(MEDICINE) Calvin Cutter The Female Guide Containing Facts a

Sale 2615 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 938

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Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350

(MEDICINE.) Calvin Cutter. The Female Guide, Containing Facts and information upon the Effects of Masturbation . . . &c, &c. 20 engraved illustrations. 72 pages. 12mo, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards, minor wear, hinges split; foxing, two leaves detached. West Brookfield, MA, 1844

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"Masturbation does more than any other cause, perhaps than all other causes combined, to people our lunatic asylums. . . . Consumptions, spinal distortions, weak and painful eyes, weak stomachs, nervous headaches, and a host of other diseases . . . insanity, idiotism, show its devastating effects" (page 31). 3 copies in OCLC; no other examples traced at auction.