Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-18
MEDICAL.
LOCK HOSPITAL.
ESTA ABLISHED AS A REFUGE FROM
QUACKERY.
THE ONLY PLACE WHERE A CURk
CAN BE OBTAINED.

DIR. JOHNSON has discovered the ;noE:
Certain, Speedy, and only Efectual Rem43. in
the World for Weakness of the Back OF or Llr. y.
Structures, Affection of the Kidneys or Blacd~.
Involuntary Discharges lmpotency, 1eherHi
Debility, Nervousness, DyspepsIs, ksagu05f 1gu ~
the Heart, Timidity, Trembling, Dmne5s OF
Sight, or Giddiness, Disease Of the Head
| Throat, Nose, or Skin, Affections of the Liver,
Lungs, Stomach, or Bowels-those Terrible
| Youth-secrct and solitary practices more fatal
| to thoir 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,
Especially, who have become the victims of
solitary vice, that dreadful and destructive
habit which annually sweep, to al uttimely
grave thousands of Young Men Of the most
excellent talents and brilliant intellect, who
might otherwise have entranced listening SeAa;
| tors with the thundcrs Of eloquence, or Wakeo
to estacy the living Tyre, may call with 1u!'
MARRIAGE
| Married Persons, or Young Men comtempla>
| ting marriage, being aware Of Physical W eak-
! ness, Organic Debility, Deformities, speedily
| cured.
He who places himself under the care OF Dr.
J. may religiously conhde in. his honor as a
|
| rs physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS
| Immediately cured and full vigor restored.
| This distressing affection, which renders liio
| miserable and marriage impossible, Is the
! penalty paid by tho victims OF lmpropriety.--
| Young persons are too apt to commit cH,
| cesses from not being aware of the dreadful
| consequences that may ensuc. Now, who that
understands the subject will pretend to deny
| that the power Of procreation is lost sooner Dy
| those falling into improper habits than by the
prudent? Besides being deprived OF the pleas
destructive symptoms of both body and mlnd
| arise Tho System becomes deranged, the
Physical and Mental Functions Weakened,
| Loss Of Procrcative Power, Nervous lrrlt4Dli-
| ty Dyspepsia: PalpitatIon of the Heart, 1ndi-
| geston, Constitutional Debility and WastlnG
| of the Frame, Consumption, Decay and Death
DIR. JOHNSON,
| Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
| London, Graduate Of one Of the most cmlncnI
| Colleges in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose life has been spent in the hcspit-
| ais Of London Paris, Philadelphia, and else
| where has effected some of the most astonlsA-
| ing cures that were ever known, many troubled
| with ringing in tho head and ears when asleep,
great nervousness, being alarmed at sudden
Sounds, bashulness, with frequent Dlushlng at
| tended sometimes with arrangement ol Dlhui
were cured Immediately.
| Itih AM ~ LA -NNI1HL.
DR. J. addresses all those who have inj Lred
! themselves by improper indulgence and :o!-
| tarv habits which ruin both body and mind,
uniting them for either business, study, socle-
| ty marriage.
| These are some Of the sad and melancholy
| effects produced by early habits OF youth, VIZ
| Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in tho
Head, Dimncss Of Sight, Loss Of Muscu ar Pow.
| er Palpitation Of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Ner-
| vous lrritabity, Derangement Of the digestive
Functions, General Debility, Symptoms OF
MENTAILY'-Th fearful effects on the MIND
are much to be dreaded. Loss Of Memory,
| Confusion OF ideas, Depression Of Spirits, EVil
| Forebodings Az erson to Society, Self Dlstrust,
| Love Of Solitude Timidity, Sc, are some or
| the evils produced:
| Thousands OF persons Of all ages can now
! udee W hat !: the cause ofthcir declining health
! losing their yigor, becoming weak, pale, ner-
| vous and emac!ated, having 81 singular appear
| ance about the eyes, Cough, and Symptoms OF
~''"'' ~ YOUNG MEN.
Who have injured themselves by Ger
| tain practice, indulgcd in, g habit fire
Gucnt]y 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 poIh mlhd
and body should apply Immediately;
What pity that a young man. the hopeo OF
his country, the pride of his parents, should p9
snatched from ali prospects and enjoyments OF
| life by the consequence of devlatng from Ine
path of nature, and indulging in q certain 81
cret habit Such persons must before conte'--
plating
reflect that sound mind and body are the mos
necessary requisites to promote connuDlal nap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prospC Ct hourly darkens to the view, the mind
| becomes shadowed with despair and filled with
| the melancholy reflection that the happiness o.
| another becomes blightcd with your own.
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
| Whom the misguided and imprudent votary
| Of pleasure finds tlat he has imbbed the seeds
of this painful disease 1t too often happens tnat
| an il-ti1ned sense Of shame or dread OF dIscoV-
cry dctcrs him from applying TO those' VINO,
! from education and responsibility, can alone
befriend him, delaying till the cGAs:ltutlonaL
symptoms Of this horrd disease lna:lc their ap,,
pesrance such as ulceratcd sore tAEo@t, d!Sc&Seu
| nose, nocturnal pains II the head 2Ed IIiios'
dimncss Of sight, deafness, nodes on t.te 49,
bones and arms, blotches on the mead, lace sne
! oxtremitics, progressing with frghtiul rapldlty
IN 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 commlssera-
ton, till death puts period TO ms qreadlul SUI
| fnrings, by sending him 10 that undiscovered
| Country from whence no traveller returns"
oTti II is > MELANCHOLY FACT that thou
| sands fall victims to this terrible disease, owing
o1hn unskilfuness Of ignorant pretendors. VINO,
hv the use Of that DEADLY POISON, MF r.
| City, ruin tho constitution and make the
| residue Of life miserable.
DIR. JOHNSON,
| OFFICE, No, 7, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET.
| BALTIMORE, MD,
Left hand side going from BaItInlore g Stsees aSe
| Iau; Goors from the corner. Fail not 10 oDserVo
name and numbC1. .;1 ond
containing n Stamp to be used on the reply
Persons Writing should state age, ana scna p0f-
tion of ADVERTISEMENT 2serlong sy'hptIG;q I;s aqioo
TNDOHsEMENT OF The PRESS.
| ,,o-,,onv Thousands cured at this establish
r,ort v,itIlii1 the last twenty years, and the
,o,s n,omU i'm noraut Surgical Operations perform