Esoteric Anthropology The Mysteries of Man by T.L. Nichols
Published by Dr. Nochols at the Hygienic Institute (1880s) American Stereotype Edition, Revised and Rewritten
An obscure little book published by Thomas Low Nichols, who was an American Physician . Nichols was a student of medicine at Dartmouth but later dropped out to become a radical journalist, which eventually resulted in a short prison stint. He was an advocate of free love, animal rights, and hydrotherapy.Animal Rights and vegetarianism activist Ernest Bell, credited Nichols' pamphlet How to Live on Sixpence A-day, as the initial inspiration for his vegetarianism. The present offering was published while Nichols was serving as president of the American Hydropathic Institute. He presents the book as 'private treatise' that should be treated as 'strictly confidential professional consultation between physician and patient'. He approaches healing from an esoteric perspective taking into account both the natural and spiritual body, in hopes that everyone may "understand structures and functions of his system, the conditions of health; and its restoration"
Subjects include: Human Anatomy, The Chemistry of Man, Principles of Physiology, of the Organic System, The Function of Generation, Circulation, Impregnation, The Animal System, Diseases and Treatment, Inflammation and Brain Diseases, Death and Immortality, etc. etc. Many black and white illustrations.
Full Tiltle: "Esoteric Anthropology The Mysteries of Man A Comprehensive and Confidential Treatise on the Structure, Functions, Passional Attractions, and Perversions, True and False Physical and Social Conditions, and the Most Intimate Relations of Men and Women"
Condition: Brown endpapers, green publishers binding with gilt title to spine and blind stamp to covers,a few pages with faint spots, edges red, beveled edges, overall a bright copy in Near Fine condition