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200 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
victims are not all of one sex. Many a pale, thin,
weak-backed man is suffering from gratifying the mor
bid desires of a strong, passionate, diseased woman.
When women are diseased in this way, they go further
than is possible with men. A man is usually limited by
the amount of semen his testicles can secrete. In some
the emission does not seem to be full, and is often re
peated. With a full emission, a man, unless greatly
excited, can not be prepared for another under an hour,
and two or three are the extent of his powers. There
are exceptions to this. I have known a man to have
nine orgasms of a night; but a woman, who loses no
semen, and simply expends a certain amount of nerv
ous force, will have six or seven orgasms in rapid suc
cession, each seeming to be more violent and ecstatic
than the last. These may be accompanied (with screams,
bitings, spasms, and end in a faint languor, that will last
for many hours. See further on diseases, Furor
Uterinus.
It is my opinion that no one, male or female, ought
to average more than once a week. If within a few
days after the menstrual period, this amount of indulg
ence was had, and for the rest of the month refrained
from, it would be nearer to a natural condition.
OF CKItTAIN UNNATURAL MANIFESTATIONS.
Among the crimes punished with death under the
Mosaic law, were bestiality, sodomy, and incest. All
are more or less unnatural, but I see no good reason
for continuing the penalty, or for making them in any
way the subjects of human retribution. Under the
Mosaic dispensation there were, I believe, fourteen