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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1213, 19 June 1872, Page 4

A PARADOX.-T0 S OFFERERS. NERVOUSNESS : ITS NATURE & CURE. .■What is Nervousness? — Various answers might be given to. this question, according to the constitution and knowledge of the individuals Strong healthy persons, whether medically educated or not, generally regard nervousness as more or less an "imaginary complainty it is sometimesonly believed^ to be real when the patient is found to be dying or dead. The best answer to the question, probably, is this •±N&vousness 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 of ten 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 1 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, 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. . AStange 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 uncom- j plaining 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. Jttemnts'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 ? > Tlue • Answer will be found by carefully perusbig tJte 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, Melbourna „ ..., " 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' not 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 and assistant of the late DrCulverwell, 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- 1 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. . Palpitations oi the heart, a tendency also to be easily startled and alarmed, is another phase iof disuaue which requires particular attention, as arising from a most- important cause ; those Wno suffer from the al «yo have not— . .» ■■-..• ... • ■ : " Mira reason with pleasure, Ana wisdom with mirth." But haye, on tne , contrary, been guilty of a secret vice, wiu.cn has, as it were, eaten into their very vitais. 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 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-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, trom; insufficient knowledge and practice, that «s an expert in these diseases, he has the rignx towarn the public at large against the numoer of blatant charlatons and quacks who not only extort the money out of the pockeiiii of the patients, but are continually ruining the health of the unfortunate sufferers. Many hundreds yearly present themselves to nim from all the different colonies, who are cnoroughly 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 selling bottles of muck, under the name of " Dr Ricord's Essence of Life," "Balm of ISynacum," and a mass of other quackeries, wnose sole province is to extract money put ot the pockets of their deluded victims. .Will the public 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 Ms time to the branch of practice for whion 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 held by his fellow-citizeiiK. Dr. L. L. SMITH can be consulted by letter; fee, £L By the aborts means any male or female patient can, pv 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 colo>> nies, with plain letters of instruction as to diet, &c. ■"■ ••'•■ ' \ Mr L. L. MMITH consults personally daily, mornings before 11, and evenings between 7 and 9. 192 Bourke street east, Melbourne „ In all those diseases relating and 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 | occur of their ecret ever being divulged. v} ...