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CAUSES of its Premature Decline, with directions
for its perfect Restoration. Addressed to those suf-
ering from the destructive effects Of Excessive In
| diligence, Solitary Habits, &c. &c. By L. Desan-
dos, Nj. ID. Translated from the French, with many
additions, by an American can.-Se vcnth edi-
ton. 252 PIP. IS mo, full bound in cloth.
REPRESENTATIONS
Physicians Of extensive observation, ard Super;n-
tenddnts of establishments for the moral management
of Iunacs, concur in assuring us that the canker-
worm Of death is gnawing at the vitals of many
youth Of all ages in all countries, too, portrayed
by the author. If this work freely crcula
ted the tendency would be beneficial, bccausel like
alarm gun, ii would give warning in 10 avert
threatened danger. II might thus drive away a
fiend that would ruin soul and body ut the in
slant, and blight the dawn Of life before the individu
al is conscious Of his duty to himself to society, to
his Maker.-[ Boston Medical and Surgical Journal.
consider DesanIes book decidedly the best
treatise cxtant in the French English Language
The subject is extremely important, and too
much over looked by profession generally, and
the evils of the vice which your publication treats
not appreciated by the community, although the
cases presented in your book are frishfu. Yet,
judging from the many patients who have been un-
der my treatment, they have not been overdrawn-
"A. Sidney Doanc NJ. D., New York.
The work of Dcsandes, by pointing out the dis
resulting from excesses the evils Of which
manifest In evory insane asylum, no less than in the
shattered constitutions of those INDUCING, will do
among the young, has so much influence on the
present well as the future, wcll-heing of many
WINSTON Lewis, Jr., NJ. d. Boston.
The vice is doubtless very much more common in
this country than is generally supposed, than most
medical men ready to believe, that it is fright
al source ofiIl health ard fatal disease with the
young, have no doubt. hope, therefore, the book
will 90 into extensive circulation. The views of the
writer are excellent on this sxhject.-[ DrS Wood
ward Superintendent Of the Insane Hospital Il Wor-
cester.
The present work a5ounjs in well authenticated
cases, gong fully suhstanato the position taken
by the author, and cannot lie reaI without producing
deep conviction that something ought to he done
to check this deplorab!e evil lions Herald
The volume, Published, will prove eminent
Is useful, and deserving the consideration of all 10
whom is committed the responsible trust of mora!
and physical educaton.-lJohn w, Francis, NJ. D.
New York.
We recommend the work entitled .ATanbood.,
etc. to the careful pegus of persons of all classes
The moral well PITY steal advantages sure to re-
suit from such perusal will be readily rccog
nizcd and felt hy those who staad most in need Of
them Phmnlx Journal
We do not thliik we 50 too far in saying that So
cety is deeply indebted to the author for producing
so valuable, SO useful, so much wanted, and truly
moral a work. Conservative journal.
The work entitled 'Mauhood," Is one of the few
books now coming before the public such sub
Jet, which can lay claim to the character of being
ineligible to all who read it. The moral and med
cal precepts given in it render il invaluable Mag.
net.
This important work has been noticed in the Her.
aid before, but take advantage of the issue of a
fourth edition to refer to it again. The subject is
one of untold imdortance. The vice of which it
treats is supposed, Ivy competent Judges he gencr-
ally prevalent and growing; it is spreading Though
the community decrepid bodies and decaycd minds
and popping insane hospitals and the grave Some
nf the highest medci authorities pronounce it the
great scourge Of civilization 1t is absolutely terrific
To read Tissot, Dcslnndes, and other writer's who
have treated of the extent of this destructive habit
the facility with which it is contracted in childhood
and even in infancy, and its deplorale effects on
body and soul. II is triumph of hcmaniiy las well
morality, that the vice has last been stripped of
the false dclicacy which screened it, and that sclen.
fc men have interposed to the young from
its ruin. [Zion's Herald
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