Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-13
MEDICAL,
LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
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THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
CAN BE OBTAINED. =

| THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURE
. CAN BE OBTAINED 4
DR. JOHNSON has discovered the most
the World for Weakness of the Back or Limbs
Structures, Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder;
lnyountary Discharges Impotency' uenersl
Low Spirits Confusion Of Ideas, Palpitation Of
the Heart. Timdity, Trembling, DlmneSs OF
Sight, OF Giddiness Disease OF the HEAD,
| Throat No G, or Skin, Affections Of the LIVER,
Lungs stomach, or BowesMtEose uab;t dettoos oe
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 or anticipations, rendering mar
riage &c, impossible.
YOUNG MEN, 49,; -
Especially, who have become the victim" Of
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweeps to an ultimely
grave thousands Of Young Men OF the most
| excellent talents and brilliant intellect, who
might otherwise have entranced listening sena,
tors with the thunders of eloquence, or Wsked
to estacy the living Tyre, may call with ful!
| confidence.
| Married Persons, or Young Men comtempla-
| ting marriage, being aware of Physical weak
ness, Organic Debility, Deformltles, speedily
cured.
lie who places himself under the care OF Dr.
J. NAV religiously conf1do in his honor as
gentleman and confidently rely upon his ski!
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:ty.-
Young person. too apt to commit eA,
ce.ses from not being aware Of the dreadful
thst m
understands the subject will pretend to deny
that the power Of procreation is lost sooner 6y
those falling into improper habits than by tho
prudent? Besides being deprived Of the pleas,
ure of healthy offspring. the most serious ana
arise The system becomes deranged, tho
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened,
Loss of Provocative Power, Nervous lrrltabi;i-
ty, Dyspepsia Pal pitation OF the Heart; md
gestion, Institutional Debility, and Wasting
of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and Death.
DR. JOHNSON, ...
Member Of the ROYAL College Of Surgeons
London Graduate of one Of the most eminent
Colleges in the United States and the sreater
part OF whose life has been spent in the hosPlt-
ais Of London, Paris Philadelphia and else
where has effected some Of the most aStonlsh-
ing cures that were ever known. many troubled
with ringing in the head anG ears when asleep,
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
sounds, bashfulEcss, with frequent blushlng, az
tended sometimes with arrangement OF mind,
were cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR. NOTiCE.
DR.. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indul gence and soil
tary habits, which ruin both body and MIND,
uniting them for either business, study, socle.
ty marriage.
These arc some Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by early habits Of youth: viz:
Weakness OF the Back and Limbs; Pains in the
Head, Dirnncss of Sight, Loss OF Mu5cu!sr PQw-
er, Palpitaton Of the Heart, Dy.srep5ia, Ner-
vous Irritabi ity, Derangement OF the Digestive,
Functions, General Debility, Symphonic OF
Consumption, sc.
MENTALLY The fearful effo Is on the mind
are much to be dreaded Loss Of Memory;
Forebodings Az crson TO Society, Self Distrust,
Love 81 Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some u
the evils produced.
Thousands OF persons Of AL ages can now
Judge " hst is the cause of their declining health
losing their vigur, becoming weak, pale, her-
Yous and elnac ated, having singular appear
ance about the eyes, Cough and Symptoms of
Consumption.
Who have injured themselves by GER
tain practice, indulged in, habit fire.
quently learned from evil companions. or at
even when asl:ep. and. if not cured, renders
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
snatched trorl all prospects and enjoyments Of
life be The consequence of deviating from tho
path Of nature, and indulging in n certain Sc
cret habit Such persons must, before contem-
plating
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; tho
prosp CT hourly darkens to the view. the mind
becomes Swallowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another becoa,as blighted with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Whcn the misguided and imprudent votsry
of pleasure finds that he has mblbed the seeds
of this painful disease it too often happens that
an il-tilned sense of shame or dread Of dlscoV-
ery deters him from applying TO those, who,
from education and responsibility, can alone
befriend him, delaying till the constitutional
symptoms Of this horrld disease mako their sp,
pearance, such ulcernted sore throat, diseased
nose n ncturnal pains in tho head and limbs
dimness Of sight, deafnesa, nodes on the shin
bones and arms blotchcs on the head, lace and
extremties progressing With frighttul rapidlty
till at last the pal ate OF the mouth or the bones
of the nose fall in, and the victim OF this awful
disease becomes horrid object of commlss"ra-
tion, till death put: period to his dreadful suf-
ferings, by sending him to that Undiscovered
Country from whence no traveller returns
1t is MELANCHULY FACT that thou
sands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing
to the unskilfulncss Of ignorant pretcnders. who,
by the use Of that DEADLY POISON, ME-
curry, ruin the constitution and make the
residue of life miserable
DIR. JOHNSON,
OFFICE, No. :, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET.
BALTIMORE MD,
Left hand side going from Baltimore stree
few doors from the corner Fail not to observe
name and number
Sg n O letters received unless post paid and
containing stamp to be used on the reply