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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1219, 17 June 1872, Page 4

\ P ARAD 0 X.— TO S OFFERERS. 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 believed to be real when the patient is found to be dying ,or dead. The best answer to . the .question, probably, is this— JSfeivoumess 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 .healthjapon the cheek; they are surrounded by kind friends, yet existence to them has nocharms, 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, tbe 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 tbe 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 o;ie cause only, may operate to produce this sad state ; the cause may be either mental or physical, or both combined. A ttempts 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 tlie Following Work:— Ninth Edition, post free Is 4d, NERVOUS DEBILITY, ITS CAUSE AND CURE, With Plain Directions fori 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 properlydirected envelope; . ; • : : ,- : : . Address—::. . . :> : . . : . CHARLES SENNET, Agent, Brooklyn House, Flag-staff Gardens, 'Melbourne. "Up 1 Up, my friend, and clear your looks Why all this toil and trouble ?" . ~ \.A LL those who ; are suffering from dejLJL spondency, 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 theirtamily attendant with. In all bucli 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, of London, who made these diseases his special practice. In cases of extreme Nervous Debility, where the patient feels that, he is, exhausted and jjhysically 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 c]imates, but frequently from other causes or a more serious nature. Palpitation* or. 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 wrio suffer from the al«xe have NOT— ' , : : . " Mix'a reason with pleasure, Ana wisdom with mirth." But have, on me contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wnlch has, as it were, eaten into their very vrcais. Many " old young men' consult me, .who, though young in .years, have, through tne vice above alluded to, and from their having been quacked by the tinqualified ana unskilful medical man, at last given up all nope and succumbed, and are aged m\ their very youtb,_ unfitted to fulfil the duties wnioh they, were sent on this earth to' penorm. ; 11 Be wise no-day, '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, troin insufficient knowledge and practice, thai; aa an expert in these diseases, lie Has the rijtrn; to warn the public at large against the nuraoer of blatant oharlatoris and • quacks who noc only extort the money out of the; pockew of the patients,' but are continually ruining the health of the unfortunate sufferers; • Many hundreds yearly present themselves to xum from all the different colonies, who are unbroughly bankrupt in health and pocket, ana they then lament, when too late, the horrible deception which has been practised on tnein. ; : 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 Belling bottles of muck, under the name of % \or Tticord'a Essence of Life," "Balm of Ssyriacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole province is to extract money out ot the pockets of their deluded victims. : Will the puDlic never understand that the ' only guarantee tniey can .have that they will be honestly ana skilfully treated, is tlie fact that the person to whom they apply for advice is alegauy-qualified medical man who has devoted nls time to the branch of practice for whica the patient ia seeking aid ? Secondly, that jus long residence in the place, and his position, is at least a guarantee of the estimation in which he is neld by his fellow-citizen*. . Dr. L. L; SMITH can be consulted by letter; fee, £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 colonies, with plain letters of instruction as to diet, &c v ./. .;:':.. ■■ . - ; ■;■; \ :\ y [ Mr L. 1l SMITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, add evenings , between 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Melbourne, .iv;-:.: .■'■•'.■■•' . .-.: "r.. -\\: ; ..,:, In all those diseases relating and pertaining to Married life, and which make marriage a curse father than a blessing^ Mrt. L. SMITH can be consulted with the' greatest certainty of success, and with the additional feeling that no chance: can, possibly 4 occur of their ecret ever being divulged. * .