The New York herald., 1870-01-31
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CONJUGAL SINS AGAINST THE LAWS OF LIFE AND
HEALTH AND THEIR EFpEcrs UPON THE FATHER,
n. d. &c. IN New % York: J. s. s. Redreia. i isio T. ~
This is bold sort Of book, thar treats In an out
spoken, direct, earnest, vigorous way some topics
generally ignored BY writer's for the public through
squeamfsh tenderness toward the sensibiht,es OF
society, though we believe there is nowhere any
doubt that great and incalcuable harm results
from such silence on the part OF popular teachers.
The tone OF the volume is caught from this extract
from pastoral letter Of Bishop Coke Of the Diocese
Of Western New York, dated January 30 1867
I have warned my nock against the blood-gcilti-
ness OF infantcde. II any doubt existed heretofore
as to the propriety Of my warnings on the subject
they must now disappear before the fact that the
world itself Is beginning to be terrified by the prac-
tlcal results OF the sacrifices to MOocn which aete
our land.
Again, ! warn you that they who do sucn things
cannot inherit eternal life. II there De special
damnauon for those who .'shed innocent blood,'
mercy upon their own nesnP
In those ages Of the world that did not claim to
possess 80 much knowledge and intelligence as this
age claims The relations OF men and women were
regulated generally by religious authority but when
religious denomination was cast aside, and when 1t
was even denied that any government, religious or
political was jusrable in the attempt to regulate
mems most private and personal acH, the result
instincts and inclinations, and lett free to
Views Views Of % lie Here is sH case 01"s we fear ar m IN
which the modern views in regard to the necessity
Of sas utmost E personal freedom does not apply II
in regard TO strictly natural acts ne must 1--we 80
near to natural condition that no WIN not be
tempted or forced TO any qualification perversion
Of the Instincts and he does not live IN such con-
oition III any moaern civilized society.
ten to the reiiaons auInorts ana cannot saev trmst
his tnclinatons, what shall be donef lie has no
guide but his reason, and intelligent view Of the
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and horror that must follow persistent systematic
violation Of any law OF nature. In order to make
peranve necessity that he should be made
more familiar with the conollions Of his
According 70 our private views Of the laws OF nature
we must know those laws. Yet on no subject are
the people more ignorant. Some glimpses OF physt.
OOgy are given In our sch00ls yet In obedience to
the prudery that ~ with US national trait our IN
atructors are dumb just where their lessons might
be Of most practical interest and value.
II is Just here that we see great ned OF useful
ness ior the volume before us. Dr. Gardner, with
worthy that while the nature Of the subject cOmpels
plain speech there IL no offensive persistency the
attention given 70 vices that seem TO have morbid
interest. There - no topic properly within the
range Of the title that Ia not treated with competent
authority and excellent discretion.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF Chill
DREN. BY Alfred Voge, M. D., Professor of CHM.
cal Medicine in the University Of Dorpat, Russia
YORK, u. Appleton 90. 1870.
This IL altogether tho most satisfactory volume on
its subject that before the medical profession or
the public. The older books and the recent English
and French additions to this division OF medical
literature, from Devices, Evanson and Aannsed VAL
leix, Rilllcr and Barthez down to Bonchnr West,
and Hitler, have each some special cxcelIence; but
there ID no single one OF them TO which the
practitioner may trust ns he may to this book
Of vogsl-to which ne may turn Win
that has any practical value upon any
point OF the extended domain Of chiidreus diseases
Nothing 10 more profitable TO the practitioner than
to get IN clear dldaco form the results OF the vast
hospital practice OF great cities ana OF this there
has been very little OF direct application to chdren's
diseases though what there Is Of TINS IN the books
OF West aud Of Hitler II what gives them ali their
value. In vogel every sentence gives evidence that
its teaching derived from clinical experience. Be-
tho present volume that II completely applies
to IT. range OF topics the mothod and the
admirable spirit Of th0roughness and accuracy that
utstlnguiSh oil the operations Of the German mind
In the pursuit OF science. II is the present
generation this side the Atlantic that IL partlc
larry making tho acquaintance OF the Germans in
medicine. Formerly our doctors who pursued tho
modern literature or the profession beyond the Eng.
lish language accepted tho french teachers a. an
tue way In which medical science il cultivated IN
Germany can possibly c0ncede that he has heard the
last word any mortal point TIL he has heard what
the Germans say. In the issue Of their handsome
edition Of Niemeyor--Bhc best book In print on the
practice Of medclne-the publishers laid the profes-
sion under lasting obligation thas 10 larry dou Dled
In this second excerpt from the richest medical