A lecture to young men on chastity / [Sylvester Graham].

  • Sylvester Graham
Date:
1838
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Credit: A lecture to young men on chastity / [Sylvester Graham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and thus a diseased prurience, or concupis- cence, is permanently established,—forcing the sufferer into excessive desires, and unclean thoughts, almost incessantly. Hence hypo- chondriacs, and those who are afflicted with nervous melancholy, are generally morbidly lecherous ; and hence, also, insanity, resulting from the morbid condition of the nerves of or- ganic life, is generally attended with excessive sexual -desire, and the mind becomes filled •with unclean images. This is the reason why many people, who were perfectly modest while in health, become exceedingly obscene, in their conduct and talk, when insane ; and often, if they are not prevented, give them- selves up to self-pollution, and thus exceed- ingly aggravate and confirm their disorders.* * While I was lecturing in New York, in 1833, an excellent clergyman, who was much esteemed for his piety and purity of character, came to consult me con- cerning his health, which was very poor. After a careful examination of his case, I honestly told him that his symptoms strongly indicated that his system
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