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Patent Medicines ministration, by a remarkable increase of nervous power with a feeling of vigor and comfort to which the patient Las long been unaccustomed. Digestion is improved ; the appetite increases wonderfully ; the bowels become regular; the eyes brighter ; the skin clear and healthy ; and the hair acquires strength, showing the importance of the Phosphodyne on the organs of nutrition. Finally, the Phosphodyne maintains a certain degree of activity in the previously debilitated nervous system ; its use enables all debilitated organs to return to their sound state and perform their natural functions. Persons suffering from Nervous Debility, or any of the hundred symptoms which this distressing disease assumes, may rest assured of an effectual and even speedy cure by the judicious use of this most invaluable remedy. DR BPJGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE is sold only in cases at L. 1 Is., containing Two bottles ; and L. 2 '2s. , containing Five bottles; also in family cases at L.5, containing Sixteen bottles. To be had of all Chemists aud upcountry Storekeepers throughout the Colonies. 1 Full directions for use, in the English, French I and German languages, accompany each case. SELECT MEDICAL OPINIONS: Sir Charles Locock, Physician Accoucheur to her Majesty the Queen, stated at a meeting of the Royal Medical and Ckirurgical Society that in thirteen cases of debility and nervous prostration he had effected permanent cures by the use of Dr Bright's Phosphodyne. Sir Wm. Ferguson, Bart., P.R.S., surgeon to her Majesty the Queen, says :—" I have repeatedly prescribed Dr Bright's Phosphodyne and found it an agreeable and beneficial remedy. I have but one objection regarding it, and that is, the elaborate process required in the preparation will not allow of the retail price being within the reach of all classes." Dr Lancaster, the eminent coroner, says:— " Dr Bright's Phosphodyne is calculated to entirely supersede iron, mercury, sarsaparilla, quinine, and cod-liver oil. Dr 11. Quain, P. R.C.P., physician to the Hospital for Consumption, Brompton, remarks : " It cannot be doubted that this Phosphatic preparation will henceforth rank foremost in therapeutics ; it generates all the important elements of taehuman frame, the peculiar character of this substance fitting it for vital uses.'' Sir T. Lawrence says : ■« 1 have found Dr Bright's Phosphodyne an excellent remedy in skin diseases. I presume it is by oxydisation." Professor Syme says:—"The effects of the I Phosphodyne in obstinate cases of Jisease are as ' astonishing as perplexing." _ Dr Handfield Jones, F.R.C.P., F.R.S., physician to St. Marv's Hospital, says in atrophy, and general debility, Phosphodyne is a most ; admirable remedy ; it invigorates the nutritive functions, and increases the vital energy, —'• it not only acts as an absorbent," but retards or ! repairs the waste of tissue, and restores the ! nutritive functions to their normal condition. The Lancet considers the Phosphodyne one of | the most important contributions made to materia j medica during the last century. Caution. —Be particular to ask for Dr Bright's Phosphodyne, as imitations are abroad. Paniphl 'ts containing testimonials may be ohtaided from all chemists and up-country storekeepers. Wholesale agents for New Zealand : KEMPTHORNE, PROSSER AND CO.,

PARADOX !—TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS, IT S NAT UR E AN D C Ult E. What ts Nervousness ?—Various answers might be given to this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individual. Strong healthy persons, whether medically educated or not, generally regard nervousness as more or less an " imaginary complaint" ; it is sometimes only believed to be real when the patient is found to be dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is this,— Nervousness ts an Unnatural Condition of the Nervous System. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, lo,s of flesh, and loss of strength ; but in most eases there is in the earlier stages of the disorder no outward sign of weakness. "The sufferers are found in both sexes ; they often have the bloom of health upon the cheek ; they are surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has no charms, for they feel that they cannot enjoy it. Without intending it. they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed ; the heart beats \.olentlv, the hand shakes when writing, and. the whole frame at times experiences a complete trenmlousness. The intellect also is sometimes clouded, the memory fails, the judgment, becomes indistinct, the will capricious and undecided, the taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topics, the spirits are either very low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensome, society is shunned, and business neglected. A Strange SrF.CTACLK.--It is certainly strange, but not the less true, that perfectly sane persons in the prime of life, with hnn step and healthy countenance, may occasionally be met with, who, in spite of po*sessin2 all the advantages of education, religion, ample means, and kind friends, nevertheless are victims of the nervousness above described ; unhappy themselves, they render other pe >ple unhappy. Why is this ? What cause has operated to change the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listless, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope ? Many causes, or one caus.i only, may operate to produce this sad state : the cause may be either ment ll or physical, or both combined! Attempts to Cure Nervousness by means of ordinary tonics have so frequently proved fruitless, that the leading physicians now for the most part recommend hygienic means, such as exercise in the open air. regular habits, seabathing, the cold bath, friction ; change of air and scene, as they often do,' done?