Sexual debility in man

New York: E.B. Treat & Company, 1900. FIRST EDITION. Complete with 9 full-page plates. Publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; interior excellent. First edition. The author dedicates the book to the “sexual cripples of the United States.” Apparently at the start of the twentieth century (and before; and after?) sexual debility was a major thing. Certainly enough to warrant this book. Sturgis treats the anatomy and physiology of the male sexual organs, masturbation, sexually-related diseases and the physical causes of sexual impotence. Of particular interest is the various options that a sexually debilitated male can do to reverse the impotence and to avoid sterility. The plates reflect how the various diseases discussed appear under a microscope. There is an extensive bibliography following the text.

Sturgis (1844-1919) was an American physician who wrote primarily on venereal diseases, especially syphilis.

Cordasco 00-5778; Kelly & Burrage 1179-1180.