ONAN ESCHEWED - Rick Grunder

Chapter VII, ahead of its time, assures the reader that nocturnal seminal
emissions are entirely normal, even several times a week. Treatment is only
advised if they become too frequent.
This condition of night emissions is made the source of great profit by the
various advertising [p. 70 ends] quacks who claim to have a certain cure for socalled
"lost manhood." They make so emphatic the consequences that might
follow this condition that any man reading their advertisements may be
convinced that he certainly is on the downward road and is in a pitiable
condition. Especially do the young men, who are the most subject to this
condition, fall a ready victim to the false teachings of these vultures. [pp. 70-71]
68 LYDSTON, G[eorge]. Frank. A LECTURE ON . . . [ellipses in text] SEXUAL
PERVERSION, SATYRIASIS AND NYMPHOMANIA. By G. Frank Lydston, M.D.,
Chicago. Reprint from Phila. Med. and Surg. Reporter. Chicago: McCluer Ptg. Co.
[cover title & imprint; reprinted from the issue of Sept. 7, 1889].
22 cm. [1(cover title)]f.; [1]-22 pp. Simple printed self-wrappers, page 22 ending
on the verso of the outside back wrapper. Toned, with medium soil, light wear,
and a horizontal crease throughout. $65
The single copy (or version) of this pamphlet located by OCLC is in France (at
"Paris-Bium"). Masturbation, pp. 17; 19, 21 (female masturbation associated
with nymphomania).
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The gynecologist is compelled to be on his guard with reference to a not
infrequent form of nymphomania, but one which is little suspected by those
surrounding the patient, in which the woman develops a fondness for
gynecological manipulations. The subterfuges and devices of such patients to
induce handling of the sexual organs on part of the physician are something
remarkable. Perhaps one of the most frequent forms of this malingering is the
pretense of retention of urine . . .
. . . .
"A girl, æt. 18, was admitted, supposed to be suffering from retention of urine.
She was thin; her eyes were deep set, but bright and staring, and were found
filled with tears. . . . I noticed by a series of peculiar convulsive movements, that
she was under the influence of strong excitement. Further examination showed
that the labia minora, clitoris and adjacent parts were red and swollen and
bathed in a profuse mucous secretion. I then remembered that [p. 20 ends] on
the previous evening she had shown a somewhat similar state of excitement, and
[I] gave the nurse orders to watch her closely all day. In the evening the nurse
informed me that the patient kept up a constant friction of the genitals when she
supposed no one was watching, and even when eyes were on her she
endeavored, by uneasy movements in the bed, to continue the titillation.
Knowing then what I had to deal with, the patient was given a sedative, and was