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Kumara Times, Issue 235, 6 July 1877, Page 4

“Is there no hope ? the sick man said ; The silent doctor shook his head.” “While there is life there’s hope, he cried.” “ dum anima est, spes eat.” DR. L. L. SMITH, (The only legally qualified medical man advertising.) CONSULTSOn all Affections of the Nervous System (no matter from what cause arising) On all broken-down constitutions. On all diseases arising from early "indiscretions. On Gout. On Rheumatism. IN these colonies, those excesses which we have indulged in “ hot youth” tell upon us with fearful interest. Our regrets are useless, our repinings futile. The sole idea should be the chances we possess of remedying the ills we already have, or combating the effects likely to result. Hide it as he may, put on as good an exterior as he can, still is the victim conscious that he is a living lie, and that sooner or. later his vices will discover him to the world. Our Faith, our obligations to society at large, the welfare of our future offspring, and the duty, we owe to ourselves forbid procrastination, and point out to us, not to wait till the ravages break out n our constitutions.

. Before negociating with, a merchant, before engaging with a confidential clerk, before employing a barrister, a careful ipam makes, enquiries as to their standing, their length of occupancy Or residence; and, in the case of a legal adviser, both as to his legal qualifications and as to his capabilities of transacting the individual business he consults him upon. Strange to say, however, in the selection of a medical man, the sufferer frequently omits these necessary pre -cautions and without regard to the fitness, qualification, experience and ability for the particular ailment requiring treatment, he consults the nearest man, whose experience and practice, perhaps, lie in quite an opposite direction. . Is it astonishing that so many are driven mad, ruined in health, and are bankrupt in spirits, hope and money 9 Have I not for years pointed out tc them that—l, Dr. L. L. Smith, an, the only legally qualified man qdvertis ing in the Colonies F ” Have I not