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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1207, 11 June 1872, Page 4

A P A,R AD 0 X.-7-T0 S OFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : iTSNATURE Sc CURE. What ts Nervousness ?— Various answers might be given to this question, according to the constitution arid 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 tobe real when; the patient is found to be dying or dead. The best answer to. the question,: probably, is this — Nervousness . is an. v.niiatural condition of the nervous system. Sometimes this unnatural state is accompanied with considerable bodily weakness, loss of flesh arid 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 eidstence 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 j the heart beats' violently, this hand shakes when writing, arid 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 ver y low or very excited, the ordinary duties of life become burdensome, society is shunned, and 1 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 uncomElaining youth into the unhappy, drowsy, istlest, 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. | A ttemvts 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 _ (lie 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 riot courage or desire to acquaint their family attendant with. In all Buch 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 ■ arid 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. j Palpitations 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 j those wno suffer from the al *Yohave NOT— " Mix'a reason with pleasure, And vnsdom with mirth." But have, on tne contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wMch'has, as it were, eaten into their very vitais. v Many "old young men' consult me/ wno, though young .in years, have, through the vice above alluded to, and from their having been quacked by the unqualified ana unskilful medical man, at last given up alt nope and succumbed, and are aged in their very youth, unfitted to fulfil the duties which they were 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, Irom insufficient knowledge arid practice, that as an expert in these diseases, he has the rjgm; to warn the public at large against the nuinper 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 1 they then lament, when too late, the horrible deception which has been practised on cnem. i 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 Ssynacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole province is to extract money out ot the pockets of their deluded victims. „ . ' . Will the pupllc never understand that the only guarantee taey 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 his time to the branch of practice for whicQ the patient is seeking aid? Secondly, that ms long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation in which he is Tield by his fellow-citizenx. Dr. L. L. SMITH can be oonsulted by letter j fee, £1, By the abovo 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 color nies, with plain letters of instruction. as to diet, &c. • '•■■'■' „, Mr L. Il SMITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Melhourne. '.'.'..' In all those diseases relating and pertaining to Married Life,. and which make marriage a surse rather than a blessing, Mr L. L. SMITH Jan. be consulted with the greatest certainty )f Buccess, and with the additional feeling ;hat no chance can possibly occur of their jcret ever being divulged. ;