Conversation with a young woman excites in a man the erection and passion commensurate with the youthfulness of the woman. This will procure for him a marvellous effect in making love. It is said that reading the Koran also predisposes for copulation. Remember that a prudent man will beware of abusing the enjoyment of coition. It is nevertheless a well-established fact that nowadays men of any of these four temperaments are insatiable as to coition, and give themselves up to it day and night, taking no heed how they expose themselves to numerous ills, both internal and external.
Women are more favoured than men in indulging their passion for coition.
Having thus treated of the dangers which may occur from the coitus, I have considered it useful to bring to your knowledge the following verses, which contain hygienic advice in their respect. These verses were composed by the order of Haroun er Rachid by the most celebrated physicians of his time, whom he had asked to inform him of the remedies for successfully combating the ills caused by coition. Eat slowly, if your food shall do you good, And take good care, that it be well digested. Drink not directly after finishing your meal, Or else you go halfway to meet an illness. And if you were in most susceptible circles, Attend to this well before seeking your bed, For rest this is the first necessity.