Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-07-20
MEDICAL.
baltimore LOCK HOSPITAL.
DIR. JOHNSTON,

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- DIR. JOHNSTON.
Physician of this celebrated institution, has
discovered the most Certain, Speedy, Pleasan!
and Effectual Reu1edy in the world for Oil
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Structures,
Affection Of the Kidneys or Bladder, ln7olun-
tsry Discharges, lmpotency, General DeDillty,
Nervousness; Dyspepsis. Languor, Low Spirits
Confusion of Ideas Palpitatlon OF tho deari,
Timidity, Trembling, Dimness of Sig !: or Gid
dinsss, Disease ftho Head, Throat, Nose or
Skin, Affections of the Liver, Lungs, Stomach
or BoWes-those terrible Disorders arising
| from Solitary Habits of Iouth--secret and SOL
| itary practices moro fatal to their victims than
the song Of the Syrens to the Mariners Of u lys-
ses. blighting their most brilliant hopes or an
| ticpations, Sc.
YOUNG MEN
| Especially, who have become the Vlctin2 OF
| Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to an untimely
| grave thousands of young men of the most e1-
allied talents and brilliant intellect, VINO might
| otherwise have entranced listening Senstes
| with the thunders of eloquence, or walked to
estacy the elivng Tyre, may call with full cont-
dence.
MARRIAGE.
| Married persons or Young Men contemplat-
ing marriage, aware of Physical weakness
(Loss of Procreative Power-lmpotency,2 Nor
| vous Exctability, Palpitation, ORGANIC Weak.
ness, Nervous Debility, or any other Dsquali'
| fcaton, speedily relieved.
Howho places himself under the care Of DR..
j. may religiousy confide in his honor as
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 impossble--is the
penalty paid by the victims OF improper in
dulgencies. Young persons arc too apt to COM
| nit excesses from not being aware OF the dread
tul consequences that may ensue. Now, who
that understands the subject will pretend to de-
ny that the natural powers arc lost sooner
| by those falling into improper habits than by
| the prudent2 Besides being deprived OF the
| pleasure Of healthy offspring, the most serious
| mind arise. Tho system become5 deranged, tho
Physical and Mental Functions weakened.-
7 Loss of Procreatve Power, Nervous lrritability,
| Dyspepsia, Pal ptation Of the Heart lEdlges-
| the Frame Cough, Consumption, Decay and
Death.
| A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS
Relief in Six Hours No Mercuryl
Persons ruined by Ignorant, Trifing Pretend
ers and their Deadly Poison, should apply i'm
| medietey.
| DR. JOHNSTON,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
| London, Graduate Of ono Of the most eminont
| Colleges in the United States, and the greater
part Of whose lfn has been spent in tho hospitals
| Of London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere
| has effected some of the most astonishing cures
that we're ever known; many troubled with
| ringing in the head and ears when asleep great
| nervousness, being alarmed at sudden SOUNDS:
bashfulnegs, with frequent blushlng, attended
sometimes with derangement OF mind, werc
cured Immediately.
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
DR.. J. addresses all those who hsvo injured
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
! habits, which ruin both body and mind. un~
lifting them for either bushes, study, 'ocety or
! marriage
These are soma Of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by the eally habits Of youth.
viz: Weaknese Of the Back and Limbs. Pains
cular Power, Pslpitstion of the Heart, Dyspep.
| sia. Nervous Irrita5ty, Derangement Of the
| Digestive Functions, General Debility, Symp-
toms of Consumption. &c. ,
| MENTALLY Tho fearful enocts on the mind
arc much to be dreaded. Loss of Mem ory, Con.
fusion Of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil
Forebodings, Aversion to Society, Self Diatrust,
Love of Solitude, Timdity, &C., are somo of the
| evils produced.
| Thousands of persons Of all ages can now
Judge what is the cause of their declining
| health losing their vigor, becoming weak, pale,
nervous and emsciated, having q singular ap-
pearance about the eyes, cough and symptoms
| Of Consumption.
YOUNG MEN
| Who haYo injured themselves by certain
practice, already described, habit fire..
! quenty learned from evil companions or al
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 a pity that q young man, the hope OF
/ |, ba ,An ~ IN
be snatched from sll prospects and enjoyment
of life bv the consequence Of devistlng from
| the path Of nature, and indulging in pern-
cious habits. Such persons must, before con-
templsting
MARRIAGE
Reflect that a sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites t. promote connubi-
al hardness Indeed, without these the jour
ney through life becomes weary pilgrimage.
| the prospect hourly darkens tn the view. the
mind becomes shadowed with despair and filled
with the melancholy reflection that the happl'
ness of another is blightod with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and imprudent votary
| of pleasure finds that he has imbibad tho seeds
| of thi, painful disesse it too oiton happens
| that an il-limed sense Of shame or dread OF
discovery deters him from applying 10 tnose
wnc, from education and respectsbity, can
alone betriend him, delaying till the constitu-
tional symptoms of this horr!d disease mako
their appearance, such as. liberated sore throat,
| diseased nose nocturnal pains in the head and
| limbs, dimness Of sight, deafness, nodes o.
the shin bones and arms, blotches on the head
| face and cxtremiLies, progressing with fright
apd til at last the palate sEd of the the mcath uiotm
or this swful disease becomes horrd object
Of commiserstion till death puts q period to
his dreadful suffering by sending him to that
undiscovered country IRON whence no travel
Ter returns"
It is melancholy fact that thousands DIE
victims to this terrible disease through falling
into the hands OF ignorant or unskilful PRE-
TENDERS. who, by the use of that deadly
Poison, Mercury, &c, destroy the constitution
and incapable of curing, keep the unhappy sur
| fsrer month after month taking their no1ious
| or Injurious compounds, and instead of being
| restored TO renewal OF Life, Vigor and Happi-
ness, in despair leave him with ruined Heath
to sigh over his CALLING disappointment