The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-03-01
MEDICAL.
BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,

BALTIMORE LOCK HOSPITAL,
OFFICE, 2 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 effectual
remedy re yb y sRs SIFid OF 52F IMpRupENoE
Weakness of the Back or Limbs, Structures
Affections of the Kidneys and Bladder, Inyolun.
tary Discharges, Impotency, General Debility
Nervousness, Dyspepsia Languor, Low Spirits
Confusion of Ideas, Paipitation of the Heart,
Tmdty Tremblings, Dimness of Sight or
or Giddiness, Diseases of the Head, Throat, Nose
or Slein. Affection of the Lungs, Stomach or Bow
els-these terrible disorders arising from the Sol
itary Habits of Youth--those secret and solitary
practices more fatal to their victims than the
song of Syrens TO the Mariner of Ulysses blighting
their most brilliant hopes or anticipations, rem
dering marriages &c Impossible
Especially, who have become the victims OF
Solitude Vice, that dreadful and destructive habit
which annually sweeps to an untimely grave
thousands of Young Men of tie most exalted
talent and brilliant intellect, who might otherwise
have entraneel listening senates with the th,ni.
ders of eloq,lence, walked to ecstacy the living
lyree may call with full confidence.
sH f MARRIAGE -,..
Married Persons, or Young Men contemplating
marriage, being aware of physical weakness, or
ganc dehiities, determinations &C., speedily cured.
He who places himself under the care Of DIR. j.
may relgiously eonfide on his honor as
gentleman and confidently rely upon his skill as
! ORGANIC WEAKNESS. Il, lr...
Immediately cured and full vlgor restored.
This dreadful discase--which renders life mise
rable and marriage impossible--is the penalty
| paid by the victims of improper jndulgencies.
| Young persons are too apt to commit excuses
| from not being aware of the dreadful conse
| quences 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
! healthy offspring, the most serious and destrnc-
| ts,-ac IN hntf hfafiy MD mi
| system becomes deranged, the physical and NELL
| tai functions weakened, loss of provocative pow
err nervous irritability, dyspepsia, palpitaton of
the heart indigestion, constitutional debility, a
1 wasting of the frame, coughs, consumption. de-
cay aud death.
/ Persons ruined in health by unlearned preten-
| ers who keep them trifiing month after month,
taking poisonous and injurious compounds, should
4 ' - DIR JOHNSTON,
Members of the Royal College of Surgeons, Loi-
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
i effected come of the most astonishing cures
that we're ever known; many troubled with ring
| ing in the head and years when asleep, great
i neryouess, being alarmed at sudden sounds,
bashfulnss, with frequent blushing, attended
sometimes with arrangement of the mind, We're
''' - TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE Lss
Dr. J. addresses all those who have injured
themselves by improper indulgencies and solita-,
~ habit, which ruin both body and mind, unfit
ting them for either business, study, society, on
marriage. # f a.r lct 1tge1
These are some of the sad and melancholy eff
4 fleets 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, Palpitation of the Heart, Dyspepsia, Nervous
Irritablity, arrangement of the Digestive Func-
tions, General Debility, symptoms OF Consump
MENTALLY. -gE 81
The fearful effects on the mind are much TO be
dreaded. Loss of Memory, Confusion Of Ideas,
| | narrE DfS
to Society, Selfdistrtlst, Love of Solitude, Tmid
ity, &C., are some OF the evils produced. a. "a
| Thousands of persons of all ages can now Judge
what is the of their declining health, loosng
their yigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous, and
emaciated having singular appearance about
eyes, cough a Yd SyMP9 MES q consumption
who have injured themselves by certain prac
tice 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 cnred renders marriage i'm
, possible, and destroys both mind and body
sh ould apply Immediately. -
} What 4 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
2 path of nature and indulging in a certain secret
habit. Such persons, MUST, before contempla.
ting G
reflect that sound mind and body are the mos
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
ness; indeed, without these, the journey through
! life becomes a weary pilgrimage, the prosper
hourly darlens to the view, the mind becomes
Swallowed with despair and filled with. the mel
ancholy reflection that the happiness of another
becomes bghted with your own. Il.
When the misguided and imprudent yotay of
pleasure finds he has imbibed the seeds OF this
painful disease it too often happens that an i'll
) timed sense of shame or dread of discovery de-
cation and reapectability can alone befriend him.
! He falls into the hands of ignorant and designing
I pretenders, who, incapable Of curing, fitch his
pecuniary substance, keep him trifiing month
| Ms
obtained, and with despair leave him with ruined
health to sigh oyer his calling disappointment, or
the constitutional symptoms of the terrible dis
: ease, such as Affection of the Head, Throat
Nose Skin etc. progressing with frgat TN rapid.
ing by sending him to that undiscovered country
5 from whose bourne no traveller returns. 3
To such, therefore, DIR. Johnston offers the most
certain, speedy, pleasant and efectual remedy In
\ the world. VI tsf#B4A tt Gtts 20 ttf1Naf
OFFICE, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET.
! Left hand side going from Baltimore street, few
doors from the corner. Fan not to observe the
!, name and number
j Rg No letters received unless postpaid and
containing stamp to be used on the reply. Per
h sons writing should state age, and send portion
i of advertisement describing symptoms
IneTe are many py DESIGNING and
a Physicians, trifing with and running the health
: of all who unfortunately fail into their power,
3 that DIR. Johnston deems it necessary TO say es-
pecially to those unacquainted with his reputa-
e | ton, that his Credentials or Diplomas always
8 hang in his office. @eF f7& ltzt
7 ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS q,
The many thousands cured at this institution
within the last eighteen years, and the hume
rous Surgical Operations performed by Dr. John
ston, witnessed by the reporters of the Sum
and many other papers, notice of which appeared
again and again before the public, besides his
:, standing as gentleman of character and respon-
sipility is sufficient guarantee the afflicted
!. SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
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9 rTHE NEW YORK HYGIENIC INSTITUTE.