Woman: Her Sex and Love LifeRobinson, William J. (William Josephus)
Science
Woman: Her Sex and Love Life
Robinson, William J. (William Josephus)
Sex; Sexual health; Women -- Health and hygiene
Former Ban on Discussion of Venereal Disease and Its Evil
Results--Present Reprehensible Exaggerations of Extent of
Venereal Disease--Erroneous and Ridiculous Statements of
"Reformers"--Senseless Fear of Marriage in Girls Due to
Lurid Exaggerations--Study by Woman Psychologist Reveals
Harmful Results of Exaggerated Statements--Truth in Regard
to Percentage of Men Afflicted with Venereal Disease.
XXIII. GONORRHEA 158
Source of Gonorrhea--Mucous Membrane of Genital Organs and of
Eye Principal Seats of Disease--Symptoms in Men and in
Women--Vagina Seldom Attacked in Adults--Nobody Inherits
Gonorrhea--Ophthalmia Neonatorum--Differences of Course of
Disease in Men and Women--Gonorrhea Less Painful in
Women--Symptoms not Suspected by Woman--Necessity for the
Woman Consulting a Physician--Self-treatment When Woman
Cannot Consult Physician--Formulae for Injections.
XXIV. VULVOVAGINITIS IN LITTLE GIRLS 164
Former Causes of Vulvovaginitis in Little Girls--Discharge
Chief Symptom--Evil Results of Vulvovaginitis--Psychic
Results of Treatment--Effects in Hastening Sexual
Maturity--Vulvovaginitis a Cause of Permanent
Sterility--Measures to Prevent the Disease--Toilet Seats and
Vulvovaginitis.
XXV. SYPHILIS 168
Syphilis Due to Germ--Syphilis a Constitutional Disease--
Primary Lesion--Incubation Period--Roseola--Primary
Stage--Secondary Stage--Mucous Patches--Tertiary
Stage--Gumma--Hereditary Nature of Syphilis--Milder Course
in Women Than in Men--Obscure Symptoms in Syphilis--
Necessity for Examination by Physician--Locomotor Ataxia--
Softening of the Brain--Chancroids.
XXVI. THE CURABILITY OF VENEREAL DISEASE 174
Gonorrhea May Be Practically Cured in Every Case in
Man--Extensive Gonorrheal Infection in Woman Difficult to
Cure--Positive Cure in Syphilis Impossible to Guarantee.
XXVII. VENEREAL PROPHYLAXIS 177
Necessity for Douching Before and After Suspicious
Intercourse--Formulae for Douches--Precautions Against
Non-venereal Sources of Infection--Syphilis Transmitted by
Dentist's Instruments--Manicurists and Syphilis--Promiscuous
Kissing a Source of Syphilitic Infection.
XXIII. ALCOHOL, SEX AND VENEREAL DISEASE 181
Alcoholic Indulgence and Venereal Disease--A Champagne Dinner
and Syphilis--Percentage of Cases of Venereal Infection Due
to Alcohol--Artificial Stimulation of Sex Instinct in Man
and in Woman--Reckless Sexual Indulgence Due to
Alcohol--Alcohol as an Aid to Seduction.
XXIX. MARRIAGE AND GONORRHEA 187
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