The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-05 00:00:00

CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE,

nArrEs 1. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrances
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTER 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generative
Organs, their fsnctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action.
—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on the
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the functions
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of the
Mental Faculties. CuarTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Dvcay.—CHAPTElts 5 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from indiscriminate Excess, Gonnorhcea,
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra.
REVIEWS OF THE WORK.
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the treatment of the various disorders arising from the follies and
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must
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• 1. •
ON SINGLE and MARRIED LIFE:
(An Original Medical History.)
CONTENTS:
Analysis of the Affections—Early Conventional Restraint—Mis-
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Maternal Influence—Phenomena of Gestation—On Infelicitous and
Infertile Unions—Incongruous Alliances—Late Marriages—Love
Matches—Curiosities of Twenty-three Years' Medical Experience,
&c. &c. 2.
On CHASTITY and its INFRINGEMENTS.
(An Essay for 1846.)
"Of human ills and frailties I discourse,
Those taught by nature, and by art acquir'd.
Of griefs conceal'd, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle, the matured and sage,
The lonely and the mated—all sustain.
In kindly spirit, herein counsel's giv'n,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain.*
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consistent with degenerate health, the mind as well as the body may
be exalted to the summit of perfection, as best becomes the highest
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MILITARY FLOGGING.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Stn,—ln your paper of yesterday, I see a statement con-
cerning military matters, which I am sorry to say is by no
means correct. In this you have been led away by the
paper you quote from, the Plymouth Journal, the editor of
which unluckily was not in possession of the facts of the case
when he published that paragraph—a proceeding, on his
part, that shows the truth of Mr. Fox Maule's observations
as to the incorrectness of a portion of the press. The facts
are these:—Private Higgins was sentenced, not for only
threatening, but for actually throwing a pair of boots at
Colour-Sergeant Williams, and violently striking him after-
wards. He was perfectly sober at the time, and received no
provocation ; far from it ; the sergeant was giving lidin these
boots, be having made away with his others. He was taken
down after receiving 150 lashes, but it is contrary to the
regulations of the army that a man should be again brought
up to receive the remainder of a corporal punishment when
he has been considered by the surgeon as unfit to bear the
whole of it. Lee's offence was a similar one, striking a
sergeant, a crime now very frequent in the army, and striking
at the root of all military discipline; but in consequence of
his previous good character he was Sentenced to four months
or 112 days' imprisonment, and no flogging, as the Plymouth
paper states.
In your well-known regard for justice you will not refuse
to put the truth before the public.
Aug. 2,1846. A CONSTANT READER.