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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1151, 6 April 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX~*TO.JS OFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CUKE. What ts Nervouskess?— 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, probablyj is this— tfcivousness .}$ an unnatural condition of the nervous system. Sonic- ■ times this unnatural. state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, Ides of flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases 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 t^ them has no charms, for they feel . that they cannot enjpy it. Without interidibg it, they annoy other people about the merest trifles ; if they encounter some person unexpectedly they feel confused, afraid, and alarmed;: the heart beats violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame at times experiences a complete tremulousness. The intellect also is sometimes clouded, the meriibry fails, the judgment becomes, indistinct, the will capricious and undecided,, the taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon unpleasant topics, the spirits are very low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensome, society is shunned, and business neglected. A Stangk Spectacle. —lt is certainly • strange,, but not the less true, that perfectly sane persons in the prime of life, with firm step and healthy countenance, may occasion- i ally be met with, who, in spite of possessing all the advantages of 'education, religion, . ample means, and kind friends, nevertheless are victims of the nervousness above described; unhappy themselves, 'they render other people unhappy. Whyis this? What cause has operated to change the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, listlest, suspicious, and gloom£ misanthrope ? Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this , sad state ;. the cause may be either mental, or physical, or both combined. - Attempts. to. Cm:e^M.erSQMl l S§sJ^7 JSSE 08 °*. ordinary tonics, have^so frequently proved" fruitless that the' leading pfcyßicians now for the most part recommend hygienic means, such as exercise in the open air, regular habits, sea bathing, the cold bath friction ; change of air and- scene, aaiiH, travelling. If all these fail, as they often do, what is to be done? ' - 1 > ■'•• 7/jT The Answer ivill be. found by carefialy.\ perusing the Following WwJt: — ' ' Ninth: Editibrij pbatffree Is4d;' j;.' NERVOUS DBMDITY,'ITS.CAUSE.AisZ>, - CIIRE, . ." "^' I>J With Plain Directions for Perfect' Rfestbf a- : tioii to-aealthls ;f ;, -^jij Applications for a copy^of t|ie aboy ; e,work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properly - diiected envelope, i.; ' ■ , -.„- . Address — CHARLES SENNET^ Agent, -' •' Brooklyn House, Fiag-Btaff Gardens, Melbourne. 11 Up ! Up, my friend, and clear your looks Why all this toil and trouble ?" i /VLL" those • who are suffering from dcxl spondency, melancholia, loss of spirits, and pluck, who feel that they are wasting and pining, and who are gradually getting weaker and weaker, from causes they have not courage or desire to acquaint theirfamily attendant with. In all such cases Mr, L.L. SMITH feels . it incumbent on himself , to inform such unfortunate patients, that ; he has devoted his lifetime to the study of these complaints, having been a pupil and assistant of the late Dr Culverwell, of London, -who made these diseases his special practice/ : ' In all those diseases relating and pertaining to Married Life, and which make marriage a curse rather than a blessing, Mr L.. L., SMITH can be consulted with the grektest certainty of success, and witli tne additional feeling that no chance cvli possibly occur of their secret ever bciag divulged.'.. In cases of- extreme Nervous Debility, where the patient feels that he is exhausted and physically-, prostiated^andj^capable of exertion without, great -fatigue, then and there, the person* so situated should at once consult Mr L. L. Smith before disease of a more serious character sets in; the SK)Ve arises frequently from the enervating influence of hot climates, but frequently from other causes oi a more serious nature.;Palpitations oi the heart, a tendency also to be easily startled and alarmed, is another phase of diseaae which requires partieulaV attention, as arising from a most important, cause ; those wno suffer from the aV«Vehave NOT— ' ; '- < " Mixa reason with pleasure, Ana wisdom with mirth." <>/%•; But have, on tne contrary, been guiltyjof a secret vice, wnlch has, as it were,, eaten into their very vitaiß. Many V old young men' consult me, wno, though young "in -years, have, through tne vice above alluded to, and from their having been quacked by the unqualified ana unskilful medical man, at last given up all nope and succumbed, and are aged in their very youth, unfitted to 'fulfil the duties which they were sent on this earth to periorm. "Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defir, Procrastination is the thief. of time," Mr L. L: BMITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases;. which cannot be treated by the general medical, attendant, trom insufficient knowledge and practice^thaii as an expert in these diseases; he has the rignt to warn the. public at large against the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks, who not only extort the money out of the pockew of the patients, Jbut, are continually ruining the health of theutrfortunate sufferers. Many hundreds yearly present themselves to oxca. from .all. the differjSnf colonies, who are tnoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, aha they then lament, whoa too late, the horrible deception which has. been practised on tnein. JNot only ao men deceive these unfortunate victim's by pretending to be legally-qualified men, but they aavertise for salejiand swindle the public, by selling bottles of muck, under the name p£."i)r Ricord's Essence of Hife," "Bahn of iSyriacum," and a mass of "other quackeries, wnose sole province is to extract iUipney out ot ,t<ne pockets of; their deluded victims. ' ; ' '* ■ ->V.. ;i ' ']p Will the ; puolic hever'uuderstand that the only guarantee tney can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the person to 'whom they apply .-for advice is a legally-qualified medical man who has devoted his time to the. branch of practice for whica the patient is seeking aid? Secondly, that ms long residence in the place, and hisi position, is at leas,^,a guarantqe of the estimation m which he is held t>y( his fellow-'citizeiiW*' ■•••■• • "r Dr. L. It, SMITH can be consulted by "letter;~fee;"isir- ->-...., ,.., ' By the ' above/, means .an^ male or female patient can, dv describing their symptoms, avoid the, in many cases, unpleasantness of a personal interview, and the patientican retain his incoieiuito, ■■: ' 4. Medicineai appropriately packed to avoid observation are Bent^p^rall parts of the colo- : nies, with pjam letters 1 of insljruction as to ] ■ diet, i&c. , ,■.-■■■:,.'-- .i .'"]'■' Mr L. L. HMITH consults personally daily, mornings,, bejpre, jll,. and^veoings be. tween 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Mel* bourne, ' '"'