Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-10
MEDICAL.
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DIR. JOHNSON has discovered tho most
Certain, Speedy, and only Efectual Remeay ~
the World for Weakness Of the Back or DlmDs'
Structures, Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder
Involuntary Discharges, lmpotency 1enUfn l',nr
Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Danguof
Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpltatioh ot
the Heart, Timidity, Trembling DimneSS o.
| Throat, Noe, or Skin, Affections of the hver
Innps Stomach, or Bowels-tEose Terrible
Disorders arising from Solitary Habits OF
| Youth-secret and solitary practices more laTA
TO their victims than the song Oh oyrens - Ill III
Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most orH
| liant hopes or enticipations, rendering hfu'
riage &C., impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
| Especially, who have become the ylctms OF
solitary vice, that dreadful and destrucIVV
habit which annually sweeps TO an ultlmely
grave thousands of Young Men OF the most
excellent talents and brilliant lntellcc~ VIM
might otherwise have entranced listening Seua
tors with the thunders of eloquence, or WsHeI
to estacy the living Tyre, may call with iun
| confidence
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons, or Young Men comtempls-
ting marriage, being aware Of Physical Weak
ness, Organic Debility, Deformities, speedily
He who places himself under tho care OF DR.
| 7. NAV religiously confde in his honor a
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his SKI
| as q physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately cured and full vigor restored
| This distressing affection, which renders NE
miserable and marriage impossible, IS The
penalty paid by the victims OF lmproprlety.-
| Young persons arc too apt TO commit OK
cesses from not being aware OF the dreadiul
consequences that may ensue. NOW, VINO IhA'
| understands tho subject will pretend 10 deny
| 81, ~ e
| those falling into improper habits tnan py Ine
| prudent Besides being deprived OF the pleas,
| ure Of healthy offspring, the most serious Sh4
1 destructive symptoms of both BODY ana hlE"
arise Tho System becomes deranged, Ih1
7 PHYSICAL and Mentsl Functions Weakened.
/ Loss of Procreative Power, Nervous Irrt4ohi-
| tv. Dyspepsia, Paipitaton Of tho Heart, lndI
| gestion, constitutional Debility, and Wastin2
| OF the Frame, Consumption, Decay anu Dc"'H'
DIR. JOHNSON,
Meober of the Royal College OF Surgeons,
| London. Graduate of one of the most eminent
| Colleges in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose life has been spent IN the hrspI'-
| ais of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and else
where, has effected some OF the most astolil9I-
| ing cures that were ever known, many trouolo4
with ringing in the head and ears Wheh asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
| sounds bashtulness, with frequent Dlushlng, al
| tended sometimes with arrangement OF wlhd
were cured immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
| DR.. J. addresses all those who have iEjLrol
| themselves by improper indulgence ana son
| tary habits which ruin both body and mlnd,
uniting them for either business, study sOcIe-
| ty or marriage.
These are some of tho sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth, VIZ
| Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains III IL
Head Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular row
| er, Papitation Of the Heart, Dyspepsia, \ or
vous Irritabity, Derangement of the DIgestiVs
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms
| Consumption, &c.
| MENTALLY.-The fearful effects on the nina
are much TO be dreaded. Loss OF Memory,
| Confusion Of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, bYI
| Forebodings, Ayerson to Society, Self DlstrusI,
| Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c. are some 81
| the evils produced
iud ge hat is the cause Of their declining health
| losing their vigor, becoming weak, pale, nor
vous and emac!ated, having singular appear
ance about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms 81
0'''N YOUNG MEN.
Who have injured themselves by Il cef
| tain practice, INDUCED H. hHOi' lro
ouentiy learned from evil companions, or At
school, the effects of which are nightly IeIt'
| even when asleep, and if not cured, render
| marriage impossible, and destroys both minH
and body should apply Immediately.
| What a pity that young man, the hopo OF
his country. the pride of his parents, should be
| snatched from sll prospects and enJoyments oi
| life bv the consequence Of deviating from the
| psth of nature, and indulging in certain s''
cret habit Such persons nlust, before contain
plating .up1.cp
reflect that sound mind and body are thu noet
necessary requisites to promote connublal hap
| piness Indeed, without these the Journey
| through life becomes - weary pilgrimage; tho
| prosp ct hourly darkens to the Wow, the mind
| becomes shsdowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness *
another becomes bighted with your own.
DISEASES OF INPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent yotary
| of pleasure finds that he has mbibed the seeds
| of this painful disease it too often happens thai
| on il-timed sense of shame or dread OF dlec"V-
cry deters him from applying to those, W
| from education and responsibility, can alone
| befriend him. delaying till the constitutions!
| sv1nptoms of this horrd disease make their APP
| nearence such as ulceTeted sore throat diseased
| nose nocturnal pains n the head and imba.
| dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on the snlh
| bones and arms, blotches on the headi race ana
extremities, progressing with frighttul rapldlty
till at last The palate Of the mouth or IT,, mes
| of the nose fall in, and the victim OF this awiu
| disease becomes a horr!d object Of commlsser&
ton, till death puts period to hla dreadful SUI
! ferings, by sending him t. hat undiscovered
| Country from whence no traveller returns.
1t is \ MELANCHOLY FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing
10 the unskil(ulness of ignorant pretenders, Wao,
| hv the use Of that DEADLY POISON, Mp T.
| curry, ruin the constitution and make the
residue Of life miserable.
DR.. JOHNSON.
OFFICE No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
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