Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-08
MEDICAL.
baltimore LOCK HOSPITAL.
DR.. JOHNSTON

BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL.
DR.. JOHNSTON,
Physician of this celebrated institution. hss
| discovered tho most Certain, Speedy, fIeasan!
and Effectual Remedy in the world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Structures
t.ry Discharges, Impotency, General Debility,
Nervousness; Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Spirits,
Confusion of Ideas. Pslpitstion of the Heart,
Timidty, Trembling, Dimness of Sigh. or Gid
ddiiness Disease of The Head, Throat, Nose or or
or Bowels-those terrible Disorders arising
from Solitary Habits of Youth-secret and SOL
itary practices mere fatal to their victims than
the song of thu Syrens to the Mariners of Ulys.
ses: bighting their most brilliant hopes or an
YOUNG MEN
Especially, who have become the Victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
grave thousands of young men OF the most ex-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senstes
with the thunders Of eloqCence, or walked to
estacy the living lyro, may call with full conf
dence.
MARRIAGE
| Married persons, or Young Men contemplat-
| ing marriage aware of Physical Weakness
|
vous Excitabilty, Pspitstion, Organic Weak.
ness, Nervous Debility, or any other Disqusli-
| fcation, speedily relieved.
| He who places himself under the care Of DR.
j. may religiously confde in his honor asa
gentleman, and confidently rely upon his skill
| as physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Immediately cured and Full Vigor Restored.
This distressing Affscton-which renders
| life miserable and marriage impossble-is the
| penalty paid by the victims OF improper IN
dulgencies. Young persons are too apt to COM
! nit excuses from not being aware OF the dread
| iul consequences that may ensue. Now, VINO
that understands the subject will pretend to de-
ny that the natural powers arc lost sooner
| by those falling into improper hsbits than oy
the prudent2 Besides being deprived OF the
pleasure of healthy offspring, tho most serious
and destructive symptoms of both body and
mind arise. The system becomes deranged, the
| Physical and Mental Functions Woakened:-
Loss of Procrestive Power, N ervous lrritapil'ty
| Dyspepsia Palpitation Of the Heart, lEdigescc
| tios. Constitutional Debility and Wasting OF
| the Frame, Cough, Consumption, Decay and
Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
Relief in Six Hours No Mercury
Persons ruined by Ignorant, Trifing Pretend
ers and their Deadly Poison, should apply I'M
mediately.
DIR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeo
London, Graduate Of ono of tho most eminent
Colleges in the United States, and the greater
mart Of those ifo has been spent IN the hospitals
| of London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere
| has effected some of the most astonishing cures
| that were ever known many troubled VIA
ringing in the head and ears when asleep, great
| nervousness, being alarmed at sudden SOUNDS,
| bsshfulncss, with frequent blushlng, attended
| sometimes with arrangement OF mind, were
cured Immediately.
| TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DR.. j. addresses al those who have injured
themselves by improper Indulgence and solitary
! habits, which ruin both body and mind, un-
| fitting them for either busincs, study, society or
| marriage.
These are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by the early habits of youth.
viz: Weakness of the Back and Limbs. Pains
in the Head, Dimness of Sight Loss of Mus.
cular Power, Pslpilstion of the Heart, Dyspep.
sia, Nervous 1rritabity, Derangement Of the
Digestive Functions, General Debility, Symp'
toms of Consumption, &c.
MENTALLY The fearful effects on the mind
are much to DO dreaded. Loss Of hem Dry, Con:
fusion Of Ideas, Depression of Spirits Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society," Solf Distrust
Love of Solitude, Timidity, &c, are some OF the
Thousands of persons Of all ages can now
iudge what is tho cause of their declining
health, losing their vigor, becoming weak pale,
nervous and emsciated, having singular ap-
| pearance abou. the eyos, cough and symptoms
| of Consumption.
YOUNG MEN
| Who have injured themselves by a certtin
practice, already. described, q habit ire.
quenty learned from evil companions OF q!
school, tho effects of which are nightly felt,
even when asleep, and if not cured, rer ders
marriage impossible, and Destroys botp mind
and body, should appl' immediately.
| What pity that q young man, the nope OF
| ,jn nF bic
be snatched from all prospects and enjoyment
| of life BY the consequence Of deyatlng from
the path Of nature, and indulging IN pernl-
cious habits Such persons must before con-
tempatlng
MARRIAGE,
Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connuoi-
al happiness Indeed, without these the our
new through life becomes weary pilgrimage,
The prospect hourly darkens tn the view, tho
| mind becomes shadowed with despair, and filled
with the melancholy reflection that the hsppi.
ness of another is blghted with our own
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary
of nleasure finds that he has i'm bibed the seeds
| of this painful disease it too often happens
that an il-.imed sense ct shame or oreaa ol
discovery deters him from applying TO those
VINO, from education and re;pectabllity, can
slono hotriend him, delaying till the consttu-
tonsl symptoms of this horrld disease make
their appearance, such as liberated sore throat
diseased nose, nocturnal pains in the head and
limbs, dimness Of sight, deafness, nodes S o.
the shin bones and arms, blotcnes on the mead
tneo ne 'a and extrcmites progressing with fright:
fui rspidity, Till at last the pslate OF the mouth
or the bones of The nose fall IN ana tne vicsm
of tbi, awful disease becomes horrld OBJECT
of nmnoiscrstion till death puts q period TO
his dreadful suffering, by sending him to that
undiscovered country IRON whence no travel
ler returns n,r
1t isa melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands OF ignorant or unsklliul fEE
TENDERS, who, by tho use Of that deadly
and incapable OF curing, keep the unhappy sut-
fsrer month after month taking their noxious
or Injurious compounds, and instead of being
restored to a renewal OF Lie, VIgor and Happi-
ness, in despair leave him with ruined Health
to siyh over his CALLING Disappointment.
np InuNSTON