psychoceramics: ARTICLE: Kellogg, Graham and the Crusade for Moral Fiber

["Andrew C. Bulhak" <acb @ raven.wwwdev.monash.edu.au>]

http://sunsite.unc.edu/stayfree/10/graham.htm

An article about some of the kooky health/moral-hygiene ideas
of people such as the founder of the Kellogg's company.

  On the night of his honeymoon (more on this in
  a moment), he spent his time writing Plain Facts for Old and
  Young, a warning on the evils of sex. Of the 644 pages, 97
  address "Secret Vice (Solitary Vice or Self-Abuse)," its
  symptoms and results. Included are 39 signs indicating someone
  is jacking off; a list comprehensive enough to indict everyone
  vaguely human: #7. Sleeplessnes, #11. Love of solitude, #12.
  Bashfulness and #13. Unnatural boldness, #14. Confusion of
  ideas, #24. Capricious appetite, #28. Use of tobacco, #30. Acne.

  "All kinds of stimulating and heating substances; high-seasoned
  food; rich dishes; the free use of flesh; and even the excess of
  aliment; all, more or less -- and some to a very great degree --
  increase the concupiscent excitability and sensibility of the genital
  organs..." -- Sylvester Graham
  
  Treatments for Self-Abuse and its Effects: 
  "A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is
  circumcision...The operation should be performed by a surgeon
  without administering an anesthetic, as the brief pain attending the
  operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind...In females, the
  author has found the application of pure carbolic acid to the
  clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement. "
  -- Dr. John Harvey Kellogg

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 Andrew C. /Bul+hac?k/  Design hacker, WWW Development Group, Monash University