J. CHARLES HARRISON, M.D., AT TIMARU.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2502, 13 May 1893, Page 3

J. CHARLES HARRISON, M.D., AT TIMARU.

On Thursday evening the Theatre Royal, Timaru, was well filled, when l.)i J. Charles Harrison lectured "to men only." It was a very representative gathering, drawn from all classes of the community. Dr Harrison had for tht burthen of his discourse the knowledge ol the nature of the responsibilities of sex and that they should be warned of tin dangers involved in licentiousness, and ol the practices too prevalent iu schools auc among the young generally, begotten o: ignorance. He did not use technical language, but talked plainly and in a ven moral way. He held that the art ol medicine is developing into a science which would eoon teach that the hereditary transmission of preventable diseiu,* was a crime that should be punished, am that Kymotic diseases were the result of ; personal and sanitary uncleanness wind should be stamped out by greater en lightenment. .Physicians and fathers ar< under obligation of imparting to the growing youth certain physiological facts to serve as a. .-warning and a guide, anc ministers of religion might do much ii this direction among the younj men in their flocks. He urged systematic exercise, both in and out ol schools. The lecture was fluently de livered, and there were many [weil-tolc anecdotes, some of which caused mucli laughter, while there was frequent applause. There was also a succession oi magnificent views upon the screen, objects of art, examples of the world's best scenery, and mechanical views of marked excellence—one in particular, of a cavalier on, horseback tapping upon a latticed

window, which opens, and through which his lady-love loans out and embraces him, coming in for especial applause. In concluding his lecture the lecturer remarked that he had noticed a marked advanc* in Mew Zealand since his 1,.5.t visit some years ago. He *poke a:, length upon catarih and rheumatism, explaining the causes of both, and the probabilities of cure, and showing the great advances in treating such cases made by modern medicine, which he claimed might now properly be regarded aa a science. The lecture in it? entirety was a treat, being sufficiently thoughtful for the most confirmed book-worm, and yet couched in language that those most heedless of scientific research could comprehend On Monday night he will deliver his last and best lecture to men. The subject will bo entirely new, and the illustiations all different from last Thursday night. The doctor is a very good storyteller. The doctor will be at Mrs iSouth's, opposite the Post Office, Timaru, until the 21st, when he commences a course of lectures at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin.