Object of the reproductive functions--Results of excesses--Effects upon husbands--Testimony of a French physician--Continence of trainers--A cause of throat disease--A cause of consumption--Effects on wives--The greatest cause of uterine disease--Legalized murder-- Indulgence during menstruation--Effects upon offspring--Indulgence during pregnancy--Effect upon the character--A selfish objection-- Brutes and savages more considerate--What may be done--Early moderation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 _PREVENTION OF CONCEPTION_: ITS EVILS AND DANGERS. Conjugal onanism--"Male continence"--Shaker views--Moral bearings of the question--Unconsidered murders--The charge disputed--Difficulties-- Woman's rights--What to do--A compromise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 _INFANTICIDE AND ABORTION_. Not a modern crime--Causes of the crime--The nature of the crime-- Instruments of crime--Results of this unnatural crime--An unwelcome child--The remedy--Murder by proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 _THE SOCIAL EVIL_. Unchastity of the ancients--Causes of the "social evil"--Libidinous blood--Gluttony--Precocious sexuality--Man's lewdness--Fashion--Lack of early training--Sentimental literature--Poverty--Ignorance--Disease-- Results of licentiousness--Thousands of victims--Effects of vice ineradicable--The only hope--Hereditary effects of venereal disease-- Man the only transgressor--Origin of the foul disease--Cure of the "social evil"--Prevention the only cure--Early training--Teach self-control--Mental culture--Early associations . . . . . . . . . . 284 _SOLITARY VICE_.