The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-04-07
Of all disease; the great. first cause
Springs from neglect of Natures laws.
NOT, WHEN A CURE

6CFF ELS NOhs WHEN n AOkG n
~ is guaranteed in all stages of SECRET
biliiy, Structures, elects, Gravel, Diabetes,
Diseases Of The Kidneys and Bladder, Mer.
curiaI Rheumatism, Scrofula, Pains in the
Bones and Ankles, Diseases of The Lungs,
Throat, Nose and Eyes, Ulcers upon The
body or limbs, Cancers, Dropsy, Edileptic
Fits, St. Vita's Dance, and all diseases sris.
ing from a arrangement Of the Sexual Or
gans.
Such as nervous trembling, less of memory,
loss of power, general weakness, dimness of
vision with peculiar spots appearing before the
eyas, loss of sight, wakefuness dyspepsia,
Liver disease, eruptions upon the face, pain
in theback and head, female irregularities and
all improper discharges from both sexes. II
matters not from what cause the disease origi.
mated, however long standing or obstinate the
case, recovery is certain. and in shorter time
than permanent cure can he effected by any
other treatment, even after the disease has baf
fled the skill Of eminent ply sicians and resist
ed all the means Of cure. The medicines are
pleasant without odor, causing 10 sickness
and free from mercury or balsam. During 20
years of practice, | have rescued from the
jaws of death many thousands, who. in the
last stages of the above mentioned diseases
had bean given up TO die by their physicians,
which warrants me IN promising to the afflict-
ed, who may place themselves under my care,
perfect and most speedy cure. Secret dis
eases are the greatest enemies to health, as
they are the first cause of Consumption, Scrof.
ula ana many other diseases, and should be a
terror TO the human family. AS a permanent,
cure is scarcely ever effected, a majority of
the cases falling into the hands of incompe.
tent persons, who not only fail to cure the
diseases but ruin the constitution, filling the
system with mercury, which, with the disease,
hastens the sufferer into rapid consumption.
But should the disease and the treatment
not cause death speedily and the victim mar
res, the disease l. entailed upon children, who
are born with feeble constitutions, and the
current of life corrupted by virus which be>
trays itselfin Scrofula, letter, Ulcers, Erup.
lions and other affections of the skin, Ewes,
Throat and Lungs, entaling them to an early
gave.
Self-abuse is another formidable enemy TO
health, for nothing else in the dread catal que
OF human diseases causes SO destructive dfan
upon the system, drawing its thousands OF
victims through few years of suffering down
to an untimely grave. II destroys the Ner.
vous system, rapidly wastes. away the energies
Of life, causes mental arrangement, prevents
he proper development of the system, dis
qualities for marriage, society, business, and
all earthly happiness, and leaves the sufferer
wrecked in body and mind, predisposed to
J consumption and tain of evils more TO he
dreaded than death itself. With the fullest
confidence assure the unfortunate victims of
selfabuse that a permanent and speedy cure
can be effected, and with the: abandonment of
ruinous practices my patients can be restored
10 robust, vigorous health.
h. IN: .
Patent Medicines, for there are So many inge-
NOUS snares in the columns of the public prints
to catch and rob the unwaTy sufferers that
millions have their constitutions ruined BY
the vile compounds of quack doctors, nr the
equally poisonous nostrums nded as Patent
Medicines have carefully analyzed many
of the so called Patent Medicines and find that
nearly all Of them contain Corrosive SupIi-
mate, which is one of the strongest prepara-
tons of meicuTy and a deadly poison, which
instead OF curing the disease dsabIes the sys
tenn for life.
lhree-fourlhs of the patent nostrums now
IN use are put up by unprincipled and ignor-
ant persons, who do not understand even the
alphabet of the MaterIa Medica, and are equal.
ly as destitute of any knowledge of the human
SYSTEM having one object only in, view, and
Mat to make money regardless of consequence.
irregularities and oil diseases of males and
females treated on principles established by 20
years of practice, and sanctioned by thousar. .ds
OF the most remarkable cuies. Medicines with
lull directions sent to any part of the United
States or Canadas, by patients ,ommu nicaling
their symptoms by letter. Business correspon.
dence strictly confidential. Address
]. SUMMERVILLE, M. D., Office No.
1i3i Filbert Street, [old No. 1897 below
Twelfth, Philadelphia.
January l3, 1858.