Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-02
MEDICAL.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.

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 tho Back or Limbs
Structures, Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder,
! Involuntary Discharges Impotcncy, General
Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia,, Languor,
Low Spirits, Confusion Of Ideas, falptatlon ct
tho Heart, Timidity, Trembling Dimne5s 9 Of
| Throat, No:c or Skin, Affections of the Layer,
Lungs, Stomach, or BoWels-tEose Terrible
| Disorders arising from Solitary Habits OF
Youth-secret and solitary practices more 1aisl
| to their victims than the song Of Syrens to- the
| Mariners of Ulysses, bighting their most bril-
| liant hopes or anticipations, rendering mar
riagc, Sc, impossible.
YOUNG MEN, .
Especially, who have BECOME the victims OF
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweeps to an ultlmey
grave thousands Of Young Men OF the most
excellent talents and brilliant lntellect VINO
might otherwise have entranced listening Sena,
| tors with the thundcrs Of cloquence, or walked
TO estacy the living Tyre, may Call Win 1"!I
confidence
Married Persons, or Young Men comtcmpla-
ting marriage being aware Of Physical weak
ness, Organic Debility, DcformltIes, speedily
cured.
He who places himself under the care OF DR..
]. may relgiously con1de in his honor as a
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his Skill
as physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
Immediately cured and full vgor restored.
This distressing affection, which renders NE
miserable and marriage Impossible, Is the
penalty paid by the victims OF improprlety.-
Young persons are too apt to commit e17
cesses from not being aware of the dreadful
consequences that may ensuc. NOW, VINO thal
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power Of procreatlon is lost sooner by
those falling into improper habits tnan oy INC
ure Of healthy offspring, the most serious and
destructive SYMPTOMS Of both body and mind
arise. The System becomes deranged, the
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened'
Loss Of Provocative Power, Nervous lrrltabli!-
ty, Dyspcpsia, Pal pitation of the Heart, lndl-
gcstion, Constitutional Debility, and Wasting
of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and Death
DIR. JOHNSON,
Member Of the Royal College of Surgeons.
London, Graduate Of one Of the most eminent
Colleges in tho United States, and the greater
part of whose life has been spent IN the hcsplL-
:.ls Of London, Paris, Philadelphla, and else
where has effected some Of the most astonlsh7
ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed 81 sudden
Sounds, bashfulncss, with frequent blushing al
tended sometimes with arrangement OF wlnd,
were cured Immediately.
TAKh PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. j. addresses all those who have injLrod
themselves by improper indulgence ana SOIL
t0ry habits, which ruin both body ana NINA,
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 in the
Head, Dinncss Of Sight, Loss of Muscu lar row
er, Palpitation Of the Heart DyspepsIa, Ner-
vous Irrita5i.ity, Derangement OF the Dlgestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms OF
Consumption, &c. ,
are much to be dreaded. Loss of Mem0ry.
Confusion Of Ideas, Depression Of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Ayerson to Society, Self Distrust,
Love Of Solitude, Ti!nidity, &c, are some OF
the evils produced.
Thousands Of persons of all ages can now
Judge W hat is the cause ofthe!r declining health,
losing their Vigor, becoming weak, pale, nor
vous and emacated, having singular appear
ance about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
0'''S@''' p'''' YOUNG MEN,
Who have injured themselves by q Ger
tain practice, ndulged in, d habit fre
qucntly Learned from evil companlons or Ut
school, the effects of which are nightly felt,
even when asleep, and, if not cured, rendera
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind
and body. should apply Immediately.
What pity that young man. the nope OF
his country, The pride Of his parents should be
snatchcd from ali prospects ana enJoymehts ol
life BY the conscq 1encc Of dcyiating from the
path Of nature, and indulging in q certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before contem-
plating
MARRIAGE,
reflect that sound mind and body arc the most
necessary requisites to promote c0nnublal nap
piness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrlmage; the
prospect hourly darkens TO the view, the mind
becomes shndowcd with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OK
another becomes blighted with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
when the misguided and imprudent Votsry
OF pleasure finds that be ha; imbibed the seed;
Of this painful disease il too often happens that
an ill-timed sense Of shame or dread OF dlscoV-
cry dctcrs him from applying to those, |ho'
from education and responsibility, can alone
befrend him, delaying till the constitutional
symptoms ofthis horrid disease make their ap,
pcsrance, such as liberated soro throat, diseased
nose, nocturnal pains il the head and llmDs'
dimncss Of sight, dcafncss, nodes on the shln,
bones and arms, blotches on the head face ana
eytrcmitics, progressing with frightful rapidity
till at last the palate Of the mouth or the bones
Of the nose fall in, and the victim Of this awful
disease becomes q horrid object Of commlssera-
tion, till death puts period to his dreadful sut
5S5ns: CoHntTy from S1 no EayeiieE Feturns
Iti a MELANCHOLY FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease owing
to the unskilfulncss of ofignorant pretendcrs. who,
bv the uso Of that DEADLY POISON, MI K
CURY, ruin the constitution and make the
residue Of life miserable.
DR.. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SoUTn FREDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore stFccl.
few doors from the corner. Fail not TO observe
name and number.
Gs4-No letters received unless post paid, and
containing q stamp TO be used on the reply
Persons writing should state agc, ana sena por-
ton of 2dyertseYoPPI aSSftO hangs in his Office