The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-08-25

To iohom it may concern-7 To the inteli,gen
the thoughtful, The philanthroptc. Your at
tention rs respectfully ,nciicd TO a ne0, or
ig,nal, peculiar, and important ,cork, Of
4SO pages I6 mo-, and containing nearly
one hundred engracings, and entitled,
EsOTEREC ANTHROPOLOGY,
BYT. L. NICHOLS, NJ. D.
DRINCIPAL Of the American Dydropath-
l. ic Institute, Educational and Thera-
peutcal, al Portchesier, N. Y, one hours
distance from New York city on the New
York and New Haven Railroad. A com
prehensive and confidential Treatise on the
Structure, Functions, Passional Attractions
aud Perversious, True and False Physical
nd Social Conditions, and the most init
mate Relations OF Men and Women,
The title, Esoterc Anthropology, will
seem strange TO many, but it is thoroughly
appropriate. AnthropolOgy is from Anthr0-
pos man, and Logos, description. ESQ
teric, from ESQ, within, signifies private, Sc
cret, interior, and was used by the ancient
philosophers to distinguish their private
lectures, given in the interiors of their
dwellings,, upon the sacred mysteries OF
science aud philosophy, to their chosen dis
ciples, from their EI0teric discourses, which
were given TO the public. ESotcrlc Anhro-
pology is, therefore, private treatise on
Human Anatomy, Physiology. Therapeutics
and Obstetrics-on the whole science OF
man-plain in language, full and faithful in
illustration, and written with all the frank
ness of private letter, under the seal OF
professional confidence. II contains the
highest and deepest truths in every depart
ment of Human Physiology, with their indi
vdual and social application; the true ma
ture and hidden cause Of Disease; the con
dtions Of Health, physical and passional;
all that information which every human be
ing needs, which few dare ask for, or know
how TO obtain. but which, amid the discOrd
ances and depravi,ies of civilization, is OF
priceless value.
There are many subjects connected with
the broad science of Human Life. of the
deepest and most vital interest 10 man and
the race, in regard to which a terrible igno-
rance every where prevails; an ignorance
which is destroying the heaiths, shortening
the lives, and sacrificing the happiness OF
milions-which threatens the power of ma
tons, and the perpetuily of races.
Professional works on Physiology are dry,
mechanical, or chemical. astonishngly g-
norant, as we'll as technically Incompetent
sible. The popular works are superficial,
meager, and necessarily wanting in the
most important matters. The quack books
are full of errors, false in science, absurd
in philosophy, mischeivous in morals, and
oasely meccenary in their motives. In most
cases these books are the advertising medi
um of some specons charlatan, who wants
lattarS nG S,,ltotinp h.,
has some instrument to sell, or some most
rum to palm off upon the creduous.
The world has need Of different book
from any of these-Such book as has never
been written, and as cannot now be publish
ed in the usual way, sold by booksellers, OF
hawked by agents or peddlers. The author
of EsOteric Anthropology, a Teacher, a
Physician, public and private 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 to criticism. 1t is for his pupils
and patients, for intelligent men and women,
who wish to understand the deepest mystic
rleS Of lile especially it is for the noble and
hereoio fetc, who are brave enough 10 eXa-
mine and accept new truths, and wise e
nough to profit by them. There can scar
cely be any important question, which any
man or woman can ever need 10 ask ply
sician, TO which this volume does not con-
tain an answer. 1t is so complete in this
respect, that the author hopes and believes
that no one who reads it will ever need to
trouble himself with professional consuta-
ton 1t is henceiorth his chosen method OF
medical instruction and practice, and 10 it
he has performed the duty he owes man.
kind as a healer of the sick, preseryeI OF
health, and a teacher of the Laws Of Life.
Among the subjects treated of in this
work. are the following: Man, and his rela- |
lions 10 the Spiritual and Material Universe
Human Anatomy; the Chemistry of Man;
Principles Of Physiology and the Active |
Forces Of NatuIs Three Groups OF
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complex organism, male - Hale.
2. a foil account Of the functions Of life,