The transmission of life : counsels on the nature and hygiene of the masculine function / by George H. Napheys.

  • Napheys, George H. (George Henry), 1842-1876.
Date:
1871
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Credit: The transmission of life : counsels on the nature and hygiene of the masculine function / by George H. Napheys. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    PUBLISHEES' ANNOUNCEMENT. An untold amount of misery and crime springs from an ignorance of the nature and proper hygienic care of the sex- ual function in man. Hitherto there has been no reliable work in the language on this subject, written in a popular style, and with proper motives. This long-felt want is sup- plied in the most complete manner by this volume. Its au- thor is well known as an experienced regular physician and able writer, and his work has been indorsed by some of the most distinguished physicians, divines, and educators in the land. The topics which it treats are those about which every man wants information, as will be seen by the following brief SYNOPSIS OF THE BOOK. The first part 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 dis-