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CAUSES of its Premature Decline, with d.
directions for its perfect Restoration. Address
ed to those suffering from the destructive effects
Of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, &c.
&c.--By +. Deslandes, Nj. D. Translated from
the French, with many additions. by an Amerl-
can Physician. Seventh edition. 252 PIP. Is
mo- full bound in cloth.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Physicians of extensive observation, and Su.
perintendenIs of establishments for the moralman-
agemeut of iunatCs, concur in assuring us that
the canker- of death is gndwng at the vIldls
of any youth of all ages, in all counties, too,
as portrayed by the author. If this work were
once freely circulated, the tendency would be
beneficial, because, like an alarm gun, It would
give warning IN season to avert threatened
danger 1t might thus drive away hend that
" oud ruin soul and body at tie same instant, al
big hit the dawn Of life before the indIvidut! is
conscious of his duty TO himself, to society, or
to his Maker.-Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal. "
consider Deslandes' book as decidedly the
best treatise extant in the French Er gIsh Ian
guige. The SUBJECT is extremely important, and
one too much overlooked by our profession gen
elally, and The evils of the vice which your
pub icatlon treats not appreciated by The com
| muni1y although the cases presented in your
book are frlghlfu. Yet, Judging from the many
patients who have been under my treatment,
| tney have not been overdrawn.-A Sidney Doane,
NJ. D., New-York. =@. *'.*
The work of Deslandes, by pointing out the
diseases resuln from eXcesses, the evils of which
| are manifest in every insane asylum, no less than
| in the shattered constitutions Of those Indulgng,
will do much to prevent the vice, which, by its
| prevalence among tie young, has SO much intlu:
| ence on the present, as well as the future, we'll
being of many WinsloW Lewis, Jr., NJ. D.,
Boston. .~~ :..
The vice is doubtless very much more common
! in this country than is generally supposed Oh
| tn IN most medical men are ready to believe
that il is fnghttul source of ill health and fad
disease with the young, have no doubt. hope,
therefore, the hook will go into extensive circu-
i ldtlon. The views of the writer excellent on
this subject-Dr. ). b. Woodward, Supellntend'
ent of the Insane Hospital at Worcester.
The present work abounds in we'll authenticat
ed cases, going fully TO substdntiate the position
taken by the author, and cannot BE read whou
producing adeep conviction that something ough
to be done 10 check this deplorable evil.-Zion'.
Herald. -. 49,. .-":,".z .: .....
The volume, as now published, will prove emf
nently useful, and deserving the consideration o
all to whom is committed the responsible trust o
moral and physical education.- W. Francis
NJ D., New-York. -..:". 49,
4 We recommend the work entitled {" Man
hood - etc, to the careful perusal of persons O
all classes. The moral as we'll as physical advan
tages sure TO result from such perusaI Will be mos
, readily recognized and felt hy those who stan
: most i'm need of Ihem.-Phenix journal.
We do no, think we go too far in saying tina
society Is deeply indebted to the author for pro
duciIig so valuable, SO useful, much wanted
and so truly moral work. CONSERVATIVE jour
nal ~: 49, -.
The work entitled Manhood" is one of tn
few books now coming before the public on sue
) subject which can lay claim to the character {
, being strictly professional at the same time III
If is fully Ineligible to all who read it. Til
] moral and medical precepts given in it render
: nvaluable.-Magnet. =-... .
: This important work has baen noticed in Ii
!, Herald before but we take advantage of the issI
!, of fourth edition to refer to it again. The sui
: iect IS one of untold Importance. The wee
! which it treats is supposed, by competent Judge
l. to be generally prevalent and growing: il
d spreading through the community decrepid DO,
: les and decayed minds, are popping insane ho
pitfalls and the grave. Some of the highest med
: cal authorities pronounce it the great scourge
Z civilization. 1t is absolutely terrific TO read Ii
& sot, Deslandes and other writers, who have tres
ed of the extent Of this destructive habit. the
city with which it is contracted in chidhoo
and even in Infancy, and lis dpplorable effects
G, body and soul. 1t is a triumph of humanity
I'd well as morality, that the vice has at last be-
stripped of The false delicacy which screened
;, and that scientific men have interposed to resc
y the young from its ruin.-Zion's Herald
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