Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-19
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.

QUACkERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.
DIR. JOHNSON has discovered the most
Certain, Speedy, and only Efectual Remedy. in
the World for Weakness OF IL tne BACK or pj1' Lim1os'
Structures, Affection of The Kidneys or Bladder;
Involuntary Discharges, Impotency, General
Debility, Nervousness Dyspepsia, Languor,
Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas Palpitation of
the Heart Timidity, Trembling, DImneIs Of
Tght or Gdd2e Dses;o of IF the the ys3 HeaS
Lungs, Stomach, or Bowels-those Terrible
Disorders arising from Solitary Habits OF
Youth-sccret and solitary practices more fats
to their victims than the song Of Syrens to the
| Mariners Of Ulysses, blightng their most brill
Liant hopes or anticipations, rendering mar
riago &C., impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
Especially, who have become the victims Of
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
| habit which annually sweeps to an ult!mely
grave thousands Of Young Men Of the most
| excellent talents and brilliant Intellect, who
tors with the thunders Of cloquence, or waked
to estacy the living lyre may call Win 1uli
| confidence
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons or Young Men comtempH ~
! ting marriage being aware Of Physical weak
| ness, Organic Debility, DefOrmltles, speedily
| cured.
lie who places himself under the care or Dr.
| J. may religiously conlde in his honor as
gentleln&n and confidently rely upon his skill
| as q physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately cured and full vigor restored. -.
| This distressing affection, which renders life
miserable and marriage impossible, ls the
penalty paid by the victims OF impropriety.-
| Young persons are too apt TO commit cX-
cesses from no. being aware OF Inc drea1lu!
! consequences that may ensue. Now, who that
| understands the subject will pretend to deny
| that the power Of procreatlon is lost sooner BY
| those falling into improper habits than BY the
! prudent? Besides being deprived OF the pleas,
urc OF healthy offspring, the most serious and
| destructive symptoms OF both BODY ana mtTd
arise. The System becomes dcranged, the
PhysicaI and Mental Functions Weakened,
| Loss Of i,rocrcutivc Power Nervous lrrltaoi!i-
ty, Dyspepsia Palpitation Of the Heart, lndl-
gcstion, Constitutional Debility, and Wastng
| of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and Death.
DR.. JOHNSON,
Member Of the Royal College Of Surgeons
| London Graduate Of one Of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the creator
part Of whose life has been spent in the hosplt-
als Of London, Paris Philadelphia, and else
where. has effected some Of the most astcn!sh-
| ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
| with ringing in the head and ears when asleep,
great nervousness, beng alarmed aI suuueh
| sounds, bash:ulncss: with frequent blushing at
tended sometimes with arrangement OF plnd
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have Injured
themselves by improper indulgence and soll-
tary habits, which ruin both body and mind,
uniting them for either business, study, socie-
These are Some Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits Of youth. viz:
| Weakness Of the Back and Limbs, Pains IN the
Head, Dimncss Of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow
er, Palpitation Of the Heart, DyspepGe, Ner-
vous Irritabi ity, Derangement Of the Digestive
MESThLLY.- .-Thc fearful effects on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss of Me!n9ry;
Confusion of Ideas, Depression Of Spirits, EVIL
| Forebodngs, hversOn to Society, Self Dlstru51,
Love Of Solitude, Tindty, Sc, arc somo OF
the evils produced.
| Thousands OF persons Of all ages. can now
judge hat is the cause Of their declining heath
losing their visor, becoming weak, pale, ner-
vous and emac.atcd, having a singular appear,
anco about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms or
o0''S"' p'''' YOUNG MEN.
Who have injured themselves by o GER
tain practice, indulged in, , a habit =, fTe- e.
qucntly learned from eyil ,companion1s or f at
even when asleep, and, if not cured, renders
marriage impossible and destroys both mind
and body. should apply Immediately;
What q pity that young man, tie nope OF
his country the pride Of his parents, should be
snatched from All prospects and enjoyments OF
! life by ne consequence of deVAtlng from the
path of nature and indulging in a certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before contcm-
plating cr
reflect that sound mind end body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connublal hap
pines Indeed. W thout these the Journey
through life becomes weary pl!grlmaHci the
D-osp CT hourly darkens TO the v!cW. the mlnQ
! becomes shatuwad with despair ard h!led with
| the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another becomes b!ightcd win your own.
DISEASES OF I31PRUDENCE.
Whe the misguided and inprudont votary
| Of pleasure finds tia, he has imbibed the seeds
| Of this painful disease it too oftn HAPPENS that
| al il-timed sense Of shame or dread ot dlsc0V-
| cry dcters him from applying to those, VINO,
from education and responsibility, can alone
oefriend him, delaying till the constitutional
symptoms OF this hprr:d disease make their ap,
pearnncc such 0s ulcerAted sore throat, diseased
nose cturnal pains ii the head and jlmos'
! dimness OF i ght deafness, nodes on the shlh--
bones and arms, biOtches on the head, lace ana
| extrcnilics progressing with trlghttul rapdlty
| till at last ;hc palate Of the mouth or the bones
| of the nose fall iD and the victim of this awful
disease becomes horrid obJ"ct OF commas 'ra-
ton, till death puts period to his dreadful! sui;
ferings, by sending him to that Undiscovered
Country from waencc no traveller returns"
it's 4 MELANCHULY FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease owing
10 the uIlskilfulncss Of ignorant pretenders 40
nv the use Of that DEADLY POISON, NJ r.
| Curry, ruin the constitution and MAKE the
residue Of lie miserable.
DIR JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDEgICE STREET
RAITINORE MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore streel
few doors from the corner. Fail not 10 observe
name and number.
@s- o letters received unless post PAID ana
containing stamp to be used on the reply
Persons Wrilinr Should state age, and send por-
flor Of advertisement describing symptoms