The beacon, or, A warning to young and old : in which is shown, in the medical practice of the author, how body and mind are destroyed by evil habits, resulting in epilepsy, consumption, idiocy, and insanity / by William M. Cornell.

  • Cornell, William Mason, 1802-1895.
Date:
1865
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Credit: The beacon, or, A warning to young and old : in which is shown, in the medical practice of the author, how body and mind are destroyed by evil habits, resulting in epilepsy, consumption, idiocy, and insanity / by William M. Cornell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    PREFACE. In the following pages but a small part of the evils arising from disobedience to a Divine Command is stated. The writer has shown very clearly, and directl}', as he thinks, how an abuse of a natural power, designed by God to bless and replenish the earth, results in human wretchedness, misery and death. These results have come under the eye of the Physician. The}' are no fabulous tales, hunted up for effect; no ficti- tious stories to create a sensation; but sober facts. The book contains the words of truth and soberness, on a subject of vast moment to our race; one that has been quite too much neglected; and the reader is admon-