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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 96, 2 August 1879, Page 1

•• Is there no hope ?” tin Mek man said; Tin* silent doctor shook hi* head. •• \Vlii!<ith'•!■•» is life tin r.-’s hope” ho cried. “ /Kgt'rto. dum manias est, s|>oh est.” Dll. L. I- BMIT II . (the only legally-qualified medical man advartisinp) „ ■. r O S t\ V 1. T 8— On all ftfiVi lions of tin* Nervous System (no matter from what cause arising).. t hi all broken-down constitutions. <>ii ill diseitM hj arising from early iudiscr©'•j Ithoumatlsni. hj. these colonies, those excesses which V.e have indulged in “hot youth” toll upon as with fearful interest. * >ur regrets an* useless, our repinings i'utih*. The solo idea should he the chances we possess of remedying the ills wo already have, or combating the effects likely to p-sult. Hide it as In* may. put on as good mu exterior as he can, still is the victim or.sfimis that he is a living lie, and that sooner or later hi-* vices will discover him ‘i> the world. Our Faith, our obligations to society at large. the welfare of our future offspring, and the duty we owe to ourselves forbids procrastination, and point? out to us, not to wait till the ravages break out in our constitutions. I'efnre negotiating with a merchant, before engaging with a commercial clerk ; efore employing a barrister, a careful man makes enquiries as to their standing, their eiigth of occupancy or residence; and. in he ease of a legal adviser, both as to his legal qualifications and as to his capabilities of transacting the individual business he consults upon. Strange to sa\v however, iu the s«-lection of a medical man, tie l sufferer frequently omits these necessary precaution : and without regard to the fitness, qualifies • tion, fxperienee amiability for the particular aihi.mil requiring treatment, he consults the aearest man. whose experienco and practice, perhaps, lies in quite an opposite direction. It is astonishing that so many are driven mad. are ruined in health, and are bankrupt iu -pints, hope and noney ? Have 1 not for years point d out to them that •* I. 1 >r. li. 1.. Smith, am the only legally

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