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A PAR AD O X.— TO SU-EFERE'RS. - NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. V/hat is 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 tobe dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is. this- ; Neivou&nmAs an unnatural condition of 'the netvgm system. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with; considerable bodily' weakness, -.^oss/of flesh and loss of strength ; put in mosb cases there is in the earlier stages of the disorder no outward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found, in both sexes ; they of ten 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 violently, the hand shakes when writing, and the whole frame at times experiences a complete tremulousness;"" 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 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 inter the unhappy, drowsy,nstlest, suspicious, and gloomy, 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 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, 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? The Answer will be found by carefully perusing the Following Work. :— . ; . t . « ; Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY, ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. Applications 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, Melbourne. " Up ! Up, my friend, and clear your looks Why all this toil and trouble ?"' ALL those who are suffering 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 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 greatest certainty of success, and with the additional feeling that no chance can possibly occur of their secret ever being divulged. In cases of i 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 fromother causes ox a more serious nature. " ' ' Palpitationu bi the heart, a tendency also to be easily startled and alarmed, is another phase of disoaße which requires particular attention, as arising from a most important cause ; those wno suffer from the ai *vehave NOT—

" Mixa reason with pleasure, Ana wisdom with mirth." But have, on une 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 we 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 wnlch they were sent on this earth to penorm. "Be wise to-aay, 'tis madness to defer, Procrastination is the thief of time." MrL. L. KMITH wishes' to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which cannot be treated by the general medical attendant, troia insufficient knowledge and practice, thai; xs an expert in these diseases, ne has the rignu to warn the public at large against the nuinoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who noc 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 mm from all the different colonies, who are tnoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horrible deception which has 'been practised on tnem. JNot onlyao men deceive these unfortunate victims by pretending to be legally-qualified men, but they auvertise for sale, and swindle the public, by selling bottles Of mudk, under the name of •» Dr Ricord's Essence of * Life," " Balm of bynacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole province is to 'extract money out ot the pockets of their deluded victims. -:."■■■ Will the puplic never understand 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 prac; tice for whicn. the patient is seeking aid ? Secondly, that nis long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation m which he is neld by his fellow-oitizeiM ■ - .> ■-.'■ , ; ; Dr. L. L. SMITH can be consulted by letter; fee, £L '"" '.' '] ~~~\'~;- By the abovu means any male or female patient can, uv describing their symptoms, avoid the, in many oases, unpleasantness of a personal interview, and the patient can retain his incognito, r ; ; . Medicines appropriately packed to avoid observation are Bent to ail parts of the colonies, with pji»m letters of instruction as to diet, &o. .. Mr L. L, M.vIITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings Ib'etween 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Mcl bourne, •