Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-17
MEDICAL.
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE. FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAIN ED.

THE ONLY PLACE WHERE CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED.
DR.. JOHNSON has discovered the most
| Certain. Speedy and on y Etiectual Remedy IL
the World for Weakness of the Back or r Limbs,
| Structures Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder,
Inyolunta5y Discharges impotence eaor oeaura'
| Low Spirits, Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation Of
the Heart, Tinidity, enlbling. Dimness OF
Sight, or Giddness, Disease of the Head,
| Throat, No e, or Skin, Affections OF the LAYER.
| Lungs, Stomach, or Bowe)s-teose lerriIle
Disorders arising from Solitary Habits Of
Youth-secret and solitary practices more fatsl
| to their victims than the song of Syrens to the
| Mariners of Ulysses, blighting their most bril-
| liant hopes anticpations, rendering mar
| riage, &C., impossible.
YOUNG MEN,
Especially, who, have BECOME the victims OF
| solitary Vice, tnat dreadful and destructive
! habit which annually sweers to an ultlmely
crave thousands of Young Men Of the most
excelent talents and brilihnt intellect, ~n"
might otherwi Q Lave cnlrnnceG listening D ma,
tors with the thund.rs o! e:tTutAce, or wnKed
to estncy the living Tyre, may call with !uiI
confidence. "
Married Persons, or Young Men comt:!npla-
| ting marriage, being aware Of Physical Hc4k-
| ness, Organic Debility, Deformities, speedily
cured.
|
| J. may religiously confde 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 he
miserable and marriage Impossible, Is the
| penalty paid by the victims or mpropri. .ty-
| Young persons are too apt 10 colnmiI eA1
cesses tron not b+ing aWarc OF the dfe"uiui
Loo N lt
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power Of procreatlon Is lost sooner py
those falling into improper habits than by the
prudent? Besides being deprived of the pleas,
destructive symptoms Of both body and mind
arise The system becomes derangcd, the
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened,
Loss Of Procreative Power, Nervous lrrltsoii!-
ty, Dyspepsia. Palpitati9n Of the Heart; IT, lnd,
gestion, Cons itutional Debility, and Wastin1g
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 the United States, end the :rnatcr
part OF whose life ha3 been spent III the ho$Plt-
ais of London. Paris, Philddelphla, Ana else
where, has effected some OF tnc most hSsrilSh.
ing cures that were ever known, man' troubled
with ringing in the head and ears when asleep
great nervousness, being alarmed 1t sudden
sounds, bashiuness, with frequent bushlng: at
tended sometimes with arrangement OF NINA,
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have Injured
themselves by improper indulgence &nd soil
tary habits, which ruin both body and mInd'
uniting them for either business, study, socc'
ty or marriage.
These are some of the sad snd melancholy
effects produced by early habits of youth. viz:
Weakness of the Back and Limbs Pains IN the
l 6 ,,.I{ T cNFN NIIsn n ~ n
er, Palptation Of the Heart DyspepSja, Ner-
vous Irritabi ty, Derangement Vf the Digestive
Functions. General Debility, Symptoms OF
Consumption, &C.
MENTALLr.--The fearful ete' is on the mlno
are much to be dreaded. Loss of Memory;
Confusion of Ideas, Depression Of Spirits, EVll
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self Dlstrus;,.
Low, Of Solitude, Timidity, &C., are some oi
the evils produced. :.
Thousands o. persons Of ali ages can now
Judge hat is the use Of their declining health,
losing their vigor. bec0'nlng weak, pale neE-
vuus and emac ated, having a singular appear,
ance about tn eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
o0"sO'H p'''H' YOUNG MEN,
Who have injured themselves by. q GER
tain practice, lnduiged ln' haolI lF'-
quently learned from evil companions; or at
school, the effects of which are nightly felt.
even when AL .ep and. if not cured, renders
marriage impossible, Mnd destroys both mind
and body. should apply immediately.
What pity that p young man, the hope Of
his country he pride of his parents, should be
snatchcd from Ill prospects and enjoyments ol
life b. he consequence Of deviating from tac
% tn of nature and indulging in a certain Sc
cret habit. Such persons must, before coNteAl-
plating ,cr
reflect that sound mind and body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connabinl hap
pine>s Indeed. without these the Journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; .tne
prosp ct hourly darkens to the view. the nina
becomes sh.iowed with despair nd filed with
the melancholy r Election that the happiness OF
another becomes blgh,ei with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPKUDENCE.
}Vhe.. the misguided and imprudcnt votNry
of pleasure finds tLat he has imbbed the seeds
of this pa nlul disease it too often haHlens that
an ill-t;med sense of shame or dread Of dlscoV-
cry deters him from applying to those, who,
| from education and respectablity, can alone
| befrend him, delaying TIL the c22nSulu!ionh
| symptoms of this h0rrid disease make their ap-
pearance such rs liberated sore throat, dlseased
| nose, II cLurnsl pains IN the head and lmDs
| dimncss OF light deaine5S, noe cs on the SIM
| bones and arms, bIotches on the head, lace Az"
| extremities. pro crossing WITH trghtfui rspidltT
till at last the palate Of the mouth or the bones
| of the nose fall in, and the victim Of this awful
disease becomes horrid object OF coinmlss 'Ea-
ton, till death puts period to his dreadful su;,
ferngs, by sending him to thHt Undlscovercd
Country from wrencc m traveller returns -
ltis "a MELANCHOLY FACT that thou
sands fall victims t. this terrible disease, owing
to the unsklfulness Of ignorant pretenders, who,
| bv the use of that DEADLY POISON, MEk.
curry, ruin the constitution and make the
residue Of lie miserable.
DR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. 7, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD,
| Left hand side going from Baltimore strecS
few doors from the corner Fail not to observe
name and number.
~ No letters received unless post paid and
| containing stamp to be used on the reply
Persons writing should state age, and send por-
| tion of adyertisr1n ent describing symptoms