The Transmission of Life. Counsels on the Nature and Hygiene of the Masculine Functions
Toronto: The Hunter, Rose Co. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fair / No Jacket. Item #008929
N.d., [ca. 1870s]. Enlarged and revised edition. Full green cloth, gilt titles, blind decoration to front board. xiii, 14-334 pp. Recased. Corners are well worn, cloth rubbed at extremities, light staining to rear board. Paper is very acidic and brittle, significantly toned. Endpapers foxed. Worming to last ~80 pp., and significant chipping to fore edges of index with long tear to p. 317, some loss of text to pp. 319-320. Hinges cracked. "An untold amount of misery and crime springs from the ignorance of the nature and proper hygienic care of the sexual function in man...The first part [of this book] treats of the peculiar function of the male, describes the period of puberty when this function begins, and gives the rules of health at this time. The author then passes on to virility, or the period when this function is most vigorous; describing its signs, the causes that hasten, and those which delay the loss of it, the effects which certain diseases, occupations, and exercises have upon it; the food and the drinks which strengthen it, and those which weaken it...The sexual passion is analyzed, and two full chapters given on the drugs which stimulate and those which moderate desire. The second part is on the single or celibate life, and contains matter which every parent, clergyman, and educator should be conversant with. After speaking of the advantages and disadvantages of unmarried life from a medical point of view, the author proceeds to discuss four important questions, chiefly concerning young and unmarried men. These are the solitary vice (self-abuse), spermatorrhoea, secret diseases, and the social evil (prostitution)...The third part is on the Married Life...The part opens with advice in reference to the best age for marriage, the choice of a wife, the dangers (physical) of long engagements, etc. A section is given to the consummation of marriage, and the obstacles to it both on the part of the female and the male." 0.
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