Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-12
MEDICAL.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACkERY.

| ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
| CAN BE OBTAINED.
DIR. JOHNSON has discovered the most
Certain, Speedy, and only Ettectual Remedy in
the World for Weakness OF me bscn OF R.ddes h%es
| Involuntary Discharges, Impotency, General
| Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Danguor
Low Spirits, Confusion Of Ideas PaIpitatlon OF
the Heart. Timidity, Trembling DImne55 Of
Throat, Nose, or Skin, Affections Of the Liver
Lungs Stomach, or Bowels-tkosc Terrible
Disorders arising from Solitary Habits o!
Youth-secrct and solitary practices more iata!
to their victims than the song Of Syrens to the
Mariners Of Ulysses, blightng their most bril-
| liant hopes or antclpatlons rendering mar
| riage, Sc, impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
| Especially who have become the victims Of
| solitary vice that dreadful and destructive
| habit which annually sweeps to an ultmely
| grave thousands of Young Men Of the most
| excellent talents and brilliant intellect who
might otherwise have cntranccd listening Sena-
| tors with the thunders Of eoquence, or walked
| to cstacy the living Tyre, may call with 1uIl
confidence.
| Married Persons, or Young Men comtempla-
ting marriage, being aware Of Physical weak
ness, Organic Debility, Dcformities, speedily
cured.
| He who places himself under the care OF DR..
| J. may religiously conhdc in his honor as q
| gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill
| as a physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
| Immediately cured and full vigor restored.
| This distressing affection, which renders to
miserable and marriage impossible is the
l,,-fh ha q InOrOUrIcty-
Young persons are too apt to commit eI,
cesses from not being aware of the dreadful
| consequences that may cnsuo. NOW, VINO thal
| understands tho subject will pretend to deny
that the power Of procreatlon IS Iost sooner I py
prudent? Besides being deprived OF the pleas,
| uirc of healthy offspring, the most serious and
| destructive symptoms Of both body ana m,nd .l
| arise. The System becomes der&nged, the
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened,
| Loss of Procreativc Power, Nervous lrrlt4olIi-
ty, Dyspepsia Palpitaton Of the Heart lndl-
gcstion, Constitutional Debility, and MaStlng
| Of the Franc, Consumption, Decay and Death.
DIR. JOHNSON,
Member Of the Royal College OF Surgeons,
LONDON Graduate Of one Of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States, an! the &reatcr
part Of whose life has been spent III the EGSPlt-
ais of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and c!ae-
where, has effected some Of the most aSLonI;h33
| ing cures that we're ever known, many troubled
With ringing in the head and ears when asleep
! great nervousness, being alarmed Ut sudden
Sounds, bashtulness, with frequent bluShIng! al
tended sometimes with arrangement o. iH''1"'
| were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
Dr. j. addresses all those who have Injured
themselves by improper indulgence and soIi-
| tary habits, which ruin both body ana mlnd,
uniting them for either business, study, soce-
| ty or marriage.
These are some Of the sad and melancholy
,accts produced BY early habits Of youth, viz
Weak Weakncss Of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Head, Dimncss Of Sight Loss Of Muscular P9"-
cr Palpitation of the Heart DysPepSht, Ner-
yous lrrlab ity, Dcrangcmcnt OF the Digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms ol
| Consumption, Gc: --- ,,:,
are much t. be dreaded. Loss OF Memory;
| Confusion Of Ideas, Depression OF SP!rits, EVIL
| ForebodineS, AvcrsCn to Society. Sell D!slrust,
| Love of Solitude Tilnidity, &c, are some o'
| the evils produced.
Judge what is the c,Us" Of their declining health,
| losing their risur, becoming weak, pale, nor~
vcus and omac':.tod having 3 singular appear,
ence about th~ eyes, Cough and Symptoms OF
'''''''''''' YOUNG lien.
! Who have injured themselves by q GER
| tain practice, indulgcd in, habit Ire
ouently learned from evil companions, or at
! school the effects of which are nightly felt
| even when asleep, and, if not cured, renders
ar5age Wposdo!9 sSny T mmsdiSyEsy 3Ss9ys '0' ~
| What Il pity that q young man, the nope "t
| his country, the pride Of MS parents, should %
snatchcd from al prospects ana enJoymch's ol
life by the consequence OF deVlatlng IRON tne
path Of nature and indulging in certain So
| cret habit. Such persons must, before c"hten-
pntinG ,,.,pr.rr
reflect that q sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connu0"l nap
| pncss. Indeed without these the Journey
| through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosp ct hourly darkcns TO the view, tn" mlnd
| becomes shadowcd with despair and ill, i WIZ
the melancholy reflection that the hAppnes. f.
another becomes bightcd with your own
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
| Whom tho rniscuided and mprudent Totary
of pleasure finds that ne has imbibed the seeds
of th: painful disease it too often happens thal
on iIltimel sense of shame Or dread Of discoV-
orv dctcrs him from applying to those, VINO,
from education and rcspcctabllity can nlohG
bcfricnd him, delaying till the CONSTITUTIONS
lsvmptoms Of this horrid disease make t9cir apI
noarAnce, such as liberated sore throat, dlSeH2eu
nose nocturnal pains II the head ana 'lii':'9'
dimncss Of sight, deafness, nodes on I4o s'.!nl
baros and arms blOtches on the head, fncc ana
nVtre mites, progressing with irghtiul raPlulty
iii ot !, ~ the palate Of the mouth or Inc poHe9
to nnsn '4i in, and the victim OF this a"lui
3iseuso tus 'Dec Becomes horrd object Of GommSsera
fD fspngs s' by uSssn ssndng to that UndscovSred
Country from whence Gr tbat iho,
1t is MELANCHOH- IL ~ 1isosss 49, owinr SaG
sands fall victims TO this tcrr ''e
to tho unskilfllness of ignorant tS9V ~ +.
| bv the use OF that DEADLY POI ,',,ai1c ,he
CURY, ruin the constitution and
residue Of life miserable.
DR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. +, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore Strees
few doors from tho corner. Fail not 70 observe
| name and number. =,
mo letters received unless post paid, and
containing stamp TO be used Oh tno Iepiy,
Persons Wriiinr should state age, and send por-
ton of advertisement descrb ing SYMPTOMS,