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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,

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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,

Masturbation -- Early works to 1800; Medicine -- Religious aspects

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.


                Made _English_ from the _Paris_ Edition.

                          THE SECOND EDITION.

                              __LONDON__:

  Printed for E. CURLL, over against St. _Dunstan_’s Church in
    _Fleet-street_. MDCCXIX. (Price 1 _s._ 6 _d._)




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                                PREFACE.


_The Reader will immediately be sensible, that I have been led into the
first part of this Treatise upon tracing the Impositions and
Inconsistencies of the Author of a Pamphlet Entitled _Onania_; and for
the latter part it may be easily concluded to proceed from no other
Motive, but the Dictates of Nature._

_It was impossible for an Author of any Spirit, after a particular
description of the unnatural use of the Parts, that he could finish his
Labours without thoroughly examining their admiral Structure: They being
no less curious than delightful to a Youthful Swain, that’s fir’d with
Imagination._

_The infinite number of fine Vessels are pleasing in Representation, as
well as otherways Ravishing, and the Nerves and Arteries are equally
beautiful, as they are transporting. The great and exquisite sense of
the Parts of _Generation_, give an Enjoyment transcending all others;
and the Wisdom of our Creator, for the support of the World, cannot be
too sufficiently admir’d, in that Man is propagated by an excess of
Pleasure._

_The following Treatise, I have by no means compos’d to give a loose to
Debauchery. I have only persu’d the common Rules of Anatomy in this way
of Writing, and interspers’d a great variety of curious Observations and
natural Consequences as yet unobserv’d, and I was naturally induc’d to
it more for the Information of Mankind in general, than for the Sons of
_Æsculapius_ in particular. The Gentleman of all Ranks not
superannuated, may find some Pleasure in perusing it, and the fair Sex
will meet with such ample Instructions, as not to fail in the choice of
an agreeable Person, for the amorous Combat._

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