The Sun.
London, England, 1814-03-30 00:00:00

A CHALLENGE.

MESSRS. CURRIE and Co. Surgeon's, late itt
his Majesty's service, challenge the tvhole .a 1d to
prove a single instance where ,tlreir Medicine and method cfl
cure havC failed -4,/ tne -desired effect. The practice of many
years 7u this particular branch 43 f, their profession, has not
given rise to inielinsticcessfut

They continue to direct theiestudieS to the treatment and
cure of Venereal Complaints, and that derangement of the
system, wilich is the consequence of pernicious and waste-
ful effects of a habit long and most unhappily pursued by the
youth of both seXes,. In the one it will he -bound to be the
qinfailing source of barrenness • the other-have. its ravaorcs
"fatally develOped to them by a:distreSsing state of debilitV,
which if not timely remedied, terminates in impotency,
are its retn44and ultimate etreots, while consumption, loss of
muscular „p0w5r,:.,15.nd various nervous complaints, usiinlty
characterise the,earlier stages of this solitary vice.—Of per-
.sons 12.nE,ruishingiu:der the disorders incident to such a habit,
their treatment is simple. and has never proved -,tisuccevifui
in the, course of a long, laborious, and much extended
practice.
In ;he most obstinate and complicated cases of Venertl
Infection, such as obstructions in the urethra, spuogy ex-
cresolnces, hard tumors, callous ulcers, etuptions, sernima
weakness, gleets, as also Strictures, whether recent or 6f,
long duration, and which have haflied the skill of other.Peoe-
titioners, are:by their present improved plan of treatnit.'ot,
effectually and permanently cured, without the patient•surtr.
in.; the excruciating pain and alarming hemorrhoge which
frequntly follows the application of the lunar caustic. fa-
thecourse o!.twenty years extensive practice in this Metk.G-
polls, numerous cases of Strictures have been and are duly/
under their care, the total eradication of which is effected by
'a safe; certain, and expeditious mode of practice, superior o
;any otheryet adOpted. The weakness, relaxation, aed de -)i•
I its prOcee:bng from this complaint are speed ;1y rerac:ved,
the patient restored to sound and rigoro4 bat
the fic;bility has for years existed, a proper perseverao,.-
their restorative remedies, after the stricture hut, been de-
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stroyed, is indispensably requisite to -revive the slumbering
sparks of life and to reanimate the constitution. • .
Several Noblemeu and Gentlemen'of t Lie first respeeta!iility,_
have been under the care of Messrs. Currie and Co. foi the re
moval of complaints of tinkUrethra, Strictures, in....,
in;; received a radical and permanent cure,. request that'r::
ferences may be given to them,
,as 'satisfactory evidences of
the decisive superiority of Messrs. Currie and Co.'s -plan ef-
treatment. , Many- or these Gentlemen have had strictures
from 10 2? years, and had been under the care of Messri.•
Home, Htaviside, and otherSurgeols_of equal einingtite, iyho
attempted the cure 4.?), the application of the Lunar Caustic,
without success.

Messrs. Currie and Co. may be consulted by either sex with
the greatest delicacf, secrecy, and honour; at their Lowe,
No. 107, Hatton-garden.
Patients in the country are requested to state the particu-
tars of their case, age, and general habit of living, &e. &c.
inclosing a reinittanee for advice and medicines, when the
name will be given or sent to any part of the kingdom.
ensure that secrecy so essential to their undertaking, the ,
postage of letters may be added to .the account fe M.
dicines.
9th June, 1809,-14:7, Hatton-garden.