Seminalia, or an enquiry into the symptoms, consequences, causes, signs, nature and treatment of seminal diseases, whether arising from abuse, excess or irregularity in either sex : including spermatorrhoea, stricture, impotence, seminal gleet, and intended to be a faithful and practical guide to all who in any way may be interested / by Joseph E. Ralph.

  • Ralph, Joseph (Joseph E.)
Date:
1865
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Credit: Seminalia, or an enquiry into the symptoms, consequences, causes, signs, nature and treatment of seminal diseases, whether arising from abuse, excess or irregularity in either sex : including spermatorrhoea, stricture, impotence, seminal gleet, and intended to be a faithful and practical guide to all who in any way may be interested / by Joseph E. Ralph. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    about a vigorous and healthy condition of both the mental and physical powers. If masturbation be com- menced at this period it cannot fail to interrupt es- sentially this important process; and if continued, will inevitably impress imbecility on the constitution, not less apparent in the body than in the mind, preventing, as it will not fail to do, the full developement of the powers of both.' Mr. Phillips, at the conclusion of a paper on this subject, in the Medical Gazette, says ' Since the pub- lication of the first part of this paper, I have been painfully impressed with the conviction, that the evil is more widely spread than I had before conceived; and that it will not be largely alleviated by the means I have adopted.' ' The pages of a strictly medical jour- nal do not meet the eyes of the great mass of suf- ferers.' Dr. Choate, in his report for the year 1859, remarks, ' Next to intemperance and physical derangement, with the latter of which causes it undoubtedly has much to do, ranks the indulgence in solitary sexual excesses. The baneful effects of this habit in both sexes have been often dwelt upon, and, I believe, have not been overrated. As a cause, I fear it is a growing one, increasing with increasing luxury, and with the