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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1169, 27 April 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX.— TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS. NATURE & CURE. What isNervouskess '—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 i 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 is an unnatural condition of the nervous system. 'Some- '. times this, unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss 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 tbe 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, reunion, 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, Listlest, 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 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 bathi 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 jjeritsijig the Following Work: — . Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY, ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. i Applications for a copy of the above work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properlyduected envelope. Address— . ;■,...- ■. ■ CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flag-staff Gardens, Melbourne. "Up I 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 ' 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, having been a pupil and assistant of the late Df Cnlverwell, 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 withtlia additional feeling that no chance can possibly occur of their secret ever being divulged. 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. Palpitation* 01 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 ive haye NOT— i " Mix'a reason with pleasure, ■ Ana wisdom with mirth." But have, on toe contrary,' been guilty of a secret vice, wmch has, as it were, eaten into their very vitais. Many "old young men', consult me, wno, though young in years, have, througn cue vice above alluded to, and from .their having been quacked by the unqualified ana unskilful medical man, at last given up alt nope and succumbed, and are aged in their very youth, unfitted to fulfil the duties wnich they were sent on this earth to penorm. "Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer, Procrastination is the thief of time." MrL. Li SMITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which cannot be treated by the general medical attendant, from insufficient knowledge and practice, thai; *s an expert in these diseases, he has the ngat to warn the public at large j against the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who not;' only extort the money out of the pocket* of the. patients, but are continually ruimngnctie health of the unfortunate' sufferers. Many hundreds yearly present themselves to mm from all the different colonies, who are tnofoughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horrible deception which has been practised on tnem. , ■ Not only ao 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 muck, under the name of ■ " J)r Ricord's Essence of Life," "Balm of Jsynacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole .province is to extract money out 01 the, pockets of their deluded victims. :.-••■ Will the puDlic never understand that the only guarantee "they can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the person to whom they apply for advice is a legauy-qualified medical man who has devoted nut time to the branch of practice for whica the patient is seeking aid ? Secondly, that nis long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation in which he is neld by his fellow-citizen*. , Dr. L. L, SMITH can be consulted *by letter; fee, £1. ... By the above means any male or female patient can, dv describing their symptoms, avoid the, in many cases, unpleasantness of a personal interview, and the patient can retain his incognito. Medicines appropriately packed to avoid observation are pent to all parts of the colonies,, with plain letters of instruction as to diet, &c. . N Mr L. L/ SMITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. 192 Bourke ptreet east, Melbourne,