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METROPOLITAN -INFIRITAfti. for'
CURE of STRICTUUS of theAIIRETH"
CONORRIKEA, GLEETS, SIILIS, 8c f . Thi; Ii
tution is closed, but as the Surgeon of it feel assured _
there are hundreds suffering under the diseases 'to the cure
vslaieh it was especially devoted, who would' gladly avail them.
solves of his professional assistance, rather than place the
"Ives under the charge of chemists,• or; worse' still, have
Nurse to any of the dangerous and inefficient nostrums d,
ideertised, he has made arrangements to spa patients at*
wltn residence, at the mere expense to the patienA of the net
eery medicine. Thus persons of limited means have not
opportunity of securing for fhgmselves a mode of treatmi
that, whilst it is based on experietice, is regulated by the pec‘
liarities which their own cases in hnstitutions may requr
thereby freeing themselves from the -alisuglities and dan,_
that wait upon the employment of one kind or medicine for
forms of those diseases, without regard to these esser
particulars.
Apply at 42, Great Marlborough-street.
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SIGHT AND' HEARING.
THE INVISIBLE' OPERATv
COVAUCTOR, effectedd by ffie Messl
opLomo Ng, CIPTICI A NS:anAU Is tO
t4ILY, 39, A LBEMARLE-STREET,. r ICOAE
%sands of deaf persons hate been greatly belief
seven-shilling piece, and wheri fixed into the car
slid easy, and not snore perceptible tlian'tPatitre e
Place, by which the faintest whisper at a pubi.
with distinctness. And defective VISION is brow
the use of newly.invented SPECTACLE LENSE
they arc placedb efore weak and imperfect eyesight, either by dai,
or candle light, every 44 lij ec t becomes clear and distinct, and the most
minute particle is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which
Beth the sight and hearing become much improved.
The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS disclaim all connection with per.
sous of the same name, and the Sale of Amber Spectacles • the per-
nicious use of Amber Spectacles being now well known to the public,
and the Vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their
same, by leaving out the word " Amber," and calling them " Pa-
tent Spectacles those which he terms "Patent Spectacles " are no
er than those of Amber, the history and destructive use of that
, Iniaterial for Spectacles to imperfect vision is fully and most satisfac_
"'"Y explained by the undermentioned scientific authorics:—
'rons the .4 Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D.
_ _

F.R.S., &c. &c.
" Amber is an indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the
,„antif crystallization, but by the same causes which influence the
iieen„,anical condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in
i„ i Aber is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to
,
„r ete extent as to explode into fragments ; the workmen, too, are
e to nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they en-
r great danger by handling such dreadful excited electr.ics ;
;;20en grows with lime, and is apt to take fire, and is of such a
willb re when exposed to warmth that it swells, bubbles up, and
it away with flame."
ur,Toht above Dr. Ure's statements are further confirmed by Sir I).
Itr•VVSTER and Pliny, as also by Parks and Hem on Chemistry.
yisrodestructive effects of such a material for Spectacles, to imperfect
n'
may
be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London.
The
Messrs. Solomons' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are not
constructed of such a material; but which are very superior, and
b~hg
back at once dimness of sight and imperfect vision to its
to9l".'a and natural state ; these Spectacles, and very small Voice
_ ductors for Deaf persons, are only to be had at their Establish-
ment, 39, Albemarle-street.

No lravellers are employed.

. _
INN" 56, OLD BOND.STREET,-and No 1, OLD JEWRY, CITI.
HE VOICE CONDUCTORS invented by
Mr. E. SOLOMONS are the most powerful Instru ,
WI. 6hts for the relief of deafness. From their minute construction,
and convenient form, deaf persons are enabled to wear them entirely
eir, en, anti they may be inserted and removed with the greatest fa-
ih`Y. By their use the lowest whisper breathed at a public assembly
rates on the organs of hearing in such a pleasant manner as to fordaf-
the greatest relief to those labouring under the distress ng ail_
Trent of Deafness.
va'r• E SOLOMONS' PATENT SPECTCLES possess the ad-
th,"aff! of modifying bright and render transmitted thrcugh
Gii','arlout humours of tho eye, so as to vision. most perfectly
„,, net by day, or lamps or candles at night, conveying also a sense
'',! coolness) and pleasure to the organ, with the additionalrecom.
eleßdation of being free from the pernicious a:tributes of common
4,,Ter. Their superlative excellewe is attested by the following
„., Many other eminent practitioner ~ who have examined, used,
.! recommended them in prefe encs to all others :
!.••
Anthony Carlisle, F.R.S.. hingh.im-place.
N.` „enjarain C. Brodie, Bart., F. New, Saville-row.
jLdittnes E. Anderson, M. D„ 1 !,Burlington.street.
1374 Johnson, Esq., 51.1)., Suffblk-place.
J 50shy B. Cooper Esq., New-street, Spring Gardens.
0. Andrews, Esq., Surgeon to the London llosp.tal, St. Helen's-
Vare,
c.- Aston Key Esq.. St. Helen's place.
John Scott, Etq. 10, New Broad_street.
C,.•' J. B. Aldis, Esq., M.D. Old Burlingtan.street.
"opland,
15, .5.D., F.R S., Bulstrode-street, Manchester.square.
. Keate, Albemarle.street.
' hits 11 rry, Chester.terrace.
E. W. Duffin, 14, Langham_place.
John Stephenson, 38, Conduit-street.
J. I'. Conquest, M.D., 13, Finsbury-squar
William ( oulson, Frederick-place, Old Jewry.
Martin Ware, New Bridge-street,.
Dr.'Btair,- Physician to the Sussex County Hospital.
John Lawrence, Esq., Surgeon, ditto.
Richard Middlemore, Temple-row, Birmingham. ,
John S. Soden, Bath Infirmary.
Tweedy John Todd, Esq., M.D., Grand Payette, Brighton.
Andrew Plummer, Esq., M, D., Old Steyne,to.
Brewster 1.. Seabrook, Esq., Surgeon, Eye Infirmary, do.
A Martin, Esq., M.D., Rochester. 1
Samuel Newton, Esq., M. R. C. S., do.
Dr. Chisholm, Physician to the Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
Henry Denne, Esq., Surgeon, do.
J. Hodgson, Esq., Oculist, Eye Infirmary, Birmingham.
.1. J. Ledsam, Esq.i do. do. do.
Professor Hufeland, Physician to the King of Prussia, Berlin,
Proresser Kreysig, Physician to the King of Saxony, Dresden
I Professors Clarus and Kuhl, Oculists, Leipsic.
Professor Ponitz, Oculist, Dresden.
ilecter Schmcisser, Hamburg
,‘lnes M.Donnell, M.D. Belfast, Ireland.
,',.Woodrofle, M.D., Cork, , do.
:'','• Bul'eti, M.D. do. do.
; 1.. Massey, M.D., Waterford, Ireland.
t', Poole, M.D. do. do.
'"• gore, 51.R.C.5„ Limerick. do.
..,_llre public are respectfully cautioned against some unprinciple.l
ZiPlrics who have assumed Mr. E. S.'s name and profession, and are,
;:t/Nr his immediate neighboui hood, and, with the mest unblushing
enters, iisuing from the daily press puffs about " Newly-in-
fi.",m t'pectacle Lenses," and Hearing Instruments, which are
intitdulently set forth as possessing the most wonderful powers. The
rallesare highlydetrimental to the sight. The namesof some obscure
irthraaries and ethers are used in this absurd quackery, to deceive
, 9 PUbliC iNt• a belief that these pettucious glasses possess some very
o'N'Ornatural powers. These common Lenses may be purchased for
-1:„*Illibig the pair, and for which the most exorbitant charges
afL"'actd hy the parties, against whom the public are now respect-
-L ..Y cautionad. Mr. E. S. has received for his invention " Royal
ettiva Patent," and the patronage •
of the Royal Family.
ti bberve—Ne. 1, Old Jewry, City ; and No. 36, Old ltontl-street,
wilit
--___ Y.

PRANKS'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF
COP.A IBA.
‘.Vlthia a period of Two Menths upwarils of Three Hundred Patients
rre successfully treated at the Metropolitan Hospitals with
I,,,;llksi'S SPECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAIII A.
Joseph Henry Green, r.sq., F• R.s' one of the Council ot the
•
03'41 College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thornar Hospital, and
Professor of Surgery in the King's College,
1.," I have mane tria 1 of Mr. Frank's Soluticrin'°onf
, at Sit
'nes s Hospital, in a variety of cases of discharges rn the, rricaae.
~aNI female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is ani .
..„eus remedy, (*.meta of Copaiba.
and one which does not produce the usual unp easan
(Signed) ...JOSEPH HENRY GREEN.
46, Lineoln's.lnn-tlelds, April 15, 153.5.
.7 Bransby Cooper, F4q F.11.15 , Surgeon to Guy's Hospitzl, and
lfeteTer on Anatomy, &c. &e.,. a&c. .
nd others most eminent in the
a
4114 Mr. Bran gbyCooperpre.sentshii compliments to Mr. Geo. Franks
haa
great pleasure in bearing
forttesimony of the elficae.y.of his So-
"'c'e ef CoPaiba In Gonorrh.Ta, which disease Mr. Cooper has
erescriled the Solution in ten or twelvecases with perfect sucers.3.
_Ncor-etreet .Spring.gardens, Apri113,15.15."
4-1,143 invaluable Medicine is confidently recommended in alt cases
rliottorrhiea, Gleets, Urethral Discharges,-Spasmoklic
;ttrttation of the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra and Prostate Gland
Purdling effects upon the general health render it particularly ap.
r;Able in all cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility.
rePared only by .George Franks, Surgeon, 99, iilackfriars-road
,Ilclen, and may be had of all aledicine.venilors in the United King
-'"'„” 'in Bottles at 25.91., 4s. fiti„, and l Is. earn,
,autrosr.—Unless.. George Fr:mats, Blarkfriars road," is rug rav
°II tho Government Stamp it cannot be genuine.
••e Mr. Franks may be consulted until Two ,'clee!:

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