Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1853-04-14
EsOTERlC ANTEaROPOLOGY,

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EsOTERaC ANTSaROPOLOGY,
BYr l. NICHOLS. NJ D
DRINCipAL ofthe American Dydropalh-
H. ic Institute. Educational and Thera.
leuiicsl al Ponchester, r. Y, one hours
distance from New York city on the New
York aud New Haven Railroad. A com
prehensire and confidential Treatise on the
Structure, Functions, Passionai Attractions
and Per,ersioas, True and False Physical
nd Social Conditions. and the most irli.
iaa,e Relations OF Men and Women,
The title. Esojerlc AnIhropology, will
seem strange to many, bat ii IS thoroughly
appropriate. Anihropoiugy is from Aatir9-
pos. a man, and LoSoS, "a description. ESQ
teIic, from ESQ. within, signifies private, Sc
crel. inlerior, and was used by the ancient
PHILOSOPHERS TO distinguish their private
lectures, given in tae inisriors of their
dwellings, upon the sacred mysteries OF
science and philosophy, 10 their chosen dis
ciples. from their Eroter7c discourses, which
were given 10 The pubic ESotersc Anihro-
f,ulngy is, therefore, pirate treatise on
Human Anatomy, Physiology, Therapeutics
and Obste,rics-on the whole science OF
s1nan-plan in language, full and faithful in
iilusitalon, and written with all the frank
ness OF a private letter, under the seal of
professional confidence Il contains the
highest and deepest truths IN every depart
ment OF Human Physiology, with their indi-
yidual and social aprliratioR; the true ma
staIe and hidden cause OF Disease; The con
dilIons of Health, physical and paSsiOnal;
all that information which every human be
ing heedS, which Few dare ask for, or know
how 10 obtain, but which. amid The discord-
ances and depravities Ol IiTilization, is Of
priceless valGe.
There are many subjects connected with
the broad science Of Human Lille. OF the
deepest and most vital Interest 10 man and
The race, in regard TO which terrible igno-
fance every where prevails; an ignorance
which is destroy ing The heaths. shortening
The lives. and Sacrihcing The happiness OF
miliions-whiCh threatens the power OF ia.
lions, and the perPetuiry OF races.
Professional works on Physiology are dry,
mechanical. or chemical, aslonishngiy ig-
norahi, as well as technically inComprehen.
>ible The popular works are superficial.
meager, and necessarily wanting in the
most important matters The unack books
are full of errors, false in science, absurd
in philosophy, misohrivous in morals, and
bnsely meccenary III lheir motives In most
cases these books are The advertising medi.
um of some specions charlatan. who wants
patients, or letters OF consultation, OF who
has some Instrument 10 sell, Or some most
rum to palm off upon ihe credulons.
The world has need Of a different book
from ahv OF Ihese-such book as has never
been written, and as cannot COW be publish
ed in the usual way, sod 10y booksellers, Of
hawked by agents or ped,ilerS, The author
OF EsOieTic AnihropO4ney, Teacher a
Physician. pubic and pflcate Lecturer on
all branches Of Medical Science, has writ
ten this book with a frankness he never
could have used in a work for The public, or
one open 10 criticism. X is for his pupils
and patients, for intelligent men and women,
/. who wish TO understand the deepest mystic /
ries Of life; especially IL is for the noble and I
hereaio fer, who are brave enough 10 exa- /
mine and accept new truths, and wise E. I
nOGgh TO profit by them. There can scar 4
rely be any important question, hich any /
man or woman can ever need 10 ask ply z
si,ian. 10 which this volume does not con- 2
tain an answer. 1t is so complete in this
respect, that the author hopes and believeS /
that no one who reads il will ever need 10
trouble himself with professional Consulta- /
tIutt il - IGuAGiOthll iiiS Al4HSEil h4GAIOu Di
medical instruction and praclice, and in il
he has performed the duty he owes man
kind as a healer Of The sick, preserveE Of
health, and teacher oi.lhe L5ws OF Life.
Among lhe subjects treated OF in this 1
work. are The following: Man, and his rela- .
lions to the Spiritual and Material Universe (
Human Anatomy; tue Chemistry Of Man; +
Principles or Physiology and the Active /
Forces Of Nature; The Three Groups of
Functions, Organic, Animal, and Genera
live: The whole Philosophy and Processes I
of Reproduction; The True Law Of Marriage
The Conditions OF Health; Causes OF Disease; I
Curative Agencies; Processes OF Waler-cure;7
Diseases and Treatment; Passi0nai Diseases; (
Diseases of the General System; Brain (
aud Nerves; Respiration; Digestion; Genera
ton; CESSATION aud Pauurl,on; Lactaiioni
aud the Management OF Infancy, etc, etc. 8
lnoluding every important condIlIon and pro-
cess iIom the beginning 10 Ihe close OF life.
and containing especially --
4. "A clear and amply illustrated view Of
The structure of the human body, and all lis
complex Organism. male aDd female.
2. a full acc0uni OF the functlons Of life,
with such an illustrated description of the
evolution OF The embryo, as has not before
beeA.gven. z
3. All that is kno;yn Of health and dis p
ease, with tie means Tor the presentation Off
ihe former, aud cure OF lae i&uer.
a. So careful an explanation 81 the whole
process Of CESSATION aud Childbirth. as will
enable every woman to dispense with the
services Of physician OF professional mid T
wife. -. 4.
EsoTERIc ANIHRoPoLoGY is plain and \
simple in language, foil n illustration, as
comprehensive as the utmost curiosity can
wish, and 1oithoqt one hAe Of quackery, or
The renaotest hiatplg at a ice. ---..O..g
II must be evident that such book, writ
icu with the necessary freedom. and illus
irated with fullness and fieliiy, must moi be I
Trojaned. II is not for the counter. the
book stall, lie library Shelf or The center
table. IL is not 70 be offered f2r curious ex-
aminaiion, nor urged upon those who can I