

att e ntion o f a phy sici an .

T RE A TME N T O F G O N O RRHE A .

Som e w rit e rs cond e mn t he us e Of inj e ction in this dis

e as e at any st ag e an d consid e ring t h e mischi e f th at Oft e n
,

r e sults from inj e ctions I am inclin e d to agr e e with th em ,

H ow ev e r in th e first two or thr e e d ays th e following in

,

j e c t i o n will Oft e n cur e it without a s i ngl e dos e Of m e di

cin e I t is pr e p ar e d as follows
.

P o t ass
P e rm angan at e
-
,
6grs .

A qu a Distil ,
8 ounc e s .

I nj e ct t he ur e thr a e v e ry fli re e hours ,
f o r tw o or thr ee
d ays .

Anoth e r good inj e ction is

Z in c i Sulp .
,

Plumb A c c e t .
,

Sul Hydr as
.
,

A qu a Ross a ,

Us e as abov e
'

A noth e r
Zi nc i Chlorid e ,

A qu a,
S am e as a bov e .
32 NE RVOU S VI TA LIT Y .

An o th e r
~
E xt H am am e lis Flu id 1
.
,

A qua Dist .8 ,

Mix I nj e ct thr e e tim e s a day

. .

Sho ul d t h e disch arg e continu e an d t h e infl amm at i o n run

h i gh us e t h e following int e rn ally as dir e ct e d
,

Ext Cub e b a F luid

. 1 oz ,
.

Buchu 2 ,

Hydrange a 2 ,

Sw e e t Sp t s Nitr e .
,

Sp L av e nd e r .
,

A dd pint H olland Gin and t ak e o ne t abl e spoonful b e,

fo r e e ach m e al "e e p t h e bow el s act iv e wi th a g o od p ur

’

ga t i v e pi ll.

Th e follo w ing acts w e ll in most c as e s

E xt Of Cim ifu ga F l , 2 oz .

Z ant h o xylin
P opulus Tr e m i
B aptisi a 1,

Holl and Gin 1 pint ,

.

Do s e : One t ab l e sp o onful thr e e tim e s a day .

F o r Chord e e an d I nfl amm ation

E xt Humulus Fluid ,
6 dr achms .

Ge ls e m inu m 2
Mi x . D os e : 2 0 drops b e for e r e tiring at night ; 1 0 dro p s
t hre e t im e s a day in conn e ction Wi th e i th e r o f t he ab o v e
w ill b e b e n e fici al .

AS a Purgativ e

P odophylin ,

L pt andrin
e ,
3

T ak e at ni ght in w at e r .
3 4 NERVO U S VIT AL IT Y .

TE ST I T I S ,

Or infl amm ation Of t h e T e sticl e s m ay b e e ith e r acut e o r

,

chronic I t is c aus e d from gonorrh ea"infl amm ation alco

.
,

h olic drinks & c ,

.

Symp to ma W e ight an d p ain in t h e cord an d t e stic l e s

— ,

u n e asin e ss and p ain in loins and groins fr e qu e nt d e sir e t o ,

u r in at e sw e lling Of t e sticle s scrotum firm and t e ns e and

, , ,

t h e cord e nl arg e d gr e at t e nd e rn e ss n aus e a and v omiting

, , ,

with constip ation Of b ow e ls and f e v e r ,

.

Th e tr e atm e nt should b e acti v e and among t he b e s t ,

r e m e di e s is lob eli a int e rn ally an d loc ally with an occ a

,

sioual dos e Of g e ls e min t o k e e p down f e v e r L oc ally c o m .

m o n s alt in t h e form Of s alt w at e r b ath ,is good

, .

T h e chronic form diff e rs from this only in b e ing l e ss

se v e r e. T h e symptoms are t he s am e with tr e atm e nt v ari ,

e d t o suit t h e c as e T h e u s e Of a s usp e ns ary b and ag e is

.

al most indisp e ns abl e in th e s e c as e s .

W A ST I NG O F THE TE ST I CYJ E S .

This m ay b e c ause d from mumps o r cold t ak e n with ,

mumps o r from improp e rly tr e at e d syphilis o r m asturb a

, ,

tion
Th e r e m ay b e slight p ain in t e sticl e s m
.

Symp o ms
t — ain ,

ly at night Both th e e r e ction an d v e n e r e al d e sir e b e com e

.

l e ss fr e qu e nt an d t h e s e min al disch arg e diminish e s until

,

non e is s e cr e t e d t h e t e sticl e s c ontinu e h ard and d e cr e as e

i n s i z e until th e y n e arly o r quit e dis app e ar .

Trea tme nt — R e move t he c aus e avoid e xc e ss e s activ e , ,

e x e rcis e w e ar s usp e ns ary b and ag e and s e e k skillful tr e at

, ,

m e nt at onc e .

SCR OT I AL HERN I A O R R UPT URE ,

m ay b e distingu is he d from hydroc e l e b y t he so ft e lastic ,

f e e l and t he ability to push t h e e nl arg e m e nt up out Of the

,
 NERVO U S V I T AL I T Y . 35

scrot um . The only r e me dy is a w e ll m ad e tru ss prop e rly ,

a dj ust e d .

H YDR O E L E C ,
OR DR O PS Y OF T HE SC R O T UM .

T hi s m ay b e confin e d t o o n e sid e and m ay con tinu e t o ,

a cc umul at e until i t att ains an e normo u s si z e Mor e th an .

a pint an d a h alf Of w at e r hav e b e e n r e mov e d by mys e lf

at o ne Op e r atio n Hydroc e l e m ay b e du e t o infl amm atio n

.

a nd cons e qu e nt e ffusion O f s e r um in t he sc ro t i al s ack It .

c omm e nc e s at t h e bottom and e nl arg e s upw ard m ay b e

dis tinguish e d from h e rni a in t h e fluctu ation and its gr ad
n al e nl arg e m e nt .

Trea tm en t — Wh n it ha r e ach e d a v e ry l arg e siz e t ap

e s ,

p ing is t h e onl y r m e d y aft r w h i h u c a

emphor s al v,
e to e c se

t h scrotum 1 dr achm Of p ulv ri d c am p h r mi xe d with

'

e ,
e z e o

an ounc Of l ard : Rub w ll in thr e tim es a day I h av e

e e ,
e .

Oft e n cur e d this dis e as e wh e n consid e r ably adv anc e d ,

w ithout t apping m ainly by constitution al tr e atm e nt

, It .

Should n e v e r b e n e gl e ct e d wh e n t h e first symptoms ap

p e ar S
.e e
‘
k tr e atm e nt at onc e y ou m ay thus s av e mu ch

p ain and inconv e ni e nc e .

I ME T I G OSCR OTI ALI S ,

Or Te tt e r Of the Scrotum ch ar act e riz e d by a pu s This is

’

t ul ar e ru ption o n t h e scrotum att e nd e d with an itc hin g so ,

in tol e r abl e that p ati e nts thus affe ct e d Oft e n are comp e ll e d
t o scr atch r e g ardl e ss Of comp any o r an oth r consid r
, y e e a
tion ; in fact it Oft e n c aus e s constitution al di st urb anc es
, ,

S l e e pl e ss nights & c In cas e s Of long s t andi ng a thor o ugh

,
.
,

c onstitution a l tr eatm e nt is d e m and e d Re c e nt c as e s w ill .

y e ld t o lotio ns Of b i c arbon at e Of s o d a o n e o r t w o dr achm s

i -
,

t o t he pint o f w at e r app l i e d thr e e o r fo ur t im e s a da

'

, y .
3 6 NERVOU S VI TALIT Y .

IMP O TENCE I N MA RRIED ME N .

This m ay aris fro m a v ari ty Of c aus s Th e r e m ay b e

e e e .

an nt i r
e l ack f s e xu al f ling r pow e r from imp e rf e c t
e o ee o ,

d e v el o p m e nt m alform ation mutil ation r abs n c f t h

, ,
o e e o e

p e n is h a
,
rd st u dy m nt al anxi ty w ant f
,
c o nfi d nc
e e e ,
o e ,

gri f d i gu st e xc ss s almos t inv ari ably produc impo ~

e ,
s ,
e e ,
e

t e n y ; w ant o f symp athy w ant Of f ling d is as

c f v r ,
ee e e, e e ,

i njuri s o f b ack Of t h h ead r spin xc e ssiv l abo r im

e .
e o e, e e ,

mod r at e u
e Of tob acco Opium spirituous li quors m
se — , ,

f act anyt hing t hat imp airs dig e stion and w e ak e n s t h e ner
v ous syst e m ; imp erf e ct e r e ction Ob e sity Me n who b e ,
.
“

c om e t oo fl e shy find th eir s e xu al pow e rs d e cr e as e Stri o ~

, .

tur e s Of t he ur e thr a hydroc e l e h e rni a &c are amo ng t he

, , ,
.
,

c aus e s .

A gain R e pugn anc e o r w ant Of s e x

. u al fe eling o n th e:
,

p art Of t h e wif e m ay op e r at e t o pr e v e nt t h e d e sir e in t h e

,

husb and A s r e m ark e d in a pr e vious p art o f this w o rk

.
,

t h e r e i s a sp e ci e s Of m agn e tic influ e nc e th at op e r at e s i n ;

e x citing t h e s e xu al f e e ling W h e r e this is d e fici e nt in

. .

On e it has an 1nj uriOUS efie c t o n t he oth e r

,
Re cip ro c al .

f e elings gOt o h eight e n t h e pl e asur e s o f s e xu al int e rcours e

Th e r e is O cc asion ally in m arri e d m e n a f e e ling o f indisp o
sit i o n t o s e xu al congr e s s which soon p ass e s an d r e quir es , ,

no tr e atm e nt I t is only th o s e c as e s wh e r e t he n e r v o us
.

vit ality i s l ost o r l acking in p art th at I h av e t o d eal wit h

, , ,

h e r e an d i n as few words as possibl e I will d e scrib e ho w

th i s is l ost .

L O S S OF NERV O US V I T ALI T Y .

A mong t h e c aus e s that p ro duo e impot e nc e o r w an t O f

’

n e rvous vit ality m ast urb ation st ands fo re m o st f O f th at

‘

I hav e p r e viously spok e n N e xt in t h e c at alo gu e o f c aus es

.
°

is e x c e ss in v e n e ry o r s e xu al indulg e nc e Upon thi s

,
.
 NERVOU S VIT AL I T Y . 37

p o i nt wr i t e rs a n d t e ac h e rs diff e r as t o wh at cons t i tut e s e x

My ow n th e ory is th at no rul e as t o ho w oft e n

,

o n e m ay indulg e c an b e l aid down th at wil l apply t o e v e ry

,

c as e : W h at would b e e xc e ss a i nt t o e xh austio n
'

n d am o r ,

i n o ne would no t affe ct anoth e r

,
.

M e n h av e b e e n known t o h av e s e xual int erc ours e almost

n ightly fo r a numb e r o f y e ars without 1m p a1r1 n g t h e

h ea lth whil e oth e rs would e xh aust th e ir Vit al pow e rs in a

,

f e w w e eks . A s afe rul e how e v e r in a p erfe ctly h e althy

, ,

m an and wom an is s ay twic e a w e ek ,

.

,
Som e m e n wil l .

n o t b e abl e t o indulg e so Oft e n as this whil e oth e rs woul d ,

b e p e rf e ctl y h e althy with this numb er or e v e n Oft e n e r ,

.

C onsumptiv e s or thos e dispos e d to c onsumption wi ll

, ,

h as t e n th e ir e nd b y fr e e indulg e nc e I n this class onc e .

,

i n t wo w e e ks would b e as Oft e n as s af e ty wou l d p e rmit .

T hos e pr e dispos e d to h e art dis ea s e would do w e ll t o m o d ,

e rat e th e ir d esir e s in this dir e ction Me n whos e occup a.

,

t io n r e quir e m e nt al study and clos e applic ation will n ot ,

h ave much d e sir e fo r s e xual congr e ss whil e oth ers w ho ,

li v e high and labor but littl e will h av e th e ir d e sir e s e n

r ,

h anc e d .T his appli e s to y oung and mi ddl e age d m e n ; -

t hos e w h o h av e p ass e d th e ir 45t h y e ar n e e d n ot e xp e ct ,

t h e ir f ee l ings to r e m ain strong as in youth e sp e cially in

, ,

g oing t o e xc e ss as in th e ir young e r d ays .

Phy sic al d ev e lopm e nt is n o crit e rion upon which t o b as e

a m an s s e xu al pow e rs
’
T hos e Of c o m p arit ive fe ebl e fr ame
.

a re oft e n most amorous and abl e t o pe rform mor e l abor in

t hi s dir e ction than o n e o f robust fr am e It is all d e p e n .

de nt upon t h e amou nt of n e rvous V it ality h e poss e ss e s and

n o t upon muscul ar pow e r Som e m e n im agin e that t he
.

f e e ling m ay b e gr atifi e d w he n e v e r e r e ction o r in clin atio n

o ccu rs ,
an d are thus le d in to e xc e ss e s As a s afe rule .
,

o n c e o r t wic e a w e e k o n an av e r ag e w ill b e most cond u

, ,

c i v e t o h ealth .
3 8 NE RVO U S VI T ALI T Y .

I hav e had o n e c as e und e r my c ar e wh o w as far ad

-

van c e d in c o ns u mpt i on t h e r e s ul t o f m ari t al e x c e ss e s

,
He .

had indu l ge d from o ne t o si x tim e s e v e ry tw e nty four -

ho u rs f o r a y e ar at t h e e nd o f which tim e h e w as in c o n
, ,

su mption from which h e n e v e r r e cov e r e d from t h e f ac t

, ,

t h at his v it al pow e rs w e r e compl e t e ly run down and n o ,

m e dicin e s w e r e pot e nt e nough t o ge t up a r e a ction in t he

syst e m A sid e from e v e ry consid e r ation o f h e alth it p ar
.
,

t ak e s mor e Of t h e lo w an d s e ns u al th an t he int e llig e nt

‘

m an . W h e r e s e xual i nt e rcours e is indu l g e d t o such an

e xt e nt m e n allow s e nsu ality t o g e t t h e b e tt e r o f th e ir judg
,

m e nt and thus n o t only ruin t h e ir o w n h e alth but th e ir

wiv e s also Alw ays comm e nc e as yo u c an hold o ut and
,

.
,

b y mode r at i o n in youth yo u will b e b ett e r abl e t o e nj oy

t h e pl e asur e s o f m atur e y e ars and will h av e s av e d you r , ,

c onstitution from t he mis e rabl e wr e ck w e so Oft e n m e et

wi th in m e n j ust t urn e d t h e m e ridi an o f lif e
"
Mod e r atio n .

in all things is b e st .

Trea tmen t f o b I mp o tence — The

e st tr e atm e nt prob abl y
i n ordin ary c as es is pure ly hygi e nic s alt w at er b athin g -
,

g o od di e t with tonic t o build up t he g e n e ral syst e m As

, ,
.

a tonic t h e f o llowing is e xc e l l e nt :

Cinchon a pul 1 oun c e

, ,
.

Z anthoxylum
JUnip e r,
Gin H oll and 1 pint ,
.

Let st e e p 2 4 hours and t ak e a t abl e spoonful b e for e e ac h

,

m e al .Shou l d this f ail s e e k t h e advic e and tr e atm e nt o f ,

o n e skill e d in tr e ating s e xu al dis e as e s .

W A N I NG V I T ALI T Y IN T HE A GED .

I am Oft e n consult d by ld m n c e o e o m p la1 n1 ng o f w ant o f

s e xu al f e l i ng j u st a if th r e w r
e ,
s e e e no stop pin g p laCe
 NERVOU S VIT ALI T Y . 3 9

Aged m lthough th e ir s e xu al f e e lings m ay b e strong

e n, a ,

should s eldom indulg e as it is c e rt ain to h av e a d e l e t e riou s

,

in fl u e nc e .H o w Oft e n do w e se e old m en m arry youn g

girls and soon di e t he victims o f th e ir o w n e xc e ss e s The
,
.

id e a o f a m an o f sixt y att e mpting to k e e p p ac e with a wife

o f sixt e e n is pr e post e rous ind e e d Y e t str ang e t o s ay an
,
.
, ,

o ld widow e r in nin e c as e s o ut o f t e n will try f o r a young

'

wif e and if sh e do e s n o t r e puls e him h e will soon kill him

,
'

s elf o r c aus e e nl arg e m e nt o f prost at e gl and coll aps e o f

, ,

t h e g e nit al org ans and th e n b e com e s s o j e alous o f his

,

young wife th at lif e is a torm e nt Th e e xt r e m e n e rvous

.

d e pr e ssion th at Oft e n follows s e xu al int e rcours e is mor e

th an Old age c an b e ar with s af e ty T his is t h e mor e tru e
.

in m e n th an in wom e n W om e n fr e qu e ntl y e nj oy s e xu al
.

int e rcours e up to s e v e nty fiv e or e ight y I r e m e mb e r onc e

-
.

int e rrogating an ag e d n e gr e ss s aid to b e ov e r o n e hundr e d

y e ars o f age I n r e ply to t h e qu e stion at wh at age wom e n
.

c e as e d t o e nj oy s e xual int e rcours e s aid I mu st ask o n e,

old e r than she " ”

T he childr e n of Old m e n are g e n e r ally f e e bl e an d de fi ,

ci e nt in n e rvous vit alit y Me n r e t ain t he pow e r Of b e g et

.

ting childr e n to t h e age of fift y or sixt y r ar e ly b e yon d ,

”
sixty .Th e w ay o f the tr ansgr e ssor is h ard an d wh e n ,

m e n h av e liv e d an d e nj oy e d s e xu al int e rcours e t o adv anc e d

age th e y S
,
hould turn th e ir thoughts to a high e r purpos e
th an animal gr atific ation “
Gr e at folly app e rt ain e th to t he
.

first lov e but gr e at f e e bl e n e ss to t h e l ast

,
T he ch astis e .

m ent Of thos e w h o lo v e t h e se x too much is t o l o v e th e m

t o o long .

Co it i o n ge n erally m ak e s t h e h e althi e st and strong e st lan

guid and drows y fo r a tim e I nd e e d s o d e cid ed is this
.
,

e ff e ct th at m e n hav e e v e n di e d during t h e ac t This aris e s .

from a sudd e n and pow e rful shock t o t he n e rvous syst e m

40 NE R VO U S VI TALI T Y .

ina fe ebl e f r am e I t is s aid o f a n o t e d ph il osoph e r whe n

.

ask e d at wh at ag e w e sho u l d l o v e s aid t o a young m an :

No t ye t an d t o an o ld o ne No t at all
No w as re g ards e xc e ss e s o r fr e qu e ncy wh e n a p e rs o n
, ,

f e els m o r e fr e sh and v igorous aft e r indulg e nc e ; wh e n th e y

sl e e p w e l l and t h e h e ad f e e ls fr e e an d e asy an d t he body
, ,

has it s w o nt e d e l a s ticity an d t h e g e nit als are m or e V ig o r

,

o us th e n w e may k now th at a n atur al w ant h as be e n s up

,

pli e d an d th at n o e vil but good will r e s ult O

, , f c o urs e
, .
,

I hav e r e fe r e nc e t o th e m arit al r elation an d no t t o illicit ,

indulg e nc e As abstin e nc e is t h e gr e at d u ty o f t h e singl e

.
,

s o mod e r ation in s e xu al int e rco urs e is a duty o f t h e m ar

ri e d .

SEXUAL A B USE I N MAR RI E D LIF E .

Som e m e n aft e r m arri ag e s e e m t o ac t o n t he principl e

t h at e xc e ss e s are all right if ind u lg e d in t h e m arri e d st at e ,

c o n s e qu e ntly indulg e nigh t aft e r night until th e y find

,

t h e ir h e alth failing a s also th at Of th e ir wiv e s

,
I h av e
had m any consult m e wh o h ad n o p articul ar dise ase b ut
a g e n e r al f e e ling o f la ssi tud e p ain in ch e st lo ss o f ap p c
, ,

t i t e in p art an d indig e stion Th e y could no t ac c o Unt fo r

.

it had t ak e n c ar e o f th e ms e lv e s 85 0
— ,
W h e n I find a c ase
.

o f this kind I usu ally put t h e qu e stio n Are y o u m arri e d ,

Ho w o l ng sinc ? and I g e n e r ally und e rst and t h e ir c ase s

'

without an o th e r word O cc asio n ally t he s am e symptom s

.

app e ar in t h e m arri e d lib e rtin e fo r t h e s am e c au s e e x —

c e ss e s NOm att er ho w stout yo u are n atur ally this c o n
.
,

s t ant indulg e n c e will t e l l o n your n e r v ous sys t e m s oon e r ,

o r l at e r .

Y o ung m arri e d p e opl e g e n e r al ly in dulg e m o r e fre e ly ,

and t his is oft e n a c aus e o f st e r ili ty O v e r indulg e n c e im

.
-

p o v e ri sh e s t h e s e m e n a n d,
i mpr e g n ation do es n O t t ak e
‘

p l ac e u nt i l t h e ir ard o r h as s o m e wh at c ool e d ; an d o ft e n w e
42 NERVO U S V I T AL IT Y .

MARRIAGE .

AT WHAT AGE SH OULD A Y O UNG MAN E N TE R

I NT O T H E M AR R IA GE O
C N TR A CT ?

This is a subj e ct
which m e dic al writ e rs diff e r wid ely
on .

Marrlage e v e n fo r a b o y i s pr e fe rabl e t o fornic ation o r s e lf

po llution y e t I hold th at m arri ag e shoul d n o t b e c o nsum
,

m at e d until at l e ast tw e nty o n e in t h e m al e an d s e v e nt e e n -

,

i n the fe mal e M arriag e should o nly b e ent e r e d into by

.

thos e wh o h av e arriv e d at a full d e ve lo pm e nt o f th e ir

int e ll e ctu al and physic al pow e rs as only such are c alcul a ,

t e d t o bring forth full h e althy O fisp ring ,

.

M arri ag e s fo r conv e ni e nc e o r fo r family consid e r ation ,

are oft e n product i v e o f much e vil N e v e r m arry r el ativ e s .

,

as t h e Offspring are almost s ur e t o b e s e v e r e ly afflict e d ,

d e form e d o r d e m e nt e d L o v e should b e t h e moving p ow e r

in all m No m
.

arri ag e s an s ho uld e v e r b e g e t a chil d fo r a

‘

wo m
.

an h e do e s n o t lov e n o r should a wom an p e rmit t he

,

e mbrac e s o f a m an sh e c ar e s littl e fo r I n t he l angu ag e o f .

a cot e mpor ary e v e ry child should b e a lov e child as w e l l

, ,

as a lov e ly child but wh e r e m arri ag e is propos e d an d c o n

,

s umm at e d f o r sinist e r moti v e s th e y are lik e ly t o b e n e i ,

t h er. A m an w ants in a wife a c ong eni al comp anion n ot —

a singi ng bird o r a dr awing o r d ancing anim al y e t a m a ,

i Of wom n sp nd mor tim e t o l e arn th e s e t hr e e

j o r t y e e e
-

things th an any thing e ls e and Oft e n m arry m e n w ho c an ,

ap pr e ci at e n e ith e r A ft e r forty f e w wom e n c ar e t o d anc e

.
,

and f e w e r c an sing an d dr awing h as lost all its ch arms

,
.

Rath e r th e r e for e in s el e cting a p artn e r ge t o n e suit e d t o

, , ,

y o ur ci rc ums t anc e s and t o your o w n qu alific ations An .

 NERVO U S VIT ALI TY . 43

—
fi

int e llig e nt a m an o f l e arning w ll fi

m an littl cong
i n d e e »
,

niality with a wom an who is d e fici e nt ; n e I t h e r will a

-

wom an e nj o y lif e with a m an h e r inf e rior in int e ll e ct .

W at e r will s e e k it s l e v e l and a fool will no t e nj oy life

,

with a s ag e .

Th e r e are som e things which o ur r e public an id e as will

no t e nt e rt ain but y e t is t o o tru e to r e quir e argum e nt
,

blood will t e ll and th e r e c an b e no cong e ni al f e e li ng b e

tw
,

e e n t h e lo w and vulgar an d t h e pur e an d r e fin e d One .

Of t he strong e st argum e nts I e v e r h e ard us e d against uni

v e rsal s alv ation w as th at a sinn e r in h e av e n would b e in
,

a wors e torm e nt th an h e would in t h e l o w e r r e gions b e ,

c aus e th e r e would b e no cong e ni ality or kindr e d spirit s

th e r e I t is a s af e rul e th at as soon aft e r tw e nt y o n e
.
,
-

as y o u are abl e t o provid e for a wif e m arry o n e of a con ,

:

g e ni al spirit an d life will b e h appy

,
.

NERV O US DEB IL IT Y .

As the r e sult o f s e xu al e xc e ss e s w e oft e n m e e t with ,

c as e s of e xtr e m e d e pr e ssion o f t h e n e rvous syst e m As .

b e for e r e m ark e d t h e vit ality o f t h e whol e muscular sys

,

t e m d e p e nds upon a h e althy condition o f t h e n e r v ous sys

t em . N e rvous d e bility th e n is t he Opposit e o f n e rvou s
, ,

Vit ality an d is t h e b e ginning o f consumption scroful a

, , ,

an d many o f t h e ills m e ntion e d und e r t h e h e ad o f i nv o l

unt ary e missions & c N e rvous de bility t ak e n in its e arly

,
.
,

st ag e s i s am e nab le to tr e atm e nt I f l e ft alon e until t he

,
.

whol e syst e m is und e rmin e d th e n it b e com e s quit e a fo r

,

m i dab le dis e as e o r d e r ang e m e nt and oft e n b affle s t h e v e ry

,

b e st physic ians .

—
Trea men tE A mong t h e b e st r e m e di e s o f t h e hygi e ni c
t
—
cl ass is b athing in s alt w at er se a b athing wh e n th at c an
,

b e h ad but if no t so fav or e d as t o o bt ai n this a strong so

, ,
44 NE RV O U S VI T AL IT Y .

lut i o n Of s al t i n w at er w e ll ru b b e d i n o nc e o r twic e a
, ,

day wil l h av e a good eff e ct

,
Le t t he di e t b e nutrit i ous
.

fish e ggs b u tt e r "

, ,
fr e sh"fat b e e f o r mu tton 85 0
,
R e gul ar ,
.

h o urs , wi th e x e r cis e in t he op e n air will all t e nd t o a re s

‘

t o rat io n o f t h e v it al principl e T h e m e dic inal tr e atm e nt

.

re quir e s a skill and judgm e nt in tr eating which non e b u t ,

a phy s ici an w h o h as m ad e it his st u dy i s suppos e d t o

, ,

p o ss e ss Th e r.e for e I wil l n o t at te mpt t o lay down any

,

c o urs e h e r e .

I propos e in t he followi ng p ag e s t o g1ve symptoms o f

c as e s tr e at e d with t h e actu al r e sults Th e s e c as e s wi ll
,
.

b e numb e r e d and whil e t he st at eme n t is tru e in e v e ry p ar

“

t i c ular I am n o t at lib e rty t o use n am e s as this u nfo r

, ,

t u nat e cl as s are such as t o m ak e it d e sir ab l e t o m aint ai n

t he s trict e st confid e nc e .

C ASE 1 .

This w as a young m an w ho appli e d t o m e in th e e arly

p a rt o f 1 87 0 T h e whol e tr e atm e nt w as conduct e d by
.

l e tt e r and I n e v e r h av e met t h e p ati e nt in p e rson I will

,
.

giv e as n e ar as possib l e his o w n words withhold ing

, , ,

nam e s & c ,
.

Und e r d at e of Jun e 2 0 t h , h e writ e s

MY D E AR SIR — H aving s e e n Copi e s Of yo ur l ittl e p a
,

p e r " S TAR "and judging from t h e m ann e r i n which

,
T H E

y o u writ e th at y o u are consci e ntious an d no t tryi ng t o de ,

c e iv a t h e afflict e d I h av e b e e n induc e d t o op e n my h e art

,

t o y o u and se e if th e r e i s any hop e fo r m e

,
I am no w .

t w e nty t w o y e ar s o f age
-
My surroundi ngs are o f t h e mos t
.
 NERVOU S VI T ALI T Y . 45

fl att e ring n atur e and y e t from e arly indiscr e tion I am as

, ,

it w e r e a p e rf e ct wr e ck I h av e b e e n r e ar e d and e duc a
.

t e d by t h e b e st O
,

f p ar e nts and t e ach e rs an d but fo r t h e ,

s in of s e lf pollution should c e rt ainl y now b e h appy

-
My .

e arly y e ars w e r e sp e nt on a South e rn

"

,
pl ant ation an d ,

among t h e n e gro boys I l e arn e d th i s pr actic e which I ,

ke pt up without Onc e knowing its e vil e fie c t s until s o m e ,

thr e e y e ars ago I obt ain e d a sm all p amphl e t from som e

North e rn adv e rtis e r which whil e it w arn e d m e of t h e e v il
, ,

w as only a c atch p e nny affair from whom I d e riv e d n o

-
,

b en efit wh at e v e r I h av e b e en subj e ct for s e v er al y ears t o

.

nocturn al e missions occurring almost e v e ry night until I

, ,

find m y h e alth failing an d my m e nt al fac ulti e s b e coming,

w e ak e r from day t o day I now h av e loss o f m e mory .

,

spo ts b e for e my e y e s a dull h e avy f e e ling in th e b ack o f

,

my n e ck with t h e most horribl e dr eams I h av e los t

“

.
,

n e arly all d e sir e for soci e t y or t h e f em ale se x and in a ,

—
word am a mis e r abl e wr e ck m e nt ally physic ally an d ,

morall y N ow wh at sh all I do
.
,
C an y ou do any thing
fo r m e
‘
P
If not in t h e n am e of humanity do not d e c eiv e
,

me . I apply to y ou as a South e rn m an an d tho ugh no t ,

p e rson ally acqu aint e d with y ou I am fully p e rsu ad e d y o u ,

are hon e st W ri t e at onc e and t e ll m e trul y c an yo u

.
, ,

cur e m e
In r ply to t h e abov e I wrot e assuring him o f r eli e f an d
e ,

a p e rm an e nt cur e if dir e ctions w e r e strictly obs er

,
v ed an d
c arri e d out for thr e e to fiv e months Upon r e c e ipt o f my .

answ e r he ord e r e d a month s tr e atm e nt an d on t h e firs t

’
, ,

o f August writ e s
“
Aft e r using y our
inv alu abl e m e di cin e fo r o ne month ,

I find mys e l f much impro ve d and so much e ncourage d ,

.

th at I am r e ady t o pl ac e mys e lf in yo ur h ands until y o u

s ay I am cur e d .
46 N ER V O U S VI T ALIT Y .

Six mont hs l at e r he wr it e s
I am
h appy t o say th at I am quit e w e ll My s e xu al .

sys t e m is all right an d I am n o w p aying my addr e ss e s t o

,

a b e au ti fu l an d accomplish e d young l ady with a vi e w t o ,

c arrying o u t your sugg e stions — g e tting m arri e d and trying ,

t o li v e a v irt u ous an d h appy life

”
.

Thre e y e ars lat e r he writ e s

I am h appi e st m an in South G e orgia
t he I h av e a
fin e b o y t w o y e ars o ld p e rf e ctly h e al thy and as sm art as
, ,
-

a t w o y e ar Old e r e v e r w as an d allow m e my d e ar fri e nd , ,

t o giv e y o u t h e pr ais e fo r all th at I am o r e v e r e xp e ct t o ,

b e as nothing but t h e prompt int e rf e r e nc e o f your s kill

,

s av e d m e from a p re m atur e gr av e May yo u liv e long t o .

do go od an d e nj oy it s fruits
,
I do all I c an fo r yo u I n a
.

ui t w
‘

q e ay .

C A SE II .

E rly in t h e spr i ng of 1 87 1 a y oung m an consu l t ed m e

a ,

und e r t he following circum s t anc e s H e had acquir e d t he

h abit o f m asturb atio n at a v e ry e arly age an d had k e pt it ,

u p at short int e r v als fo r s ix o r e ight y e ars until his con di ,

t i o n w as such as t o e xcit e f e ars f o r his s anity I t was b e .

li e v e d b y his p ar e nts th at h e w as und e r convictio n fo r si n ,

t o us e th e ir e xpr e ssions and th at f e ar o f hi s e t e rn al c o n

,

de m nati o n w as t h e whol e troubl e A b out this tim e he .

c am e in poss e ssion o f a littl e pamphl e t o f min e from ,

which h e Obt ain e d a c l u e t o t h e troubl e H e at onc e wrot e .

m e d e t ailing in a disconn e ct e d w ay his condition

, H is .

v it l pow rs w e r e dribbling aw ay e missions w e r e almost

a e —
c o n st ant an d h e had all t he tr ain o f symptoms att e nding
,

i nvo lunt ary e missions The whol e troubl e had s e ttl ed in

.

his n e rvous syst e m and though hi s physic al fr am e w as b ut

,
 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y . 47

littl e im p aire d h e w as s o t o sp e ak a p e rf e ct b l ank m en

, , ,

t ally I w as e mploy e d with but littl e assur anc e o f suc

"

c e ss H e co ntinu e d und e r my tr e atm e nt for upw ards o f

.

s ix mont hs and w as disch arg e d p e rf e ctl y cur e d

,
I would .

h e r e w arn p ar e nts th at th is r e ligious d e r ang e m e nt is no t

alw ays c aus e d from t h e f e ar of b ing lost
e — but from t h e
brain b e ing imp air e d t he n e rvous s y st e m is e asily e xcit e d
, ,

and Oft e n assum e s this form of m e nt al d e r ang e m e nt It .

would b e w ell in such c as e s to look b e yond t h e symptoms

and se e if und e rlying all is not a c aus e an d t hat c aus e
, ,

m asturb ation .

C A SE III .

Som e y e ars ag o I wa
consult e d b y a young m an ag e d
s ,

e ight e e n He w as l aboring und e r e pil e ptic fits and no

.
,

o n e h ad any id e a o f t h e c aus e th at h ad brou ght th e m

abo ut Som e thi ng in his app e ar anc e c aus e d m e t o m ak e

.

a clos e e x amin ation an d upon qu e stioning hi m priv at e ly

, ,

h e frankly acknowl e dg e d t he c aus e an d pl e dg e d m e hi s

word th at h e would r e form I b e gan t r e atm e nt an d fo r
,

.
,

n e ar tw e lv e months h e n e v e r had symptoms o f a fit .

A bout this tim e b e ing from und e r my tr e atm e nt h e re

, ,

l aps e d into his o ld h abit an d in a fe w mon ths w as s e nt t o

,

t he lun atic as ylum in this st at e wh e r e h e n o w l an gu ish e s ,

a r av ing m ani ac .

C A SE IV
Thi s w as m an
g d 2 5 an d his troubl e w as s e xual ex
a a e ,

c e ss e s with wom e n Comm e ncing at an e arly age and

.
,

b e ing s o situ at e d th at h e could c arry out t h e b e nt o f his

d e sir e h e indulg e d t o an e xt e nt incr e dibl e W h e n h e c o n
, .

sult e d m e h e w as a living sk e l e ton

,
Dysp e psia w as a .

con v e ni e nt t e rm und e r whi ch he hid his sham e b ut r e ally ,

s e min al loss w as t h e dysp e psi a th at w as dr agging hi m t o

48 NE R V O U S VITALIT Y .

the grav e Al though a p e rfe ct wre ck I s aw that h e n atu

.
,

rally poss e ss e d a stout co nstitution and witho u t mu c h e n

"

c o urag e m e nt und e rt ook his c as e Und e r t he u s e Of my

.

re m e di e s h e b e g an t o impro v e and in tw el v e months h e

,

w as S Omuch ch ang e d th at I did n o t r e cogni z e him wh e n

,

h e c am e t o my offic e t o th ank m e fo r wh at I h ad don e fo r

hi m . H e is n o w w e ll an d my l ast pr e scription w as m ar
,

riage which h e h as appli e d an d t h e e xp e ri e nc e h e h as

, ,

h ad will e n abl e him t o st e e r cl e ar o f thos e t e rribl e br e ak

e rs th at h av e wr e ck e d so m any li v e s s e xu al e xc e s se s ,
.

C A SE V .

In May ,
young m arri ed m an co ns ult e d m e by
1 87 1 , a

l e tt e r I fou nd him in t he l ast st ag e s Of consumption

.
,

an d o f cours e b e yond t h e h e lp o f m e dicin e s I n d e t ailing .

hi s c as e h e inform e d m e th at fo r n e ar tw e l v e months h e
,

had from o n e t o h alf a doz e n s e xu al conn e ctions with his

wi f e e v e ry day and at t h e e n d o f th at tim e found hi ms e lf
,

i n c ons umption , from which he di e d a fe w months aft e r

c ons ulting m e I giv e this c as e as a w arning t o thos e who
.

thi nk th e ir f e e lings an d pow e r o f congr e ss t h e only limi t ;

but r e m emb er th at any m achin ery strain e d t o it s utmost
t e ns i on will soon yi e ld and th at t he hum an m achin e ry is
,

no e xc e ption t o t h e rul e T his is only o n e o ut o f hun

.

dr e ds th at h av e com e u nd e r my obs e rv ation d e siring my ,

p rof e ssion al ad v ic e w h e n t o o l at e f o r t h e skill o f m an t o

r e ach th e m .

C A SE V I .

E arly in t h e y e ar 1 869 I w as c al l e d upon by a y oung

m an o f pr e poss e ssing app e ar anc e H e st at e d th at he w as
.

lab or ing u nd e r a dis e as e fo r whi c h he could no t accoun t .

H e h ad n o t had conn e ction with a f e m al e at all and y et

“

h e had a di s c h arg e and const ant irrit ation c l os e ly re se m b

50 NE R V O U S VI T ALI T Y .

H e st at e d th at S O oft e n m ad e t he att e mp t h e w as
as he
s e iz e d with t re mbling an d p alpit ation o f t h e h e art an d ,

e ntir e loss Of e r e ctil e pow e r m ak ing s e xu al i n t e rcours e ,

impossibl e N e v e rth el e ss he notic e d p ro q e disch arg e

.
,

oft e n aft e r such att e mpts E ach succ e e ding att e mpt t he
.

e ffort gr e w mor e hop e l e ss an d in d e sp air h e c all e d o n m e

,

t o know if such a c as e e v e r w as h e ard of an d if th e r e w as ,

any re m e dy I found upon e x ami nation p erfe c tly dev el

.

op e d O rgans an d i nt e ll e ctu al h e ad an d not much app e ar ,

anc e o f e xc e ss e s o r abus e s in any form which h e assur e d ,

m e h e w as fr e e o f I nst e ad o f t aking a fe e an d druggin g

.

this p ati e nt I dir e ct e d a s alt w at er b ath with consid e r abl e

,

friction t o t h e S pin e at n ight a t e aspoonful o f e ss e nc e o f ,

Jam aic a ging e r and instruct e d him t o w ait until h e f e lt

,

t h e d e sir e without an e ffort an d th at h e n e e d fe ar n o p o s, ‘

sibl e failur e T h e r e sult w as th at in fort y e ight h ours h e

.
-

w as all right and by w ay Of r e m e mbr anc e m ad e m e a

,

h andsom e pr e s e nt inst e ad o f p aying a f e e as I ch arg e d

,
‘
,

nothing for my advic e I n this c as e som e thing u np l e as ant

.

o r oth e rwis e h ad c aus e d a f ailur e i n t h e first efio rt an d ,

f e ar o f a r e p e tition and w ant o f confid e nc e in hims e lf

, ,

c aus e d all t h e troubl e Confid e nc e in on e s s e lf is all

.
’

import ant in such c as e s .

C A SE IX .

T his w a s a m an
g e d 2 2 six f e e t high florid compl e x
a , ,

i o n an d w e ighing 1 65 pounds w e aring a N O 9 b oo t an d

, ,
.
,

y e t Se xu ally h e w as a m e r e inf ant T h e whol e org an s .

w e r e n o t as l arg e as th e y S hould h av e b e e n at five ye ars

o ld . A ccording t o his st at e m e nt th e y n e v e r had b e e n any
l arg e r and h e w as almost d e void o f f e e ling fo r t he oppo
,

sit e se x A c as e so n o v el an d o f so long st anding w as Of

.
,

a d o ubtful n atur e an d I m e r e ly agr e e d t o do all I c o uld

,

for him Und e r my tr e atm e nt in thr e e months t h e organs

.
 U
NE R V O S V I T ALI T Y . 51

b e g an t o grow aft e r which I lost sight of him fo r a y e ar

,
.

A t t he e nd of th at time h e wrot e though not as w e ll as h e ,

could wish y e t h e w as so much impro ve d th at h e c o nfi

,

de nt ly look e d for full d e v elopm e nt .

T his w as a v e ry r ar e c as e and I do not giv e it to say

,

th at I c an d e v e lop th e s e org ans wh e r e th e y are w antin g ,

but simply to s ay th at e xtr e m e c as e s are Oft e n v e ry much

improv e d und e r prop e r m an ag e m e nt .

SE L F D I A GN O S I S .

I am oft e n ask e d by l e tt e r H ow c an I t ell if I h av e

”
sp erm atorrh e a n e rvous d e bility & c an d to e n abl e this
, ,
.
,

cl ass of e nquir e rs to asc e rt ain th e ir tru e condition I giv e ,

b e low a list of symptoms of e ach .

T h e pr e monitory s y mptoms of Impot e nc e are

Emissions accomp anying t h e disch arg e of urin e .

Emis sions at stool .

Er e ctions an d emissions upon th e slight e st e xcit em e nt .

Emission s und e r simil ar circumst anc e s without e r e c

tions .

E missions at night whil e asl e e p .

Emissions in day tim e without e xcit e m e nt or e r e ctions

, .

S e m e n in t h e urin e which m ay b e s e e n fl o ating abo u t

,

wh e n c aught in a Vi al an d h eld b etw e e n you an d t h e light .

This t e st should b e m ad e imm e di at ely aft e r t h e urin e is

p ass e d .

C ontr action o r dr awing up of th e for e skin .

Dull p ains in t h e org an Of only a f e w mom e nts dur a ’

tion .

V aricoc e l e or v aricos e v e ins in t h e t e sticl e s

,
This c an .

b e d e t e rmin e d b y t h e e nl arg e d condition of t h e v e ins

.

_
.

Pimpl e s on fac e and ch e st .

Pr e m atur e s e min al disch arg e wh e n s exu al int ercours e is

att e mpt e d .
52 N E RV O U S V I T ALI T Y .

PRI A P I SM .

This is an e r e ct i on o f t he p e nis witho u t any e xciting

c aus e .

D e cr e as e o f s e xual de s ire o r e nj oym e nt

’

Emission o f a bloody looking m att e r o r s e cr e tion .

W astin g o f t h e p e nis o r t e sticl e s .

W ant o f e r e ctions o r but imp e rf e ct e r e ctions

,
.

I n n o One c as e prob ably are all th e s e symptoms pr es

'

, ,

e nt but in a gr e at m any a l arg e m aj ority o f th e m are and

, ,

are g e n e r ally so w e ll d e fin e d as t o pr e v e nt mist ak e as t o

your tru e condition .

I w ill n o w giv e y o u the

M USC UL A R S Y MP T O MS
that pr e c e d e g e n e r al an d n e rvous d e bility and w ill r e m ark ,
t

t h at in v e ry m any c as e s som e o f th e s e symptoms n e v e r

app ear b ut I n e v e
,
c as e th e r e are mor e o r l e ss of th e m
all tim e s pr e s e nt a n d wh e n th e y are n o tim e should
,

l ost I n s e eking for r e m e di e s t o e r adic at e t he dis eas e .

F IR ST S T A GE .

I ncr s d app e ti
ea e t e .

G nawing an d h e at o f t h e stom ach .

U n e as in e ss or all gon e s e ns ation b e for e t aking food ,w

an unpl e as ant fulln e ss aft e r m e als .

W ant o f app e tit e for common di e t a sort of longing , ,

H e avin e ss in t h e St om ach .

I nc re as e d puls ation at t he wrist .

Flush fac e unn atur al r e dn e ss Of ch e e ks

,
.

Sour stom ach an d b e lching H e at in t h e thro at . .

T h e s e cr e tion of t h e liv e r diminish e d .

W ind o n t h e stom ach an d bow e ls .

C olic p ain and griping

, .

D ifli c ult i e s o f br e athing and cough .

 U
N E R V O S VI T ALI T Y . 53

S E C O ND S T A GE .

W e hav e dist e nsion o f stom ach an d sw e l ling o f the

b ow e ls .

Fl abby condition o f th e b o w els .

Exc e ssiv e mucus s e cr e tion .

Fulln e ss o f blood in t h e h e ad .

Irr egul ar action o f t he h e art .

U a a
nn tur l stools — s om e tim e s constip at e d and ag ain to o
,

l oos e
.

Infl ammation o f t he low e r bow els & c ,

.

L O SS o f fl e sh .

D e ad app e ar anc e o f t e skin

h .

Hollow sunk e n e y e s
,
.

Extr e m e s e nsibility to cold or h e at .

L oss Of hair .

Rh eum atic p ains i n v arious p arts of t h e body .

Exc e ssiv e mucus discharg e from t h e thro at .

—
Indol e nc e no d e sir e to e x e rcis e or go in comp any .

W e akn e ss and fatigu e upon t h e slight e st e x e rtion .

Th e symptoms of the

LA ST S TA G E ,

m e nt al symptoms are found among t h e followin g in

, ,

e ry c as e

t le ssn ess sighing an d w ant Of e n e rgy

, ,
.

o f fulln e ss in t h e h e ad .

C hange of ton e o f v oic e n e rvousn e ss asthm a v e rtigo

, , ,
.

W ant o f app e tit e dim n e s s o f v ision

’

.
,

Imp air e d s e ns e o f h e aring av e rsi on t o soci ety

,
.

Blushing and confusion wh e n in t h e soci e ty o f f e m al e s .

Av oiding conv ers ation w ant o f confid e nc e

,
.

D e sir e fo r solitud e w ant of pow e r t o afli x t h e att e ntion

,
.

Cow ardly f e ar d e pr e ss i on o f spirits giddin e ss

, ,
.
54 NE R VO U S VIT ALI T Y .

L oss m e mory e xcit ab l e t e mp e r moros e n e ss

of , ,
.

Tr e mb l ing o f t he h ands .

P ain in th e b ack o f t h e h e ad and spin e .

Pain o v er th e e y e s disturb e d sl e e p , .

Str ang e obsc e n e an d l ascivious dr e ams hypochondr i a

, , ,
.

A nd as a fin ality e pil e ptic fits ins anity and d eath

, ,
.

D oubtl e ss m any r e ad e rs wil l s ay this pict u r e is o v e r

dr awn an d th at I am e nd e avoring t o fright e n t h e r e ad e r
,

w h o m ay h av e b e e n guilty o f e xc e ss e s & c W ould it w e r e ,

.

s o " W ould to Go d th e r e w e r e n o c as e s wh e r e this de

s cription apply " Th e n w e would h av e f e w e r c as e s o f

i ns anity consumption an d d e ath

,
.

I know wh e r e of I sp e ak and do not h e sit at e t o s ay ,

t h at m asturb ation s e xu al e xc e ss e s an d v e n e r e al dis e as e s

, ,

are doing mor e t o d e g e n e r at e t h e hum an f am ily th an all

oth e r c au s e s combin e d A nd th e only r e m e dy fo r th e s e

.

e v ils is in e duc ating t h e rising g e n e r ation t o und e rst and

th e ir o w n syst e m an d t h e e vil r e sults o f th e s e vic e s an d ,

t e ach th e m th at in e arly m arri ag e and a virtuous lif e alon e

are h e alth an d h appin e s s t o b e e xp e ct e d .

C A SE X — . C A NCER .

Som e months ago I w as consult e d by a m an whom I

found l aboring und e r c anc e r o f t he p e nis in its most ag ¢

g ra v at e d form His
. c as e w as a hop e l e ss o n e a n d aft e r I ,

s o inform e d him h e urg e d m e

,
as o n e sp e aking from t h e
,

b ri nk o f t he gr av e to writ e a book and t e ll th e rising g en

c r ation t h e e vils o f pro m
, ,

iscuous int e rcours e and s e lf pollu -

tion fo r s aid h e , I f I h a d
,
n e v e r b e e n l e d as tr ay I ,

would n o t n o w b e t h e mis e r abl e wr e tch th at I am Fr om .

a c as e o f syphi lis contr act e d y e ars ago h av e com e all my

, ,

t r o ub l e s and n o w l e ft without hop e o f r e li e f I must s uff e r

, ,

a tho us and torm e nt s from which my only e s c ap e is in

,
 NE R A OUS VI T ALI T Y . 55

d e ath . In t h
c aus e o f hum anity I w ould pl e ad with y o u
e

t o w arn oth e rs of this t e rribl e e vil .

His w as a piti abl e c as e ind e e d and t h e history o f Which , ,

is br iefl y as follows H e contr act e d s y philis o r p o x w as ,

t r e at e d with m e rcury an d pronounc e d cur e d but r e m ain

‘

, ,

e d s o fo r only a f e w months wh e n a c anc e rous ulc e r m ad e ,

i t s app e ar anc e c austic w as appli e d only aggr av ating the ,

d is e as e an d wh e n h e c am e to m e his whol e syst e m w as

,

cont amin at e d and a fe w months s e rv e d t o clos e his lif e of

,

s u f f e ring— all from t h e e ff e cts o f promiscuous int e rcours e .

C A SE II I C O N STIT UTI O NAL SYPH IL I S

— .

A . B consult e d m e A pril 1 87 3 H e w as lit e r ally cov er

.
,
.

e d wit h s y philitic ulc e rs t h e r e sult of dis e as e contr act e d

,

t e n y e ars pr e vious U nd e r t h e skilful applic ation o f me r

.

c ury h e h ad b e e n cur e d as h e suppos e d an d two y e ars, ,

'

a ft e r h ad m arri e d a most e stim abl e l ady Six months .

a f t e r m arri ag e t h e origin al ch ancr e s app e ar e d an d t h e ,

s am e old school r e m e di e s w e r e appli e d with a mitigation ,

o f all t h e s ymptoms About this tim e a child w as born

.
,

a n d pr e s e nt e d m any unmist ak abl e e vid e nc e s of t h e t aint .

T h e wif e also w as cont amin at e d and it w as m y o fi

, ,
l
t ce to ,

a dminis t e r t o all thr e e N e arl y tw e lv e months h av e el aps

.

e d a d th e y
,
n are to all a,
—
pp e ar anc e w e ll th anks t o t h e ,

v irtu e s of ve g e t abl e antidot e s ; and y e t nothi ng but t h e

most t e mp e rat e mod e of living with clos e obs e rv anc e of ,

h ygi e nic rul e s will pr e v e n

,
t constitution al e ffe cts h e r e aft e r .

I n this conn ction I would advis e r e gul ar b aths o f s alt

e ,

w at e r an d abstin e nc e from alcoholic drinks ov e r stimul a

~ ,

t ing di e t an d r e gul ar h abits in all who h av e onc e h ad con

,

s t it ut i o n al s y philis A ny d e vi ation is li ab l e t o produc e

.

i nfl amm ation an d symptoms if n o t a r e turn in som e

, , ,

form .
56 NE RV O US VI T ALIT Y .

C A SE X II .

I was c o ns ult e d in Janu ary ,

by a singl e m an wh o
1 87 3 , ,

wa l abori ng u nd e r strictur
s e o f t h e ur e thr a t h e r e sult o f ,

st rong inj e ctions o f lun ar c austic in a c as e o f Gonorrh e a .

On e xami n ati o n o f th e p ass ag e I found th e strictur e s o

,

e f
“

r a t a t pr v nt t h p ss g t h sm all e st bougi e an d
g s o e e e a a e o e ,

it was w i th t h e gr e at e st difli c ult y th at h e could p ass w at er

’

at all; in f act wh e n e xpos e d t o e xtr e m e c old h e cou ld

, ,

no t urin at e unti l h e us e d a w arm b ath I b e gan tr e atm e n t

'

b y introducing a b o u g1 e up t o th e strictur e o n th e point ,

o f wh i ch I us e d an oin tm e nt fo r t h e purpos e o f p ro du

cing ab sorption I allow e d this t o r e m ain in cont act s ay

.
,

half an hour d aily I n a fe w d ays t h e strictur e w as s o

,
.

muc h soft e n e d as t o admit a numb e r o n e b o ugi e Co n .

t inu ing t h e tr e atm e nt by gr adu al dil ation , I soo n h ad my

“

ti nt cu r d I ~would h r r m rk th t I h av tr e at ed
p a e e. e e e a a e

quit e a l arg e numb e r o f c as e s o f strictur e an d h av e n e v e r ,

‘

had t o r e sort t o t h e knif e h av ing succ e e d e d i n e v e ry c as e

,

b y t he introduction o f m e dic at e d bougi e s and gr adual di

latio n o f t he strict ur e i n c onn e ction with activ e c o nstitu
,
»

t io nal tr e atm e nt .

C A SE XIII — GL EET. .

J . N consult e d m e D e c e mb e r 1 87 0 H e w as l abor i ng
.
,
.

u nd e r chro nic i nfl amm ation o f t he ur e thr a which k e pt up

'
,

a co nst ant d is ch arg e o f a gl arry whit e m att e r H e h ad .

b ee n thus afli ict e d fo r e ight e e n months had consult e d sev ,

e ral not e d p hysi c i ans an d h ad f ail e d t o obt ain t h e Slight e st

,

re li e f Susp e cting strictur e as o n e o f t h e e xciting c aus e s

‘

.
?

I introd uc e d a bougi e and found n o imp e dim e nt I the i r

,
.

d e cid e d it w as a c as e o f chronic in flamm atio n o f t h e m u

c o us m e mb ran e o f the ur e thr a and proc e e ding upon this
,

di agnos is I s o o n stopp e d t he dis c harg e and w i th tonic s ,

.
58 NE R V O U S VIT AL IT Y .

m onth , from six to tw e lv e months will b e r e quir ed

‘
to cur e
it and e r adic at e t h e poison from t he blood .

C A SE XV .

I w a consult s d som e tim e in 1 87 3 b y a m an w h o h ad

e

e v ry symptom
e o f acut e Gonorrh e a H e st at e d t hat h e .

h ad b e e n m arri e d only a f e w months an d th at h e had h ad ,

n o conn e ction with any wom an e xc e pt his wif e n ot only ,

s inc e m arri ag e but for months b e for e an d th at h e h ad ,

e v e ry e vid e nc e in t h e world th at sh e w as as pur e as wom an

a s wom an could b e I w as som e wh at at a loss t o di agnos e

.

t his c aSe but r e qu e st e d him t o go to his wif e an d ask if

’

s h e h ad e v e r notic e d any unn atur al disch arg e Upon b e .

ing int e rrog at e d s he st at e d th at for thr e e or four d ays aft e r

e ach p e riod s h e h ad a v e ry acrid disch arg e th at c aus e d an

itching & c ,
B e ing of a scrofulous di ath e sis t h e p oison
.

w as thrown o ff in this w ay an d h e nc e t h e infl amm ation Of

,

th e uret hra .

C A SE XV I .
-
F I S T UL A .

C J ag e d 25 y e ars c o fisi i lt e d m e in A ugust 1 87 0 H is

.
, ,
.

c as e w as a v e ry p e culi ar o n e T wo y e ars pr e vio us h e had

.

c ontr act e d a gonorrh e a which b affl e d e v e ry mod e of tr e at

m e nt t h e disch arg e continuing with but littl e int e rmission

,

for ov e r tw e lv e months A bout this ti m e an absc e ss form

.

e d in t h e p e re niu m "o r Sp ac e ,
b e tw e e n t h e scrotum an d

a nus " c ausing t h e mo s t int e ns e p ain and fin all y op e ning , ,

l e ft a fistul a or c an al op e ning into t he bow els

,
The .

s tr ang e f e at ur e of this cas e is th at as soon as t h e absc e ss ,

b e g an to disch arg e t h e gonorrh e a dis app e ar e d as also t h e

, ,

irrit ation in t h e p e nis During t h e continu anc e of t h e fis

.

tula if from any c aus e it clos e d up an d did not disch arg e

,

for som e d ays th e itching

,
a nd burning in t h e ur e thr a

would again app e ar an d would only b e r eli e v e d by op e n

,
 NE R V O U S VI TAL I T Y . 59

ing t h e fistul a I comm e nc e d tr e atm e nt m ainly with a

.

v i e w to improv e th e blood n ev e r att e mpting t o stop th e

,

fistul a until t h e syst e m w as thoroughly pr e p ar e d for t he

ch ang e I n si x months I h ad my p ati e nt w ell fistul a
.
,

h e al e d w ithout t h e u se of t h e knif e an d h e is w e ll to t h e
,

pr es e nt day .

"NOW T HYSELF .

In th epr e c e ding p ag e s I h av e e nd e avor e d to giv e t h e

r e ad e r som e id e a of t h e e vil r e sults Of immor alit y as
In dO
,

S hown in prostitutio n s e lf poll ution & c

,
-
ing this I
,
.

h av e h ad to u s e pl ain langu ag e an d n o doubt sh all bring

,

down upon m y h e ad t h e c e nsur e and cond e mn ation of

m an y who b e li e v e e vil com e s only from l e arning wh at
e v il is
. T his m ay b e tru e in som e r e sp e cts but if with a
, ,

k n owl e dg e of e vil com e s a knowl e dg e of i ts punishm e nts ,

th e n y ou h av e dis arm e d it of its pow e r to h arm thos e w ho

prop e rly und e rst an d it .

T he cl e rgy m an t h e t e ach e r t he p ar e nt who are r e ady

, , ,

t o cond e mn this must know th at y ou c an not m ak e a b e

,

ing spirit ually pur e who is ph y sic ally impur e Th e m an .

cov e r e d with sor e s and sc abs from sy philis will n o t go into ,

t h e soci e t y o f t h e pur e b e c aus e h e knows th e y shrink

,

from him in horror Can you pr e ach to such an o n e with

.

any prosp e cts of suc c e ss W ould you d ar e e at an d drink

wi th Such at t h e L ord s t abl e ? I must conf e ss I would
‘ ’

not an d t ak e t h e ch anc e s of dis e as e in t h e ac t T h e n

,
.

whil e you cond e mn m e for trying to pr e v e nt sin y ou are ,

pow e rl e ss to stop it wh e n onc e i t s victims h av e b e com e

,

dis e as e d an d d e gr ad e d .
60 N E R VO U S VIT ALI TY .

Ah s ays o ne , y o u a pp e al t o t h e ir
th e ir fe ars ,
an d n o t t o

mor al courag e So I do an d most o f t h es e w h o t e ach ap

.
,

p e al t o n o b e tt e r p art o f t h e n atur e th an f e ar Y o u urg e .

th e m t o lo v e Go d b e c aus e i f th e y do n o t l o v e an d Ob e y
,

hi m th e n e t e rn al cond e mn ation an d p u nishm e nt aw ait

,

th e m I urg e th e m t o S hun vic e b e c aus e o f i t s punishm e nt

.

h e r e Much Of t h e dis e as e an d corruption o f mind and

.

body is due t o th at f als e mod e sty which would k e e p from

t h e young a knowl e dg e o f th e ms e lv e s Non e h av e a b e t .

t e r Opportunity t o know t h e e v il e ff e cts o f s e cr e t h abi t s

th an I an d I should fe e l th at I h ad no t p e rform e d a duty
assign e d m e if I did not w arn i t s victims o f t h e c o n s e

qu e nc es .

W e are t o a c e rt ain e xt e nt cr e atur e s Of circumst anc e s

, ,

an d e duc ation W h o will att e mpt t o s ay th at an u n e du c a

.

t e d m an St ands an e qu al ch anc e in t h e w o rld with o n e Of

e duc ation an d r e fin e m e nt T h e n if e duc ation go e s so far
t o e nsur e t h e su cc e ss o f an i ndividu al in t h e ordin ary
w alks o f life why should w e withhold and d e priv e th e m
,

o f a knowl e dg e th at go e s so far t o i n sur e th e ir physical

an d mor al w e lf ar e

A t t he risk o f b e ing t e rm e d qu ack ch arl at an & c I h av e , ,

. .

p e nn e d th e s e p ag e s and I h av e n o do u bt th at whil e som e

-

cond e mn thous ands will bl e ss m e fo r t h e s am e Upon a .

knowl e dg e o f ours e lv e s much d e p e nds Can w e cond e mn .

thos e wh o h av e n e v e r b e e n t aught ? are

t aught th at t o shun e vil an d do good is comm e nd abl e but ,

i f w e are no t inform e d what ev ils are how S h all w e know

"
,

ho w to Shu n th e m 9 Thi s mu ch I h av e writt e n in d e f e nc e

‘

o f my c aus e an d w i th a consciousn e ss th at I am doing a

,

good work I s e nd this littl e volum e forth trusting th at as

, ,

b r e ad c ast upon t he w at e rs it m ay b e gath e r e d up m any

,

d ays h e n c e ”
.
 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y . 61

S EXU ALITY The O rigin of Love - .

Disguis e it as w e m ay th e r e is no d e n y ing t he fac t th at

,

in e arl y life s e xu alit y or t h e s exu al d e sir e is t h e fo un da

, ,

tion of lov e in its tru e s e ns e Eunuchs n e v e r lov e th e o p.

p o s i t e s e x th e y are wom e n h at e rs F e m al e s d e void o f

.

s e xu al p assion n e v e r lov e as thos e in whom this f e e ling h as

its prop e r pl ac e It is t he p assion t h e principl e upon
.
— —

which t h e hum an r ac e d e p e n ds T h e n why att e mpt t o .

smoth e r it and tr e at it as som e thing th at is e vil but r ath e r ,

e ncour ag e its l e gitim at e e nj o y m e nt in t h e m arit al r e l ation ,

an d th e n w e S hould h av e l e ss O f s e du c tion an d fornic ation

th an w e do in t h e at t e mpt to tr e at it as an e vil th at w e
must avoid & c Th e r e aso nabl e d e sir e Of th e s e x for e ach
,
.

oth e r is as b e for e s t at e d a divin e attr action an d it i s only

, , ,

in e xc e ss e s and promiscuo us i n du lg e nc e th at t h e e vil li e s .

W e h av e n e arly an e qu al numb e r of m al e s and f e m al e s ,

thus S howing th at for the w ell b e ing Of our rac e o n e w o

m an an d o n e m an only should h av e s e xu al congr e ss W e r e .

it confin e d to this an d in l e gitim at e ch ann e ls s e xu al dis

, ,

e as e would b e unknown I would n o t b e und erstood as

.

e ncour aging t h e gr atific ation of t h e s e xu al p assions e xc e pt

‘

in t he m arit al st at e an d th e n only wi t hin t h e bounds o f

,

propri e t y Promiscuous int e rcours e infid e lity & c are

.
, ,
.
,

t h e b an e of th e age an d th e ir e vil e ffe cts c an not b e

;

sufl i c i e nt ly und e rstood e xc e pt i n activ e prof e ssion al

life T h e n as s e xu al d e sir e is t h e found ation of our e xi s
.
,

t e nc e its l e gitim at e indulg e nc e is advis abl e an d in no w ay

, ,

c an this b e e ff e ct e d e xc e pt in e arl y m arri ag e and fi deli ty to ,

the m arri age now I w ant it distinctly und e rstood th at I

.

cond e mn all indulg e nc e outsid e Of this r e l ation and n e v e r ,

pr e scrib e it as a re m e dy for s e xu al d e bility in any oth e r

‘

w ay .
62 NE R VOU S VIT ALI T Y .

CO HABIT ATIO N .

A work o n S e xu al Sci e nc e by Prof O S Fow l e r ad ,

. . .
,

v anc e s t he id e a th at coh abit ation should n e v e r b e indulg e d

e xc e pt f o r t h e purpos e o f produc i ng Offspring th at wh e n
conc e pti on h as t ak e n pl ac e n o conn e ction should b e had
,
‘

until t h e ch ild is o n e y e ar Old o r fit t o b e w e an e d As t o

,
.

any m an putting this th e ory into pr actic e I am w illlng t o

l e av e it for his wif e t o d e cid e and as th e y are g e n e r ally ,

right on most qu e stions I am willing th e y S h all b e t h e um

pir e in this c as e I f any s an e m an should propos e t o put
this th e ory in pr actic e he will find th at it is n o t popul ar a t
ho me .

Hum an b ings h av e c e rt ain n atur al d e sir e s an d as I h av e

e ,

e ls e wh e r e st at e d th e y should b e e x e rcis e d in a l e gitim at e

w ay as Oft e n as t h e l aws o f h e alth p rud e nc e an d physio l ,

o gy will p e rmit I am convinc e d th at for h e althy p er7

.

sons onc e or twic e a W e e k is within th e b o un ds o f h ealth

, ,

wh e r e t h e d e sir e is e qualté i t Fowl e r cit e s as proof t h e

l

anim al kingdom as though m e n w e r e e n do w e d w it h n o

’

high e r ord e r of i nt e llig e nc e th an t he instinct Of t h e b e ast .

Th e anim al cr e atio n c o h abit wh e n d e sir e prompt but

-
,

m an t h e high e r ord e r Of God s cr e ation h as mor e fre

,
’
,

qu e nt d e s ir e and at t h e s am e tim e is e ndow e d with t h e

,

fac ulty o f r e sisting o r controlling this f e e ling .

W om an aft e r all sho uld b e t he umpir e t o s e ttl e t h e

, ,

qu e stion as t o fr e qu e ncy and i n most c as e s t his will b e a

,

sufli c i e nt guid e t o k e e p t h e husb and within t h e bounds o f .

h e alth an d prud e nc e A m an c an no t b e forc e d a wom an

.
—
n e v e r S hould b e as s e xu al int e rcours e ag ainst h er will is
,

n o mor e th an l e g aliz e d r ap e .

But s ays o ne my wif e n ev e r has any d e sir e th e n wh at

, ,
—
 U
N E R V O S V I T A LI T Y . 63

sh all I do Must I abst ain altog e th e r I n an sw er t o ‘

P

such an o n e I will s ay i f your wif e is fully d e v e lop e d

, ,

this w ant of s e xu al f e e ling is e ith e r an e vid e nc e of dis e as e ,

or a f e e ling Of disgust tow ards y ou I f t h e l att e r y ou .

,

must l e arn h e r to lov e y ou or s e e k a divorc e as you are

, ,

only m aking both unh app y I f dis e as e is t h e c aus e th e n

.
,

s e e k t h e ad vic e Of a phy sici an who can r e m e dy this d e f e ct .

T h e law divorc e s any o n e from anoth e r that h as not t h e

s e xu al attribut e s W hy th e n comp e l thos e to liv e to
.
, ,

g e th e r in mis e ry w h o h av e not t h e d e sir e or th at submit ,

only b e c aus e th ey think it a dut y T he o ffspring of such

are not wh at th e y should b e ; nor ind e e d c an any o fisp ri ng

b e p e rf e ct in mind an d body th at are not t h e r e sult Of a

lov e e mbr ac e .

Stick to y our str aight l ac e d notions as much as y ou will

-
,

t h e r e are s c i e ntific p r1 n 0 1p le s t h at gov ern e v e n in t h e pro

d uction of Off spring principl e s und e rly ing our whol e n a
—
tur e a viol ation Of which will t e ll in thos e who com e aft e r
,

us A drunk e n m an m ay b e g e t a fool T he f e elings an d

. . .

p assions th at pr e domin at e during s e xu al congr e ss h av e

m u c h t o do in formi ng t h e individu al A child t h e o fi
’

spring of mutu al lov e and r e ciproc al f e eling wi ll st and a ,

f air e r ch anc e or inh e riting thos e qu aliti e s th an o n e t h e

r e sult of a h app e n S O .

O h s ay s this is fr e e lov e doctrin e sp e ci al afli ni t i e s

o ne , , ,

&c . I d e ny t h e ch arg e in S O far as advoc ating p ro m is c u

,

o us int e rcours e or infid e lity but I do b e li e v e in fr e e lov e

, ,

in t he pur e st acc e pt ation of t h e t e rms Non e S hould m arry .

who do not lov e e ach oth e r fo r th e ir s e lf alon e an d o f ,

th e ir own fr e e will without any oth e r con sid e r ation

,
.

W h e n this i s t he c as e if t h e lo v e is fr e e and pur e w e m ay

, ,

lo ok for t h e high e st ord e r o f dom e stic b liss an d Offspring ,

su p e rior t o e ith e r p ar e nt in int e ll e ctu al att ain m e nts

_

If .
 64 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y .

w e had mor e f lo v
of e an d l e ss o f m e rc e n ary lov e w e
ree , ,

S hould h av e mor e o f dom e stic f e e lin g and l e ss o f m atri

moni al discord .

AD V I CE T O Y O UNG H USB A ND S OR ,
T H O SE
AB O UT To M A RR Y .

H o w much d e p e nds upon right m an ag e m e nt fo rt h e first

days ft e r m arr i ag e only thos e w h o h av e e xp e ri e nc e d it
a ,

c an know Be g e ntl e b e kind undu e h ast e — an e xhib i

.
,

tion o f t h e anim al ov e r t h e int ell e ctu al p assion o r aff e ction

On th e first night m ay with som e t e mp e r am e nts m ak e an
, ,

impr e ssion th at tim e c an n e v e r e fiac e B e hold wh at a .

gr e at fire a sm all sp ark kindl e th an d gov e rn yours e lf so ,

th at y o u will n e v e r look b ack with r e gr e t Undu e h ast e is .

Oft e n t h e m e ans o f producing disgust p ain an d w ant o f , ,

r e ciproc al f e eling Go S low you h av e a lif e tim e be for e

.
—

y o u ,
an d r e st assur e d th at g e ntl e n e ss an d affe ction at e c o n

sid e r ation go e s furth e r with most f e m al e s t h an most o f us

are willing t o admit A h int t o t h e wis e is suffici e nt
. .

— a
Not long ago a y o u n gf nan an d form e r pati e nt
fri e nd
o f min e c all e d on m e for advic e as h e st at e d e ith e r as a
, ,

fri e nd or p hy s ic 1 an H e h ad b e e n m arri e d a w e e k without

.

consumm ation, although d e sir e o n his p art an d c ap acit y

w as e qu al t o any e m e rg e ncy but o n t h e p art o f his wif e
,

re pugn anc e an d w e e ping w as all t hat m e t him N o w s ay s .

,

I you n ev e r st art e d right D on t lay hold an d att e mpt t o

,
.
’

forc e a consumm ation , but g e ntly dr aw h e r t o your arms ,

c ar e ss and fondl e an d t alk o f oth e r subj e cts u ntil by a

,

n atur al dr awing o r r e ciproc al f e e ling t ak e s t h e pl ac e o f

t hi s dr e ad and h ands Off f e e ling W ith this advic e e nlarg

-
.

e d upon h e d e pa
,
rt e d an d c am e b ack a fe w day s af t e r t o
th ank m e fo r this bit o f fri e ndly advic e H e h ad p ro .
°

c e e de d in a busin e ss l ik e m ann e r an d w as m e t in a spirit

'

-
,
66 NE R V O U S V I T ALI T Y .

wh e n appli e d t o tr e at th e m as mythic al o r O
,
f v e ry littl e ,

import anc e R e gul ar t e xt books until v e r y r e c e ntly are

.
, ,

sil e nt o n th e s e dis e ase s an d w e find a Profe ssor in o n e o f

t h e first M e dic al Schools in A m e ric a st at e d t o his cl ass
th at Sp e rm atorrh e a w as all a ho ax th at an oc c asion al
—
e m i ss i on w as h e althy e v e n if it did com e in a dr e am
,
an d

th at t h e pr actic e o f m asturb ation w as uni v e rs al almost ,

an d w as n o gr e at injury .

N o w with such t e aching this h o w c an t h e n e w fl e dg e d

as ,

h w
Allop ath know o o tr e t N ervous D e bility a dis e as e
t a —
which h e is t aught e xists only in im agin ation T his Pro
f e ss o r is possibly an isol at e d e xc e ption but I do know ,

th at physici ans as a rul e are s adly w anting i n a knowl

, ,

e dg e O f th e s e p e culi ar n e rvous d e r ang e m e nts and oft e n ,

tr e at th e m in a m ann e r t o add fu e l to t h e alr e ady c o n sum

ing fire I h av e giv e n this cl ass of dis e as e s much thought
.
,

and h av e tr e at e d p e rh aps as m any c as e s as any m an o f my

ag e ; h av e b e e n consult e d by hundr e ds an d h av e a p e rf e ct ,

right to kno w wh e r e of I sp e ak .

P e rh aps t h e r e ad e r h a
s b e e n le d to be li e v e h e would

h e r e l e arn wh at would cur e him I n r e pl y will s ay I .

,

would h av e to giv e almost as m any difiere nt pl ans of tr e at

m e nt as th e r e are c as e s an d th e s e in unprofe ssion al h ands
,
-

it would amount t o almost n othing T h e Obj e ct of this .

work has b e e n to point out t h e e vil and w arn you against

'

a pr actic e th at must e v e ntu all y work out y our ruin If .

n o t c arri e d t o o far stop it at onc e

, g e t a good v e g e t abl e ,

t onic an d p e rh aps you will n e e d n o furth e r tr e atm e nt ;

,

but if t h e vit al pow e rs are o n t h e wan e an d n atur e is n o t ,

e qu al to t h e e m e rg e ncy th e n apply t o a skillful physici an

, ,

w h o knows wh at h e is doing D o n o t le t a s ens e o f sh am e

.

k e e p y o u from unbosoming yours e lf but h avin g sinn e d ,

a gainst your o w n body first c e as e t o do e vil an d l earn t o

, ,
 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y . 67

ado w e ll Ge t your body or all your org an s ful ly r e stor e d

.
, , ,

a n d th e n s e e th at you k e e p it fr e e from t h e cont amin ating

i n flu e nc e of s e lf pollution or illicit int e rcours e
-
.

W h e n t he syst e m h as not snfie re d too much t h e fo ll ow ,

i ng as a tonic acts spl e ndidly

Popl ar B ark " o f t h e root " o z
-

.
,

G old e n Se al , } oz 4 .

P e ruvi an B ark , 5 oz .

G e nti an B ark ,
oz .

A dd t h e whol e to a qu art of good Holl and Gin sh ak e ,

w ell and t ak e a t abl e spoonful b e for e e ach m e al

,
D On o t .

s h ak e aft e r t h e first tw e lv e hours I n addition t o thi s

.
,

k e e p t h e bow e ls r e gul ar liv e on a nutritious di e t b ath e

, ,

t he whol e body fr e qu e ntl y with w arm s alt w at e r if in ,

“

w int e r or cold w at e r in summ e r

,
A nd wh e r e t h e night
.

Ia m i s s io ns are fr e qu e nt an d troubl e som e sit fo r fift e e n ,

m inutes in a tub Of cold w at e r b e for e r e tiring Avoid all .

e xciting c aus e s or r e ading s e ns ation al nov e ls s ee k ch e e r

, ,

f ul comp any sl e e p on a m attr e ss an d b e tw e e n cotton o r

,

Ein en sh e e ts. Av oid stimul ants an d liv e t e mp e r at e in all

,

t hin gs an d y ou will if of n atur all y stout constitutio n

, , ,

r e quir e but littl e m e dicin e in addition t o t h e abov e tonic ,

a nd h y gi e nic rul e s W e h av e m any v alu abl e r em e di e s th at

.

fi Ct w e ll ,
but as a rul e th e y are such th at r e quire t h e
a dvic e of a phy sici an in th e ir us e .
 NE RV O US VI TALI T Y .

S UPPRESS I O N .

Som e who do no t d e sir e Offspri ng are i n t h e h ab it o f

withdr awing o r oth e rwis e pr e v e nti ng a fr e e disch arg e o f
,

t he s e m e n in t h e ac t o f copul ation . A m o r e injuri o u s

pr acti c e i s h ard t o con c e iv e as it exh aust s t h e syst e m an d
,
.

w e ak e ns t h e s emin al d u cts mor e th an most p e opl e are

aw ar e .

I h av e r e fe rr e d t o the e l e ctricity o r m agn e t ic influ e nc e

th at pr e domin at e s in t h e a c t o f s e xu al co ngr e ss o f t h e
s e xe s W h e n t h e s e m e n is n o t disch arg e d it is l ik e an
.
,

e l e ctric shock appli e d t o t h e body with n o pow e r t o thr o w

it o ff co n s e qu e ntly t he shock b e com e s d e pr e ssin g an d

, ,

produc e s n e r v ous e xh austio n g e n e r al w e akn e ss tr e mblin g

, , ,

& c and if long continu e d w ill und e rmin e t h e h e alth o f

.
,

b oth m al e an d fe m al e wh o pr actic e it I t i s simply O n an

.

ism in anoth e r form an d should n e v e r b e r e sort e d t o I f

,
.

y o u c an find n o ot her m e ans o f curt ailing y our f am i ly ,

y o u h a d b e tt e r a dopt t h e tot al abstin e nc e ru l e th

,
an t o l a y
t h e found ation fo r consumption and n e r v o u s d ebil i t y ,,

which this wil l do if long c o ntinu e d .

 N E RVO US VI TALIT Y . 69

BREAD or O FF SPRING .

I mu st cond e mn in t h e strong e st t e rms t he foolish dr e ad

o r r e pugn anc e m anif e st e d by som e t o h aving chil dr e n It .

i s to say t he l e ast unchristian and I might say in som e

, , , ,

c ase s inhum an
,
I admit th e r e are m any c as e s wh er e o ff
.

s pring are not t o b e d e sir e d ; from physic al imp e rf e ction

o f t he p ar e nt incur abl e blood dis e as e s ins anity & c

,
but , ,
.

wh e r e non e o f th e s e e xist I conf e ss I n e v e r h av e b e e n

,

a bl e to s e e any just grounds for pr e v e nting o ffspring .

So me y e ars ago I publish e d a sm all p amphl e t o n this

s ubj e ct an d m any mist aking my position h av e appl i e d t o
, , ,

m e whe n th e y could giv e no c aus e only th ey did n ot

,
—
w ant childr e n I would t ak e occ asion h er e to st at e that I
.

g iv e no a dvic e to such but r e f e r th e m ,

to t h e comm and ,

I ncr e as e multiply and r e pl e nish t he e arth It is God s

,
”
.
’

a ppoint e d w ay for p e opling this e arth ; an d non e whos e

p hysic a l m e nt,
a l a n d mor a l c o ndition is such a s to l e av e a

re ason abl e prosp e ct of bringi ng forth sound h e althy off ,

S pring should att e mpt to pr e v e nt it

, So m e m ay with .

g o o d r e a son d e sir e t o pr e v e nt h a ving so gr e at a numb e r

t h at the y c an not provid e for this th e y c an pr e v e nt by a
littl e pr e c autio n an d if th e y f ai l onc e in fiv e y e ars th e y
, ,

w ill not h av e mor e th an th e y are e ntitl e d to .

M arri e d m e n an d wo m e n in this e nlight e n e d day will

a pply to a phy sici an for m e dicin e to produc e abortion ,

a n d appl y with as much e as e as though th e y w e r e asking

fo r a S impl e pr e scription Sh am e on all s u ch I I t is unnat .

u r al an d no wond e r childr e n born in spit e of such S hould

hav e h atr e d m alic e an d if n e e d b e murd e r st amp e d

, , , ,

u pon th e ir int ell e ctu al b e ing T Oall s u ch I w o uld say .

,
70 NE RVO U S VITALI T Y .

wh e n y o u s ee k fo r m e ans t o produc e abortion y o u are: ,

s ee king a murd erous w e apon to u s e ag ainst your o wra

child and a m e ans that will und ermin e yo ur ow n co nst i
,

t ut i o n an d so w t h e s e e ds o f dis e as e and d e ath t o yo ur

,

b ody and e t ern al d amn ation t o your souls

, .

I ho p e I sh all b e f ully und e r stood o n this subj e ct an ti ,

th at whi l e pr e v e ntiv e m e asur e s are admissibl e and a re aE ,

t e nt t o b ring forth Ofi p ring s .

INF IDELIT Y or HUSBANDS .

A s this work is int nd d for t h m al x alo n and as

e e e e se e, ;

I h av point e d ut m an y f t h c aus s of s xu al d bility

e o o e e e e ,,

an d dis a s s Of t h s x u al org ans r comm ndi ng arl y

e e e e ,
e e e
"

m arri ag a a pr ventiv I c annot forb r nj oining t h

e s e e, ea e e:

strict e st Obs e rv anc e of t h e m arri ag e vow T h e risk o f o

indulging in promiscuous int e rcours e is gr e at und e r any ,

and all circumst anc e s asid e from t h e i mmor alit y o f t h e

,

pr actic e an d fo r t h e m arri e d t h e risk is doubl e as th ey

,
-
,

n o t only lay th e ms e lv e s li abl e t o dis e as e but th e ir p artn er : ,

s

also an d in m any c as e s t h e u nb orn child

,
It has b e e n m y .
'

pro v inc e t o pr e scrib e for m any m arri e d m e n thus dis e as e d ,

an d I r e gre t to s ay i n m any inst anc e s t h e wif e also B e in g

,
.

in honor bound to k e e p sil e nt y e t I h av e o ft e n t ho ught , a

“

ho w di ff e r e nt it w o uld b e We r e p arti e s r e ve rs e d Y o u o w e: .

it t o the wom an wh o t rust ing yo u has fors ak en all o thers

, ,
'

,
 NE R A OUS V I T ALI T Y . 71

an d clings to you y ou o w e it to
alon e —
y o u
. o w e post e rity—
it to yours e lf , to ke e p aloof from e v e ry indulg e nc e Of thi s
kind .

On e h e althy wom an is e qu al to any m an s e xu ally o r , ,

at l e ast c an suppl y all th at t h e l aws of h e alth will p e rmit ;

an d if sh e is s i c k or h er vit al pow e rs run down y our m ar

, ,

ri ag e vows b ind y ou to abst ain an d nurs e h e r until

,

.
—
r e stor e d I t m ay r e quir e a littl e s e lf d e ni al curbing of -

d e sir e but h e is l acking in all th at go e s to m ak e up t h e

,

tru e m an who is not willing to s acrific e this much for t h e

,
‘

s ak e o f t h e tru e an d d e vot e d w if e T o do unto oth e rs as .

y o u would h av e th e m do to y ou is t h e rul,
e th at should
gov e rn in this c as e if n o furt h e r
'

.
,

M arr y e arl y an d k e e p y our m arri ag e b e d u n de file d

,
In .

this w ay you S h all k e e p y our soul from t roubl e an d s av e ,

all risk O f dis e as e an d i nsur e h e alth and h appin e ss in your

,

dom e stic re l atio n s N e v e r m arry W ithout lov e an d com

.

p a t i b i lit y a
,
n d wh e r e this pr e domi n at e s an y s acrific e is ,

e a s y — any s e lf d e ni al c an b e m ad e
-
an d wh e n p assions

S h all h av e b e com e blunt e d an d r e ason and m atur e y e ars

,

S h all h av e t ak e n t h e pl ac e of t h e imp e tuosit y Of youth ,

you c an look b ack on a lif e w e ll sp ent an d h av e no r e gr e ts ,

—
th t you h av e liv e d a virtuous lif e but r ath er th ank God
a

th at y ou h av e r e sist e d all such t e mpt ations .

 NE RV O US VITAL ITY .

DESCRIPTIVE ANAT O MY O
F THE MALE
SEXU AL ORGANS .

In work o f this kind d e sign e d f o r t h e instruction o f

a ,

t h e m al e s e x a d e scription o f t h e org ans conn e ct e d with

,

t h e g e n e r ati v e function s is almost indisp e ns ab l e

,
I wi ll .

gi v e a pl ain common s e ns e d e scription o f e ach org an and

-

, ,

t h e p art th e y p e rform in t h e r e production o f o ur sp e ci e s .

This would h av e b e e n aid e d by illustr ations but fo r t he

difli c ult y in t h e w ay o f Ob t ai m ng t h e cuts i n this city in
’

tim e for t h e public ation Of th e p amphl e t H aving tr e at e d .

s ol e ly o f th e s e org ans in t h e pr e c e ding p ag e s I sh all c o n ,

fin e mys elf t o a bri e f b ut accur at e d e scription o f t h e

'

s am e .

The import anc e of a

h e althy condition an d prop e r p e r
fo rm anc e o f t h e functions Of th e s e org ans c annot b e ,

o v e rat e d as upon th is t o a g r e at e xt e nt t h e h e alth o f

, " ,

b ody an d mind d e p e n d T h e y are Of ad m ir able c o nstruc

.

tion wond erfully m ad e Th e ir an atomy is sufli c i e nt e vi

,
.

de nc e of t h e functio n s th e y w e r e d e sign e d to p e rform

an d convinc e us th at th e y w
,
.

er e m ad e t o u se an d n o t abus e .

Th e r e is I v e ntu re to s ay n o oth e r o rg ans of t he body

-
, ,

th at e xcit e our wond e r an d admir ation o f th e i r m ac h anism

mor e th an t h e urino g e nit al org ans o f t h e m al e P e r fe ct
-
.

ly ad apt e d t o t h e Offic e th e y are to p e rform an d un e qu al e d ,

in t h e d e lic acy of th e ir t e xtur e an d t h e minut e n e ss o f

th e ir structur e all go to e xcit e admir ation and t his v e ry
, ,

p e c u li arity o f th e ir structur e m ak e th e m li abl e to v a

,
rio u s
dis e as e s which w ill b e foun d d e scrib e d in anoth e r p art Of
t hi s work .

Th e m al e org an s of g e n e r ation are div id e d into t h e e x

 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y .

THE URE T ERS

Con v eys t h e urin e from t he kidn eys to t h e bl add e r Th ey .

are long hollow tub e s o n e on e ach sid e p assing downw ard

, ,

and inw ard t o t h e b ack an d low e r p art of t h e bl add e r .

T HE B L A DDER

IS situ at e d in th e low e r p art o f t h e b ody o r in t h e p e lvis ,

.

It is o f consid er abl e siz e and admits o f b e ing dist e nd e d t o

a much gr e at e r e xt e nt th an any o n e n o t f amili ar with it

would suppos e I n m an t h e bladd e r li e s dir e ctly o n th e

.
'

bo w els but in wom an t h e womb li e s b e tw e e n this org an

,

an d t h e bow e ls I t is ov al in S h ap e and is t h e r e c e pt acl e

.

f o r t h e uri ne I t is compos e d Of thr e e co ats o ne of mus

.
,

c ular fibr e which e n abl e s it to contr act an d e xp e l t h e

,

ur1 n e .

T HE PR O S T A T E G L A ND .

This is a gl and in sh ap e an d siz e r e s e mbling a ch e stnut .

I t li e s b elow and b e hind t h e bl add e r an d dir e ctly in front

,

o f t h e r e ctum .

T HE URE T HRA ; '

This is a m e mbr anous c an al an d e xt e n ds from t h e n e ck

,

o f t h e bl add e r to t h e e n d of t h e p e nis It is v ascul ar e l as

.

tic and its m e mbr an e s v e ry thin an d n e arly tr ansp ar e nt

, ,

without fibr e and wi t hin its e lf do e s not poss e ss t h e pow e r

,

o f contr action or r e l ax ation It is how e v er provid e d with

.
, ,

muscl e s th at ac t in t h e e xpulsion of t h e urin e an d t h e se ,

,

m e n during copul ation .

T HE S OR OT UM OR ,
BA G ,

IS skin div id e d ab out t h e middl e by a m e mbr an e form

of ,

ing t w o c av iti e s in e ach o f which a t e sticl e is cont ain ed .

 U
N E R V O S V I TALI TY . 75

T HE TE STIC LE S ,

Or organs which s e cr e t e t h e s e m e n are o f t h e most int ri

,

c at e construction of any org an of t h e hum an body T h ey .

are suppli e d with blood b y long t e nuous v e ss e ls which aris e

in t he m ai n art e ri al trunk an d are c all e d t h e sp e rm atic ar

,
e

t e ri e s T h e blood thus conv e y e d to th e m s e rv e s for t h e

.

e limin ation an d s e c r e tion of t h e s e m e n T his is eff ect e d

.

b y t he p e culi ar pow e r of t h e t e sticl e s and giv e s thos e o r

,

g ans an import anc e an d v alu e s e co n d to no oth e r s e cr e to ry

o rg ans of t he whol e bod y . So much import anc e is att ach
e d to t h e p rop e r p e rform anc e of this function th at m e n

oft e n com m it s u 1 cid e b e c au s e of t he imp e rf e ction Me n

”

who h av e b e e n c astr at e d from any c au s e g e n er all y los e all

e n e rgy mop e an d di e e v e n though e v e r y o th e r function 1 3
, ,

p e rf e ct T h e s am e r e sults follow amput ation of t h e p e nis

.

Eunuchs are p e rsons c as t r at e d b e for e pub ert y an d b e ,

*

for e t h e d e sir e impl ant e d b y n at ur e an d which springs u p

,

at t h e ag e of pub e rt y h as h ad a p lac e in th e ir mind

“

Th ey of cours e are not so much aff e ct e d or subj e c t to t h e

,

s am e d e gr e e of d e pr e ssion t h at m e n are who h aving onc e

,

s h ar e d in t h e d e li ght of s e xu al int e rcours e are for e v e r

,

de b arr e d y e t th e y h av e a d1 sgu s t Of lif e from w i t ne s sm g

t h e enj o y m e nt of oth e r s in this n atur al ch ann e l — a pl e as
ure f r om which th e y are cut Off .

Eunuchs n e v e r att ain to full st atur e t h e voic e is w e ak

an d f e minin e r e s e mbli ng th at of childr en ; t h e limbs are
,

sm all an d t h e b e ard an d whisk e rs do not app e ar , or if at

,

all are thin an d sc att e ring

,
T h e ir m e nt al faculti e s n ev e r
.

att ain to t he vigor an d p e n e tr ation th at b e longs to t h e s e x

T he t e sticl e s are g e n e r ally two in numb e r o n e on e ac h

,

S id e y e t c as e s are m et with wh e r e th e r e is only o n e an d

, ,

oth e rs wh e r e th e r e are thr e e and o ne c as e I r e m emb e r

'
,

wh e r e t h e re w e re four w ell d e v elop e d but sm all t e sticl e s .

76 NE RV O US VI TALI T Y .

Thos e w ho poss e ss an e xt ra nu mb e r are g e n e r ally o v e r »

amorous an d s oon s uff e r from e xc e ss & c
, ,
.

I h av e m et with quit e a numb er o f c as e s wh er e t he t es

t i c le s h av e n o t att ain e d t o full si z e an d wh e r e t he ir p ow e r
,

o f s e cr e ting s e m e n is w anting This i s g e n e r ally t he r e s ult

.

of s e lf p o llution b e for e th e y h av e b e e n fully d e v e lop e d

-

I hav e had o ne c as e in pr actic e wh e r e a m an at t we n ty o ne

.

h ad n o long e r p e nis an d t e sticl e s th an a b o y o f s ix o r e ight

y e ars Such c as e s e xc e pt in idiots are n o t b eyond t he
.
, ,

r e ach of m e dicin e s an d it is worth a tri al t o att ain t he

,

position o f a p e rf e ct m anhood .

W asting o r shrink ag e o f t h e t e sticl e s m ay occur at any

age usu ally r e t ain th e ir n at u r al S h ap e
,
but are soft and ,

un e l astic T h e app e ar anc e o f t h e t e sticl e s in this st at e is

.

whit e an d t h e blood s e e ms t o b e cut off from th e m th e

,

s e cr e tion if any is d e void o f sp e rm atozo a o r t h e lif e

, , ,

giving principl e in th e h e althy s e m e n fatty d e g e n e r ation

som e ti m e s t ak e s pl ac e This aff e cts t h e sp e rm atic cord
.
,

t h e n e rv e s are shrunk e n t h e blood v e ss e ls r e duc e d l n S i z e

, ,

an d so m e of th e m e ntir e ly o blit e r at e d as also t h e mus cl e s ,

an d org ans b e c om e alt e r e d in S h ap e e long at e d an d irr e g ,

ul ar an d di minish e d in Siz e an d w e ight

,
.

A mong t h e c aus e s of this atroph y o r w asting o f t h e t e s

t i c le s are imp e rf e ct circul ation loc al infl amm at ion from
, ,

wh at e ve r c aus e Exc e s s e s an d m asturb ation are promi

n e nt c aus e s of w asting of t h e t e sticl e s T his is m
.

or e ful ly .

d e scribe d i n anoth e r p art o f this work .

I njuri e s o f t he b ack p art of t h e h e ad som etim es c aus e

atrophy , an d som e tim e s it occurs without any app ar e nt

c aus e Mum p s are s aid to c aus e w asting o f th e s e organs

.
,

wh e n from cold or oth e r c aus e t h e irrit ation and i nflam

m ation is tr ansf e rr e d t o t h e te sticl e s .

Phr e nologists cont e nd and no t without good r e asons

,

th at t h e s e xu al d e sir e o r am ativ e n e ss is s e at e d in t he c e r
, ,
 U
NE R V O S VIT ALI T Y . 77

e b e llum o r b ack p art Of t h e br ain ; an d th e fact th at blows

o r injuri e s of this p art will d e stroy t h e s e xu al f e e li n g go e s ,

t o prov e t h e corre ctn e ss of t h e position .

A s b e for e st at e d t h e in flu e nc e of t h e mind o v e r am a
,

t iv e n e s s and am ativ e n e ss ov e r t h e mind i s s o w e ll e st ab

, ,

li sh e d t h at argum e nt is sup e r fl uous

,
I f this s ymptom or .

influ e nc e w e r e b e tt e r und e rstood w e should oft e n b e abl e ,

t o tr ac e ins anity to it s tru e sourc e an d b e b e tt e r abl e to ,

control it .

T HE PENI S
C onsists of spongy body t he latt er t e rmi
a c o o v e rn o u s an d ,

n ating in t h e gl ands e nv e lop e d in a loos e fold of i nt e gu

,

m e nt Th e ab s o rb ie nt s are num e rous t e rmin at i ng in t h e

.
,

inguin al or gl ands of t h e groins Th e spongy subst anc e .

o f t h e ur e thr a whi ch forms t h e

,

GL ANS PE NI S ,

IS cov e r e d with an e xc e e dingly thin skin or m e mbr an e ,

und e r which are si tu at e d t h e v e r y s e n sit iv e n e rv e s which ,

are t h e chi e f c aus e of both pl e asur e an d p ain in this p art .

Som e tim e s t h e glan ds are n o t dist e nd e d in t h e s e xu al con

n e c t io n though t h e whol e p e nis is at its high e st st at e of
‘

turg e sc e nc e T his is b e c aus e th ey b elo ng t o t h e coov er

.

nous body Of t h e ur e t hr a and if th at bod y b e w e ak e n e d ,

o r p ar alyz e d f o r any e xis t in g or pr e vious c au s e w e h av e a ,

c aus e of impo t e n cy which no tr e atm ent will r e m e dy un

,

l e ss t h e c aus e is r e mov ed Strong inj e ctions of c austic .

,

&c .
,
will produc e this and are to b e avoid e d und e r all
,

circumst anc e s Strictur e which is t he r e sult o f th e

.
,

ab o v e is anoth e r c aus e
, .

MAL F O RM AT I O N OF T HE PE N I S .

W e h av e m e t with -
o ne o r tw o c as e s wh e r e v
t h e e r e cti e
78 NE R V O S U VIT ALI T Y .

m usc le s o f t h e p e nis w e r e contr act e d o r s o short th at wh e n

rigid t h e p e nis lo ok e d downw ard m ak ing s e xu al int e r
,

c ours e impossibl e . This c an b e r e m e di e d by a slight o p e

ration but r e quir e s t h e ai d o f a physici an
,
.

P HI M O S I S .

T his is an unn at ur al constricti o n o f t he for e s kin S O ,

t h at it c annot b e dr awn b ack ov e r t h e gl ans p e nis It .

m ay b e s o from birth and if so a divisio n of t h e for e skin

, ,

i s n e c e ss ary I f fr o m dis e as e as is fr e qu e ntly th e c as e

.
, ,

a pply e qu al p arts o f tinctur e lob e li a an d b e ll adon n a if ,

t h e r e i s no ch ancr e I n c as e the r e is ch ancr e th e n it

.
,

m ust b e spli t at onc e .

PAR AP H I M OS I S .

T his i s condi tion wh e n t h e for e skin h aving b e e n

a ,

d r awn b ack co n stricts o r tight e ns so it is impossibl e t o re

,

p l ac e it ,
thus acting a s a cord c ausi n g t h e p e nis to sw e ll
, ,

a n d fin al ly pr e v e nts t h e u nrin e from p assi ng AS a r e m e

“

d i al ag e nt tinctur e o r Ointm e nt o f b e ll adonn a is t h e b e st

,
.

I f this fails c all o n a physi ci an at onc e

,
V arious o th e r .

d e r ang e m e nts m ay e xist but th e y are r ar e an d r e quir e

,

m e dic al att e ntion .

 U
N E R V O S V I T ALI T Y . 79

Concluding Remarks on Venereal Disease .

I n th e pr e c e ding p ag e s I h av e bri e fly allud e d to the dif

f e re nt forms of v e n e r e al dis e as e .

Sinc e th at w as pr e p ar e d I hav e h ad so m an y c as e s th at
I h av e d et e rmin e d to giv e a mor e e xt e nd e d suppl e m e nt ary
not e o f t h e worst form S yphilis or Pox with t h e diff e r e nt
, ,
‘
forms und e r which v e ne r e al ulc e rs app e ar .

A s b e fo re st at e d th e r e are two sp e ci e s of Pox t h e soft

'

ch ancr e w
, ,

hich is most p ainful but l e ss dang e rous to t h e

, ,

constitution an d t h e h ard or indur at e d ch ancr e which ,

cont amin at e s t h e blood bo n e s muscl e s skin an d whol e

, , ,

s yst e m T h e s e two cl ass e s h av e e ach two distinct forms

.

o f v e n e r e al u lc e r or ch ancr e

Th e indur at e d as b e for e d e scrib e d h as r ais e d e dg e s an d

, ,

a d e pr e ssion in t h e middl e T h e s e cond cl ass of sor e s o f

.

this sp e ci e s is t h e m align ant p hag e n di c or corroding ulc e r ,

without gr anul ation but a sor e th at gr adu ally spr e ads is

, ,

p ainful and e ats aw ay t h e p arts sl o w ly but sur e ly ge n

,

e rally e ncircl e d wi t h a purpl e in fl amm ator y ring an d fo r ,

d e structiv e n e ss is o n e of t h e worst form s th at w e m e e t

with .

T he third form is a kind of r ais e d sor e el ev at e d abov e ,

t h e surrounding sur fac e an d is s e ldom S ingl e but Oft e n

, ,

pr e s e nts quit e a numb e r at a tim e T his is of t h e non in .

-

f e c t ing kind but Oft e n run into a s e rious form of t h e fourth

cl ass which is t he p ainful sloughing ulc e r of t he n o n in
,
-

f e c t ing kind T his will be found mor e fully de scrib e d

.

und e r t h e h ead of Syphilis in anoth e r p art of this p am

“
,

phl e t T h e poison th at produc e s syphilis is e ntir e ly diffe r

.

e nt fro m th at of gonorrh e a The form e r poss e ss e s a Sp e ci

.
 O N E R VOUS VIT AL IT Y .

fic pow e r o f cont agion which c aus e s it t o infus e its e l f

through t h e w ho l e syst e m and its pro gr e ss is mor e c e rt ai n
,

and r apid.

I n tr e ating this dis e as e w e mu st no t only r emo v e t he

,

l oc al c aus e bu t w e must ac t upon th e syst e m t o throw o ff

,

t h e poison through t h e s e cr e tions and e lim m at e it from ,

t h e blood . W e must op e n all t h e ch ann e ls o f e gre ss acting

u pon t h e gr e at s e cr e tory organs o f t he body I f w e c an .

discov e r t he pimpl e in tim e and apply c austic pot ash w e

, ,

m ay e ff e ctu ally con trol t h e dis e as e providi n g absorption ,

h as n o t t ak e n pl ac e ; b ut t h e absorb e nts o f t h e g e nit als are

so num e rous an d activ e th at oft e n t h e v irus i s t ak e n up in

t h e syst e m and p e rm e at e s t h e whol e body e re much loc al

,

irrit ation is m anife st e d .

Th e s e sor e s us u ally app e ar o n t h e g e nit als but th e y ,

m ay app e ar o u any p art of t h e b ody inv e st e d with mucous

.

m e mbrane as t h e lips n ostrils & c T h e irri t ation o f

, , ,
.

th e s e ulc e rs on t h e gl an fr e qu e ntly produc e s a symp ath e tic

‘
e ff e ct o f t h e u r e thr a an d th e n w e h av e v e n e r e al g o n o r
,

rh e a T he t e sticl es and sc ro t um are oft e n s e v e r ely affe ct

.

I f the ulc e r is limited t o t he e xt e rn al surfac e t h e

h

ed .
,

progr e ss is slow b u t if d e e p s e at e d t h e d e str uction is

,
-

r apid an d m o rt ific at io n som e tim e s e n su e s .

Th e v e n e r e al p o ison fro m t h e fo rm e r cl ass e s of ulc ers is

g e n e r ally conv e y e d t o t he gl and s of t h e groins and if of ,

t h e third o r fourth cl ass w e h av e bubo e s o r supp ur at i o n o f

, ,

t h e gl ands which if not op e n e d will e v e ntu ally br e ak

, , , ,

an d disch arg e it m ay b e for months

, ,
I f of t h e first or .

s e cond cl ass th e n w e h av e e nl arg e m e nt without suppura

,

tion an d t h e p ois on i s t ak e n up an d communic at e d

,

through t h e whol e syst e m by m e ans o f t h e circul ation .

T h e blood onc e thoro ugh ly cont amin at e d t h e solids o f ,

t h e b ody are soon involv e d an d muscl e s bon e an d ev e ry

‘

, , ,

p art o f t he fr am e S how tr ac e s o f t h e poison Th e c o urs e .

82 fiE R v o us VI T ALI TY .

xtre m e c as e s in t h e country an d oft e n though me t w it lr

"

‘
e , g

t h e n atur e an d c au s e is unknown t o t h e m ass e s M an y: .

indol e nt ulc e r s and c anc e ro us dis e as e s are du e t o this »

c au s e Th e e xt e nt o f t he pr e v al e nc e o f thi s dis e as e is un
.

known t o any b u t t h e m e dic al profe ssion I ts r api é .

i ncr eas e an d its d e plor abl e e ff e cts upon t h e rising g e n e r a

ti o n are s o app ar e nt th at it is tim e m e asur e s wer e t ak e sa
fo r its pr e v e ntion I f m o ral su asion and r e ligious t e ach ~
.

n t f —
ing will o suf ic e an d tim e has prov e d th e y will n o t
th e n le t u s h av e l aws s o fr am e d th at p rostitut e s sh all n o t
s pr e ad t h e c ont amin ation und e r p e n alty o f a lif e im p ris
o nm e nt o r tr an sport ation o r som e oth e r ad e qu at e punish
, ,

m e nt .

Provid e fo r li c e n s m g and insp e ct ion and di s e as e c an b e ,

in p art controll e d W h at e ff orts are m ad e t o pr e v ent t he

.

s pr e ad o f sm all pox Y e t h e r e w e h av e a p o x mor e:

-

d e structiv e mor e cru e l in it s r av ag e s th an e v e n this lo ath

,

s om e dis e as e b e c aus e t h e o ne disfigure s t h e f ac e fo r life ;

an d is tr ansmitt e d fro m
”
an d t h e oth e r poisons t he blood ,
.

o n e g e ne r ation t o anoth er :

Much o f t he d e plor ab l e effe cts o f syphilis is due t o t h e

m e rcurial tr e atm e nt P hysici ans will propos e t o tr e at and
.

cur e syphilis in a f e w w e e ks an d b y activ e applic ati o n o f,

m e rcury int e rn al an d loc al th e y t o all app e ar an c e cu r e

, , ,

t h e dis e as e I n a fe w months t h e constitution al sympto m s

.
»

b e gin t o app e ar and t he p oor victim has both m e rcury

,
r
.

and v e n e r e al po ison t o cont e nd with .

I v e ntur e t o say no c as e o f p o x c an b e p e rm an e nt ly
c ur e d in l e ss th an s ix mo n ths aft e r it has onc e b e com e

c onstitution al M any r e sort t o m e rcury h o t spri ngs ,

.
,

sulphur b aths & c in t h e v ain hop e o f sp e e dy r eli e f an d

,
.
,
-
,
.

th e y m ay get it fo r a tim e b u t th e dis e as e soon r e appears

, ,

and th e y are wors e th an b e for e ;

 NERVOU S V I T ALI T Y . 83

W e h av e in t h e v e g e t abl e kingdom r e m e di al ag e nts th at

will ov e rcom e this dis e as e and if in its prim ary st ag e w e
,

c an arr e st it in a v e ry f e w d ays an d cur e it in a f e w

,

w e e ks but if t h e s e cond ar y form six months tr e atm e nt ,

’
,

u nd e r favor abl e circumst anc e s will efie c t a cur e ; but if in

,

t h e t e rti ar y st ag e th e n tw e lv e mo nths or mor e will b e re

,

quir e d t o cur e it .

I do not solicit this cl ss a o f pr ctic

a e — do not w ant it ;

y e t I am comp e ll e d to tr e at m an y c as e s of co n stitution al

syphilis b e for e I c an r e li e v e app ar e ntly difie re nt dis e as e s ,

b ut which are in fact t he r e sult of v e n er e al poison W il .

ling at all tim e s t o do all I c an to r eli e v e suffe ring I o f ,

cours e t r e at all cur abl e c as e s furnish t he v e ry b e st o f

,

m e d icin e and advic e and giv e full instruction for t he suc

,

c e s s ful tr e atm e nt o f t he c as e at y our own ho m e .

N o c as e will b e t ak e n upon any oth e r th an th e t e rms

m e ntion e d o n l ast p ag e o f this p amphl e t an d thos e writ‘ ,

ing m e will s av e tim e an d troubl e b y m aking a not e o f

this I am p e rm an e nt ly e st ablish e d h av e a n am e an d re p
.
,

ut at io n at st ak e an d s h all d e al f airl y with all k e e p i ng all

, ,

l e tt e rs or p e rso n al consult ations stric t ly confid enti al .

Iw nt to impr e ss upon m y r e ad e rs t h e import anc e o f

a

applying e arl y I n no c as e will I und e rt ak e a c as e un le s s

.

I fe el I c an cur e o rb e n e fit to the worth of t he fe e s de

m an de d My whol e lif e and e n e rgi e s are d e vot e d t o t he
.

all evi at i on of suff e ri ng and n e ith e r p ains n o r e xp e ns e are

,

sp ar e d t o e ff e ct a cur e in e v e ry c as e .

V e ne r e al poison c an b e er adi c at e d from t he syst e m if ,

w e t ak e hold with sufli c ie nt amount of f aith an d p e rs e v e r

anc e . This is much e asi e r accomplish e d if t he p ati e nt has
n o t b e e n subj e ct e d t o min e r al o r m e rcuri al tr e atm e nt .

I n all l tt e rs of consult ation e nclos e a post ag e st amp

e to
a
p y r e turn post ag e Giv e post o tfic e , county and St at e
.
-
in
84 NE R V O U S VIT ALI T Y .

full s e al y o ur l e tt e rs w e ll an d addr e ss th e m pl ainly e ith e r

,

t o mys e l f o r m e r e ly t o Th e Ecl e ctic Disp e ns ary No 53

,
.

Bro ad str e e t A tl ant a Ga

, ,
. A nsw e r t he qu estions l ai d
d o wn u nd e r t h e h e ad o f I mport ant Noti c e and a c l e ar
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di agn o sis wi l l b e gi v e n as al so a c andid Opin i on as t o wh at

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c an b e d o ne fo r y o u.
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IMPORT ANT NOTICE .

P ersons consulting m e will g1v e answ e rs t o t he fo llo w

i ng qu estions wh e n it is no t conv eni e nt for th em t o c all
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in p e rson
1 st N am e
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2 d A ge
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3 d Se x
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4t h . Compl e xion col or o f h air

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an d e y es .

5t h . W eight .

6t h . Numb e r o f inch e s around th e ch e st just und erthe

arms .

7 th M arri e d o r singl e an d if m arri e d h o w long

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8th H av e y o u childr e n
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9t h A re th e y h e alth y
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l0 t h H av e you s u ffe r e d from v e n e r e al dis e as e

. I f so ,

giv e n am e an d n atur e pr e s e nt symptoms and all informa

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tion y o u c an und e r this h e ad .

i l t h H av e y ou b e e n doctor e d much
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1 2 t h H av e you t ak e n much c alom e l blu e pills o r m er

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cury in any form

i 8t h H av e you ulc e rs or sor e s
.

1 4th W e r e y our p ar e nts r e l at e d

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i 5t h H av e you committ e d e xc e ss e s i ndulg e d in m as

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t urb at io n o r t o a gr e at e xt e nt with t h e opposit e se x

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1 6t h I s y our f amil y consumptiv e & c ?

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A llow m e ag ain to assur e you th at all communic atio ns

will b e strictly confid e nti al an d all corr e spond e nc e de
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stroy e d as soon as answ e r e d A ddr e ss all l e tt ers pl ain ly

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Sund ays e xc e pt e d Sund ay hours from 8 t o 1 0 A M

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Dr SAL T E R has had an e xt e nsiv e pr actic e and e xp eri

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e nc e th at f alls t o t he lo t o f but f e w ph y sici ans in t h e ,

tr e atm e nt of s e xu al an d chronic dis e as e s H is syst e m o f .

t r e ating C anc e rs C onsumption L iv e r Dis e as e s Dysp e psi a

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d e cid e dly ah e ad o f all oth e rs in t h e South .

"e e ping p ac e with all t h e improv e m e n ts in m e dic al sc i

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coupl e d with a thorough m e dic al e duc at ion and ,

d e v oting my undivid e d att e ntion to t he pr actic e I am ,

fr e e t o s ay no b e tt e r op portunity pr e s e nts fo r t h e aflli c t e d

t o obt ain prompt an d p e rm an e nt r e li e f an d cur e f o r t h e
most obstin at e chr o nic dis e as e s .

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I pl e dg e my s elf t o giv e a c andid opinion in e v e ry c as e .

I charg e nothing for consult ation e ith e r p e rson al o r by ,

l e tt e r Strict confi d e nc e obs e rv e d in e v e ry c as e Enclos e

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a st amp wh e n a r e pl y is e xp e ct e d .

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I am also pr e p ar e d t o furnish accommod ations fo r all

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S u ppr e ssion
Dr e ad of O ffspring
Infid e lity H usb ands
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Co n clu d ing R e m ark s.

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D E V O TED TO HE AL T H LI TER AT URE ,

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MED I C A L SC IENCE S .

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M S e v e ry month e ditori als on dis e as e s an d th e ir m an age

m e nt p e rf e ct g e ms of lit e r atur e po e try
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or

th e l e ad e rs p e rm an e nt ly contr act e d . O rdin ary c as e s cur e d

in from o ne t o thr e e months My ch arg e s av e rag e $ 5 p er
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month including m e dicin e s M e dicin e s c ar e fully pr e p ar e d

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to suit t h e age an d r e quir e m e nts of e ach c as e c ar e full y ,

p ack e d and s e nt b y Expr e ss t o any point of t h e Unit e d

St at e s . W h e r e tr e atm e nt is w ant e d imm e diat ely e ncl os e
Fi
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T HE UTM O ST IMP O RT A NCE T OT HE MAR

R IED AND S I NGL E OF B O T H SEXE S .

BY s . F . S A L TER M D ,
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e e o e a b o v e l eft ,
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LI V E R P I LL S .

Sp e ci ally pr e p ar e d fo r Torpidity of the L i v e r Bil ious

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ne ss , Dysp e psi a Enl arg e d Spl e e n

, . R e li e v e s an d p e rm a
n e nt ly cur e s C onstip ation ,
H ea ad ch e an d I ndig e stion .

D os e fo r an a dult ,
to 3 pills at n ight . Slow in_ th e ir _

action . T h ey s e ldom ac t b e for e n e xt day are p e rf e ct ly

an d m ay b e gi v e n t h e m o st d eli c at e
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h arml e ss , to a child or

fe mla e . F o r a chi ld , }4 t o 1 pill ,

a ccording t o age .

Pr i c e pl ai n
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Sug r Co at e d
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A thr st amp should accomp any ord rs t b e s ent b y

ee e o

m ai l .

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A S PEC IFI C FOR INFL AMED A ND S O RE E Y E S .

This is t h e b e st r e m e dy without ,
e xc e ption ,
v e r dis; e

c o v er d fo r infl amm ation o r ordin ary sor

e e ey s e W i ll.

cu r e the most obstin at c as in from 24 t e e o 48 hours I .

h av e w arr ant d this pr p ar ation f r y ars and n ve r had

e e o e ,
e

a word f diss atisf actio n al though pr scrib e d in tho u

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sa nds of c a e s s .

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i n t he form of a powde r which ,

y o u c an pr e p ar e by pl acing i n a cl e an o ne ounc e v i al and

adding 1 t e aspoonful of commo n spirits of c amp hor and

fi ll ing wi th Wat e r .

S e nt by mail fo r 2 5 c e nts .

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O f Am aro usis ,Mu c i e Vo li t ant is ; Gr anulation o f
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& c I am e ntir e ly s u cc e ssful

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T e rms o f bo ard lodging and tr e atm e nt giv e n on

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OF THE M AL E TEST I C L ES .

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