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More about 19th century attitudes, masturbation, etc:
In Plain Facts for Old and Young:
Embracing the Natural History and Hygiene of
Organic Life, by J. H. Kellogg, M.D., 1892 - in Dr. R. V. Pierce's
"Spermatorrhea" section of The
People's Common Sense Medical Adviser (63rd edition, 1895) - in The Sexual System and Its Derangements, by Dr. E.
C. Abbey (1882) - in Kelly's Gynecology, 1928 -
Rachel Maines wrote a book about other doctors' masturbating their patients, male
and female, as a treatment, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: The Technology of Orgasm: "Hysteria," the Vibrator,
and Women's Sexual Satisfaction (Johns Hopkins Press, 1999)
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