The Portland daily press., 1863-09-26
0SnA WILL BE FORFEITED BY DIR. l.
SEslNNI DIX If failing 70 cure in less TING than

10 anu " al DAuESStS. Jy1 cOuoui
0EOn WILL BE FORFEITED BY DIR. l.
pCOU DIX if failing to cure in less time than
any other physician, more ehectually and perma-
nently with less restraint from occupation fear OF
exposure to all weather. with safe and pleasant med
icines, ~
SELF-ABUsEA AND SOLITARY HABITS,
Their effects and consequences; sar
AZ. SPECIAL AILMENTS DEMONSTRATIONS,
1l Incident to Married and Single Ladies;
SECRET AND DELICATE DISORDERS;
Mercurial Anectots; Eruptions and all Diseases OF
the skim Ulcers of the Nose hroat and Body; Pim-
pies on the Faces Swellings of the Joints; Nervous
Constitutional and other Weaknesses in yonth
and the more advanced at all ages, of
B0THsExEs, SINGLE OR MARRIED.
fFta 4ft ia1DR. l.. DIX'S 5E3t issi0
PRIVATE MEDICAL OFFICE,
81 EndicOtt street, Boston Mass,
is arranged that patients see or hear each
other Recollect, the ONLY entrance to his Office is
No. 81 having no connection with his resdence,co
sequently no family interruption, so that
count can any person hesitate applying at his office.
DIR. DIX
boldly asserts land it cannot be contradcfed except
by Quacks, who will say do anything, perjure
themselves, to impose upon patientsl that he
sTHE ONLY REGULAR GRADUATE PHYSICIAN AD-
vERTIsIEG IN BOSTON. e
SIXTEEN YEARS
engaged in treatment of Special diseases. fact so
well known to many Citizens Pu blshers Merchants,
Hotel Propretors, &C.. that he is much recommend
STRANGERS AND TRAVELLERS
To avoid and escape Imposition of Foreign and Ma.
tive Quacks, more numerous in Boston than other
large cities, esfe f
proudly refers to Professors and respectable Phys-
cians-many of whom consult him in critical cases
because of his acknowledged skill and reputation
tanned through SO long experience, practice and OBJ
servation. n N sea sks
AFFLICTED AND UNFORTUNATE,
be not robbed and add to your suerings in beiHg de-
ceivsd by the lying boasts, Misrepresentation, fse
promises and pretensions of
FOREIGN AND NATIVE QUACKS
who knew little of the nature and character of Spec
ial diseases. and their Some exhibit
forged diplomas of Institutions or Colleges, which
never existed in any part Of the rorld; others ex-
hbt diplomas of the dead, how obtained, uI known;
not only assuming and advertising in of those
inserted in the diplomas but to further their mposi-
ton assume names of other most celebrated physi-
clans long since dead. Neither be decevedby
QUACK N0STRUM MAKERS.
through false certificates and references and recon-
mendations of their medicines by the dead, who ca
not expose or contradict them; or who besides, to
further their imposition, copy from Medical books
much that is written of the qualities and effects OF
different herbs and plants, and ascribe all the
TO their Pills, Extracts. Specifics & most of which,
If not all. contain Mercury because of the ancient
belief of its curing everything" but now known
to "kill more than is cured, and those not killed,
consttuiionally injured for life. tt>--
IGNORANCE OF QUACK DOCTORS AND NOS.
re E sA RI TRUM MAKERS.
Through the ignorance of the Quack Doctor, know
ing no other remedy he relies upon Mercury, and
gives it TO all his patients in pills. drops &c. the
Nostrum Maker, equally ignorant, adds to his So
called Extracts, Specific. Antidoe. &c. both RELYING
upon its effects in curing few in hundred it is
trumpeed in various ways throughout the land: but
ALAS. nothing is said of the baance some of whom
die, others grow WORSE and left to linger and suf
fer for months years. until relieved or cured II
possible, by competent physicians.
BUT ALL oUACKs ARE NOT IGNORANT.
Notwithstanding the foregoing facts are known to
some quack doctors and nostrum makers vet regard
less of the life and health of others, there are those
among them who will even per;ure themselves. con-
tradcting giving mercury TO their patients that it
is contained in their Nostrums. that the usual
fse'' may be obtained for professedly curing or the
dollar Traction of it, may be obtained for the
Nostrum. 1t is thus that many deceived also and
uselessly spend large amounts for experiments with
quackery-
Or. L. DIX'S
credly confidential and all rely on him with the
strictest secrecy and confidence. whatever may be
the disease, condition situation of any one mar
ried single.
Medicines sent by Malta Express to all parts of
the United States. .,l-
All letters requiring advice contain one dollar
to insure answer.
Address DIR. L. DIX. No. 81 Endc ottstreet Boston,
Mass.
Boston, Jan. /, 1863 Iy