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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 640, 1 September 1882, Page 4

medical '' Lives of great men nil remind ns, We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind U8 Footprints on the sands of Time." ' I IRE above is read with great interest J_ by thousands of young men. It inspires them with Hope, for in the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail. Alas ! say many, this is correct, —is true with regard to the youth who has never abused his strength —and to the man who has not been " passion's slave." But to that youth—to that man who has wasted his Vigour, who has yielded himself up to the temporary sweet allurements of vice, who has given unbridled license *o his passions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can he have? What aspirations? What chanco of leaving his footprints on the sands of time ? For him nlas! there is nought but dark despair and self-reproach for a lost life ! For a man to leave his footprints on the sands of time, he must be endowed with a strong brain and nervous power. Ho must possess a sound, vigorous*, healthy mind, in a healthy body—the power to conceive—the energy to execute' But look at our Australian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that a man to leave his footprints on the sands of time ? Do parents, medical men, and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this subject? Do they ever ascertain the cause of this decay ? and having done so, do they (as a strict sense of duty demands) seek the skilled advice of the medical man, who has made this branch of his urofession his particular speciality, whose life lias been devoted to the treatment of these cases ? Header, what is your answer ! Let each cue answer for himself. Parents see their progeny fading gradually before their sight, see them become emaciated old-young men, broken clown in health, enfeebled, unfitted for the battle of life ; yet one word might save them, one sound and vigorous health-giving letter from a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, would, in most instances, succeed in warding oil the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment restore the enervated system to its natural vigour, and ensure a joyous and happ}' life. Dr L. L. Smith, of Melbourne, has m:idc the diseases of youth and those arising therefrom his p culiar study. His whole professional life has been especially devoted to the treatment of Nervous Afftctions and tho. Diseases incidental to Married Life. His skill is available to all—no matter how ninny hundreds or thousands of miles distant. His system of correspondence by letter is now so well organised and known, that comment would be superfluous (by this means many thousands of patients have been cured whom he has never seen and neve) , known) ; and it is carried on with such judicious supervision that though he has been practising this branch of his profession for twenty-six years in these Colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. When medicines are required these are forwarded in the same careful niannncr without a possibility of tho contents of the parcels being discovered. Pliiin and clear directions accompany these latter, and a cure is affected without even the physician knowing who is his patient. To Men and Women with broken down Constitutions, the Nervous, the Debilitated, and all suffering from any Disease whatever, Dr L. L. Smith's plan of treatment commends itself, avoiding as it docs, the inconvenience and expense of a personal visit. Address— DR. L. L. SMITH, 182 Collins street east, Melbourne. Late the residence of the Governor. Consultation Fee by Letter, £1. WD. WILKINB, , Suiivkyoii and Engineer, A X AltO A. Architectural Designs, &c.,in connection with Mr Cine, late. Provincial Architect. JH . WALLACE, BLACKSMITH, COBB & CO.'S SHOEING FORGK, Head of the Bay, Akaroa. 11. NOON AN, PA INT ER, PLUMB EIGlazier & Papkrhanger. AKAROA JOHN ROBERTSON, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER AKAROA Terms Cash. TXT T ACOBBON " Mail ,, Office, Akaroa., ACCOUNTANT & COMMISSION AGbNT l!ooks kept. Accounts rendered. Rents and Debts collected. UNION FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY nnHE undersigned having been apJL pointed LOCAL AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to take risks at the Lowest Current Rates. Fill particulars on application to GARWrOD & 00.