Buy this book on-line Sewall, Thomas : Address on the Effects of Intemperance on the Intellectual, Moral, and Physical Powers. Originally Delivered Before the Washington City Temperance Society. No. 249American Tract Society, New York
Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1830-1833. 4" x 7." Twenty pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), remnants of the former binding along spine, and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a reprinted address that was originally given by Thomas Sewall to the Washington City Temperance Society. Thomas Sewall (1786-1845) was an American physician, author, and professor. Sewall is named, "Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Columbian College," on the front. In his address, Sewall dissuades readers from drinking alcohol by first noting its negative effects on one's morals and then on one's physiology. Most of this tract comprises Sewall's descriptions of the debilitating effects of excessive alcohol consumption on different parts of the body. Sewall goes into detail about the damaged appearance of organs, such as the stomach, liver, brain, heart, and lungs, found in deceased individuals during their autopsies. Sewall then concludes his address by making a rallying effort to promote the temperance movement. Among his ideas for promoting temperance are for members of the Washington City Temperance Society to spread the ideas behind the movement, reducing the number of bars, and general community and institutional outreach that discourages the drinking of alcohol. Tract No. 249 of the American Tract Society. The American Tract Society (ATS) is an evangelical organization that was founded in 1825 as the result of a merger between the New York Religious Tract Society (founded in 1812) and the New England Religious Tract Society (founded in 1814). Upon its founding, ATS became the first organization in the United States whose express mission was to hand out Christian tracts. ATS is still active to this day and has since had its publications printed in over 100 languages in seventy different countries.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Sewall, Thomas : Address on the Effects of Intemperance on the Intellectual, Moral, and Physical Powers. Originally Delivered Before the Washington City Temperance Society. No. 249. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri antichi, livres rares, incunabula, antiquarian books and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |