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individual. Hence, it is as unnecessary as gluttony, 

 and must be wasteful of vitality, even though rendered 

 necessary under some circumstances. So with emis- 

 sions. If a person allows his mind to dwell upon un- 

 chaste subjects, indulges in erotic dreams, and riots 

 in mental lasciviousness, he may render an emission 

 almost necessary as a remedial effort. Nevertheless, 

 he will suffer from the loss of nervous energy just the 

 same as though he had not, by his own concupis- 

 cence, rendered it in some degree necessary. And as 

 it would have been infinitely better for him to have 

 retained and digested food in his stomach instead of 

 ejecting it,— provided it were wholesome food,— 

 so it would have been better for him to have re- 

 tained in his system the seminal fluid, which would 

 have been disposed of by the system, and probably 

 utilized to very great advantage in the repair of the 

 tissues. 



Eminent Testimony.— An eminent English physi- 

 cian. Dr. Milton, who has treated many thousands of 

 cases of this disease, remarks in a work upon the sub- 

 ject as follows: 



''Anything beyond one emission a month requires 

 attention. I know this statement has been impugned, 

 but I am quite prepared to abide by it. I did not put 

 it forward till I considered I had quite sufficient evi- 

 dence in my hands to justify me in doing so." 



"An opinion prevails, as most of my readers are 

 aware, among medical men, that a few emissions in 

 youth do good instead of harm. It is difficult to under- 

 stand how an unnatural evacuation can do good, except 

 in the case of unnatural congestion. I have, however, 

 convinced myself that the principle is wrong. Lads 

 never really feel better for emissions; they very often 



