Golden thoughts on chastity and procreation : including heredity, prenatal influences, etc., etc. : sensible hints and wholesome advice for maiden and young man, wife and husband, mother and father.

"Were we required to state in a few words the character of this book, we would say that it discusses in a general, as well as a special way, the hygiene of sexual life. It does not purport to be a treatise on medicine, but, on the contrary, it seeks, so far as possible, to avoid its use. Health...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gibson, J. W. (John William), 1841-
Other Authors: Gibson, J. W. (John William), Mrs., Truitt, W. J. (William John), 1867-1918
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Austin Jenkins Co., 1914.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • CHAPTER PAGE I The Origin of Life
  • Hereditary Influences
  • Blood marks of crimeProgeny of depraved and ignorant parents
  • Prenatal Influences
  • Like parents like childrenMental and physical debility
  • Like parents like childrenHealth of body and mind
  • PART
  • Sour grapes
  • WHAT A YOUNG WOMAN SHOULD KNOW IV The Girl at Home
  • Looking Toward MarriageGirlhood
  • Looking Toward MarriageEssential
  • A sympathetic friend
  • Looking into the future
  • After marriage
  • After MarriageHome
  • Faithful to dutyAn exslave mother teaching her boy the Bible
  • Illmated in age and dispositionA study
  • Cleanliness is next to godliness
  • WifehoodWhat a Bride and Mother Should Know
  • Just home from Sunday school
  • Mamma and her jewels
  • The Mother and the Child
  • A Phase of Parent Study
  • PART THREE
  • WHAT A YOUNG MAN SHOULD KNOW XI The Growing Boy
  • What is home without me?
  • Secret Sin or Masturbation
  • The two pathsWhat will the boy become?A series of nine pictures to illustrate the two paths of life
  • A Life of ChastityA Struggle
  • What a Young Man Should KnowLove
  • Who Should MarryWho Should Bear Children
  • What a Young Married Man Should Know
  • Confidential Chat with Husband and Wife
  • PART FOUR
  • VENEREAL DISEASESABORTIONFAMILYVENTILATION XVIII Venereal Diseases
  • Health purity and innocence
  • Criminal Abortion
  • Large or Small FamiliesWhich?
  • Maternal instinct
  • The Climacteric Period
  • Ventilation
  • Copyright.