href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@19924@[email protected]#chapc6" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Diet vs. chastity—Clerical lapses—Tobacco and vice—Bad books—Idleness—Dress and sensuality—How young women fall—Fashion and vice—Reform in dress needed—Round dances—Physical causes of unchastity—Constipation—Intestinal worms—Local uncleanness—Irritation of the bladder—Modern modes of life

Continence not injurious—Does not produce impotence—Difficulty of continence—Helps to continence—The will—Diet—Exercise—Bathing—Religion

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

Conjugal