Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-21
MEDICAL.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.

DIR. JOHNSON has discovered the most
Certsin Speedy. and only Efectual Remedy in
| the World for Weakness Of the Back or Limbs.
Structures Affection Of the Kidneys or Bladder,
n1ehage LasR9or
Low Spirits, Confusion OF Ideas, Palpitation of
| the Heart, Timidity Trembling, DlmneSs OF
Sight, or Giddiness, Disease Of tho Head,
Throat, Nose, or Skin, Affection Of the LAYER,
Lungs, Stomach, or Bowels-those Terrible
Youth-secret and solitary practices more fatal
to their victims than tho song Of Syrens to the
Mariners Of Ulysses, blighting their most bril-
liant hopes or antclpAtlons, rendering mar
| rage, Sc, impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
Especially, who have become tho victims OF
solitary vice. that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually, sweeps, to an ultlmcly
eycellent talents and brilliant intellect, who
might otherwise havo entranced listening Sena-
tors with tho thunders Of eloquence, or walked
to estacy tho living Tyre, may call win i"''
confidence.
Married Persons or Young Men comtempls-
Ting marriage being aware OF Physical w eak~
ness, Organic Debility, Detormitles, speedily
cured.
J. may reigiously conlde in his honor as q
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill
as physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately cured and full vigor restored -,
This distressing affection, which renders lie
miserable and marriage impossible, is the
penalty paid by the victims OF lmproprlety.-
Young persons are too apt to commit e1-
cesses from not being aware Of the dreadful
consequences that may ensuc. NOW, VINO that
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power of procrcatlon IS lost sooner Gy
those falling into improper naoa oF oFa he ~ Gss sro
tlre of healthy offspring, the most serious ana
destructive symptoms Of both body and mind
arise The System becomes deranged, the
Physical and Mental FUNCTIONS Weakened'
ty, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, lnd'-
gestion. constitutional Debility, and Wasting
Of tho 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 amt the greater
part Of whose life has been spent, IN the hcs2lt-
ais Of London, Paris Philadelphla, and else
where has effected Eomo OF the most astohlin ,hiaI
with rim ging in the head and ears When asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed st sudden
Sounds, bashtulnoss, with frequent biushlng, a.
tended sometimes with arrangement OF Dlnd,
were CllTcQ llIllllCudLclJ.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and SON
tary habits which ruin both body ana mlnd'
uniting them for either business, study, socle-
ty or marriage
These are some Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits OF youth VIZ:
Weakness Of the Back and Limbs, Pains in tho
Head, Dimncss Of Sight, Loss Of Muscular P9W-
<l,o ~
vous Irritabijity, Derangement Of the Digestive
Functions General Debility, Symptoms OF
Consumption &c.
MENTALLY. Tho fearful effects on the mind
arc much to be dreaded. Loss OF Memory,
Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits EVil
Love of Solitude, Tmidity, &c, are some OF q
the evils produced:
Thousands OF persons Of all ages can now
Judge W hat is the cause ofther declining health
losing their yigor, becoming weak, paie, her-
vous and elnac!utcd, having a singular appear
ance about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
''''9'' i''0''' YOUNG MEN.
Who have injured themselves by, a Ger
tain practice, indulged in, habit tre
nuently learned from evil companions, or at
school, the effects Of which are nightly felt,
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind
and body. should apply Immediately;
What q pity that young man., the nope OF
his country the pride of his parents, should DO
snatched from all prospects ana cnJoylnenls tb q.
path of nature and indulging IN 3 certain Sc"
cret habit. Such persons must, before cohtem-
plating n,rr
reflect that sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites TO promote connubial nap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
I oh h6rOmnS
prosptct hourly darkens to the view the mlno
becomes shadowed with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the hnppIncsi et
another becomes blighted with your own
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
When tho misguided and imprudent votary
Of pleasure finds lLaL he has lmblDed tho SEEDS
of this painful disease it too often happens that
an ill- timed sense OF shame or dread Of discov-
cry detcrs him from applying. to those VINO,
from education and respectabillty can alone
befriend him, delaying till the CONSTITUTIONAL
SYMPTOMS of this horrid disease make tnelr ap-
pearance, such as liberated sore throat, diseased
nose nocturnal pains il the head and limbs
dimncss of sight, deafness, nodes on the shln,
homes and arms blotches on the head, face ana
extromities, progressing with trlghtiui raPidity
till al last the palate Of the mouth or Inc pones
Of tho nose fall in, and the victim of this awful
disease becomes horrid object of commissera-
ton, till death puts period to his dreadful sui
| farinos by sending him to that Undiscovered
Country from whence no traveller returns
1t !: MELAN CHOL4 FACT that thou
sands fnl victims to this terrible disease, owing
to the unskifulness of ignorant prctenders. .Wlo,
nv the use of that DEADLY POISON, MF r.
curry, ruin the constitution and make the
residue of life miserable.
DR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. T. SOUTH FREDERICK STREET
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore stroel
| few doors from the corner. Fail not 10 oOserVo
name and number ,
nar No letters received unless post PAID ana
containing stamp to be used on the reply
Persons Writing should state age, ana sena por-
ton Of advertiscment dese5ibIng symp5hG;ms h;t aco
| The Doctors DIPLOMA hahss III nis olnco'
TNDORsEMENg OF THE PRESS.
| Tho manv thousands cured at this establish
-t ,itbi1 thc last twenty years, and the nu-
mcrous moro important Surgical Operations perform
al by DR., Johnson, witnessed by the reporters