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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3903, 2 July 1881, Page 4

STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDER! roB CHILDREN CUTTING TEETH. CAUTION TO PURCHASERS. The value of this well known Family Mcdi cine has been largely tested in all parts of th( world, and by all grades of society, for up wards of FIFTY YEARS. Its well-edrnec extensive sale has induced SPURIOUS IMITATIONS, some of which in OUT. WARD APPEARANCE bo closely resemblt the original as to have deceived many pur< chasers. The proprietor therefore feelß it due to the public to give a special caution against the use of SUCH IMITATIONS. Purchasers are therefore requested carefully to observe the four following distinctive characteristics, without which none are genuine j— N 1st —In every case the words JOHN STEEDMAN. CHEMIST, WALWORTH SURREY, are engraved Gil the Government Stamp affixed to each packet. 2nd —Each Single Powder has directions for the dose, and the words, John Steedman, Chemist, Walworth, Surrey, printed thereon. 3rd—The name Steedman is always spelt with two EE's. 4th —The manufacture is carried on solely at Walworth, Surrey. Sold in Packets by all Chemißta and Medicine Vendors. Sold by Kbmpthobnb, Pbosseb, and Go., Auckland. tuloß6 "Is there no hope ? the sick man said The silent doctor shook his head." 11 While there is life there's hope, he said 11 Mgroto, dum animas est, spes est." DE L. L. SMITH (The only legally-qualified medical man advertising). cossuits — On ail 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 thoße excesses which we have indulged in " hot youth " tell upon us with fearful interest. Our regrets are uselesß, our repining futile. The Bole idea Bhould be the chance we possess of remedying the ills we already havo, for combatting the effects likely to result. Hide it as he may, put on as good an extorior aB 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 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 j before employing a barrister, a careful 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 his capabilities of transacting the individual business he oonsulte him upon. Strange to say, howevor, 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 neareat mant whose experience and practice, perhaps, lies I in quite an opposite direction., i Is it astonishing th.at so many are driven mad, are ruined in health, and are bankrupt in spirits, hope and money ? Have I not for years pointed out to thorn that J, Dr L. L. Smith, am the only legally qualified medial man advertising in the Colonies ? E^ve I not also prosecuted, at ray awn expense, these very quacks, and exposed the various nostrums they are selling,—such as Phosphodyne Essence of Life, &c—and had them analysed and found them to consist of ** Burnt Bug&* and flavoring matter," and the ce^tificateaE have pboved to be ail ffis-gerles. It is for this reaßon that \ step out of the ethics of the profession and advertise, to give those who require the services of my branch an opportunity of knowing they can consult a legally qualified man, and one, moreover^ who bag made this his especial gtudv, Dr L, L., Smith i» tho only legally qualified medical man advertising, and he has been in Melbourne 24 years, in. full practice on . NERVOUS DISEASES LOSS OF POWER AND DEBILITY SYPHILITIC AFFECTIONS WANT OF CONDITION GOUT ANU HHEUMATISM. Db L. L, SMITH can be consulted by letter—Fee, £1. Medicines forwarded to all the colonies. Db L. L. SMITH, 132 Collins street, East (Lat the Reeidence of the Governor)