Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-04-23
Baltimore Lock Hospital,
DOCTOR .InHMSTnM-

Weakness, Pains in the Loins, Constitutional De-
ollity, lmpotency. Weakness ofthe Back and Limbs,
Affections ofthe Kidneys, Palpitat ion of the Heart,
dyspepsia, Nervous Irritability, Disease of the
Head, Throat, Nose, or Skin and all those serious
and melancholy Disorders arising from the Des-
truetive habits of Youth, which d 0stroy both body
and mind. TaEsE SECRET and solitary practices
more fatal to their victims than the song ufthe Sy- 1
rens to the mariners of Ulysses, ~blighting their
most brilliant hopes of anticipations, rendering
Marriage, &C., impossible.
Young Hen.
especially, who have become the victims of Solita-
~ Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit.
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave !
thousand OF young men of the most exalted talents
and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise have
entranced listening Senates with the thunders of
eloquence, or walked to ecstacy the living Tyre,
may call with all confidence.
Marriage.
Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating
marriage, being aware of Physical Weakness,
Organic Debility, Deformities, &c, should imme-
diately consult DIR. j., and be restored to perfect
health.
HE who places himself under care of DR.. John
son may religiously confde in his honor as a gen.
tleman, and confidently rely upon his skill as a
physician.
Organic Weakness
Immediately cured, and full vigor restored.
This disease is the penalty naes+ PROMINENTLY r-Hs
by those who have becomG the victims of improp-
err indulgences. Young persons are too apt to
commit excuses from not being aware OF the dread
full consequences that may ensue. Now, who that
understands the subject will pretend to deny that
the power of PrOcreation is lost sooner by those
falling into improper habits by the prudent. Be-
sides being deprived the pleasure of healthy Off
spring, the most serious and dest uctive symptoms
to both body and mind arise. The system becomes
deranged, the physical and mental powers weaken
ed, nervous debility, dyspepsia, palpitation of the
heart, indigestion, a wasting of the frame, cough,
symptoms of consumption, ect.
Nervous Debility.
Weakness of the system Nervous Debility and
premature decay generally arise from the Des-
tructiye habit of youth, that solitary practice so
fatal to the healthful existence of man, and it is
the young who are most apt to become its Victims
from an ignorance of the dangers to which they
subject themselves. Parents and Guardians are
often mislead with respect to the cause or source
Of disease in their sons and wards. Alas how
often do they ascribe to ether causes, the wasting
Of the frame, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspep-
sy, indigestion, arrangement of the Nervous Sys-
tenn, Cough, and Symptoms Of Consumption, also,
those serious Mental effects, such as loss of menu
DRY, depression of spirits or peculiar fits of Melan-
choly, when the truth is they have been caused by
indulging in Pernicious but alluring practices, des-
tructive to both Body and Mind. Thus are swept
from existence, thousands who might have been
of use to their Country, a pleasure to their friends
and ornaments to Society,
OFFICE No. Z SOUTH FREDERICK ST.,
J lett manu- sue gong from DaltlnOr0 street, { uCOTS
from the corner.
Gss~ Be particular in observing the name and
number, or you will mistake the place.
/ 10 Take notice, observe Name on the Door and
Windows.
! a Cure Warranted, or no Charge Made, IL
from One to THO Days.
NO MERCURY OR NAUSEOUS DRUGS USED
{. DR.. Johnston.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lon
1 don, Graduate from one of the most eminent Col
leges of the United States, and the greater par
9 of whose life has been spent in the first Hospital
of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and elsewhere
has effected some of the most astonishing cure
l. that were ever known, many troubled with ria gin
in the head and ears when asleep, great nervous
d ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, and bash
fulness, with frequent b~lushing, attended some
% times with arrangement of mind, were cured i'm
mediately.
A Certain Disease.
When the misguided and imprudent votary {
pleasure finds he has imbibod the seeds of tht
painful disease, it too often happens that an il
timed sense of shame, or dread Of discovery, d,
at tiers him from applying to those who, from educa
ton and respectability, can alone befriend hin
Id delaying till the constitutional symptoms of tn
horrid disease make their appearance such as u
is cerated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal pail
in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafness
nodes on the shin bones and arms, hlotches on Il
head, face, and e~xtremities, progressing with frigh
u Isplully I'LL " ii pdldle Vi III mouth
"a the bones of the nose fall in, and the victim of tn
awful disease becomes a horrid object of commiser
up ton till death puts a period to his dreadful sufe
,v ings by sending them to :" that bourne from when
no traveller returns" To such therefore I
Johnston pledges himself to preserve the most
N viOlable secrecy, and from his extensive practi
in the first hospitals in Europe and America,
can confidently recommen a safe and speedy Gu
to the unfortunate victim of this horrid disease.
1t is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall v
" Tins to this dreadful disease. OWlnp to the unSk
nd fulness of ignorant pretenders, who, by the use
that dreadful poison, mercury, ruin tho consti
,il tion, and either send the unfortunate sufferer
an untimcly grave, or else make the residue of
life miserable.
Pa. Take Particular Notice.
. DIR. ]. addresses all those who have Injured the
III. selves by private and improper indulseneies.
his These are some of the sad and melancholy efe
one produced by early habits of youth, viz: Weakn
Of the Back and Limbs, Pain in the Head, d
ali ness of Sight, Loss Of Muscular Power, Palpitat
an of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous Irritability, /
mi. rangement Of the Digestive Functions, Gene
ven Debility, symptoms OF Consumption, &c.
~ MENTALLY-The fearful effects upon the m
are much to be dreaded, Lsss of Memory, Con
cen sion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Foreb
ties ings, Aversion Of Society, Self Distrust, Love
ms Solitude, Timidity, &C., are some of the evils 7
duced.
five Thousands Of persons ofall ages, can now iu
what is the cause of their declining health. /
fac ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and emat
ted, have n singular appearance about the ey
Dali cough and symptoms of consumption.
IL DR.. Johnston's ~Invigorating Remedy
II. Organic Weakness.
By this great and important remedy, weakr
of the organs are speedily cured, and full vi
Viii TT restored Thousands of the most neryons and
W. bilitated, who had lost all hope, have been INN
Vm. lately relieved. All impediments to Maria
ical Physical or Mental disqualification, Nervous
w, ritability, Tremblings and Weakness, or exhau,
tee; ton Of the most fearful kind, speedily cured
DIR. Johnston.
rred Young Men,
hich
Who have injured themselves by a Ger
Practice INDUCED in when alone-a habit frt
midi emily learI CO rom evil cHmpanions, or at Sc
". the effects (which are nightly felt, even "
asleep, and if not cured, renders marriage im
sible, and destroys both mind and body, sh,
apply Immediately.
g.. What a pity that a young man, the hope o
N country, and the darling of his parents, shout,
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments of
- by the consequences of deviating from the pa
up" nature, and i~ndulging in a certain secret hab
" Such persons, before contemplating
1wus, Marriage.
! and should reflect that a sound mind and body ar,
most necessary requisites to promote coin
and happiness. Indeed, without these, the jou
through live becomes a weary pilgrimage, the
Q and pect hourly darkens to the view the mind bee
Swallowed with despair and filed with the m
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