Onanism, or, A treatise upon the disorders produced by masturbation, or, the dangerous effects of secret and excessive venery / By M. Tissot ; translated from the last Paris edition, by A. Hume.

  • Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797.
Date:
1781
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    high diflics, and follow a fimple regimen. This fï pointed out by nature, and it pleafes thofe organs- that are well difpofed. A healthy palate, endowed with its greateft lenfibility, can reli-fli no other than* fimple meats. Compofitions and fcafoning are in- fupportable fo it, and it finds m thofe aliments the the leaft favoured, a flavour that efcapes blunt or- gans; fo that thofe who with reafon return to fimpli- eity for health, though they may perhaps have feme difrelifli to if, may aflure themfelvcs, that in pro- portion as they recover their health, they will find in thofe aliments fuch deleftable flavours as they did not fufpe£l. A nice ear will diflinguifli a flight dif- ference between two founds, which would efcape an ear that was lefs fenfiblc^ it is the fame with the nerves and organs of tafte ; when they are exquifitc they are fenfible of the fmallell: variety of favours ? water-drinkers find, in fome water, a flavour that flatters their palates as much as the mofl exquifite Falerne wine, and other waters are as infipid to thein as the wine of Brie. In fine, if there are no hopes of purfuing with pkafure a regimen (though it is eafy to bring one’s felf to that which 1 have pointed out) the fatisfadion of thinking that by fubmitting thereto one does one’s duty, would be a very urgent confideration, a very flattering recompence, for thofe who know the value of bodily cafe. Drink is almofl: as important a part of the regimen as aliment. Such liquors fiiould be avoided, as tend to in- creafe wcaknefs and relaxation, diminifli the fmàll digelVive powers that remain, communicate acrimony to the humours, and put the nervous fyflctn in mo- tiouj