“I take pleasure in commending it to husbands, young and old. The vice of ignorance on these delicate but important subjects has done much to increase the business of divorce courts and wreck homes.” Amos R. Wells “The race would be infinitely stronger in body and soul if all husbands would obtain this book and follow its precepts.” * * * * * “What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know.” BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D. Condensed Table of Contents PART I WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIMSELF Prevalent ignorance concerning physical changes in men of middle-life—Sad results of such ignorance—Reasons for change—Evidences of these changes—Husband and wife constitute a reproductive unit—The two natures responsive in activity and repose—Somewhat similar changes in both—The age at which climacteric or “change of life” occurs in men—Climacteric and adolescence contrasted—The testimony of medical men to the fact—Only young men need the testimonials of authorities—Old men know it—Compensations which follow the sexual hush—Physical and mental effects—Changes more gradual than in women—Many men intellectually at their best after sexual hush—To them time and experience open their richest treasures—Moderation in all things enjoined—Sexual moderation emphasized—Virility, how destroyed, how preserved—Effects of exercise, food, stimulants, sleep, employment, etc.—Functional disorders—Benefit of intelligence—Enlargement of the prostate gland—Manifestations, cause and precautionary measures—The marriage of men of middle life—Physical unfitness and effects—Rights of the unborn—The years beyond—The man at forty determines what the man at eighty shall be—Value of purpose to keep strong and bright—Examples. PART II WHAT HE OUGHT TO KNOW CONCERNING HIS WIFE Reproduction the primal purpose of marriage—Attractive and repellent periods in life of woman—Climacteric or change of life the most repellent period—Disappearance of menstruation only an outward manifestation—The phenomenon explained—Reasons for change made plain—Not a period of stress for all women—How to meet the menopause—Occupation, diet, fresh air, exercise, sleep, companionship, sexual repose, etc., etc.—Mortality and insanity greater among men—The aches and ills which attend the menopause—Aversion to husband, children and friends—Physical changes which attend and follow change of life in women—Modified sexual nature—Growths—Mental changes and conditions—Need of intelligence upon the part of husband and others. Price { $1.00 } net, post free { 4 s. } * * * * * “What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know” PRAISED BY THE PRESS “We do not hesitate to recommend.”—_Experience._