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 ter with you, go at once to a good doctor and he will either treat you, or give you useful advice.

Good doctors never advertise.

THE SEX ORGANS
It is not true that a man's sex organs [testicles and penis] grow weak if they are not used. Real lost manhood is usually due to disease or long abuse of these organs.

One way in which a man may abuse himself is through masturbation. Indulgence in this habit tends to weaken both body and will-power.

A man may also abuse himself by going with whores.

THE QUESTION OF HEALTH
A man who wishes to be healthy himself and to have a healthy wife and family will take care not to abuse himself in any way or to run the risk of getting a disease.

Even though he has to wait a long time before getting married and finds it hard to exercise control, it is better to make the struggle than to give in and perhaps ruin not only his own life but that of his wife and children.

It is perfectly possible to make this struggle and win this victory. Thousands of soldiers did both,