The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1853-06-16
EsOTEREC ANTMROpO.LOGY

lSo pages Is mo, and conta'alg nearly
oas hundred eagrAssags, and eltlied,
EsOTERKC ANTHROPO,LOGY
BY 4. l.. NlcReLs7 N. D.
sSRlNClPAL ofihe American IOIlropath
& lc Institute Educational and Thera
fcullcal, al Pouchesier, N. Y, onl hour,
distance from New York city or he New
York and New Haves Railroad. "a com,
pfeheusive aud confidential Treatise on the
STRUCTURE. Functions, Passional Attractions
aud Pen ersions, True ard False l'hysica
nd Social CONDITIONS, and the me ST inii
male Relations of Men arsi Womer.
Tie tlle. Esoleric Au'hropoloEy, will
seem strange to many, but il is lhorou2hly
appropriate. Anthropoiogy is from 4aihr@-
pcs. man, and LosoS, a description. ESQ
ieEic, from ESQ, within, signifies priv ate, Sc
cret. interior, and was used by the ancient
philosophers TO distinguish their private
lectures, given in the Interiors o their
dwellings,, upon the sacred mysle les OF
science and philosophy, to their chDs 10 dis
CipleS, from their EToleylc discourses which
were given 10 The public. ESOter1c I nihro-
UoooV IS. therefore. a private treia Sc on
Human Anatomy, Physiology, TheIa eutlcS
and Obstetrics-on the whole scie ce OF
man-plsin in language, iuli and ialt iui IN
illustraucn, and written with all Tie rank
ness ol a private letter, uncer the al OF
professional confidence. u contali the
highest aud deepest truths III every cnpart-
mcnt Of Human Physiology, with ttel indl-
vidual and social application; The tri na-
Iure and hidden cause OF Disease; Tho con
oiuous OF Health, physical and pas; Ional;
all thai information which every hum be
iug needs, which few dare ask for, or lnow
how 10 obtain, but which, amid The cIs cord
auces and deprayltles of civilization, is OF
priceless value.
There are many subjects connected with
the broad science of Human Lie, o. the
deepest and most vital interest 10 mat and
the lace, in regard TO which {, terrible igno-
rance every where prevails; an ieno ance
which is destroying the healihs, shorpinng
The lives, and sacrificing the happiaes OF
m!lGuns--which threatens the power o. ma
i,onS, aad the perpelumy OF races
Professional works on Physiology are dry,
mechanical, or chemical, ast tonishingly le
aoraui, as well as technically incomprei EN-
sInle. The popular works are superficial.
meaGer, and necessarily wanting IN The
most important matters. The quack 6ooks
ere full of errors, false in science, abs; ard
ln philosophy, miScheivous il morals, inc
hase'y meccenary in their motives. la nlusl
cases these books are the advertising midi
um Of some specious charlaian, who waats
Patients, or letters OF consultation, or ho
nas some Instrument TO sell, or some mast
rum 10 palm of upon The crednlous.
The world has need of a different book
from ahy of ihese-sGch a book as has neTer
been written, and as cannot nuw be publish
Cd IN the usual way, sold by booksellers, OF
hawked by agents or peddlers. The author
of EsoierIc Anthropoiogy, Teacher, a
Physician, public and private Lecturer on
all branches of Medical Science, has writ
Ten lhis book with a frankness he never
could have used IN a work for the public, or
one open TO criticism. Ii is iOI his pupils
and patients, for intelligent men and women,
who wish to understand the deepest mysfe
rles OF life; especially il is Tor The noble and
bereoio fer, who are brave enough 10 eKa
mine aud accept new truths, aud wise e.
nough to profit by them. There car scar
cely be any important question, which any
man or woman can ever need 10 ask phy
SIcian. 10 which this volume does not con-
iaJn an answer. Ii is 50 complete ia this
respect. that The author hopes and believes
that uU one who reads il will ever need 10
lroubie himself with professional consults-
non. b IS henceforlh his chosen method OF
medical instruction and practice, and In il
lie has performed the duty he owes man
LIad az a healer of The SICK. a preSerTer Oi
health. and teacher Of the Laws of Life.
Among the subjects treated OF in this
work. are the following: Man, and his rela
hons 10 the Spiritual and Material Universe
Human Anatomy; the Chemistry IF Man
Principles Of Physiology aud the Active
Forces of Nature; TIE Three Groups OF
Functions. Organic, Animal, and Genera
me. Tie whole Philosophy and Processes
of Reproduction; The True Law of NJ arrape
The Conditions OF Health; Causes OF Disease:
Curative Agencies; Processes of W aler-cure;
Diseases and Treatment; Passonal Diseases;
Diseases Of The General System, Bran
aud Nerves; Respiration: Digestion; Genera
ton: CESSATION and PaIiurtion; Lactslion
and the Management Of Infancy, ETY., etc,
every important condition end pro
cess from the beginning 10 The close of life,
and containing especially
l. A clear and amply illustrated view OF
me structure of the human body and all It's
complex organism, male aud female
? A foil account OF the functions Of life. |
wItn such an illustrated description Of the |
evolution OF the embryo, as has not before /
been gwen.
}. All that is known Of health and dis |
ease, with the means for the preservation OF
the iormer, and cure Of the latter.
4. So careful an explanation of the whole |
process OF CESSATION and childbirth, as VIII |
enable every woman to dispense with the /
services Of physician or professional mid
wife.
EsoTERIC AM HEoPoLceY Is plain and /
simple in language, full n Illustration, as
as the utmost curiosity can
wish. and Ultboat one Llne Of quackery, or
tie reBaotest h5attng at a fee.
II must be evident that such book writ |
en with The necessary freedom, and Illus
rated with fullness and fidelity, must not be
grofaned Ii is not for The counler the
book stall, the library shelf, or the center
able Ii is not to be offered for curious ex
animation. nor urged upon those who can
1ot appreciate lis value. it is advertised,
hat every one who needs 1t may Obtair il,
I be will. Whether the social propneleS be
Iue or false. the auhor can not vl)ate them,
mo he feels compelled 10 keep LhiS book truly