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3N THB CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON THE
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ILLUSTRATED wills COLOURED ENGRAVINGS,
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CONTROUL OP THE PASSIONS : a Popular
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CONTENTS OF TILE WORK,
Chap. I..—Bodily and Mental Exhaustion induced by inordinate
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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAI A-
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BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE,
LONDON.
octor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of theri London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
mar
age requires the fulfilment of several conditions. In order
that it may he really the cause
domestic
mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of wretchedness, be raised,
and its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it he traced to physical d'ls qulallflcations and their attendant disap-
pointments. Excesses are always
injurious
n;t
advantage becomes,
gift,
ewmheisc,hwhenwhen
used in moderation is fraught
abused, the prolific source of rnisec,leiiertsit: and of greater or less injury
p
to the constitutional and vital The particular excesses, on
.he nature and consequenCe of which this Treatise professes to dilate,
are productive of greater severity of •,
rhy,l„togy of .the Iteprcxlticftoirve
mLery to the human frame,
than any other to which it is subject.
This work contains an accurate and complete account of the
the health,can
ffieir relative conditions in health and disease. ft deservedly
requires bnatomy and
rbeeq uoitresrfietrhee
iclosestnert a
iamtet c and e study,
preservation
of
and of the physical capabilities of which every man should
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forgets that accurate discrimination In ascertaining the causes of
what':
j_ and of
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solely to the treatment of these diseases.
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