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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

_For my _Dissertation_ upon the _Generation_ of _Man_, I am chiefly
oblig’d to _Messieurs Lamy_, and _Dionis_,[1] those two excellent
Anatomists; and if, in some parts of my Performance, I seem more
Ludicrous than any Author that has hitherto writ on the Subject; you’ll
find on due consideration, ’tis owing to a more exact Enquiry; and
Curiosity is not easily satisfied in the depth of the secrets of Nature.
And I hope what I have mention’d from a Learned _Casuist_,[2] will be a
sufficient Antidote against the unlawful use of those curious Parts I
have so particularly described; as an Addition to which I farther
recommend a small Treatise (not long since publish’d,) Entitled,
__ESSAYS__ relating to the _Conduct of Life_, which contain sufficient
and easy Instructions for a regular _OEconomy_, not only where the
Passions are prevalent, but in all the Vicissitudes incident to Human
Nature._

Footnote 1:

  Dissertation sur la Generation de L’Homme. Par _Monsieur Dionis, Paris
  1697_.

Footnote 2:

  Traite de l’Impuritie, par _Monsieur Ostervald_.

_In the Writing of this small Work I carelesly omitted a material
scrutiny of a Paragraph in _Onania; Page 16_. says this Author, ‘some
Women are with held from being Prostitutes by their covetousness only:
Others for nothing else, but the fear of Diseases, or the having of
Children. Lascivious Widows, who understand the World have reason to
scruple second Marriages on many accounts; some love their Liberty;
others their Money; and if they value their Reputation, they’ll not dare
to venture on unlawful Embraces; whereas in Self-pollution, neither the
Cautious, nor the Covetous imagine that they have any thing to fear.” I
take it that this very plainly encourages the Sin of Self-pollution, if
I may be allow’d to deduce the Consequences of the latter from the
former; for he first says rightly, that unlawful Embraces are injurious
to Reputations; but then insinuates that Self-pollution may be practis’d
without any Apprehensions. This and many other parts of his Treatise,
demonstrate his View to be the sale of his Medicines, though with a
great deal of Cant he pretends the contrary, besides the very tacking of
his Apothecary’s-shop, to his stupid Performance, without any farther
considerations sufficiently shews his real Intentions. And I am so far
from imitating this ignorant _Empirick_, that the only Remedy I
prescribe, is that Infallible _Specifick_, in every ones power,
__CHASTITY__._

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                                ONANISM
                               DISPLAY’D.




                            _INTRODUCTION._

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