The philosophy of marriage : being four important lectures, on the function and disorders of the nervous system, and reproductive organs / by Jordan and Beck.

  • Jordan, Henry J.
Date:
[1863?]
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    functions have not been previously misused, the result will generally be weakly and sickly children, reared with difficulty, and possessing no stamina to enable them to reach the meridian of life. The proper age at which to marry is a some- what vexed question, but needlessly so, because, although that age varies much, according to temperament and other circumstances, an ex- perienced physician will have no difficulty in saying yes or no to the particular individual who asks him the question, especially as the solution of it depends on the perfection of the healthy growth of the frame. The married state is undoubtedly the best and most natural cure for sexual suffering to many a human being ; but to marry with the chance of happiness*, many things are necessary. Let * Listen to what Parise says on Marriage: '-Amidst the abundant statistics which have been collected lately, it has been demonstrated that bachelors live a shorter time than the Benedicts. This assertion is only true, provided the married couple live happily together; otherwise bachelors must have the advantage. In a happy marriage, everything conduces to enjoyment, to well-being, health and longevity, for life is passed without shocks and agitation ; there is a kernel of felicity, around which is superimposed all the other pleasures which can arise, and which must soften the misfortunes