ONAN ESCHEWED - Rick Grunder

father instructed him frankly about the dangers of [p. 65 ends] masturbation,
with the result that he struggled hard against the habit without, however,
overcoming it. [pp. 65-66]
101 Stockton State Hospital (California). BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
and the TWENTY-SIXTH AND TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORTS of the
Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of the State of California, at Stockton. 1879.
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS and the TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT of the
Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of the State of California, at Stockton. 1880.
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BIENNIAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS and the Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth
Annual Reports of the SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INSANE ASYLUM of the STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, (at Stockton). 1882. Sacramento: State Office: J. D. Young, Supt.
State Printing, 1882.
Three thin but handsome volumes, approx. 23 cm. 36, 20 and 44 pages,
respectively, COVERING A FULL FIVE-YEAR PERIOD from July 1, 1877 - July 1, 1882.
Each volume is in its original pebbled cloth binding (dark blue, light blue, and
olive, respectively) and nicely gilt-lettered on its front board, including
applicable dates covered ("1877-9," "1879-80," "[1880]-1882"). Each is in nearly
fine condition; generally quite fresh and clean inside and out.
three volumes: $125
Table E in each of the five annual reports shows "the Supposed Cause of Insanity, as
stated in Commitments" of the patients. In all reports, "Masturbation" is either at
the head of the list, or no lower than third among the many named possible
causes. OCLC suggests quite limited holdings of this series of reports, and I
doubt that any copies would be in better condition than these offered here.
102 TALMEY, Bernard S[imon]. WOMAN. A TREATISE ON THE NORMAL AND
PATHOLOGICAL EMOTIONS OF FEMININE LOVE. By Bernard S. Talmey, M.D.,
Gynaecologist to the Yorkville Hospital and Dispensary; former Pathologist to The
Mothers' and Babies' Hospital, etc., New York. For Physicians and Students of
Medicine. With Twenty-Three Drawings in the Text. Third Enlarged and Improved
Edition. New York: Practitioners' Publishing Company, [c. 1908 by Max Talmey].
21 cm. x, 258 pp. Bibliography, pp. 242-46; Index, pp. 247-58 including thirteen
headings for "Masturbation," including that of animals. Orig. black cloth with
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