The Science of Life; or, Self-Preservation. A Medical Treatise on Nervous and physical Debility, Spermatorrhoea, Impostence, and Sterility, with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Diseases of the Generative Organs

Boston: Peabody Medical Institute, 1881. latest edition. 1881 BEAUTIFULLY BOUND SEXUAL PHYSIOLOGY BOOK FOR MEN, WARNING OF THE DANGERS OF MASTURBATION.

11x16.5 cm hardcover, elaborate gilt decorative cover and spine on deep blue cloth binding, all edgess gilt, i-xvi, 294 pp, near fine in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: The Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative and Urinary Organs; Puberty--Manhood —The Morale of Generative Physiology; The Physiology of Marriage; On Spermatorrhcea (Excessive Spermatic Discharge, or Seminal Debility)—Its History and Causes; Symptoms of Spermatorrhoea— Seminal Weakness and Impotence; Spermatorrhcea, or Seminal Debility — Causes and Effects; Detection of Spermatorrhcea or Seminal Weakness by Microscopic Examination; and Otherwise General Remarks on the Treatment of Spermatorrhoea, Seminal Weakness, and Impotence.

WILLIAM HUMBOLDT PARKER Honorary Member of the National Mediea Association ; late Surgeon US Army; Author of the Science of Life, or Self-Preservation; Physiology of Woman and her Diseases; Diseases of the Nervous System, or Pathology of the Nerves and Nervous Maladies; late Editor in-Chief of the Peabody Journal of Health.