Excerpt from Excessive Venery, Masturbation and Continence: The Etiology, Pathology and Treatment of the Diseases Resulting From Venereal Excesses, Masturbation and Continence This volume contains the substance of a course of lectures delivered in the Medical Department of the University of New York, on the Results of Excessive Venery, Masturbation and Continence. In addition to the results of my own experience obtained in hospital and private practice, I have added the peculiar methods of treatment employed by various authorities in Europe and America, thus making the volume complete as a book of reference for the student and practitioner of medicine.