In response to repeated requests for "a book" the author has finally prepared this brief volume in which he has endeavored to present a difficult subject in the true university spirit, frankly calling things by their right names, always keeping in close accord with the latest researches.
It is hoped that the chapter on Hygiene will in itself be a justification for the book.
WINFIELD S. HALL,
Chicago.
December, 1906.
CONTENTS.
| [Chapter I.] | |
| REPRODUCTION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF BIOLOGY. | |
| 1. General Activities of Living Organisms | [11] |
| A. The Egoistic Activities | [12] |
| B. The Phyletic Activities | [13] |
| a. Reproduction | [13] |
| b. Support and Protection of Offspring | [13] |
| c. Support and Protection of Weaker Members of Society | [15] |
| 2. Some General Principles of Biology | [15] |
| A. Sacrifice and Compensation in Egoistic Activities | [15] |
| B. Sacrifice and Compensation in the Phyletic Activities | [16] |
| a. Lower Organisms | [16] |
| b. Higher Organisms | [19] |
| C. Summary of Principles | [24] |
| a. The propagation of offspring and the protection and support of the young and defenseless, always involve sacrifice on the part of the parents and the stronger members of the race | [24] |
| b. Sacrifice made consciously for the race is, in the natural order of things, compensated | [24] |
| [Chapter II.] | |
| ADOLESCENCE IN THE MALE. | |
| 1. Physical Changes | [28] |
| A. General Changes in the Body | [28] |
| a. Pilosity | [28] |
| b. The Voice | [29] |
| c. Bone, Muscle and Gland | [30] |
| B. The Genital System | [32] |
| a. Structural Changes | [32] |
| b. Functional Changes | [32] |
| 2. Psychical Changes | [33] |
| A. Play and Work | [33] |
| a. Sports | [33] |
| b. Productive Employment | [34] |
| B. Society | [35] |
| C. Religion | [36] |
| [Chapter III.] | |
| ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALE GENITAL ORGANS. | |
| 1. Anatomy | [39] |
| a. The Penis | [39] |
| b. The Testes | [41] |
| c. The Spermatozoon | [44] |
| d. The Epididymis | [44] |
| e. The Seminal Vesicles | [45] |
| f. The Prostate Gland | [45] |
| 2. Physiology | [46] |
| a. Urethra | [46] |
| b. Cowper's Glands | [46] |
| c. The Prostate Gland | [48] |
| d. The Seminal Vesicles | [48] |
| e. Testes | [55] |
| 3. Virility | [60] |
| [Chapter IV.] | |
| SEXUAL HYGIENE OF THE ADOLESCENT MALE. | |
| 1. Illicit Intercourse with Women | [74] |
| a. Chancroid or Soft Chancre | [78] |
| b. Gonorrhea | [79] |
| c. Syphilis | [80] |
| 2. Masturbation | [84] |
| 3. Continence | [90] |
| [Chapter V.] | |
| HYGIENE. | |
| 1. Diet | [95] |
| a. Choice of Food | [95] |
| b. Stimulants and Narcotics | [97] |
| c. The Dietetic Control of the Bowels | [104] |
| d. The Dietetic Control of Sleep | [110] |
| e. The Dietetic Control of the Kidneys and Skin | [111] |
| f. The Dietetic Method of Curing a Cold | [111] |
| 2. Baths | [112] |
| a. The Bath for Cleanliness | [112] |
| b. The Tonic Bath | [114] |
| 3. Exercise | [115] |
| 4. The Hygienic Requirements of Sleep | [118] |
| 5. The Control of the Thoughts | [120] |
| [Chapter VI.] | |
| DEVELOPMENT. | |
| 1. The Child | [125] |
| 2. Maternity | [128] |
| 3. Paternity | [130] |
| [APPENDIX.] | |
| Answers to questions | [135-149] |