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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3856, 9 May 1881, Page 4

"Is there no hope P the sick man said The silent doctor shook his head." " "While there is life there's hope, he said " JEgroto, dum animas est, spes ett." D.E L. £T~ SMITH (The only legally-qualified medical map advertising). . 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 inditcre* tions. '„ .-■.•■...--.-■•■ '' On Gout. . - On Rheumatism. In .these colonies those excesses which we have indulged in " hot youth " tell upon us with fearful interest. : : =•■ :rr j ;•. Our regrets are useless, our repining futile. The sole idea should be the chance fW« possess of remedying the- ills we already have, for combatting the effects likely to result. Bide 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 Ws 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 forbids; procrastination} and -points out to us, not to Wait' till the ravages break out in our constitutions. .Before negotiating with a merchant, before engaging with a confidential clerk; before employing a barrister, a onreful man makes enquiries as their standing, their length of occupancy or residence j and, in the case of a legal adviser, both as to his legal qualifications and as to bis capabilities., of transacting the. individual business he consults him.upon.' Strange to say, however, in the selection of 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, he consults the nearest mant whose experience and practice, .perhaps, lies in quite an opposite direction, - '\~Z • Is it astonishing that .so -many are dnven mad, are ruined in beiltb, and are bankrupt in spirits, hope and mo|ufy ?- Have.l not for years pointed out to them that T, pr L. L. Smith, am the only legally qualified medical man advertising in the Colonies?' Have I npt . also prosecuted, at my own expense, these veiy quacks, and exposed the various nostrums they are selling,—such aa Phosphodyne Essence of Life, Ac—and bad them, analysed and found them to "consist of "Burnt Sugar and flavoring matter," Mild The certificatesL have fbotss to be all forgeries. It. is for;tbit reason that I step but^of the etbics oi the profeasion and advertisJD^ to>/giv« those who require the serf ices of my branch an, oppWtunity of knowing they ;can.,corisuit-« legally 'qualified man, and onei; jadreover, "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 24 years, in full practice on NERVOUS DISEASES^ LOSS OF POWER AND DEBILIir SYPHILITIC AFFECTIONS I WANT OF CONDITION GOUT AND RHEUMATISM. Db L. L. SMITH can be consulted by letter —Fee, £1. Medicines forwarded to alt the colonies. • : Db L. L. SMITH, 182 Collins street, East, (Lat the Residence Of the Governor) MKIiBOtTHKK. 647 PRINTING. / IARDS. CIECULAJIB . CHEQUE-BOOib, BILL-HEADS POSTERS, HANDBILLS, THEATRICAL WOBK, &c, &c, &c, In any Goler required, On the shortest notice, and in the most modern style. EVENING STAB OFFICE, 1j> VERf variety of Label for Soda-wate J. -Mannfacturew, in letter-press. Superior designs in lithograph, at the ETlHnra Btai Othoa.