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Onanism

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  • (Left) Representing Gonnorrheal Ophthalmia & eruptions on the face. (Right) Representing Veneral eruptions & ulcerations on the face & throat
  • Hand-coloured engraving: il se debat contre la morte.
  • (Left) Representing the leg swollen and ulcerated from the effects of Secondary symptoms. (Right) Representing the face covered with Tubercles & veneral excrescences
  • Full length engraving representing the effects of Lues Venerea or secondary symptoms on the face, throat, arms and hands also a node on the skin bone. Drawn from a recent case which he succesfully treated.
  • Toothed Urethral ring for the treatment of masturbation
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    Page of advertisments from 'The Popular Herbal..'

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    Hand-coloured engraving: il etait jeune...

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    Hand-coloured engraving: il se debat contre la morte.

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    (Left) Representing the face of a child where it has inherited consitutional disease from the mother. (Right) Representing ulcerations of the body during the earlier stage of syphilis

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    Woman wearing appliance for treatment against masturbation.

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