Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-06
MEDICAL.
Baltimore Lock Hospital.
DIR. JOHNSTON.

DdllllllUlt IIUUA 1AOopltoi.
DIR. JOHNSTON.
Physician of this celebrated institution, has dis
covered the most Certain, Speedy, Pleasant ard
Etfectual Remedy in tho world for all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness Of the Back or Limbs, Structures,
Affection Of the Kidneys or Bladder, InyoIun-
tary Discharges lmpotency, General DeoililS,
Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation OF the Heart
| Tmidity, Trembling Dnlness of Sight, or Gid
diness, Disease of the Head, Throat, Nose or
Skin, Affections of the Liver Lungs Stomach
or Bowcls-thoso terrible Disorders arising
from SOLITARY Habits of Youth-secret and SOL
itary practices moro fatal to their victims than
the songs of the Syrens to the Mariners of Ulys-
ses, blghting their most brilliant hopes or an
tcipations, &c. ...:
YOUNG MEN.
Especially who have become the Victims OF
| Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructive
habits which annually sweep to- an untnnely
| grave thousands of young men OF the most ex-
allied talents and brilliant intellect VINO mlsht
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence,. or walked to eNtacy
the living Tyre, may call with full confidence
MARRIAGE
| Married persons, or Young Men contemplst
| ing marriage, aware OF Physical Weakness
| (Loss of Procreatiye POwer-lmpotency, Ncr-
vous Excitability, Palpitation, Organic Weak
| ness Nervous Debility, or any other Disquall
| fcation speedily relieved.
| He who places himself under the care of DR.. j.
may rcligiously confdc in his honor as a gentle
man, and confidently rely upon his skill ASA
| physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
| Immediately cured and Full Vigor Restored,
This distressing Afection-which renders Life
miserable and marriage impossible is th'
penalty paid by the victims Of improper lndllg
cnces. Young persons are too apt to commit
| excuses from not being aware Of the dreadful
consequences that may ensue. Now VINO that
understands the subject will pretend to deny that
| the natural powers are lost sooner by lhose lui
| ing into improper habits than by the prudent:
Besides being deprived of the pleasure of healthy
offspring the most serious and destructive syml-
| TENS of both body and mind arise. The system
| becomes derangcd, the Physical and Mental
Functions weakened Loss of Procreatiye Power,
Nervous Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palplt9tlIonl ol
| the Heart indigestion, ConStll!lt33nal o. DeDilty
! and Wasting of the Frame, Cough, Consumption
| Decay and Death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS
Relief in Six Hours No Mcrcury!
Persons ruined by Ignorant, T'riling Pretcnder,
and their Deadly Poison should apply immcdl-
ately.
DIR. JOHNSTON
Member Of the Royal Colrgcof Surgery Of Lon.
don. Graduate of one Of the most eminent Col
lcges in tho United States, and the greater part
of whose life has been spent i'll the ho:pal5oi
London, Paris Philadelphia and elsewhere has
effected some Of the most astonishing cures ina,
were ever known; many troubled with Tlnglngih
the head and ears whrnasIccp, great nervousness
| being alarmed at sudden sounds, bashlulnos:
| with frequent blIlshing attended sometimes with
| arrangement of mind, were cured immediately
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE. ...
Dr.. }. addresses all those who have inj ured
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
habits which ruin both body and mind, uniting
them for either business, study, society or mar
| riagc.
| These arcssonc of the sad and melancholy cl
fects produced by the early habits Of youth, viz
| Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Head Dilnncss of Sight, Loss of Muscular Power,
| Papitation of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous
| Irritability, Dcrungcmcnt Of the Digestive Func-
tions, General Debility, Symptoms OF Consump-
| ton, &c. .
MENTALLY-Th fearful effects on the mind
| arc much to be dreaded. Loss Of Memory, Con-
fusion Of Ideas Depression OF Spirits, Evil Fore
bodings, Aversion to Society, Self Distrust, Love
of Solitude, Timidity, Nc, are some OF the evh'
| produced
Thousands of persons of all ages can now judge
what is the cause of their declining health, losing
| their vgor becoming weak, pale nervous and
| emaciatrd having singular appearance about
the eyes, cough and symptoms Of Consumption
YOUNG MEN
| Who have injured themselves by a certain prac
ticc already described n habit frequently learn
ed 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 both mind and body, should apply i'm
| mediatcly.
Whata 4 pity that young man, tho hope Of
| I g, 3l,n do nfh Shpui
snatchcd from all prospects and enjoyment oi
| life by the consequence of dcvintinS from the
bath of nature, and indulgng in pcrncious
| hdbits Such persons must, before contemplate
| ing
MARRIAGE.
| Reflect that q sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connublal
happiness, Indeed, without these the Journey
| through life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
| becomes shadowed with despair, md filled with
| the melancholy reflection that the happiness %!
another is blghtcd with our own.
DISEASE OF 1MPRUDENCE.
When the misguided and im2rudcnt votary
uleuslre finds that he has imbibcl the seeds ol
| this painful disease, it too often happens that an
iIl-tilne of shame or dread Of discovery de-
ters him from applying to those WlIo from c1tlch-
| ton and respcctability can alone bcirlcnd him,
| DELAYING till the constitutional symptoms OF this
| horrid disease makes their appearance, such ns
| liberated sore throat, diseased nose nocturnal
pains in the head and limbs, dimncss Of sight,
| deafness, nodes on the shin bones and arms,
blotches on the head, face and cXtremiti"s, pro-
crossing with frighttul rrpidity, till at last the
| palatc of the mouth or the bones Of the
nose fall in and the victim Of this awful disease
becomes II horrid object of cornmI.:erall"n til
death puts & period to lis dreadful suffering, by
sending him to that undiscovered country from
whencc no traveller returns
1t is Il melancholy fact that thousand. PIE
victims to this terrible disease, through falling
into the hands of ignorant or unskiIlul PRE-.
TENDERS, who by the u-c Of that deadly
Poison, Mercury, &c, destroy the constitution,
and incapable Of curing, keep the unhappy sui
fercr month after month taking their n"X'ou'"
injurious compounds and instead %I beng re
in despair leave him with ruined Health t" Ugh
| IL.