Masturbation

In the 19th centry masturbation was seen as a disease, However, in the 20th centry it was seen as a cure. In the 19th centry it was known to be thepractice of self-abuse, most consider that a man's approach to the subject as anything but gentle, other ways to describe "masturbation" could be, A man pulled it, Beat it, Jerk his gherkin, Pimp his pickle.
Sigmund Freud states that "the action which disposes of the stimulus and brings about satisfaction consists in a rubbing movement with the hand or in the application of pressure either from the hand or from bringing the thighs together. This is far more common in the case of girls.
Most addicts could be cured with medicines and psychological treatments like 'cold baths', 'hard matresses with little clothing', 'cold hip bathes several times a day'.
Two writers mention the case if a man who tried to masturbate by putting his penis into the sucking end of a vacum-cleaner. The result was that all the skin was sucked off the penis.
Masturbation was not merely the most consequential of sexual vices, it was also the most immoral. Masturbation was more than medical, it was an ethical and religious problem.