Yet have they, ty a sort "of professional prudery, been eithe: entirely overlooked by medical writers o very imperfectly discussed, and thereby re linquished to the irregular practitioner, or t< the entirely unqualified empiric. In the pre sent era of high refinement and of luxurious, if not vicious enjoyments, and under the in fluence of noxious plans and systems of edu cation, instances are very numerous foi which medical advice is required for the re moval of the morbidly disqualifying condi tions about to be considered, but is noi resorted to so frequently as it ought to be. Since advice is thus often necessary, the ability of those from whom the communitji have a right to expect it, of the most judi- cious kind, should be equally great in pro- viding it. There is every reason, also, to believe that it would be oftener sought after if the subject were known to be more fully entertained by the duly qualified members of the profession."— Dr Copland's Medical Die tionary, vol. 11. " The only way by which some of the most important functional ailments and aberrant physiological states affecting humanity can be rescued from the grasp of the most dis gusting and villainous quackery, and treated with benefit to the patient; is by the scien- tific and conscientious practitioner openly taking them under his own charge. — Lancet 30th May, 1857. We are glad that Dr Beaney, a Melbourne surgeon of established reputation, has had the courage to grapple with this subject, and by the publication of this work point out a way of escape to sufferers from the injuries pn their ponstjtution, and the drain made on their purse by impudent charlatans. To such sufferers we coenmmd a perusal of Mr Jeanejr'B volume,~Victom Tekgrapn,



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