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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1198, 31 May 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX.— TO SUFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. What is Nervstisness?— -Various answers ' might be given to this question, according |. to the constitution and knowledge of 'the itii dividual. • Strong healthy persons^rohether : medically educated or ,not, generally regard ' nervousness ; as more or less. an ''imaginary complaint ;". it is sometimes only Relieved to ; be real when fche : patient is found to belying 1 ior dead. The best answer to the question, i probably, ,is .this— Netvousneas ,is-. an winatural condition of 'the nervow'syaterh. Sometimes" Tißis 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 yeakness. The sufferers are found iti both sexes ; they often have the bloom of health upon the cheek ; they are surrounded by kind friend^ 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; r ahd 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 undjecided, 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., t.. „ 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 wjth, who, in spite of possessing all the- advantages 'of education, religion, ample iheansj ; and kind friends, nevertheless are victims of the .nervousness above described ; unhappy themselves, they render other people unhappy.. Why is this 1 What cause has operated to change the cheerful, active, obliging, unsuspecting, and unoomplaining 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 physical, or both combined. Attempts to Qure Nervousness by'ineans of ordinary tonics have so frequently proved fruitless that the leading physicians now for the most part recommend hygienic means, such as exercise / ih 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 of ten do, what is to be done ? , The Answer 'will be found by carefully perusing the Follovnng Work:— . -■' \ Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY; ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health. >J Applications for a copy of the above work must be accompanied by. the amount in New Zealand or .other stamps, also a properly'diiected envelope. ••;.;. AddreSS-^;^ ! •■; ;;■•:;, .->.., ■■■■•»■■:.:;■„..;■.■■ : CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flag-ataff 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 N 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, haying been a' pupil and assistant of the late Dr Culverwell, 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 ot a more serious nature. ;■ i iPalpitationu ox the heart, ■. a tendency also to be easily, startled and alanried, is .another phase of disease which requires particular attention, as arising from a most important cause ; those wno suffer from the al tvehave NQT— ■■•'• ■■■;■•■'■ <•■■■'■ ■'■'■ "■•♦•' Mix'aireas.on with pleasure, ■■■■• Ana \nsdom with mirth." , But have, -on cne contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wnictt has, as, it were, eaten into their very vitais. '""- Many " old young men' consult me, wno,- though young in years, have, througn tne vice above alluded to^ and from their having : been quacked. b,y the unqualified: and unskilful medical man, at last given up all nope and succumbed, and are aged in -their, very youth, unfitted to fulfil the duties wnitcn t^ey Vere sent on this earth to periorm. "Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to : defer,. Procrastination is.the thief of time. " Mr L. L. SMITH 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 Msan ; expert in these diseases, he has the rijcnt'to warn the public at large against the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who not only extort the money but of the pocket of the patients, but are continually ruining the health of the unfortunate sufferers. Many hundreds yearly present themselves tonim from all the different colonies, who are tnoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too latef the hprnole deception which has been practised on tneih. .. ; . JNot onlyao'iiuen deceive these unfortunate victims by precending.to be legally-qualified men, but they advertise for sale, and swindle the public, by selling bottles of muck, under the name of " i)r Ricord's Essence oftiife,'? "Balm of tsyriacum," and a mass of dthef quackeries, wncise sole .province is to extract money out ot the pockets of their deluded VictiniS.; : :. ......a ■-,:[ ';■;,.-•... . .-.:.. „ ■ . -„ i Will the.puDlic neyer understand that the only guarantee tney can have that they will behoiiestly.ana. skilfully treated, is the fact that the peruon to whom they, j apply ioi advice is a legally-qualified medical man who has demoted nis time tp the branoh of pra4 tice for whjcti the patient js seeking aid? Secondly, that his long residence in'the placet ,au4 his position, is at. least a guarantee of the' estimation in which he is nqlU; bjridß fellow-citizebß. I Dr. L. L SMITH cm be consulted by letter; fee, £i. 1 By the aOov<! means any male or female patient can,' uv dese'ribin'g their symptoms| avoid the, iv many, cases, unpleasantness of a personal interview,' and the' patient can tqtain his ; incogiuxo, _■:.'■., -L i Medicines appropriately packed to avoid observation ar« sent to all parts of the colo ■ nies, with plain letters of instruction as t » diet, &c. ■■■-■■■■ Mr L. L. SMITH consults personally daily, mornings 1 before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. : 1 92 Bourke street east, Mcl; bourne . „...• : ' . I In all those diseases relating and pertainin, > to Married Life,' and which make marriage it curse rather than a blessing, Mr L. L, SMIT^ [ can/be ,cohsulsed..with.i the .greatest certaint; ' of success, and with the ad[dijiional: feeling that no chance can possibly occur of their ecret ever being divulged.