The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-03-10
OF all disease; the great. first cause
NOT. yYElEN A cum

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SUFFER NOT, svEEEN A CUEsE
~ is guaranteed 10 all stages oi SECRET
DISEASES, SELF.ABUSE, NERVOUS De-
bilIty, Structures, elects, Gravel, Diabetes,
Diseases of The Kidneys and Bladder, Mer.
curiaI Rheumatism, Scrolula, Pains in the
Bones and Ankles, Diseases of the Lungs,
Throat, Nose and Eyes, Ulcers upon the
body or limbs, Cancers, Dropsy, Edileptc
Fits, ST. Vita's Dance, and all diseases aTs.
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, wakeiulnesS Dyspepsia,
Liver disease, eruptons upon the face, pain
in the back and head, female irregularities and
all improper discharges from both sexes. 1t
matters not from what cause the disease origi
mated, however long standing obsti late the
case, recovery is certain. aud in shorter time
than permanent cure can he effected by any
other treatment, even after the disease has baf
fed the skill OF eminent physicians 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, 1 have rescued from the
| jaws of death many thousands, who, in the
had bean given up to die by their physicians,
which warrants me in promising to the aiflict-
cd, 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, Scrcf.
| ula anu many other diseases, and should be
terror to the human family. AS 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
ries the disease il enlailed upon children, who
are born with feeble constitutions, and the
current of life corrupted by a virus which be-
trays itself in Scrofula, letter, Ulcers, Erup.
tions and other affections of the skin, Eyes,
Throat and Lungs, entailing them 10 an early
grave.
Self-abuse is another formidable enemy TO
! health, for nothing else in the dread catalogue
of human diseases causes so destructive drain
upon the system, drawing its thousands OF
victims through few years of suffering down
to an unlimcIy grave. 1t destroys the Ner.
vous system, rapidly wastes away the energies
the 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
consumption and a tain of evils more to be
dreaded than death itself. With the fullest
confidence | assure the unfortunate victims OF
selkabuse that a permanent and speedy cure
can be effected, and with the abandonment OF
ruinous practices my patients can be restored
TO robust, vigoi Gus health.
The afflicted are cautioned against the use Of
Patent Medicines, ior there are su many inge-
nous snares in the t5lumns of the public prints
to catch and lob the unwary sufferers that
millions have their constitutions ruined by
The vile compounds of quack doctors, or the
equally poisonous nostlums nded as Patent
Medicines | have carefully auaIyzed many
of the so called Patent Medicines and find tha,
nearly all Of them contain Corrosive SubIi-
mate, which is one of the strongest prerara-
tons of mercury and deadly poison, which
instead of curing the disease disables the sys-
TEN for life
1 hree-tourths of the patent nostrums now
IN use are put up by unprinciped and ignor-
| ant persons, who do not understand even the
alphabet of the Nlateria Medca, and are equal
ly as destitute of any knowledge of the human
| sys'eH'' haVIhs one oDlect only IN view, aud
that to MAKE money regardless of consequence,
Irregularities and all diseases of males and
females treated on principles established by 20
years of practice, and sanctioned by lhousar. ds
of the most remarkable cuies. Medicines with
full directions sent to any part OF the United
States or Canadas, by patients communicating
their symptoms by letter. Business corespon.
dence strictly confidential. Address
J. SUMMERVlLLE, Nj. D., Office No
ll3l Filberl Street, [OId No. 1897 below
Twelfth, Philadelphia.
January 13, 1853.