Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg
26. _Eating clay, slate-pencils, plaster, chalk,_ and other
indigestible articles is a practice to which girls who abuse themselves
are especially addicted. The habit sometimes becomes developed to such
a wonderful extent that the victims almost rival the clay-eaters of
the Amazon in gratifying their propensity.
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ch.2
- INTRODUCTION. Ch.3
- 1. In childhood, and until about the age of puberty, respiration in Ch.4
- 2. Although there is a change in the mode of respiration in most females, Ch.5
- 3. We believe the cause of this modification of respiration is the Ch.6
- 4. We have met a number of ladies whose good fortune and good sense Ch.7
- 1. Do not allow the boy or girl to be overworked, either mentally or Ch.8
- 2. Keep the mind occupied. While excessive labor should be avoided, Ch.9
- 3. Abundant exercise out-of-doors is essential for both sexes. Sunshine Ch.10
- 4. Watch carefully the associations of the youth. This should be done Ch.11
- 5. None too much care can be exercised at this important epoch of human Ch.12
- 2. Intense mental excitement, as well as severe physical labor, is to Ch.13
- 3. A third hint, which is applicable to both sexes and at all times, Ch.14
- 4. Take daily exercise, as much as possible short of fatigue; if Ch.15
- 4. Perhaps nothing tends more directly to the production of menstrual Ch.16
- 1. If a child is begotten in lust, its lower passions will as certainly Ch.17
- 2. The same remarks apply with equal force to the transmission of other Ch.18
- 3. The influence of the father is, at the outset, as great as that of Ch.19
- 4. If during gestation the mother is fretful, complaining, and Ch.20
- 1. For the beginning of a new life, select the most favorable time, Ch.21
- 2. If a child has been properly conceived, the duty then devolves upon Ch.22
- 3. After birth, the mother still possesses a molding influence upon Ch.23
- 1. During the development of the body, all its energies are required Ch.24
- 2. The reproductive act is the most exhaustive of all vital acts. Its Ch.25
- 3. The effects upon the female are even worse than those upon the male; Ch.26
- 2. That a robust man requires more than one woman to satisfy his sexual Ch.27
- 3. That there are more women than men; and since every woman has a right Ch.28
- 4. That the great men of all ages have been polygamists in fact, if Ch.29
- 5. That monogamy is a relic of the paganism of the ancient Greeks and Ch.30
- 6. That it is the only proper and effective cure for the "social evil," Ch.31
- 1. We deny most emphatically the assertion that polygamy is either Ch.32
- 2. The second argument is based upon the asserted fact that man Ch.33
- 3. While it is true that there are a few more adult women than men, Ch.34
- 4. In proof of the propriety of polygamy, as well as of its necessity, Ch.35
- 5. The fact that monogamy was practiced among the ancient Greeks and Ch.36
- 6. The argument that polygamy will cure the "social evil" is exactly Ch.37
- 1. They are useful as well as healthful. While they call into action Ch.38
- 1. The sexual function is for the purpose of producing new individuals Ch.39
- 2. In the animal kingdom generally, the reproductive function is Ch.40
- 3. In those exceptional cases in which the organs of the male are in Ch.41
- 4. Fecundation of the female element can only take place about the time Ch.42
- 5. The desire for sexual congress naturally exists in the female only Ch.43
- 6. The constant development of the sexual organs in human males is a Ch.44
- 7. The time of sexual congress is always determined by the condition Ch.45
- 1. The fact that in all animals but the human species the act can be Ch.46
- 2. The fact that the males of other animals besides man in which the Ch.47
- 3. The general law that the reproductive act is performed only when Ch.48
- 1. The moment that prostitution is placed under the protection of law Ch.49
- 2. Why should so vile a crime as fornication be taken under legal Ch.50
- 3. By the use of certain precautionary measures the fears of many will Ch.51
- 1. Those which may arouse suspicion, but any one of which, taken singly, Ch.52
- 2. Those which may be regarded as positive. Several suspicious signs Ch.53
- 1. _General debility_, coming upon a previously healthy child, marked Ch.54
- 2. _Early symptoms of consumption_--or what are supposed to be such--as Ch.55
- 3. _Premature and defective development_ is a symptom closely allied Ch.56
- 4. _Sudden change in disposition_ is a sign which may well arouse Ch.57
- 5. _Lassitude_ is as unnatural for a child as for a young kitten. A Ch.58
- 6. In connection with the preceding symptom will generally be found, Ch.59
- 7. _Sleeplessness_ is another symptom of significance. Sound sleep is Ch.60
- 8. _Failure of mental capacity_ without apparent cause should occasion Ch.61
- 9. _Fickleness_ is another evidence of the working of some Ch.62
- 10. _Untrustworthiness_ appearing in a child should attract attention Ch.63
- 11. _Love of solitude_ is a very suspicious sign. Children are naturally Ch.64
- 12. _Bashfulness_ is not infrequently dependent upon this cause. It Ch.65
- 13. _Unnatural boldness_, in marked contrast with the preceding sign, Ch.66
- 14. _Mock piety_--or perhaps we should more properly designate it as Ch.67
- 15. _Easily frightened_ children are abundant among young masturbators, Ch.68
- 16. _Confusion of ideas_ is another characteristic of the devotee of Ch.69
- 17. Boys in whom the habit has become well developed sometimes manifest Ch.70
- 18. _Round shoulders_ and a stooping posture in sitting are Ch.71
- 19. _Weak backs, pains in the limbs, and stiffness of the joints_, in Ch.72
- 20. _Paralysis_ of the lower extremities, coming on without apparent Ch.73
- 21. The _gait_ of a person addicted to this vice will usually betray Ch.74
- 22. _Bad positions_ in bed are evidences which should be noticed. If Ch.75
- 23. _Lack of development of the breasts_ in females, after puberty, Ch.76
- 24. _Capricious appetite_ particularly characterizes children Ch.77
- 25. One very constant peculiarity of such children is their extreme Ch.78
- 26. _Eating clay, slate-pencils, plaster, chalk,_ and other Ch.79
- 27. Disgust for simple food is one of the traits which a victim of this Ch.80
- 28. _The use of tobacco_ is good presumptive evidence that a boy is Ch.81
- 29. _Unnatural paleness_ and colorless lips, unless they can be Ch.82
- 30. _Acne_, or _pimples_, on the face are also among the suspicious Ch.83
- 31. _Biting the finger nails_ is a practice very common in girls Ch.84
- 32. The eyes often betray much. If, in addition to want of luster and Ch.85
- 33. An habitually moist, cold hand, is a suspicious circumstance in Ch.86
- 34. _Palpitation of the heart_, frequently occurring, denotes a Ch.87
- 35. _Hysteria_ in females may be regarded as a suspicious circumstance Ch.88
- 36. _Chlorosis_, or _green sickness_, is very often caused by the unholy Ch.89
- 37. _Epileptic fits_ in children are not infrequently the result of Ch.90
- 38. _Wetting the bed_ is an evidence of irritation which may be Ch.91
- 39. _Unchastity of speech_ and fondness for obscene stories betray a Ch.92
- 2. Loss of the seminal fluid. Ch.93
- 1. The composition of the nerves and that of spermatozoa is nearly Ch.94
- 2. Men from whom the testes have been removed before puberty, as in Ch.95
- 1. Begin by a resolution to reform, strengthened by the most solemn Ch.96
- 2. Resolve to reform _now_; not to-morrow or next week, but this very Ch.97
- 3. Begin the work of reform by purging the mind. If a lewd thought enters Ch.98
- 4. As a help to purity of mind, whenever impure thoughts enter, Ch.99
- 5. Avoid solitude, for then it is that temptation comes, and you are Ch.100
- 6. Strictly comply with all the rules laid down for the cultivation Ch.101
- 7. Above all, seek for grace and help from the Source of all spiritual Ch.102
- 1. _Never overeat_. If too much food is taken at one meal, fast the Ch.103
- 2. _Eat but twice a day_, or, if supper is eaten, let it be very light, Ch.104
- 3. _Discard all stimulating food_. Under this head must be included, Ch.105
- 4. _Stimulating drinks_ should be abstained from with still greater Ch.106
- 5. In place of such articles as have been condemned, eat fruits, grains, Ch.107
- 1. From seven to nine hours' sleep are required by all persons. The Ch.108
- 2. Arise immediately upon waking in the morning if it is after four Ch.109
- 3. If insufficient sleep is taken at night, sleep a few minutes just Ch.110
- 4. Never go to bed with the bowels or bladder loaded. The bladder should Ch.111
- 5. The position in sleeping is of some importance. Sleeping upon the Ch.112
- 6. Soft beds and pillows must be carefully avoided. Feather-beds should Ch.113
- 7. Too many covers should be avoided with equal care. The thinnest Ch.114
- 8. Thorough ventilation of the sleeping-room, both while occupied and Ch.115
- 9. If wakeful at night, instead of lying in bed trying to go to sleep, Ch.116
- 10. One of the most effectual panaceas for certain varieties of Ch.117
- 1. It is not a remedy, since, as in the case of illicit intercourse, Ch.118
- 2. If it were a remedy, it would not be a justifiable one, for its use Ch.119
- 3. As another reason why the remedy would not be a _proper_, even if Ch.120
- 1. Give the matter prompt attention. Do not delay to adopt curative Ch.121
- 2. Set about the work of getting well with a fixed determination to Ch.122
- 3. Avoid watching for symptoms. Ills are greatly exaggerated by Ch.123
- 4. Never consult a quack. The newspapers abound with lying Ch.124
- 5. Do not despair of ever recovering from the effects of past Ch.125
- 6. Every sufferer from sexual disease must make up his mind to live, Ch.126
- 2. The production of similar individuals which shall also have the power Ch.127