cing the secret vice. He
pays the penalty in after years either by the entire loss of sexual power,
or by the afflictions of various urinary diseases.

8. NATURE PAYS all her debts, and when there is an abuse of organ,
penalties must follow. If the hand is thrust into the fire it will be
burnt.

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THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGANS.

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[Illustration: ANATOMY OR STRUCTURE OF THE FEMALE ORGANS OF GENERATION.]

1. The generative or reproductive organs of the human female are usually
divided into the internal and external. Those regarded as internal are
concealed from view and protected within the body. Those that can be
readily perceived are termed external. The entrance of the vagina may be
stated as the line of demarcation of the two divisions. {236}

[Illustration: Impregnated Egg. In the first formation of Embryo.]

2. HYMEN OR VAGINAL VALVE.--This is a thin membrane of half moon shape
stretched across the opening of the vagina. It usually contains before
marriage one or more small openings for the passage of the menses. This
membrane has been known to cause much distress in many females at the first
menstrual flow. The trouble resulting from the openings in the hymen not
being large enough to let the flow through and consequently blocking up the
vaginal canal, and filling the entire {237} internal sexual organs with
blood; causing paroxysms and hysterics and other alarming symptoms. In such
cases the hymen must be ruptured that a proper discharge may take place at
once.

3. UNYIELDING HYMEN.--The hymen is usually ruptured by the first sexual
intercourse, but sometimes it is so unyielding as to require the aid of a
knife before coition can take place.

4. THE PRESENCE OF THE HYMEN was formerly considered a test of virginity,
but this theory is no longer held by competent authorities, as disease or
accidents or other circumstances may cause its rupture.

5. THE OVARIES.--The ovaries are little glands for the purpose of forming
the female ova or egg. They are not fully developed until the period of
puberty, and usually are about the size of a large chestnut. The are
located in the broad ligaments between the uterus and the Fallopian tubes.
During pregnancy the ovaries change position; they are brought farther into
the abdominal cavity as the uterus expands.

6. OFFICE OF THE OVARY.--The ovary is to the female what the testicle is to
the m