The antimasturbation crusade in antebellum American medicine

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 722-731

  Hodges, Frederick M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

America; Antimasturbation; Ejaculation; History of Medicine; Masturbation; Social Problems

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MASTURBATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIOPATHY; SPERM;

EID: 28544449805     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2005.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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