The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-12 00:00:00

SPECTACLE SECRETS.
By GEORGE COX.
A Manual of Information relative to ~Vision. In one neat
pocket volume, price Is. 6d. with Plates.
How to choose and how to use Spectacles—failure of Sight
and the application of Spectacles—rules to determine focus,
quality, and value of Pebbles, periscopic convex and concave
Lenses. Expose of quackery and puffing Advertisers, Corres-
pondence with celebrated Oculists, &c. &c.
" The information which this book contains is really very
good, and applicable both for the short-sighted who never re-
flect before they buy, and of the very long-sighted, who, from
excess of cunning in the search of great bargains, are like our
friend Moses in the ' war of Wakefield. open t o very gross
itnpositions in the matter of spectacles, and their very chagrin
cases."—Athenteum.
The humbug of Amber Spectacles, coloured Pebbles, cla-
rified Chrystals, &c., is here thoroughly exploded."—Aldine
Magazine.
6. By attention to a few simple rules laid down in this well
written work any one may effectually fortify himself against the
artful representations of dishonest dealers in spectacles made
to sell.' "—Christian Advocate.
London : Hamilton, Mares, and Co. ; Cox, 5, Barbican •
and by all Booksellers and Opticians. ,

PROFESSIONAL RECORDS; OR,MARRIAGE MEDI-
CALLY CONSIDERED.
An Original Thesis (in a sealed envelop). Price 55.,
lAN MARRIAGE—its Intent, Obligations, and
Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications; with Illus-
trations graphic,
narrative, and reraediate.
Also, by the same Author,
A RATIONAL EXPOSITION of the TREATMENT
of MOIIIIID SECRETIONS, Stricture, and Irritability of
the Uretha, and other infirmities of the reproductive system;
with numerous cases and woodcuts, entitled Medical Con-
sultations, Price 2s. 6d.
Paternoster. row ; Carvalha, 147, Fleet-
Sherwood, 23,
street ;
Harris, 25, Bow-street ; Baths, 23, New Bond-street ,
and Smith, druggist, 48, Lothbury, City.

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The Sixth Edition, price 4s.
APOPULAR TREATISE on DISEASES
of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, with a Concise
Anatomical Review of its Organs, and a Physiological Account
of their Functions, Together with Remarks on the more proba-
ble Causes of Local Debility ; the Nature and Treatment of
Syphilis, itiz.e. : and Practical Observations on an Approved
Method for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra, &c.
By JOHN GUY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, 6, Robert-street,
Adelphi. I
Published by, the Author, and sold by Churchill, 16, Princes-
simpkin and Marshall; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-
street, Soho;
street, Strand ; Wright, 60,
Pall-mall ; Chappell, 84, Lom-
bard-street, and by all Booksellers.
" The anatomy, physiology, and pathology contained in this
Treatise must be interest:ng to all, but most particularly to that
class of readers who are suffering from the various maladies on
which it so ably treats."—London Medical and Surgical Journal

Just published, price 63.,
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the
CHRONIC ENLARGEMENT of the PROSTATE
GLAND in OLD PEOPLE, with suggestions for an Im-
proved Mode of Treatment. To which is prefixed Prelimi-
nary Remarks on the various other disorders to which the
ProeAte is liable at all periods of life. The whole being illus-
trated in a,. Appendix containing numerous CASES and
PLATES, showing some of the Morbid Appearances usually
found as a consequence of Disease of the Prostate Gland.
By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London,
Sold by T. Hill, Medical Bookseller, Great Windmill-street,
Ilaymarket ; Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand; Templeman,
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