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Title: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dressler, Florence
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Publisher: Chicago, C. L. Dressler & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the breasts and the organs of generation. Fatty tissuesurrounds the surface of all the glands, which largelydetermines the form and size of the breasts. The entire sexual system is abundantly supplied withblood vessels and nerves, which build up the waste tissues,in health, or warn of danger in case of disease. To preserve a healthy condition in the procreativeorgans, there should be absolute cleanliness maintained atall times. These organs are liberally provided with glandswhich secrete a lubricating moisture. If the secretions are REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 121 allowed to accumulate, they become rancid and decaying,and are inclined to inflame the parts. Every girl andwoman should own and make daily use of a syringe. Thevagina is thus kept in a wholesome condition, and the exter-nal parts are also cleansed by the free use of water. Eachpart of the body should be made as clean as the face daily.For leucorrhea or constipation nothing can be comparedwith the syringe as a corrective agent.
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Inner Structure of the Testicle, and Its Several PartsUnraveled. i, 2, 2, tubuli seminiferi; 3, vasarecta, forming the rete testis; 4, corpus highmorianum;5, vasa efferentia, forming the coni vasculosi; 6, a single tube formed by the junction of thevasa efferentia. This tube then becomes convoluted upon itself to form the epididymis; 7, S,beginning of the vas deferens; 9, the vas deferens becoming a straight, isolated tube in itsascent to the abdominal ring; 10, spermatic artery; n, spermatic cord spread out. Male Organs of Generation.— The reproductive organsof man affect fewer functions than those of woman, serving 122 FEMINOLOGY. only for copulation and fecundation. In addition toresponding to these offices, the woman nourishes and pro-tects the growing embryo within her body, and, after birth,continues to provide food from her organism for a time. The male organs are more external than those of thefemale. They consist of the testicles and their tubes, andthe penis, with its glan

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