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Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
2. Resolve to reform _now_; not to-morrow or next week, but this very
Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
2. Resolve to reform _now_; not to-morrow or next week, but this very
Chapter 97
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Chapters
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
minute. Thousands have sunk to perdition while resolving to indulge "only this once."
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