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Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
1. In childhood, and until about the age of puberty, respiration in
Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
1. In childhood, and until about the age of puberty, respiration in
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Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 3: INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 4: 1. In childhood, and until about the age of puberty, respiration in
Chapter 5: 2. Although there is a change in the mode of respiration in most females,
Chapter 6: 3. We believe the cause of this modification of respiration is the
Chapter 7: 4. We have met a number of ladies whose good fortune and good sense
Chapter 8: 1. Do not allow the boy or girl to be overworked, either mentally or
Chapter 9: 2. Keep the mind occupied. While excessive labor should be avoided,
Chapter 10: 3. Abundant exercise out-of-doors is essential for both sexes. Sunshine
Chapter 11: 4. Watch carefully the associations of the youth. This should be done
Chapter 12: 5. None too much care can be exercised at this important epoch of human
Chapter 13: 2. Intense mental excitement, as well as severe physical labor, is to
Chapter 14: 3. A third hint, which is applicable to both sexes and at all times,
Chapter 15: 4. Take daily exercise, as much as possible short of fatigue; if
Chapter 16: 4. Perhaps nothing tends more directly to the production of menstrual
Chapter 17: 1. If a child is begotten in lust, its lower passions will as certainly
Chapter 18: 2. The same remarks apply with equal force to the transmission of other
Chapter 19: 3. The influence of the father is, at the outset, as great as that of
Chapter 20: 4. If during gestation the mother is fretful, complaining, and
Chapter 21: 1. For the beginning of a new life, select the most favorable time,
Chapter 22: 2. If a child has been properly conceived, the duty then devolves upon
Chapter 23: 3. After birth, the mother still possesses a molding influence upon
Chapter 24: 1. During the development of the body, all its energies are required
Chapter 25: 2. The reproductive act is the most exhaustive of all vital acts. Its
Chapter 26: 3. The effects upon the female are even worse than those upon the male;
Chapter 27: 2. That a robust man requires more than one woman to satisfy his sexual
Chapter 28: 3. That there are more women than men; and since every woman has a right
Chapter 29: 4. That the great men of all ages have been polygamists in fact, if
Chapter 30: 5. That monogamy is a relic of the paganism of the ancient Greeks and
Chapter 31: 6. That it is the only proper and effective cure for the "social evil,"
Chapter 32: 1. We deny most emphatically the assertion that polygamy is either
Chapter 33: 2. The second argument is based upon the asserted fact that man
Chapter 34: 3. While it is true that there are a few more adult women than men,
Chapter 35: 4. In proof of the propriety of polygamy, as well as of its necessity,
Chapter 36: 5. The fact that monogamy was practiced among the ancient Greeks and
Chapter 37: 6. The argument that polygamy will cure the "social evil" is exactly
Chapter 38: 1. They are useful as well as healthful. While they call into action
Chapter 39: 1. The sexual function is for the purpose of producing new individuals
Chapter 40: 2. In the animal kingdom generally, the reproductive function is
Chapter 41: 3. In those exceptional cases in which the organs of the male are in
Chapter 42: 4. Fecundation of the female element can only take place about the time
Chapter 43: 5. The desire for sexual congress naturally exists in the female only
Chapter 44: 6. The constant development of the sexual organs in human males is a
Chapter 45: 7. The time of sexual congress is always determined by the condition
Chapter 46: 1. The fact that in all animals but the human species the act can be
Chapter 47: 2. The fact that the males of other animals besides man in which the
Chapter 48: 3. The general law that the reproductive act is performed only when
Chapter 49: 1. The moment that prostitution is placed under the protection of law
Chapter 50: 2. Why should so vile a crime as fornication be taken under legal
Chapter 51: 3. By the use of certain precautionary measures the fears of many will
Chapter 52: 1. Those which may arouse suspicion, but any one of which, taken singly,
Chapter 53: 2. Those which may be regarded as positive. Several suspicious signs
Chapter 54: 1. _General debility_, coming upon a previously healthy child, marked
Chapter 55: 2. _Early symptoms of consumption_--or what are supposed to be such--as
Chapter 56: 3. _Premature and defective development_ is a symptom closely allied
Chapter 57: 4. _Sudden change in disposition_ is a sign which may well arouse
Chapter 58: 5. _Lassitude_ is as unnatural for a child as for a young kitten. A
Chapter 59: 6. In connection with the preceding symptom will generally be found,
Chapter 60: 7. _Sleeplessness_ is another symptom of significance. Sound sleep is
Chapter 61: 8. _Failure of mental capacity_ without apparent cause should occasion
Chapter 62: 9. _Fickleness_ is another evidence of the working of some
Chapter 63: 10. _Untrustworthiness_ appearing in a child should attract attention
Chapter 64: 11. _Love of solitude_ is a very suspicious sign. Children are naturally
Chapter 65: 12. _Bashfulness_ is not infrequently dependent upon this cause. It
Chapter 66: 13. _Unnatural boldness_, in marked contrast with the preceding sign,
Chapter 67: 14. _Mock piety_--or perhaps we should more properly designate it as
Chapter 68: 15. _Easily frightened_ children are abundant among young masturbators,
Chapter 69: 16. _Confusion of ideas_ is another characteristic of the devotee of
Chapter 70: 17. Boys in whom the habit has become well developed sometimes manifest
Chapter 71: 18. _Round shoulders_ and a stooping posture in sitting are
Chapter 72: 19. _Weak backs, pains in the limbs, and stiffness of the joints_, in
Chapter 73: 20. _Paralysis_ of the lower extremities, coming on without apparent
Chapter 74: 21. The _gait_ of a person addicted to this vice will usually betray
Chapter 75: 22. _Bad positions_ in bed are evidences which should be noticed. If
Chapter 76: 23. _Lack of development of the breasts_ in females, after puberty,
Chapter 77: 24. _Capricious appetite_ particularly characterizes children
Chapter 78: 25. One very constant peculiarity of such children is their extreme
Chapter 79: 26. _Eating clay, slate-pencils, plaster, chalk,_ and other
Chapter 80: 27. Disgust for simple food is one of the traits which a victim of this
Chapter 81: 28. _The use of tobacco_ is good presumptive evidence that a boy is
Chapter 82: 29. _Unnatural paleness_ and colorless lips, unless they can be
Chapter 83: 30. _Acne_, or _pimples_, on the face are also among the suspicious
Chapter 84: 31. _Biting the finger nails_ is a practice very common in girls
Chapter 85: 32. The eyes often betray much. If, in addition to want of luster and
Chapter 86: 33. An habitually moist, cold hand, is a suspicious circumstance in
Chapter 87: 34. _Palpitation of the heart_, frequently occurring, denotes a
Chapter 88: 35. _Hysteria_ in females may be regarded as a suspicious circumstance
Chapter 89: 36. _Chlorosis_, or _green sickness_, is very often caused by the unholy
Chapter 90: 37. _Epileptic fits_ in children are not infrequently the result of
Chapter 91: 38. _Wetting the bed_ is an evidence of irritation which may be
Chapter 92: 39. _Unchastity of speech_ and fondness for obscene stories betray a
Chapter 93: 2. Loss of the seminal fluid.
Chapter 94: 1. The composition of the nerves and that of spermatozoa is nearly
Chapter 95: 2. Men from whom the testes have been removed before puberty, as in
Chapter 96: 1. Begin by a resolution to reform, strengthened by the most solemn
Chapter 97: 2. Resolve to reform _now_; not to-morrow or next week, but this very
Chapter 98: 3. Begin the work of reform by purging the mind. If a lewd thought enters
Chapter 99: 4. As a help to purity of mind, whenever impure thoughts enter,
Chapter 100: 5. Avoid solitude, for then it is that temptation comes, and you are
Chapter 101: 6. Strictly comply with all the rules laid down for the cultivation
Chapter 102: 7. Above all, seek for grace and help from the Source of all spiritual
Chapter 103: 1. _Never overeat_. If too much food is taken at one meal, fast the
Chapter 104: 2. _Eat but twice a day_, or, if supper is eaten, let it be very light,
Chapter 105: 3. _Discard all stimulating food_. Under this head must be included,
Chapter 106: 4. _Stimulating drinks_ should be abstained from with still greater
Chapter 107: 5. In place of such articles as have been condemned, eat fruits, grains,
Chapter 108: 1. From seven to nine hours' sleep are required by all persons. The
Chapter 109: 2. Arise immediately upon waking in the morning if it is after four
Chapter 110: 3. If insufficient sleep is taken at night, sleep a few minutes just
Chapter 111: 4. Never go to bed with the bowels or bladder loaded. The bladder should
Chapter 112: 5. The position in sleeping is of some importance. Sleeping upon the
Chapter 113: 6. Soft beds and pillows must be carefully avoided. Feather-beds should
Chapter 114: 7. Too many covers should be avoided with equal care. The thinnest
Chapter 115: 8. Thorough ventilation of the sleeping-room, both while occupied and
Chapter 116: 9. If wakeful at night, instead of lying in bed trying to go to sleep,
Chapter 117: 10. One of the most effectual panaceas for certain varieties of
Chapter 118: 1. It is not a remedy, since, as in the case of illicit intercourse,
Chapter 119: 2. If it were a remedy, it would not be a justifiable one, for its use
Chapter 120: 3. As another reason why the remedy would not be a _proper_, even if
Chapter 121: 1. Give the matter prompt attention. Do not delay to adopt curative
Chapter 122: 2. Set about the work of getting well with a fixed determination to
Chapter 123: 3. Avoid watching for symptoms. Ills are greatly exaggerated by
Chapter 124: 4. Never consult a quack. The newspapers abound with lying
Chapter 125: 5. Do not despair of ever recovering from the effects of past
Chapter 126: 6. Every sufferer from sexual disease must make up his mind to live,
Chapter 127: 2. The production of similar individuals which shall also have the power
the boy and the girl is exactly the same.
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