Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-21

| Disorders arising from Solitary Habits OF
| Youth-secret and solitary practices more tatal
to their victims than the song of Syrens to the
Mariners Of Ulysses, blighting their most bril-
| liant hopes Or antClpauons, rendering mar
riage &C., impossible. ..... g.a s.&l
.....- YOUNG MEN, ..a. .".a
| Especially, who have become the victims of
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
| habit which annually sweeps to an ultmey
| grave thousands of Young Men of the most
| excellent talents and brilliant intellect, who
might otherwise have entTanCed listening Sena-
tors with the thunders OF eloquence, or walked
| to estacy the living Tyre, may call with tuII
confidence. -.
Married Persons, or Young Men comtempla-
| ting marriage, being aware of Physical Weak
| ness, Organic Debility, Deformitiess speedily
| cured.
He who places himself under the care of DR.
J. may reLgiously confde in his honor IS
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, !s the
penalty paid by the victims Of improprlety.-
Young persons are too apt TO commit eI-
cesses from not being aware Of the dreadful.
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
ure OF healthy offspring, the most serious and
destructive sym ptoms Of both body and mind
arise The System becomes deranged, the
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened,
Loss Of Procreative Power, Nervous Irrit&biI-
ty, Dyspepsia, Palpitation of the Heart, 1ndl-
gestion, Constitutional Debility, and Wasting
of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and Death
-. ..... DIR. JOHNSON, -.. B.. ,...
Member Of the Royal College of Surgeons.
London Graduate Of one Of the most eminent
COLLEGES in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose life has been spent in the hcEPlt-
ais Of London, Paris, Philadelphia, and else
where. has effected some Of the most astonisl-
ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
sounds, bashtulness, with frequent blushlng, at
tended sometimes with arrangement OF wlnd:
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and soil
tary habits, which ruin both body and MIND,
uniting them for either business, study, socle'
ty or marriage. 49,.
These are some Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits Of youth, viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains IN Tn"
Head, Dimnoss of Sight, Loss Of Muscu ar Pow
er, Palpitation Of the Heart, DyapepsIa, Ner-
vous Irritab ity, Derangement OF the Digestive
Functions. General Debility, Symptoms OF
Consumption, &C: ,:.l
are much to be dreaded Loss OF Memory,
Confusion OF Ideas, Depression of Spirits, EVIL
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Sell DlstrusI;
Love Of Solitude, Timidty, &C, are some OF
the evils produced.
Thousands OF persons Of all ages can no" no"
A., E : hair 6ap
losing their VigOr, becoming weak, paIe her-
vous and emac!ated, having singular appear,
ance about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
0'''1 ''' i,' YOUNG MEN. .
Who have injured themselves by q Ger
tain practice, INDUCED in, habit fre
0uently learned from evil companions, or at
school, the effects of which are nightly felt,
even when asleep, and, if not cured, renders
marriage impossible and destroys both mind
and body. should apply immediately,
What pity that young man, Inc nope OF
his country, the pride Of his parents should De
snatched from all prospects and enJoyments oL
life by the consequence Of deViating from the
path of nature, and indulging in certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before contom-
plating "
reflect that sound mind and body are thu lAos.
necessary requisites to promote connubl&l nap
through life becomes q weary pilgrlmagci the
prosp ct hourly darkens to the view, the Inlhd
hecomes shadowed with despair and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happinca &
another becomes blighted with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent Votary
of Measure finds that he has imblbed the 3ed4
of this painful disease it too often happens thaI
an ill-timod sense Of shame or dread 9l ulsc4Y-
cry detcrs him from applying to those, VINO
from education and respectabllIty can stoh9
he friend him, delaying till the cCnEtltutlone
sVm ptoms of this horrld disease make their ap77
noorta zee such as liberated sore throat, dlsea1ed
nose n, .cturnal pains n the head ana HLnHs'
dimness o. sight, deafness, nodes on Inc Shln5
bones and rms, blotches on the neSdi iACG 9t &no
oyt-aTritjns Progressing With trlghtiu rapldlIy
iii ~ ia.t tha 1slate of the mouth or the bones
of+ho nIco foli in and the victim OF this aWful
Jis"aso bocoTnas a NOrrid object Of commlssara-
fnn iii doytb nuts g period to his dreadful SUI
ferings, by sending hi N to th9G onaiscoF9''u -
Country from whence no trSTe!leT1 We a1! TeturnS.
1t is MELANCHO. ~ FAG! tnS' tnou
to the unslfuness Of igno an n p
BY the use of that DEADLI fOLooNi Af n,
curry, ruin the constitution &na max! 1H0
residue Of life miserable, ...
DIR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FEEDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore street
few doors from the corner. Fail not to observe
name and number.
Ea- N . letters received unless post paid, and
contoi0ing,a ctonon TO be used on the reply
Persons Writing should state age, and send por-
ton of advcrtisemeRt describing symptto?msa;
INDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this e$t4bliah-
mont within the last twenty years, and tho nu-
ferrous important Surgical Operations perform
Cd bv DR.. johnson, witnessed by the reporters
Of The Sun and many other papers, notices OF
which have appeared again and again betor
the public, besides his standing as gentleman
of character and responsibility, is a sufficient
guarantee to the afflicted.
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
Baltimore jan 7-ly ..
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