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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1157, 13 April 1872, Page 4

\ parad6x.-^to sttfoperers. nervousness : its nature & cure What is NSRv6usKESB?4-Yarious answers might be given . to-this iques^on, according to the constitution "and knowledge of the individual. Strong^ healthy persons, whetner 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 foutid't'obe dying or dead. The best .; answer to; the question, \ probably, is this— jVei vousness is an un-\ natural condition ofthenervous.system^Spme- ! .times -this 'Unnatural ; state is accompanied; with considerable bodily weakness, ' loss bf nesli and loss of strength ; 'but in most cases there is'in the earlier 1 stages: of the disorder; no outward sign Of weakness./ The sufferers! are found in both sexes ; they often,hayethe| 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 violently? the hand-shakes.when' writing, and the whole frame.- at times expe-i riences a 'complete' 'tremulousness: 1 The intellect also ;is sometimes ..clouded, the: memory fails, the judgment becomes -indis-; tinct, the will capricious and undecided^ the| taste vitiated, the imagination broods upon' unpleasant topics, the spirits are very low or very excited, the ordinary' dutiesjof life be^ come burdensome, society; is shunnedj and business neglected. " : .:' , ! ' j 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, whbi in spite of possessing all the advantages- of education, religion,; ample means , and kind \ friend's, ' nevertheless are victims of the hervbusness' above described j unhappy themselves, they fender other people unhappy. Why is this ? What cause has operated to . change' the ' cheerfulj active, obliging, unsuspecting, ; and u'noomi plaining youth into the unhappy, drowsyj listlest, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope 1 Many causes, or one cause only,-.may.operate to produce this, sad state \ the^cause may be either meVital"or • 'phyi*ibal,''or both combined; Attempts to Cure Nervousness My mesas.oi ordinary tonics have so frequently proyed fruitless that the leading physicians now<for the most part recommend hygienic ineans^ 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^tobe doneiV ; ; "■ '■'.'• -; ' '" '-- ; ! -. ::' : ; ■ " ;o ; Tlii Answer will be found 'by' carefully perusing ilie Following Work: — ; : Ninth Edition, •' post free Is 4d, : NERVOUS DEBILITY, ITS CAUSE AND " " ' " ■- CURE; --- ---~-^~ • . With Plain Directions for Perfect Bestora. tion to Health. for a copy of. the, above^ work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properlydiiected envelope. ' • Address— . ' ■ CHARLES SENNET, Agent," ; Brooklyn House, Flag-staff Gardens, ' \ ; "Up! Up, my friend, and clear your looks Why all this toil and trouble ?" ! . ALL those who^are Buffering from despondency, 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: their family attendant with. In all such cases Mr L. L. SMITH feels it incumbent on himself to inform such unfortunate patients, that he has devoted hia lifetime to the study ;qf, these complaints, having been a pupil and assistant of the late DrCulverwell, of London, who In all those diseases relating ahd'pertainiig to Married Life, ! and which f make marriage! a curse rather than a blessing, MrL. L. SMITH can be consulted with the greatest certainty 1 , of suc'Qess,< and i with; the additional feeling that no chance ca^i possibly occur of their secret ev ( er;beiagdivulged. ...? j •In :cases r of extrenpe. Nervous Debilily,^ 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 orice consult Mr L, r L. Smith before disease of a more serious character sets in j r the'- above,' arises r frequently,, from .the. eneryating jbofluence, of hot climates," but frequently from other causes bi ambre 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 a* *ye have NOT— , . ... . ' ' " Mix ti reason with pleasure, ' Ana vnsdom with mirtWj I ' l^ ' But' have, on me contrary, been, guilty qf a secret vice, wMcn has, as it were, eaten)into their very vitais. Many "old young m^n' consult, me, wno, though young in years, have, througn tne vice aboye alluded .to, and froni their having beenVquacked'bytKe unqualified ana unskilful' medical man; at last given lip ail nope' and succumbed, and are aged in their very ; youth, unfitted to fulfil the duties wnich they were sent on this earth to periorml . . '' ■ , ' ' i ' ' ' "Be wise to-aay, 'tis madness to defer, Procrastliiation.is the thief of time;" MrL. L. «M!ITH wishes to impress on. those who are laboring under diseases which' 'cannot be treated by the general niedical attendant, troxa insufficient knowledge and Eractice, that »s an expert in these diseases, c has the rignt to warn the public at large against the numoer of blatant charlatons and ''quacks 'who not only extort' the' tnonSy out of the' pocketi* qf the patients, but are continually ruining the health of the unfortunate . sufferers; lajudy hundreds yearly;'present themselves to nim from all the different colonies, who are thoroughly bankrupt * in health ., and pocket; and they then lament, when too' late, the horrible deception which has. been f practised on tnein. ' ,v-^ *' : - JN ot only ao men deceive these, unfortunate' victims by pretending to be legally-qualified men, but they aavertise for sale, and swindle the r public, by selling . bottles of muck, under ' ,the nMne of '"'" pv Ricdrd's Essence of; Life , "; ■V,&flm/bf byriacum," ! and a mass of 'other , .quackeries, wnbse sole province is to extract money out at the pockets. of their deluded victims. ' ' .'.!"■ ' ' Will the puwic never understand that the only guarantee iiney can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the 'peraqn to whom they 1 apply for advice is alegaiiy-qualified'ihedical man who has devoted hia time to tne brancn of practice for whica Che patient is seeking aid,?' Secondly, that ms long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of .the; estimation in which he is neld by his .felipw-citizeui* ' '/ -' Dr..L! L. HBirrH can be consulted by letter j fee, jEI, '.',' ../.:'.'' ■■'■■■'•■ ■■ ;i -' ; -- ! By ' the.^abbyH niearis^ any male,' or female patient cskn,V by describing their symptoms,ayoid the, in many cases, unpleasantness of a, .personal, intemew, and the patient can retain his incoenito, . ■ : ■■■•.; ' 'Medidihes appropriately packed- to- avoid .observation are (Bent to all parts of the colo'"mesV with" "piliua letters "of "instruction as to diet, &c.'!"' : *■::;..-':--:-. •,. ■:.•:.; '".-."'si <■->< Mx: L. ; >:■!** SMITH consults personally daily,' mornings before 11, and evenings be. tween 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Mel* hourne,