Democritus

  • "Coition", said Democritus, "is a kind of epilepsy." "It is", said Haller, "an action very similar to a convulsion, and which of itself astonishingly weakens and affects the whole nervous system."1

  • "Democritus, an ancient physician, believed that this semen was derived from the whole body "particularly the important parts such as bones, flesh and sinews."2

 

Footnotes:

1. Dr. Bernard. R.W., Science Discovers the Physiological Value of Continence. (1957) Health Research: Pomeroy

2. Ancient Gynecology, Sharell Bindom, http://web.archive.org/web/20040804060240/http://bama.ua.edu/~bindo001/