TRUE MANHOOD A MANUAL FOR YOUNG MEN. A GUIDE TO PHYSICAL STRENGTH, MORAL EXCELLENCE, A SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGY, BY E. R. SHEPHERD, Noted Author and Physiologist. ALSO THE WHITE CROSS : Its Origin and Progress. BY B. F. DE COSTA, D. D. "My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure." -TENNYSON.. FOURTH EDITION. REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: SANITARY PUBLISHING CO. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, By SANITARY PUBLISHING CO. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 0636 554 1888 DEDICATION. TRUE MANHOOD to DR. C. B. WINSLOW, A Pioneer in Purity Reform, For many years Presideŋt of the Moral Education Society, of Washington, D. C., these pages. 65759 PUBLISHER'S NOTICE. The manuscript of MANHOOD was submitted for examination, with reference to its anatomical and physiological details to Dr. Q. S. Lamb, A. A. Surgeon, U. S. A., and Professor of Anatomy of Howard Medical College, and is published as approved by him. Recommended by prominent ministers, philanthropists, physicians, and physiologists. Endorsed by leading journals of the country. CONTENTS. The ovum-The germ-The albumen-The envelope-The plant ovary -The animal ovary-The human ovary and its development .39-50 |