active 1875-1876 James Ashton

INDEX TO CONTENTS.

PREFACE.

MALE GENERATIVE ORGANS.

THE SEMEN.

THE OVARIES.

PHILOSOPHY OF SEXUAL DESIRES.

TIME AND MANNER OF IMPREGNATION.

CAUSES WHICH DETERMINE THE SEX OF A CHILD.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOETUS.

SEXUAL INDULGENCE.

HOW TO AVOID CHILD-GETTING.

EFFECTS OF TOO EARLY SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

RESULTS OF SEXUAL ABUSES.

POSITION DURING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

DISPOSITION AND INTELLECT HOW FORMED.

THE TEMPERAMENTS HOW DISTINGUISHED.

THE NATURAL LAWS OF MARRIAGE, AND OF THE TEMPERAMENTS.

ON THE INFLUENCE OF VITAL FORCE.

TENACITY OF LIFE AND LONGEVITY.

HOW TO DETECT PREGNANCY.

LABOR AND CHILD-BIRTH.

ABORTIONS AND MISCARRIAGES.

APHRODISIACS, OR LOVE POWDERS.

UNIMPREGNATED FEMALE FORM.

THE
BOOK OF NATURE;
CONTAINING
INFORMATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO THINK OF
GETTING MARRIED,
ON THE
PHILOSOPHY OF PROCREATION
AND
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;
SHOWING
HOW TO PREVENT CONCEPTION
AND TO
AVOID CHILD-BEARING.

ALSO, RULES FOR
MANAGEMENT DURING LABOR AND CHILD-BIRTH.

BY JAMES ASHTON, M. D.
Lecturer on Sexual Physiology, and Inventor of the “Reveil Nocturne.”

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY WALLIS & ASHTON, 243 GRAND STREET.
1861.