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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopathy"Page 25 of 653for the reason that it leaves the mind free to revel in all kindsfancies ; onanists are very apt to be fond of walking. Severe menlabor is sometimes preferable to bodily exercise, especially in tcase of hypochondriacs and onanists. This leads us to a consideration of psychical influences as a means of cure. Every physicianknows that the evil consequences of nocturnal emissions, and evento some extent, of self-abuse, are more imaginary than real, lumbers are made hypochondriacs by reading books that fill them withfear and trembling at the excesses they may have been guilty of \Spermatorrhcea. 19former days. Encouraging advice does them more good than medicine. Self-abuse is prevented much more certainly by comfortingencouragement than by picturing the consequences of such a crimein the most frightful colors. In dealing with sexual weakness, itis in the first place necessary to depress the fancy, and in theplace to strengthen the will. On this account, reading novels ishurtful, and cold-water treatment has such an excellent eflfect.We deem a special enumeration of the medicines, referring tothis subject, inappropriate; the multiplicity of the phenomenawould leave too many gaps. The symptoms being all confined toone set of organs, they can easily be compared with the symptomsin the Materia Medica. It is only because the chapter entitled" Male genital organs " is so replete with symptoms and remediesthat we furnish in the next paragraph a list of the remedies whospractical value has been verified by experience, and we classifyin accordance with the difl^erent divisions adopted for the symptof the disease.For excessive emissions, with increased irritability : CantharideNux voraica^ Camphora^ Phosphorus ; with diminished irritabilityConium maculatum^ Phosphori aeidum^ Clematis erecta^ Digitalis pupurea^ China.For spermatorrhcea: Phosphori acidurrij Calcarea carbonica^ Comum^ Cantharides. Among all these remedies Digitalis, and moreparticularly Digitalin^ has the best effect. A few doses of the ttrituration of this medicine are generally sufficient to effect aplete cure or at least a marked improvement. The medicine shouldbe given in the morning ; in the evening it is very apt to disturthe night's sleep. [Gelsemin^ given for a period of time, has curBpermatorrhoea. Stillingin is likewise an excellent remedy for bonocturnal emissions and spermatorrhoea. H. 7.]Irritable weakness requires besides the remedies mentionedfor spermatorrhcea and nocturnal emissions, the following medicinCaladium seguinuw^ Selenium^ Nitri axndum^ Agaricus rnuscarius^ aif the weakness borders on impotence, Agnus castus^ Cannabis,Baryta^ Capsicum annuum^ Lycopodium, Natrum muriaticum.Satyriasis requires particularly Cantharides and Phosphorus^ thelatter more particularly, if the affection is caused by disturbanof the central nervous system.The consequences of self-abuse are so varied that we cannot inthis place indicate all the remedies that may have to be employedhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt