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CHAPTER FIVE

Orificium, hysterische Anfälle, Convulsionen, Cephalalgien, Kardialgien U.S.W." Kisch[1] also, in his own book, notes the cardiac injuries to women due to coitus interruptus. Booth[2] in 1906 detailed three cases of extreme nervous disorder, affecting locomotion and functions, which he attributed to the use of coitus interruptus.

Freud also lists coitus reservatus as one of the causes of anxiety neuroses in men, and Fürbringer speaks against it.[3] Nevertheless Havelock Ellis[4] who recognizes that it may injure the woman, mistakenly says: "The injurious effect on the man, who obtains ejaculation, is little or none."

As regards the deprivation of the woman it should be noted that she is not only

  1. B. H. Kisch (1910) (1908): "The Sexual Life of Woman," translated from the German of 1908. Pp. xi, 686 and 97. Illustrated. London, 1910.
  2. David S. Booth (1905): "Coitus Interruptus and Coitus Reservatus as Causes of Profound Neuroses and Psychoses," Alienist and Neurologist, vol. xxvii, No. 4, PP. 397-406. St. Louis, U.S.A., 1906.
  3. P. Fürbringer, Dr. Med. (1904): In "Health and Disease in Relation to Marriage and the Married State." Edited by Senator and Kaminer. See article: "Sexual Hygiene in Married State," pp. 209-242, English translation. London and New York, 1904.
  4. Havelock Ellis (1921) (1910): "Studies in the Psychology of Sex," vol. vi; "Sex in Relation to Society." Revised edition. Pp. xvi, 656 (see p. 551). Philadelphia, 1921.

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