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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1185, 16 May 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX.— TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. What is Nerv«usness? — 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 believedto be real when the patient is found to be dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is this— Neivoustiess is an unnatural condition of the nervous system. Sometimes 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 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 occasion- . ally bemet 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, 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 itempts 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 tJie Following Work:— 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, oif 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 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* oi the heart, a tendency alsoto be easily startled and alarmed, is another phase of disease which requires particular attention, as arising from a most important cause ; those wno suffer fro.m the a 1 wo have 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, through tne vice above alluded to, and from their havme; 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 wnlcn they were sent on this earth to penurm. " Be wise to-aay, 'tis madness to d§fer, Procrastination is the thief of time." Mr L. L. BMITH wishes to impress oh those who are laboring under diseases which cannot be treated by the general medical attendant, trom insufficient knowledge and practice, thai; as an expert in these diseases, he has the ngnt to warn the public at large against the nuinoer 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 mm from all the different colonies, who are Thoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horriWe deception which has been practised on mein. JNot 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- ** .Or Ricord's Essence of Life," "Balm of fcsyriacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole province;is to extract money out oi the pockets of their deluded victims. . ■......• Will the puoilc never understand that the only guarantee tney can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the peraon to whom 1 they apply for advice is a legally-qualified medical man who has devoted ills time to the branch of practice for whica the patient is seeking aid ? Secondly, that ms long residence in the place, and bis position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation m which he is neld by his fellow-citizen* • Dr. L. L. SMITE can be consulted by letter; fee, £L By the abovw 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 sent to all parts of the colonies, with plain letters of instruction as to diet, &c. - .._. , Mr L. L. 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, 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 thejr secret ever being divulged.