Onania: or, the heinous sin of self-pollution and all its frightful consequences (in both sexes) considered with spiritual and physical advice to those who have already injured themselves by this abominable practice.

Male displaying the effects of onanism

Full length engraving representing the effects of Lues Venerea or secondary symptoms on the face, throat, arms and hands also a node on the skin bone. Drawn from a recent case which he succesfully treated.

(Left) Representing Gonnorrheal Ophthalmia & eruptions on the face. (Right) Representing Veneral eruptions & ulcerations on the face & throat

(Left) Representing the leg swollen and ulcerated from the effects of Secondary symptoms. (Right) Representing the face covered with Tubercles & veneral excrescences

(Left) Representing the face of a child where it has inherited consitutional disease from the mother. (Right) Representing ulcerations of the body during the earlier stage of syphilis

Representing a female suffering from Venereal disease while in a state of pregnancy

Representing the face covered with Tubercles & veneral excrescences.

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