The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-18
MEDICAL.
DR. JOHNSTON,
oa TEE
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL


OFFICE, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET
From his extensive practice in the great Hospi.
tails OF Europe and the first in this country, viz,
England, France, Philadelphia and elsewhere
can offer the most certain, speedy and efectuai
- DISEASES or IMPRUDENoE.
weakness OF the Back or Limbs, Structures
Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder, Invollrn.
tary Discharges Impotency, General Debility
nervousness, Dyspepsia, Languor, Low Spirits
| Confusion of Ideas, Palpitation of the Heart
III nmnia ddy, TrTem ag, Dimness Of sight or
| or Skin Affection of the Lungs, Stomach or Bow
elsthose terrible disorders arising from the Sol
practices more fatal to their victims than the
song OF Syrens to the Mariner of Ulysses bghting
their most brilliant hopes or antcpatiops, rem
dering marriages, &c impossible.
YOUNG MEN
Especially who have become the victims OF
Solitude Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
winch annually sweeps to an untimely grave
| thousands of Young Men of the most exalted
talent and brilliant intellect who might otherwise
nave entranced listening Senatcs with the thun-
neIs OF eoquenee, or walked to ecstacy the living
yree, may call with full confidence.
| MARRIAGE. fr....
| Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating
marriage, belng aware OF physical weakness, or
game s aso,es &e speedily cured
| may reigiously confide on his honor as
gentleman and confidently rely upon his skill as q
| ORGANIC WEAKNESS.
Immediately cured and full vigor restored.
| This dreadful disease-whch renders life mise.
| rabie and marriage mpossible-is the penalty
PAID by the victims OF improper jndulgencies
Young persons are too apt to commit excesses
from not being aware of the dreadful conse
qnenees that may ensue Now, who that under
stands the subject will pretend to deny that the
power OF procreation is lost sooner by those fall
ing into improper habits than by the prudentf
Besides being deprived of the pleasures OF
1 fne.r
tive symptoms to both body and mind arise. The
system becomes deranged, the physical and men
tai functions weakened, loss of provocative pow
er nervous irritability, dyspepsia, palpitation of
the heart indigestion, constitutional debility, q
wasting OF the frame, coughs, consumption. de-
| cay and death.
A CURE WARRANTED IN TWO DAYS.
| Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten.
| ers who keep them trifling month after month
taking poisonous and injurious compounds, should
| apply Immediately.
DIR. JOHNSTON,
| Members of the Royal College of Surgeons LoL-
| don, graduate from one of the most eminent Col
| leges In the United States, and the greater part
| of whose life has been spent in the hospitals OF
London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere, has
| effected some OF the most astonishing cures
that We're ever known; many troubled with ring
| ing in the head and years when asleep, great
n nerSS, being alarmed at sudden sounds
| sometimes with arrangement of the mind, were
cured Immediately.
| TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE
DR.. ]: addresses all those who have injured
| themselves by improper indulgencies and solita.
ny habit which ruin both body and mind, unfit
ting them for either business, study, society, oil
| marriage.
These are some of the sad and melancholy eff.
fects produced by early habits of youth viz
Weakness of the Back and Limbs, Pains in the
Hea d, Dimness of Sight, Loss of Muscular Pow
er, Palpitatlon of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous
Irritability, Derangement Of the digestive Fune.
tons, General Debility, symptoms of Consump.
MENTALLY
| The fearful effects on the mind are much to be
dreaded. Loss of Memory, Confusion of Ideas
Depression OF Spirits, Evil Forebodings, Aversion
to Society, Selfdistrust, Love of Solitude Timii.
ity, SC, are some Of the evils produced.
Thousands of persons of all ages can now Judge
what is the of their declining health loosing
their vigor, becoming weak, pale nervous, and
emaciated having a singular appearance about
the eyes, cough AND Td SyymPo msS Of consumption
who have injured themselves by certain prtie.
tiee INDUCED in when alone-a habit frequently
learned from evil companions or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep, and, if not cured reuders marriage i'm
possible, and destroys both mind and body
| should apply Immediately.
| What pity that young man, the hope OF his
| country, the pride Of his parents, should be
snatched from all prospects and enjoyments OF
life by the consequence of deviating from the
path of nature and h.calging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons, MUST, before contempt
| ting
reflect that sound mind and body are the mos
| necessary requisites to promote connubial hapi.
ness; indeed, without these, the journey through
life becomes weary pilgrimage, the prospect
| Swallowed with despair and filed with the mel
| ancholy reflection that the happiness of another
| becomes blighted with your own.
| When the misguided and imprudent votary OF
pleasure finds he has inbbed the seeds of this
painful disease, it too often happens that an i'll
| timed sense of shame OF dread of discovery de-
tiers him from applying to those, who, from edb-
cation and responsibility, can alone befriend him.
He falls into the han Is Of ignorant and designing
| pretenders, who, incapable of curing, fitch his
pecuniary substance keep him uifling month
after month, or as long as the smallest fee can be
obtained, and with despair leave him with ruined
health to sigh over his CALLING disappointment, or
by the use OF that deadly poison Mercury, hasten
the constitutional symptoms of the terrible dis
ease, such as Affection of the Head, Throat
Nose Skin, ETC., progressing with frightful rapid
ity till death puts period 10 his dreadful suffer
ing by sending him to that undiscovered country
| from whose bourne no traveller returns.
To such, therefore, Dr. Johnston offers the most
certain, speedy, pleasant ard efectual remedy in
OFFICE, 7 SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
| Left hand side going from Baltimore street. a few
doors from the corner. Fail not to observe the
name and number.
containing stamp to be used on the reply. Per-
| sons writing should state age, and send portion
Of advertisement describing symptoms.
| There are so many Paltry, Designing and
| Worthless imposters advertising themselves
| Physicians, tIifling with and running the health
of all who unfortunately fall into their power
| that DR.. Johnston deems 1t necessary to say es-
| pecially to those unacquainted with his reputa-
| ton, that his Credentials or Diplomas always
| hang in his office
ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS.
The many thousands cured at this Institution
| within the last eighteen years, and the rune
rous Surgical Operations performed by DIR. John
ston, witnessed by the reporters of the Sun"
and many other papers, notice of which appeared
again and again before the public, besides his
| standing as gentleman OF character and respon-
sibility, is sufficient guarantee TO the afflicted
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
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| VNIIE NEW YORK HyGIENIC INSTITUTE