The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a Study in Hygiene
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The source of so much misery is the increasing physical weakness ofthe female and the increasing nervous weakness of the male, with anincreasing sexual excitability, two factors of tragic effect for thewife. Here is seen the unfortunate result of teaching two kinds ofmorals, one for men and another for women. Causes of Sexual Excitability. -- Too frequent genital irritation, onanism, too frequent intercourse, alcohol, too rich and too highlyseasoned foods, lack of exercise. Treatment of Sexual ...Excitability. -- Avoid alcohol and precociouspuberty. Strictest attention must be paid to the diet; everything isto be avoided which is difficult of digestion or which retards it. Thefollowing articles of diet must all be avoided: cheese, foods seasonedwith pepper and curry, highly salted and acid foods, and all richfoods; and meat must be eaten only in moderate quantities. Constipation irritates the genitalia directly and increases theinflammation. The close relation of Venus and Bacchus is known notonly in mythology.
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