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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1200, 3 June 1872, Page 4

A ; PARAD 0 X.— TO S CFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. What is NERveusNESs ?— 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, ia 1 this— Neivousnm 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 { tremuldusness. 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 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 physical, or both combined. Attempts 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 ferusing tlie 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 mustfbe accompanied by the amount in New Zealand or other stamps, also a properlyduected envelope. V•; ■ ■ 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 plupk, 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 the late Dr Culverwel£ 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, buf; frequently from other causes 01 a more serious nature. . Palpitation* 01 the heart,- a tendency also to be easily ssartiled and alarmed, is another phase of disease which requires particular attention, as arising from a most important cause ; those wno suffer from the al *yo have NOT— ■ /.,'... ; -\ '. _ . ''. ' ■ " Mix'a reason with pleasure, Ana S#isdbm with mirtK" But have, on t>ne contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, which 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 having been \ quacked by the unqualified ana unskilful medical man, at last given up ale nope and succumbed, and. are aged in their very youth, unfitted to fulfil the duties which 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; SMITH wishes to impress on those who are laboring under diseases which cannot be treated by the general medical attendant, irom insufficient knowledge and practice, that as an expert in these diseases, he has the rignt to warn the public at large against the niimoer 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, iviany hundreds yearly present themselves to nim from all the different colonies, who are tnoroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horrlDle deception which has been practised on tnein. " V • JNot only ao men deceive these unfortunate victims by pretending to be legally-qualified men, but they "advertise for sale, and swindle the public, by selling bottles of muck, under the name. of "Or Ricord's Essence of Life," "Balm of b;vriacutt}," a;rid : a mass^of other quackeries, wndse sole proviuoe is to extract money out ot the pockets . of their deluded victims. . ; ...;.._ Will the puDlic never understand that .the only guarantee tney can ; have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is the fact that the person to whom they apply ,for advice is a legally-qualified medical man who has devoted hw time to the branch of practice for whiod che patient is seeking" aid T Secondly, that ms long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation in which he is held by his fellow-citizen*, ; -Dr.; L. ;L. SMITH can be consulted by. letter; fee, i>L , ...'.. : ■ 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 sent to all parts of the colov nies, with plain letters of instructfohas to diet, &c. . ' ' ; ' ;Mr ; L. li.: SMITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. ! 192 Bourke street east, Melbourne . .'" .•.■■.■•'■.: •■■■. -. . ■':' ■ ;!•■ ... , ; . .",. flu all those diseases relating and pertaining toi 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; tljat no chance'eair possibly occur of their eoret ever being divulged,