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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1183, 14 May 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX-TrTO SPFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS N.ATURE & CURE. What is. NERveusyEss?— Various answers might be given to this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individual; JStrbrig'; 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, .probably, is this— Neivoiwiess is an- unnatural condition of.the nervous system. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily! weakness, loss pf flesh and loss of strength ; but in most cases there is.inthe earlier stagey of the disorder no outward sign of weakness. The sufferers are found in both sexes ;. they often have the bloom of -health aipon the cheek ; they are surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to ;hem 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 aboye .described; unhappy theinselve's, 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 1 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 tiow 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 tlie Following Work:— ■ Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY, 1 ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. . ; k ■ : 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 ifc incumbent oh 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 DrCulverwell, of London, who made these diseases his special practice.. 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; afronce consult Mr L. L. Smith. before disease of a more senous. character sets in ;' the above arises frequently' from the enervating influence of hot climates^ bat frequently/ from other causes oi a more serious nature. . '

Palpitation* 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 alwehave NOT— ; :.-. ■••■:•■: '<:. ■■. •' •• .' ' • .

■-" Mix'a reason with pleasure, : : Ana . wisdom with mirth.",; . But have, on tne contrary, been, guilty of; a secret vice, which has, as it were, eaten into their very vitaiß. ; Many "old young men' consult me, wno, though' young ; in • years, have, through tne vice above -alluded to, and from their havinfi; 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-day, 'tis madness to defer, Procrastination is the thief of time." Mr L. L; ' J3M.ITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which Cannot be treated by the ! gerieril~ medical attendant, from insufficient knowledge'and practice, that us an expert in these diseases, hehas the rijjtm; to warn' the public at large against the, numoer. of blatant charlatans and quacks who not; only extort the' 'money but" of the pocket* of the ; patients, but are coh-* tinually ruining the health of the unfortunate sufferers. Many hundreds" yearly.' 'present, themselves to nim from all the different colonies, who are thoroughly bankrupt nrhealth and pocket, ana they then lament,; when too late, the horrible deception which has been practised on them. . .Not 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 muck, under the name of " .Or Ricord's Essence of Life)" "Balm of isyrlacum," and a massof other quackeries, wnose sole province is to extract money out 01 the pockets of their deluded victims. j Will the public never understand that tne only guarantee tney can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the person to l whom they apply foradvice is a legally-qualified medical man who has devoted' nis time to the branch' of practice for •whico. 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 'held' by his fellow-citizen*. .* s

Dri. L. L, SMITH can be consulted by; letter; fee, £L' • . - . : By the abovn means any male or female patient can, dv describing their symptoms, avoid, the, in many cases, unpleasantness ofja personal interview, 1 and the patient can retain his incognito, ■;_£ : Medicines appropriately. packed to avoidobservation are Bent to all parts of the coloI nies, with piain letters of instruction as to diet, &c. .'Mr^L. li.- SMITH consults .personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Melbourne. In all those diseases relating and pertaining to Married Life, and -which make marriage a curse rather than a blessing, MrL. L. SMITH can be consulted with^the greatest certainty of Biiccess, and,,with'the.:additional;feeling' that no, chance can possibly ocour , of their seoret over being divtuged. "'"-""*