Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners - J. L. Nichols

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IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT.

       How to Read Character.

       HOW TO TELL DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY THE NOSE.

       DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY STATURE.

       DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY THE WALK.

       THE DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY LAUGHING.

       DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY THE MODE OF SHAKING HANDS.

       THE DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY THE MOUTH AND EYES.

       THE DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER BY THE COLOR OF THE HAIR.

       SECRETIVE DISPOSITIONS.

       Dictionary of Medical Terms.

       Alphabetical Index.

       Notes

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      Naperville, Ill. Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga.

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      AGENTS WANTED

      "Vice has no friend like the prejudice which claims to be virtue."—Lord Lytton.

      "When the judgment's weak, the prejudice is strong."—Kate O'Hare.

      "It is the first right of every child to be well born."

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1894

       By J. L. NICHOLS,

       In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

      Copyrighted 1895.

      Copyrighted. 1896, by J. L. Nichols & Co.

      Copyrighted, 1904, by J. L. Nichols & Co.

      OVER 500,000 COPIES SOLD.

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      1. The old maxim, that "Knowledge is power," is a true one, but there is still a greater truth: "Knowledge is Safety." Safety amid physical ills that beset mankind, and safety amid the moral pitfalls that surround so many young people, is the great crying demand of the age.

      2. Criticism.—While the aim of this work, though novel and to some extent is daring, it is chaste, practical and to the point, and will be a boon and a blessing to thousands who consult its pages. The world is full of ignorance, and the ignorant will always criticise, because they live to suffer ills, for they know no better. New light is fast falling upon the dark corners, and the eyes of many are being opened.

      3. Researches of Science.—The researches of science in the past few years have thrown light on many facts relating to the physiology of man and woman, and the diseases to which they are subject, and consequently many reformations have taken place in the treatment and prevention of diseases peculiar to the sexes.

      4. Lock and Key.—Any information bearing upon the diseases of mankind should not be kept under lock and key. The physician is frequently called upon to speak in plain language to his patients upon some private and startling disease contracted on account of ignorance. The better plan, however, is to so educate and enlighten old and young upon the important subjects of health, so that the necessity to call a physician may occur less frequently.

      5. Progression.—A large, respectable, though diminishing class in every community, maintain that nothing that relates exclusively to either sex should become the subject of popular medical instruction. But such an opinion is radically wrong; ignorance is no more the mother of purity than it is of

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