The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-01 00:00:00

ON TIM CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
HEALTH AND SHORTENS THR DURATION OF HUMAN
LIFE.

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CONTROUL OF THE PASSIONS : a Popular
Inquiry into the Concealed Cause at its premature Decliae,
with Instructions for RA Ccmplete Restoration. Addressed to those
Suffering frorn the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence,
terminating in Mental and Nervous Debility, Local or Constitutional
Reiltneet,lndigestlen , and Consumption- Including a comprehen-
sive Dissertation on MARRIAGE, Incontinence, and Celibacy.
Illustrated, with Coloured Engravings, explanatory of the various
Casts, tic.
By C. J. LUCAS and Cc. Consulting Surgeons, No. 60, Newman-

street, Oxford-street, London.
. . , Meeker of the London College of Medicine, Etc. Eto,
CONTENTS OP Tit! wonx,
—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate
indUlltenee of the Passions, illustrated with Coloured Engravings.
u4Oll.- 2.--lianend Results of a- Secret Vice on the Mind and Body,
evidenced in the production of Consumption, Epilepsy, and other
Convulsive diseases, Insanity, Idiocy, moping Melancholy, Indiges-
tion, Stricture, impotence, and Sterility, with Observations on the
Duties of Married Life, and on the unhappiness caused by Unfruitful
Unions. Chap. 3.--Debility and Exhaustion of the principal Vital
Functions, the nature and treatment of Impotence and Sterility, and
thelrnperfect performance of the Marital act, caused byt he practice
Of ilelc-Irtdulgence. Chap. 4.----tlonorrhtea, its symptoms, complica-
tions and treatment, (Meet, Stricture, and disease of the Prostate.
Chap. 5--- Syphilis, and its attendant maladies and treatment. Oves,
and concluding observations, Plates, &C.
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`ELF-PRESERTATION; a Medical Treatise
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ea the Physiology of Marriage, Infelleitens and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders If Youth aid Ma-
turity, essay acquired at au early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mural powers, diminish and enfeeble the *antral
feeltnio, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practice:
Observances el the Treatment of Nervous Debility aid ladigestion.
whenter`arising-tom these ceases, close study, or the ialuence of
troplecL.cllrnatest. Local and Coastitational Weakness, Sypktlis.
atrketV3, And all Diseases and Derangements mulling from Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology. and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
ejybliaing. their structures, uses, and fluidises, and *e various
ee that are minced In them by solitary habits, excesses, and
airection.

BY SAMUEL LI'MERT, M.D.,hBDEORD-STREBT. ZEDFORD-SQUARE,
LONDON.
octpr of Wilicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Kill-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Leedom Ileamary Member
of the London hospital. Medical Society, &c.
that ~ Marriage reelaires th° fulfilment of several conditions. in order
may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
Veil, which covers the origin of domestio wretchodness, be raised,
and Its true source in every instance disclosed, iii hew mazy could
it be traced to physical dl ualifications and their attendant disap-
Pointments. Excesses arctsgalwaYs laiarioas ; the gift, which when
'15€44 in
moderation is fraught with advantage, becomes, wh
abnied, the prolific source of mischief, and of greater or less injury
to the constitutional and vital powers. The particular excesses, OR
ale nature and consoonence of which this Treatise professes to dilate.
Zo productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame,
an any
other to which it is subject.
tTile work couteini as accurate and mplete eccont of the
a,t.mY aid Physiology of the Eenrodcouctive Organs,n and of
itjirelative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
be(i' ofre the closest atteutien and study, for what subject can
sad e;nere imeertance than the preservation of the health,
be po„e Physical capabilies of which every man should
victim ef :"dx • It unfortunatetily happens that the unhappy
in early lifecevicious habits, whether acqaired
m fro their t salve Indulgence vied
or from the follies of advanced age, while suffering
plying
"aftable consequences, unwisely entertains a fear of ap-
frequently,- (13'rtii .fi_ed
ne • entertained that these complaints are
° physician fin: relief. Shame and the dread so
o nly
beyond the react
of art, alike restrict litin and prevent his seeking
for assistance where con* it can be procured. In acting thus, he
forgets that accurate discrimination in ascertaining the causes of
disease, sympathy with the sufferer, aid, above all, secrecy, D.VA-
rlably eharacterise the
.dent and practical physician, and to the
Medical man who ean SLION, by kLa posse slon of the requisite'legal
rlualltications that he is entitled to esteem anal respect in his prefes-
*tonal pursuits, the utmost couldoice should be extended. Dr.
l'aA.fltltT has obtained the highest medical honours, as his diplomas
1,11.1fy and the great extent of his practice for many years is a
inniantee for his professional experience, which has reference almost
solely to the treatment of these diseases.
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