Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-02-14

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<//H"!lItNN\\' same and is able to com
press into wade mccum compass the very qlin
tesscnce Of medical science on this lmpo'tan.
subject as the result Of the experience Of tn
most eminent physicians in Europe and Amer
lea is thoroughly demonstrated in his own high.
ly successful practice in the treatment OF secret
diseases in many thousands OF cases IN the City
Of Philadelphia alone.
The practice of Or. Hunter has long been
and still is literally unbounded, but at the ear
nest solcita-i IN of numerous persons, he has
been induced to extend the sphere of his profess
sional usefulness to the community at large,
through the medium Of his Medical Manual
and Hand Book for tho Afflicted"
II is Volume that should be in the hands OF
every family in the land, whether used as pre-
vcntatye OF secret vices, or as guide for the al
deviation of one of the most awful and destruc-
tive scourgos ever visited upon mankind for the
sins of sensualiy and impurty of every kind.
1t is a volume that has received the unquali-
fed recommendation of the first physicians III
the land, while many clergymen, fathers, moth
ers, phiIanihropiSlS and humanltarIans, have
most freely extended its circulation IN all quar-
ters where lis powerful teachings would be
likely to be instrumental IN the moral purlfca-
ton and physical healing OF muiiltudes OF our
people, among the young, volatile and lndiS
erect, otherwise the pride and flower OF the ma
ton.
The author argues particularly, most strong
~ agains. every species OF soI!-detlemeni, and
warns parents and guardians, in searching terms
TO guard the Young Of both sexes from the terri
BILE consequences ccncomItant OF their ignorance
of phvSiological laws aud seX;ua! impurities ana
IRREGULARITIES, whether exhibited by precious
DEVELOPMENT or arising from the vicious and cor
ruptiug examples OF their schooi-nale5 or other
wise. To those who have beed already eGsnarec
to the paths tina, take hold on hell, clear enc
explicit way is shown by which they may Sc
cure return of sound health, and regenera
ton of the soul from lis terrible pollution.
II is well known that thousand Of victims ar;
annually sacrificed at the shrine OF QuGcEery--
especially those suffering from Nenereal OF Sy
philitic Observation-Disclosures, Seminal Weakness
Nervous Debility, and the numerous maladIe'
which spring directly OF less remotely from th'
indulgence OF carnal passions and secret viola
tiohs of Nature.
In view of these facts, and when it is alb
considered that about 100000 persons die an
nuallv in the United States of Consumption
large mojori:y being the victims of the voIup
tuous indScreuon OF their progenitorS, agreea
! oily to The Scriptural enunciation, tina: the sin
of the parents are visited upon the children
even to the third and fourth generaton.-
Author, imbued with sentiments of enlarge,
philanthropy, will scarcely lie censu'ed for an,
effort 10 restrain the vices of the age, by IL
humble fundamentally Of his Medical Manual
One copy. securely enveloped,wii be forward
ed free of postage 10 sny par; OF the Unite
States for IS cents, or copies for 81, Address
postpaid, COoDEN q co, Publishers, DO
1877, Philadelphia.
! r-T Booksellers, Canvassers and Book Agent
supplied on the most liberal terms.
Philadelphia, Feb. %, 1856. l4-ly