De Locis Affectis
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De Locis Affectis (On the parts affected by disease; On Affected Parts) is a text by Galen in which he -- amongst many other things -- emphasizes the negative impact of sexual abstinence to all kinds of diseases of men and women.
As quoted from Ilza Veith's Hysteria: The History of a Disease, page 38
- "I have known individuals who out of modesty abstained from venereal pleasures and fell into torpor; others, similar to melancholics, were seized by despair and sadness without reason,; and because of their distaste for food they develop poor digestion. [...] It seemed to me that the retention of sperm has a much more noxious influence upon the body than the retention of menses."
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