A Doctor's Marital Guide for Patients

Chicago, Illinois: The Budlong Press, 1959. Near-fine. Minor toning.. The "Rhythm Edition" of a sex education booklet by sex researcher Bernard R. Greenblat, M.D., published exclusively for general practitioners to give to their married patients. Covers the following subjects among others: modern attitudes towards sex; the male and female sex organs; the sexual act; "natural" coital positions and behavior; attaining mutual satisfaction; obstacles and anomalies; hygiene; and conception and pregnancy. Covers the rhythm method of contraception, and mentions the Catholic stance on reproduction, indirectly referencing abortion. Of note is the inclusion of "female frigidity" in the section on "obstacles", and the inclusion of homosexuality, hermaphroditism, nymphomania, prostitution, and priapism in sex "anomalies" and "abnormalities". Glossary included in rear. Single vol. (7" by 5.5"), pp. 88, original illus. green wrps. Note the mediation of sex education in 1959 through doctors and Health practitioners: "This booklet is available only through professional sources" (upper wrapper).