The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

Just published, in
.royal laino., cloth, price,4 ; ,and sent in
Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d.,
MANHOOD: the CAUSES, of its PRE--
- MATURE DECLINE,- frith 'Plain Directions for
ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suf-
ferini froth the ,destructiva':effe&s,'of Eicesiive• Indulgence,
Solitary Habits, or Infectioo; followed. by Observations oh the
TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHEA ; GLEET,
&c. Illustrated with Cam, Sr-c- • •
L. CURTIS and. COIIIPANY,
Consulting Stirgeons, London.
• Published by the Authors, and sold by Rallicre,-Medical
Bookseller,: 219,: Regent-street; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall;
S.range, 21, Paternoster-row; Pattie, 4, , Brydges.‘street,
Strand; Macben and C0.,..8,,D!01ier-street, Dublin; Duncan
114, High-streetlEdinburgli; and to he hid oft all BoOkiellers.
'The Wart which ii bow presented to the' public is the result
.of very extended experience in a class of 'aiseases'and' affec-
Awns, which few some unaccountable reason have been either
altogether overlooked, or treated, with apathy, and almost in-
difference, by the cidinary, ,praq4ioper. TA enter into the
details of these affections, to point out their causes, .and to
mark tki terrific' consequences, social, moral, and physicalf
which ere Sure to follow from indttlgence; in certain' habits,
would be entirely out of place in an advertisevnenf.' -We have,:
no,,hesitatiort, however, in saying that there is aso member of
society, by whom the book will not be found irrteresting,:irhe-
ther we consider such person to hold the relation of a PA-
RENT, a 'PRECEPTOR, or a CI..th,GYMAINT.'
The PARENT, who beholds his beloved chila pining away,
and fast apiwoo.Ching to A premature' grave, in consequence of
some disease,
_ which for want of a careful inVestigation 'if its
real cause, Las been set down to the score of consumption,
will, on perusing this work be astonished to find that in nine-
tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes, who perish
of what is called pulmonary consumption, heart disease, tabes,
&c., the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in
certain'deitructive habits, practised by youth much more fre-
quently than is at all suspected.
• • The PRECEPTOR,. alie, Who holds tempotarilY, at least
,the relation and responsibility,of a parent, will, by perusing 'this
work, be directed, and very much assisted in investigating and
detecting the too often concealed practicts ,se often introduced
into schools, whereby the health and ultinit.tely the lives of his
pupils are sure to be compromised, unless the evil be checked
proper time. He will here find a clue to guide him through
the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth, and a standard
whereby to judge, when delicacy of health, should appear to
attack any of his.young charges, what the real cause of such
attack may be, and thus he will be enabled to check the evil in
its incipient state.
The CLERGYMAN, in whose sacred character, is at once
'concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor, will
here be directed as to the nature of those habits, to which
.youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out ,the
disastrous consequences which are sure to fellow front them, if
not relinquished.

Messrs. CURTIS and CO. are to be consulted daily ;it their
residence, No. 7, Frith-street, Soho, from Ten till Three, hnd
Piaci till Eight in the Evening; and Country Patients are re-
quested to be as minnta as possible in tho detail of their eases,
as to the duration of the complaint, toe symptoms, age, ge-
neril habits of living, and occupation in life of the party ; the
communication must be accompanied by the " usual Consults-
tion Fee of 1/.," without wh!ch ne notice whatever can, be
taken of their application ; and in all cases, the must inviolable
secrecy may be relied on.
N.B. Seven doors from Soho-square.