Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-18
MEDICAL.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.

QUAChEk I.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.
DIR. JOHNSON has discovered the most
Certain Speedy. and only Ettectual Remedy in
Structures, Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder,
Involuntary Discharges, ,Impotency, General
Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, Languor,
| Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpltauon OF
the Heart, Timidity, Trembling, DimneSs OF
| Sight or Giddiness, Disease of the Head,
Throat, Nose, or Skin, Affections, Of the Lly,er
| Lungs, Stomach, or Bowels--those Terrible
| Disorders arising from Solitary Habits OF
| Youth-secret and solitary practices more fatal
| to their victims than the song Of Syrens to the
Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most bril-
| liant hopes anticipations, rendering mar
rage, &c, impossible
YOUNG MEN,
Especially, who have become the victims of
solitary Vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweeps to an uitlmely
grave thousands Of Young Men OF the most
excellent talents and brilliant intellect, who
tors with the thunders Of eloquence, or walked
to estacy the living lyre may call with tuIl
confidence.
MARRIAGE.
Married Persons, or Young Men comtempla-
| ting marriage, being aware of Physical weak
ness, Organic Debility, Detormites speedily
cured.
He who places himself under the care OF DR..
j. may regiously conhde 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 life
miserable and marriage impossible Is the
penalty paid by the victims Of lmpropr!ety.-
cesses from not being aware Of the dreadful
consequences that may cnsuc. Now, VINO thaI
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power Of procreaton IS lost sooner py
those falling into improper habits than by the
prudent? Besides being deprived OF the pleas
tlre Of healthy offspring, the most serious and
destructive symptoms Of both body and mind
arise. The System becomes deranged tue
Loss of Procreativo Power, Nervous IrrtabiIi-
ty, Dyspepsia Palpitaton Of the Heart lndt-
gestion, 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 nost emlneht
Colleges in the United States and the greater
part of whose life has been spent II! the h"spl-
ais of London. Paris Philadelphia, and else
where, has effected some Of the most astonish-
ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
with ringing III the head and ears when asleep.
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
sounds, bashiunes5, with frequent Dlushings al
tended sometimes with arrangement Oh iplhu'
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. j. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and SOIL
tarv habits, which ruin both body and mind,
uniting them for either business, study soc!e~
| ty or marriage.
These are some Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits Of youth, VIZ
| Weakness Of tho Back and Limbs, Pains in the
| Head, Dimncss Of Sight, Loss Of Muscular Pow
err Palpitation Of the Heart, Dyspepsla, Ner-
vorls Irrtabity, Derangemenl Of the Digestive
| Functions, General Debility, Symptoms OF
Consumption, SC.
| MENTALLf.-The fearful elects on ine H'iiu
| are much to be dreaded. Loss Of Memory,
| Confusion Of Ideas, Depression Of Spirits, EVil
| Forebodings Averson to Society, Self Dlstrust,
| Love of Solitude Timidity, &c, are some OF
the evils produced:
| Thousands of persons Of al ages can now
Judge what is the CAUSE ofthelr declining heath,
| losing their yigor, becoming weak, pale, ner-
! vous and cmac!ated having singular appear,
| anco about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
YOUNG MEN.
! Who have injured themselves by GER
tain practice, indulged in, y habit fre
quently learned from evil companions, or at
| school. the effects of which are nightly felt,
even when asleep, and if not cured, render;
marriage impossible, and destroys both mind
| and body. should apply immediately,
| What pity that a young man, the hope OF
his country, the pride Of his parents, should DC
snatchcd from all prospects and enjCyments OF
| life by the consequence Of deviatng from the
path of nature, and indulging in certain Sc
cret habit Such persons must, before con'eln-
plating ,.o,
| reflect that sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connublal nap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
| through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosplc ct hourly darkens to the view, the mlnd
| becomes shadowcd with despair and filled with
| the melancholy reflection that the happiness -
| another becomes blighted with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent votsry
| of pleasure finds that he has mbbcd tho seeds
| of this painful disease it too often happens that
an il-timed sense Of shame or dread OF dl5c0V-
cry dctcrs him from applying to those Wno
bcfriend him, delaying Till the constitutions!
SYMPTOMS Of this horrd disease make their ap,-
| pearance such as liberated sore throat, diSe'Eea
nose nocturnal pains il the head ana iilnos'
| dimness of sight, deafness, nodes on lne SILL
bones and arms, blotches on the head, facc ana
extremities, progressing with frlghttul rapldlty
lii at last the palate of the mouth or the bones
of the nose fall in, and the victim OF this aWlul
| disease becomes horrid object OF commlssera-
ton, till death puts q period to his dreadful sut;
ferings by sending him to that Undiscovered
| Country from whence no traveller returns"
| tits Il MELANCHOLY FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing
to the unskilfulness Of ignorant prctenders,W 40,
bv the use of that DEADLY POISON, MY r.
| curry, ruin the constitution and make the
residue Of life miserable.
DR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET.
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore atroel
few doors from the corner. Fail not 10 oDsefVo
| name and number.
| nY~No letters received unless post paid, and
containing a stamp to be used on the reply
Persons Writing should state age, and SEND por'
ton of advcrtsem describing symptoms;