Onanism display'd / being, I. an enquiry into the true nature of Onan's sin. II. of the modern Onanists. III. of self-pollution, its causes, and consequences; with three extraordinary cases, of two young gentlemen and a lady, who were very much addicted to this crime. IV. of nocturnal-pollutions natural and forc'd. V. the great sin of self-pollution, with the judgment of the most eminent divines upon this subject. VI. a dissertation concerning generation, with a curious description of the parts, and of their proper functions, &c. according to the latest, and most approv'd anatomical discoveries

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To pursue the method I have hitherto observ’d, I shall begin my Description of the Privities of a Woman, with the external Parts.

The external Orifice is commonly call’d the Pudendum; ’tis compos’d of several parts, as the Pubes, the Mons Veneris, the Lips, and the great Slit.

The Pubes is seated on the forepart of the Share-bone, just above the Pudendum; and to keep off the annoyance that might arise from the hardness of the Bones in the amorous Adventure, it is rais’d and consists of Fat, which serves as a Cushion.

Mons Veneris, rises like a little Hill about the great Lips, and is cover’d, as well as the Pubes, with a pretty good quantity of rough curling Hair, which begins to spring when the Female enters her Thirteenth or Fourteenth Year: It is seated a little lower than the Pubes.

The great Labia, or great Lips, descend from the Mons Veneris, and meet in the Perinæum; they consist of doubled Skin, Fat and spungy Flesh; they are cover’d with Hair, but it is not so strong, as that of the Pubes and Mons Veneris. In Girls they are firm, but in those who have been enjoy’d, they are flaggy.

The great Slit is the space between the two Lips; it is call’d the great Slit, as being much larger than the entry of the Neck of the Womb.

Upon separating the Thighs, and drawing aside the two Lips, are discover’d two soft and spungy Excrescences call’d Nymphæ; they resemble the Thrills, that hang under a Cock’s Throat; and their Colour is red, like that of a Cock’s Comb; their Substance is partly fleshy, and partly membranous, consisting of the doubled, and the inner Skin of the Great Labia. The Nymphæ conduct forth the Urine; and of Virgins are so vigorous, that they discharge their Water with a Noise like hissing.

Above the Nymphæ within the great Cleft is situated the Clitoris, a long round and glandulous Body. This is said to be the principal seat of Pleasure, being endow’d with an exquisite Sense. In the heat of Enjoyment, it swells like unto a Mans Yard on an Erection, by virtue of the Blood and Spirits, that croud into it. For this reason it is call’d the Female Yard, and indeed, it appears like unto that of a Man in many particulars. This is the part for Friction.

There are two Cavernous Nerves coming from the Hip-bone, call’d the Legs of the Clitoris; and there are four Muscles in the Clitoris, two for Erection, and two for Ejaculation; the two first run from the Hip-bone under the Cavernous Nerves; and the two others call’d Pudendi, take their rise from the Sphincter of the Anus. These Muscles serve to straighten the Orifice of the Vagina. The Arteriæ Pudendæ furnish the Clitoris with Blood, and the Veins of that Name carry off the same Blood into the Cava.

Under the Clitoris is the urinary Passage, larger and shorter than that of a Man, whereby Women send forth their Urine with the greatest violence and dispatch. This Passage is surrounded with a Sphincter, which is a Muscle that serves to confine, or give passage for the Urine at pleasure.