THE DOCTOR'S PLAIN TALK ΤΟ YOUNG MEN ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE OF THE SEXUAL ORGANS BY V. P. ENGLISH, M.D., Author of "The Mind and its Machinery;" "How to Cure Constipa- fessor of Phrenology, Hygiene and Medical Electricity; Specialist in Spinal Irritation and other Nervous Diseases, and the INSPIRED BY HIS INFANT SON. THIRD EDITION. 1899: OHIO STATE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO. PREFACE. Facts that continue to come to our notice are constantly adding new evidence to the belief that there is great need of information along the lines treated in this book. The commendations that we have received personally, and the commendatory letters received from strangers who have read the earlier editions, and the letters from young men who claim to have been greatly benefited by the book, all tend to increase the belief that a new edition will not be unacceptable to the public. And we send it out with the hope that it will be the means of adding to the success and happiness of the young men and all others who read it. We trust that its imperfections will be dealt with charitably and that its merits may assist the reader to form a higher estimation of a part of the body that has not heretofore been treated with the respect that its importance merits. We fully recognize the fact that there is a great diversity of opinion concerning the propriety of educating the young regarding the uses and abuses of the reproductive organs. Many good people seem to think that the safety of boys and girls is |