Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-06-04
Baltimore Lock Hospital,
DOCTOR JOHNSTON.

DOCTOR JOHNSTON,
tNHE founder of this Celebrated Institution offers
u the most Certain, Speedy, and only efectual
remedy in the world for elects Structures, Seminal
Pains in the Loins. Constitutional De-
bility, Impotency, 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-
~tructive habits of Youth, which destroy both body
and mind. THESE SECRET and soil AIRY practices
more fatal to their victims than the sony ofthe Sy-
rens to the mariners of Ulysses, b~lighting their
most brilliant hopes of antieipations, rendering
Marriage, &C., impossible.
Young Men.
especially, who have become the victims of Solita-
ry 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, Determines. DC, should imme-
diately consult DR.. j., and be restored to perfect
health.
ne who places himself under care of DR.. John
son may religiously confde in his honor as a gen
tIeman, and confidently rely upon his skill as a
physician.
Organic Weakness
Immediately cured, and full vigor restored.
This disease is the penalty most frequently paid
by those who have become the victims Of improp-
er 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
| fol 1inO into iDonrrpar h hits hu Tho DruIanf D.
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 thu
heart, indigestion, a wasting of the frame, cough
symptoms of consumption, ect.
Nervous Debility.
Weakness of the system Nervous Debility anc
premature decay generally arise from the Des
~tructive habit of youth, that solitary practice 5
fatal to the healthful existence of man. and it
the young who are most apt to become its Victim
from an ignorance of the dangers to which the
subject themselves. Parents and Guardians ar
often mislead with respect to the cause or sourc
of disease in their sons and wards. Alas no
often do they ascribe to ,ther causes, the wastin
of the frame, Palpitation of the Heart, DyspeI
sy, Indigestion, arrangement of the Nervous Sy'
TEN, Cough, and Symptoms of Consumption, ais
tho.e serious Mental effects, such as loss of men
DRY, depression OF Spirits OF peculiar utS OF MelaI
chOly, when the truth is they have been caused b
indulging in Pernicio2s but alluring practices. de
tructive to both Body and Mind. Thus are swel
from existence, thousands who might have bee
of use TO their Country, a pleasure to their frient
and ornaments 70 Society.
OFFICE No. Z South FREDERICK ST.,
left hand side going from Baltimore street, z doc
from the corner.
EN~ Be particular in observing the name al
number, or you will mistake the place.
rs Take notice, observe Name on the Door al
Windows.
A Cure Warranted, or no Charge Made,
from One TO Two Days.
NO MERCURY OR NAUSEOUS DRUGS USE
DR.. Johnston.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lo
don, Graduate from one of the most eminent c.
leges of the United States, and the greater p;
of whose life has been spent in the first Hospit.
Of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and elsewhei
has effected some of the most astonishing cul
that were ever known, many troubled with ri gi
in the head and ears when asleep, great nervol
ness, being alarmed at sudden sounds, and bal
fulness, with frequent b~lushing, attended son
times with arrangement of mind, were cured
mediately.
|, A Certain Disease.
!, When the misguided and itnprudent votary
pleasure finds he has imbibsd the seeds of
: painful disease, it too often happens that an
tnleU sense OF Shame, OT Qreau OF discovery,
. tiers him from applying to those who, from edu
: ton and respectability, can alone befriend L
T delaying till the constitutional symptoms of
! horrid disease make their appearance such as
- cerated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal p
= in the head and limbs, dimness of sight, deafn
nodes on the shin bones and arms, hlotches on
e head, face, and extremiIies, progressing with fri
- full ~repidity, till at last the palate of the mout
, the bones of the nose fall in, and the victim of
awful disease becomes a hOrrid object of commis
ton till death puts a period to his dreadful su
~ ings by sending them to " that bourne from VIII,
20 no tray eler returns" TO such therefore
10 Johnston pledges himself to preserve the mos
~ violable secrecy, and from his extensive praC
Go in the first hospitals in Europe and America
=, can confidently recommend a safe and speedy
VI to the unfortunate victim of this horrid diseas
= 1t is a melancholy fact, that thousands fall
Tins to this dreadful disease, owing to the un
fulness Of ignorant pretenders, who, by the vi
that dreadful poison, mercury, ruin the cons
ton, and either send the unfortunate suffere
ler an untimely grave, or else make the residue o
:" life miserable.
az Take Particular Notice.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have injured Il
selves by private an improper indulSencies.
Of These are some of the sad and melancholy ei
NV. produced by early habits of youth, viz: Weak
IN Of the Back and Limbs, Pain in the Head.
to ness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Power, Palpit
nv of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous Irritability.
rangement of the Digestive Functions, Gel
ave Debility, symptoms OF Consumption, &c.
mo MENTALLY-The fearful effects upon the
are much to be dreaded, Less of Memory, G.
sion of Ideas, Depression Of Spirits, Evil For
ings, Aversion Of Society, Self Distrust, LO'
Solitude, Timidity, &C., are some Of the evils
in duced.
,ral Thousands of persons ofall ages, can now
ulj what is the cause of their declining health.
ent ing their vigor, becoming weak, pale and EN-
ur- ted, have a singular appearance about the
g it cough and symptoms Of consumption.
of DR.. Johnston's Invigorating Remed,
airs Organic Weakness
By this great and important remedy, wea
was of the o: gans are speedily cured, and full
and restored. Thousands of the most nervous al
the bilitated, who had lost all hope, have been il
d to lately relieved. All impediments to MAJ
i've. Physical or Mental disqualification, Nervo
the r~itability, Tremblings and Weakness. or exh
rom ton of the most fearful kind, speedily cur
DIR. Johnston.
.: Young Men,
Who have injured themselves by a c
rug. Practice INDUCED in when alone-a habit
emily lparT6. rom evil rnmpanions, or at
the effecLe # which are nightly felt, even
30" asleep, and if not cured. renders marriage
n. sible, and destroys both mind and body,
" apply Immediately.
% What a pity that a young man. the hope
~ country, and the darling of his parents, sho