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CAUSES of its Premature Decline, with di-
/ directions for its perfect Restoration, Address
ed to those suffering from the destructive effects
of Excessive Indulgence; Solitary Habits, sc.
&c.--By E. DesIandes, M d. Translated from
the French, with many additions. by an Ameri-
can Pnysici9n. Seventh edition. 252 PIP. Is
mo, full bound in cloth. #.~. :.. r. ~..:
RECOMMENDATIONS. ~- ..:: Il
Physicians Of extensive observation, and Su
perintendens of establishments for the moral man
dgement of lunatiCs, concur in assuring us that
the canker-worm of death is gnawng at the vitaIs
OF many youth OF all ages, lii all Countries, TOO,
as portrayed by the author. Ii this work were
once freely circulated, the tendency would be
beneficial, because, ike an alarm gun, it would
give warning III season to avert threatened
danger. 1t might thus drive away fend that
would ruin soul and body at the same instant, a. {
blight the dawn Of life before the individual is
conscious Of his duty to himself to society, or
to his Maker.-Eoston Medical and Surgical
Journal .-- -. - -.
consider Deslandes' book as decidedly the
best treatise extant in the French or English Ian.
guage. The tject is extremely important, and
one too much overlooked by our profession gen
orally, and the evils of the vice on which your
publication treats are not appreciated by the com
munity, although the presented in your
book are trghtiul. Yet, judging from the may
patients who have been under my treatment,
they have not been oyerdrawn.-A Sidney Doane,
M. D., New-York. 49, .-"~.
The woik of Desandes, by pointing out the
diseases resulting from exces5es, the evils of which
are manifest in every insane asylum, no less than
in the shattered constitutions of those INDUCING
will DO much TO prevent the vice, which, by its
prevalence among the young, has much nflu.
ence on the present, we'll as the future, we'll
being Of many WnsIoW Lewis, Jr., Nj. D.,
Boston. .'.:.." III. ..e.~ r.
The vice is doubtless very much more common
IN this country than is generally supposed, or
than most medical men are ready 10 believe
that ii IS frIghtu of i'll health and fatal
disease with the young. have no doubt hope
therefore, the book will go into extensive crcu-
ldtion The views of The writer excellent on
this subject,-Dr. s. b. Woodward Superntend-
ent of the Insane Hospital at Worcester.
The present work abounds In well authenticat-
ed cases, going fully to subsantate the position
taken by the author, and cannot be read without
producing adeep conviction that something ought
to be done TO check this deploIabie eyiI.-Zion's
Herald.
The volume, as now published, will prove emf
nently useful, and deserving the consideration of
all to whom Is committed the responsible trust of
moral and physical education. John w Francis,
NJ D., New York. ."
We recommend the work entitled Man.
hood" etc, to the careful perusal of persons of
all classes. The moral as well as physical adyan-
ages sure to result from such perusal viii be most
readily recognized and felt by those who stand
most IN need of them.-Phenix Journal.
We do not think go TOO far in saying that
society IS deeply indebted to the author for pro-
ducllig SO valuable, so useful, so much wanted
and SO truly moral work. Conservative Jour
nal. ~ ~"
The work entitled " Manhood is one Of the
few books now coming before the pubic on such
subject, which can lay claim to the character of
being strictly professional at the same time that
it is fully Ineligible to all who read it. The |
moral and medical preeepts given in it render it |
invaluable Magnet. ~ -".. "
This important work has been noticed in the
Herald before, but We take advantage of the issue
of fourth edition to refer to it again The cub
Ject IS one of untold Importance. The wee Of
which It treats is supposed, by competent Judges.
to be generally prevalent and growing g; il is |
spreading throug h the community decrepid bod !
les and decayed minds, are popping insane hos |
pitfalls and the grave. Some of the highest med- /
Cal authorities pronounce it the great scourge of
civilization. 1t is absolutely terrific TO read Tis- |
sol, Desiandes and other writers, who have treat
ed OF the extent Of this destructive habit the ia
City with which it is contracted in childhood, {
and even IN infancy, and It's depIorable effects Oh
body and soul. 1t is triumph of humanity, as |
well as morality, that the vice has at last been
stripped OF The false delicacy which screened it,
and that scientific man have interPosed to rescue (
the young from It's ruin.-Zion'S Herald
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