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More about masturbation:
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)
Excerpt about "Masturbation, female" from Sexology, by Prof. William H. Walling, A.M., M.D.
(1912, Puritan Publishing Company, Philadelphia, U.S.A. and Hanley, England)
Sexology today is a scientific study of sexual behavior.
The present book is a guide for married couples and is still anchored to
Victorian times, as the excerpt will show.
Prof. Walling - see his portrait, below - uses language
we seldom hear today outside of a Protestant church, reflecting his era's
ties to a formal, romantic and, of course, Victorian century. It's oratory,
written for speeches.
The front cover of the book bears the title as it appears
at the top of this page, in an Art Nouveau,
vine-like printing. Also reflecting the era's Art Nouveau sensibilities,
and commonly seen, are the nine vertical lines ending in "flowers"
bordering his name and affiliations, under the word Sexology.
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Above, the title page
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The professor himself faces the title page.
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More about masturbation:
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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