The Book of Nature: Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth — John Shaqi
The Book of Nature: Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birthAshton, James, active 1875-1876
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The Book of Nature: Containing information for young people who think of getting married, on the philosophy of procreation and sexual intercourse, showing how to prevent conception and to avoid child-bearing: also, rules for management during labor and child-birth
Ashton, James, active 1875-1876
Contraception; Marriage; Pregnancy; Sex
The Generative Organs of man consists of two distinct outward members,
called the Penis and the Testes, or Testicles—both together being
frequently called the Genitals. The Testes are inclosed in a sac or bag
hanging from the pubic bone called the Scrotum, and their functions
are to produce the male principle or Semen, as the Ovaries in the
female ripen the Ovum or Egg. The Testes are a curious work of Nature.
On dissection they are found to be composed of fine blood vessels
intermingled with small tubes called the Seminal Tubes, in which the
Semen is generated. Some very knowing physicians say that there are sixty
thousand of these Seminal Tubes; but we doubt if anybody ever counted
them. These tubes, as they leave the Testes, gradually join together
until finally a single tube only goes from each Testicle. These are
called the Vas Deferens, and they ascend to the abdomen through a larger
tube, (which also contains arteries, nerves, lymphatics, &c.,) where
they connect with two small organs called Seminal Vesicles. From these
vesicles the Semen passes downwards through a tube called the Ejaculatory
Canal, which is connected with the Prostate Gland, and from whence it is
forced to the Urethra or urinal passage, and so out of the body. This is
a brief outline of all the organs connected with the generative system
of man: the Testes have the peculiar property of making the Semen—the
Vas Deferens and the Ejaculatory Canal carry it into the abdomen to the
Prostate Gland, from whence it is conveyed, by a peculiar but spasmodic
effort, through the urinal passage in the Penis into the body of the
female. It is supposed that the Seminal Vesicles and Prostate Gland
impart a vital principle to the Semen, and that the peculiar pleasurable
feeling experienced during connection with the female springs from these
organs.
The Scrotum, in a healthy state, is contracted so as to draw its skin
into folds and keep the Testes close to the body. But when a person is in
ill health, or greatly fatigued, the skin relaxes and the two Testes hang
low, the Scrotum being then supported in the middle by a membrane or cord
called the Septum Scroti, which acts as a sort of partition. The Scrotum
of old men is permanently relaxed in this manner; but in children it is a
sure indication of ill health.
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