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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1156, 12 April 1872, Page 4

I. A PARADOX.— TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE* CURE. , ! What is Nervousness? — Various answ;ers ( 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 j" 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 is an unjiaturalcondition of the nervous system.: Sometimes this. unnatural state is accompanied with ' considerable bodily weakness, ; loss of flesh and loss of strength; ibutin 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 to them has ho 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 violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame' at times experiences a complete tfemulousness. .The intellect also is sometimes clbuded, ; the memory 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 Stange 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 occasionally 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.. Why is this?: What cause has operated to change the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting,, and uncomplaining youth into the unhappy, ' drowsy, ustlest, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope? Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this sad state ; the cause may be either mental or phypical, or both 'combined. A ttempts to Cure Nervousness by means of ordinary tbnics : 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, sea bathing, the cold bath friction ; change of air and scene, as in travelling. If all these fail, as they often do, what is to be done? ' : V. '■ i ' The Answer will be found by carefully perusing the Following Work:— ' ; - ■, < ■.. Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d; NERVOUS DEBILITY, ITS CAUSE AND CURE, •.-.■.■;. "With Plain Directions for .Perfect _Restora« ; ' '■ tion to* Health^ ; ! '" 5* i Applications for a copy of the aboye work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other . stamps, also a properly* diiected envelope. •Address— :j ■ '■ CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, F^ag-staff Gardens, Melbourne. " Up ! Up, my friend, and clear your looks Why all this toil and trouble?" . /V LL those who are j suffering from deXJu 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 Jiave not courage or desire to acquaint their family attendant with. In all Buch 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, haying been a pupil and assistant of the late Dr Culverwell, or 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 greatest certainty of success, and with the additional feeling that no. chance. can possibly ocour of their secret ever beiii£ divulged, : l j In cases of .extreme Nervous Debility, where the patient feels that he is exhausted and physically prostrated, and incapable 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 above arises frequently from the enervating influence of hot climates, but frequently from other causes ot a more serious nature.; Palpitations oi the heart, a tendency also to be easily startled and alarmed, is another phase of disease which requires particular attention, as arising from a most important cause ; those wno suffer from the al «vehave not— ! : •• "■' ■•■ # - :: ■■•:■• " Mix'a reason with pleasure, ':. Ana wisdom with mirth." _ . ',-. But have, on tne contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wnlch has, as it were, eaten into their very vitais. Many "old young men' consult me, wno, though young in years, have, througn tfte vice aboye 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 periornii , : I " Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer, Procrastination is the thief of tune." Mr L. L. BMITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which cannot be treated by the general jmedical attendant, trom insufficient knowledge and practice, that *s an expert in these diseases, he has the rigat to warn the public fat large against the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who not only extort the money out of the pocket* of the patients, but are continually ruining the health of the unfortunate sufferers. MAny hundreds yearly! present themselves to nim'from all the different colonies, who. are thoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, and they then lament, w!hen too late, the horrible deception which has been practised on tnem. j JNot only ao men deceive these unfortunate victims by pretending to be legally-qualified men, but they ndvertise for sale, and*swindle the public, by selling bottles of muck, under the name of " J)r Ricord's Essence (f Life," " Balm of ISynacum," and a mass >f other' quackeries, wnose sole province is to. extract money out ot the pockets of their deluded victims. Will the public. never understand hat the only guarantee tney can have that t ley will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is ;he fact that the person to whom they ai ply for, advice is a legally-qualified medical man who has devoted his time to the branch of practice for whica the patient is seekiig aid! Secondly,, that ms long residence in tl c place, and. his. position, is at least a guarkntee of the estimation in which he is helc by his fellow-citizen* Dr. L. L. SMITE can be consu:ted;hy letter; fee, £L. „ .,, , . , By the abovn means any male oi female ; patient can, uv describing their syi iptoms, avoid the, in many oases, unpleasant! ess of a personal interview, and the patient can retain his incognito, : ■.; ■ „>, -^ Medicines appropriately 'packed t > . avoid, observation are Bent to all parts; of t le colonies, with plum letters of instructi m as to' diet, ' <fec. j ! i -i Mr L. L. «MITH consults pc sonaUj, daily, mornings before 11, and eveni ngß be* tween 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Mel* bourne.'- ' "■■ ' ' '■' U " J " v '•