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Kumara Times, Issue 1418, 19 April 1881, Page 4

!•: CRKA'I'IiST OF MOEFM TIMES! fcIEU'LE, SAii'E, AID CERTAUJ , , -• SMITH (the only Legally-qualifiedmedicalman advertisin£ CONSULTS On all Affections of the Nervous System (no matter from what cause arising) On all broken-down constitutions, On all diseases arising from early indisr cretions; 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 ohances we possess of remedying the ills we all ready have, or combating the effects likely to reßuty. Hide it as hp may, put on as good an exterior as he pan, stilf is the victim conscious that he is a living lie, and that sooner or later his vices will discpyer him to the world. Our faith, our obligatiops to society at large, the welfare of our future offspring, and the duty we owe to ourselves forbid procrastination, and ppint out to us not to wait till the ravages break qu£ in our constitutions. Before negotiating with a merchant, before engaging with a confidential clerk, before employing a barrister, a careful man makes inquiries as to their standing their length of occupancy pr residence; and, in the case of a legal adviser," ppth as to his legal qualifications and as to hip capabilities of transacting the individual business he consults him upan. Strange to say, however, in the selection of a medical man, the sufferer frequently omits these necessary precautions ; and, without regard to the fitness, qualification, experience, and ability for the particular ailment requiring treatment, hp consults the nearest man, whose experience and practice perhaps lip in quitp an oppoßitp direction. • ■*•»-? It is astonishing that so many are driven mad, ruined in health, and are bankrupt in spirits, hope, and money ! Havel npt for years pointed out to them ».<.*. ««'t own expense, these very quacks, and exposed the various nostrums they are selling—such as Essence of Life, &c— and had analysed and found them to consist of "Burnt Sugar and flavouring matter," and the certificates 1 have proved to be all forgeries ? It is for this reason that I step out of the ethic* of profession, and advertise, to give those who require the services of my branch aft opportutnity of knowing they can consult a legally-qualified man, and one, moreover who has made this his especial study. Dr. L. L. Smith is the only legally : qualified medical man advertising, and he has been in Melbourne twenty-four year in full practice on '•'■.•< Nervous Diseases Loss of Power and Debility Syphilitic Affections Want of Condition Gout and Rheumatism, i +? r L ' Smith can be consulted bf ?i r ~ F 1 ee ' - £L Me dicines forwarded ti all the colonies. Dr. L. L. SMITH,~IB2 Collins street east (Late the Residence of the Governor)