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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1190, 22 May 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX.T--T0 SUjFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. V/hat ts 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 believed to be real when the patient is found to be dying or dead.. The best answer-to the question, probably, is • this — Ne? vousness is an unnatural conditioix oftlie'nervous system. /Sometimes this unnaturaV 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 feol 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 ab 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 orvery excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensoirie, society is shunned, and business neglected. A Stance 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 abov^de-;' scribed ; 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, listlesfc, suspicious, and gloomy misanthrope ? Many causes, or one cause only, may operate to produce this sad state • the causemay be > either mental or physical,- or-bofch- combinedrA ttemjpts 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 Ansioer will, tie fouird by carefully perusing the Following Work,:— . . Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d", NERVOUS DEBILITY; ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restora-. tion to Health. ' Applications for a copy, of the above work must be accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also^a.prpperlydiiected envelope. \ " „ Address— " ' ' ' ' l! 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 plucky 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 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 thelateDrCulverwell/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 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 01 a more serious nature. Palpitationu 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 ai *yo have not— : ■ : " Mira reason with pleasure, Ana wisdom with mirth." But have, on tine contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wnich has, as it were, eaten into their very vitals. Many " old young men' consult me, wno, though young in years, have, througu tne vice above alluded to, and from their havms; 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- clay, 'tis madness, to defer, Procrastination is the thief of time." • Mr L. L. BMITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which ! cannot be. treated by the general medical attendant, troia insufficient knowledge and practice, that as an expert in these diseases, he has the rigat to warn the public at large against: the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who not only extort the money, put 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 tnorpughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horn We deception which has been practised on tnein. JNot only ao men deceive these unfortunate victims by pretending to be legally-qualified •men, but they advertise for sale,' arid swindle the public, by, selling bottles of muck, under the name of " Ov 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 puolic never understand that the only guarantee tney can have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the peruon to whom 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 nis long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation in which he is Tield by his fellow-citizena. Dr. L.' L. SMITH can be consulted by letter j fee, £l. : . ; By the above means any male or'fe.male 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 piam 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, Melhourne In all those diseases relating arid 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 pecur of their 1 secret ever being divulged.