CONTENTS 



— Spinal irritation — A common cause of hys- 

 teria—Effects upon offspring— Neglect dan- 

 gerous 293-319 



TREATMENT OF SELF-ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS 



Prevention of secret vice— Cultivate chastity— 

 Timely warning — Early instruction— A dark 

 picture— Curative treatment of the effects of 

 self-abuse— Cure of the habit— Cure of the 

 habit in children -Cure of the habit in adults 

 — A curative operation— How may a person 

 help himself ?— Hopeful courage — General regi- 

 men and treatment— Mental and moral treat- 

 ment—Control of the thoughts— Exercise— Diet 

 — Sleeping — Dreams — Can dreams be con- 

 trolled f— Bathing— Improvement of general 

 health— Prostitution as a remedy— Marriage— 

 Local treatment— Simple Methods of Treat- 

 ment—The cool sitz bath— The hot sitz bath— 

 The neutral sitz bath— The cold towel rub— The 

 morning bath— The evening bath— The bladder 

 douche— The spinal douche— Local fomenta- 

 tions—Local cold bathing— The enema— Elec- 

 tricity — Internal applications — Use of electric- 

 ity — Circumcision — Impotence — Varicocele — 

 Treatment .of the disease in women— Drugs, 

 rings, etc. — Quacks— Closing advdce 320-364 



A CHAPTER FOR BOYS 



Genuine boys— Human mushrooms— "What are 

 boys fori"— Boys the hope of the world— Man, 

 the masterpiece — How a noble character is 

 formed— How a noble character is ruined — A 

 wonderful machine— What the microscope re- 

 veals—The nutritive apparatus— The moving 

 apparatus— The thinking and feeling appara- 

 tus—The purifying apparatus— The reproduc- 



