Transcriber’s Note
Text printed in italics has been transcribed between _underscores_,
bold face text between =equal signs=. Small capitals have been
replaced with ALL CAPITALS. ^{text} represents superscript text.
More Transcriber’s Notes may be found at the end of this text.
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF OUR TIME
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF
OUR TIME
IN ITS RELATIONS TO MODERN
CIVILIZATION
BY
IWAN BLOCH, M.D.
PHYSICIAN FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, AND FOR DISEASES OF THE SEXUAL
SYSTEM
IN CHARLOTTENBURG, BERLIN
AUTHOR OF “THE ORIGIN OF SYPHILIS,” ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE SIXTH GERMAN EDITION
BY
M. EDEN PAUL, M.D.
[Illustration]
LONDON
REBMAN LIMITED, 129, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, W.C.
1909
_Entered at Stationers’ Hall, 1908_
_All rights reserved_
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
The author’s aim in writing this book was to write a complete
Encyclopædia on the sexual sciences, and it will probably be
acknowledged by all who study its pages that the author has accomplished
his intention in a very scholarly manner, and in such form as to be of
great value to the professions for whom this translation is intended.
The subject is no doubt one which appeals to and affects the interests
of all adult persons, but the publishers have, after very serious and
careful consideration, come to the conclusion that the sale of the
English translation of the book shall be =limited to members of the
legal and medical professions=. To both these professions it is
essential that a knowledge of the science of Sex and the various causes
for the existence of “abnormals” should be ascertained, so that they may
be guided in the future in their investigations into, and the practice
of attempts to mitigate, the evil which undoubtedly exists, and to bring
about a more healthy class of beings. It is the first time that the
subject has been so carefully and fully gone into in the English
language, and it is believed that the very exhaustive examination which
the author has made into the matter, and the various cases to which he
has called attention, will be of considerable use to the medical
practitioner, and also to the lawyer in criminal and quasi-criminal
matters, and probably in matrimonial disputes and cases of insanity.
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER I
THE ELEMENTARY PHENOMENA OF HUMAN LOVE 7