Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-07-05
MEDICAL,
Baltimore Lock Hospital.
DIR. JOHNSTON,

DIR. JOHNSTON,
Physician of this celebrated institution, has dis,
covered tho most Certain, Speedy, Pleasant ana
Efectual Remedy in the world Tor all
DISEASES OF IMPRUDENCE.
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Structures,
Affection of the Kidneys or Bladder, lnyolun-
tary Discharges Impotcncy, General Debility,
Nervousness, Dyspdpeia, Languor, Low Splrts'
Timidity, Trembling Dmncss Of Sight, or Gid
diness, Disease of tho Head, Throat, Nose or
Skin, Affections of tho LIVER Lungs, Stomacn
from Solitary Habits of Youth-secret and SOL
itary practices more fatal 10 their victims than
the songs of the Syrens to the Mariners OF Ulys-
SOS, blighting their most brilliant hopes or an
ticipations, &c.
YOUNG MEN
Especially who have become the Victims OF
Solitary Vice, and dreadful and destructlye
habits which annually sweep TO an untimely
grave thousands of young men OF the most cX-
alted talents and brilliant intellect, who might
otherwise have entranced listening Senates with
the thunders of eloquence, or walked to cStacy
tho living Tyre, may call with full confidence
MARRIAGE.
Married persons, or Young Men contemplat-
ing marriage, aware of Physical Weakness
| (Loss of Procreative Power-lmpotency, Ner-
yous Excitability Palpitation, Organic Weak
ness, Nervous Debility, or any other Disquall
! fcation, speedily relieved.
He who places himself under the care OF Dr. >.
may religi0usy contide in his honor n gentle
man, and confidently rely upon his skill rs Il
physician.
ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Immediately cured and Full Vigor Restored.
This distressing Afection-which renders life
miserable and marriage impossible-s the
penalty paid by the victims Of improper indulg
encies. Young persons arc too apt to commit
cxcesses from not being aware Of the dreadful
understands the subject will pretend to dony that
tho natural powers are lost sooner by those fall
ing into improper habits than by the prudent
Besides being deprived of the pleasure OF healthy
offspring tho most serious and destructive symp-
tens of both body and, mind arise Inc system
Functions weakened Loss Of Procreativc Power,
Nervous Irritability, Dyspepsia, Palpitaton OF
| the Heart Indigestion, 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 TriAing Pretenders
and their Deadly Poison, should apply lmmedi-
atey.
DIR. JOHNSTON
Member of the Royal Collegeof Surgery Of Lon
don, Graduate Of one Of the most eminent Col
leces in the United States, and tho greater part
of whose iio has been spent in the hoSpltal5ol
London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere, ha'
effected some Of the most astonishing cures thal
| were ever known; many troubled with rlnglngih
tho head and ears when asleep, great nervousness,
| being alarmed ut sudden sounds bashtu!noso,
| with frequent blushing, attended sometimes with
! arrangement of mind, werc cured immediately
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.
DIR. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgence and solitary
| habits. which ruin both body and mind uniting
them for either business study, society or mar
| riuge. .
These are somo of the sad and melancholy Of
fccts produced by the early habits of youth, w:
| Weakness of tho Back and Limbs, Pains in tho
Head, Dimncss of Sight Loss of Muscular Power,
Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspcpsia, Nervous
Irritability Derangcmont of the Digestive Func-
tions, General Debility, Symptoms OF Consump-
ton, &c. MIA .,orc, os,cts ou ,bo mind
arc much 20 be dreaded. Loss of Memory, Con"
| fusion of IDEAS, Depression Of Spirits, EVIL forc-
bodings Aversion to Society, Self Distrust, Love
of Solitude, Timidity, &C. are some OF tho ovns
produced.
Thousands of persons Of MI ages can now judge
what is tho cause of their declining health, losing
| their vigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous and
emaciated, having singular appearance about
the eyes, cough and symptoms OF C"ns"inpuo"
YOUNG MEN
Who have injured themselves by certain prac
tice, already described, q 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 nm
| mediatcly.
What pity that n young man, the hope of
his country, the pride of his parents, should be
| snatched from all prospects and enjoyment OF
| life by the consequence Of deyiating from the
nath of nature, and indulging III pcrncIous
| h3bits. Such persons must, before contemplate
ing
MARRIAGE.
| Reflect that Il sound mind and body aro the
| most necessary requisites to promote connuDal
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
| through life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, INC
prospcct hourly durkcns to the view, the mn1
| becomes shadowed with despair, and hlIcd with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
DISEASE OF IMPRUDENCE.
When tho misguided and ir2riident votary Q
Measure finds that he has imbibcd tho seeds OF
this painful disease, it too often happens that an
ilI-tine sense of shame or dread OF discovery de-
ters him from applying to those who from cduca-
ton and responsibility, can alone bctrlend hlm,
delaying till the constitutional symptoms OF thi'
berrd disease makes their appearance, such as
liberated sore throat, diseased nose, nocturnal
pains in tho head and limbs, dimneas OF sight
deafness nodes on the shin bones and arms