“ Lives of treat men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind ns Footprints on the sands of time.” THE above is read with great interest by thousands of ycung men. It inspires them with Hope, for in the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail. Alas ! say' many, this is correct,—is true with regard to the youth who has never abused his strength—and to the man who has not been “ passion’s slave.” Hut to that yaj»h--Fn that'man, who has wasted his yielded himself up to the tymtponnfy tsyfet allurements of vice, xiho has gi/en uirfoiidledjieonse to his passions, to him thonihovc lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can he have? What aspirations ? What chance of leaving hU footprints on the sands of lime? For him, alas ! there is nought hut dark despair anil seif reproach for a lost li/e. For a man to leave his foot prints on the sands of time, he must bo endowed with a strong brain and nervous power. He must possess a sound, vigorous healthy mind, in a healthy body—the power to conceive—the energy to execute ! But look at our Australian youth ! See the emaciated form, the vacant look, the listless hesitating manner, the nervous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say', Is that a man to leave his footprints on the sands of time. Do parents, medical men and educators of youth pay sufficient attention to this subject ? Do they ever ascertain the cause of this decay ; and having done so, do they’ (as a strict sense of duty demands) seek the skilled advice of the medical man, who has made this branch of his profession his particular specialty, whose life has been de .\ - ted to the treatment of these eases? Reader, what is your answer? Let each one answer for himself. Parents see their proudly fading gradually before their sight, see them become emaciated old young men, broken down in health, enfeebled, unfitted for the battle of life ; yet one word might save them, one sound and vigorous health -giving letter from a medical man, habituated to the treatment and continuous supervision of such cases, would, in most instances, sue ceed in warding oft'the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment rest we the enervated system toils natural vigor, and ensure a joyous and happy life. Dr. L. L. SMITH, of Melbourne, has made the diseases of youth and those arising therefrom his peculiar study. His whole professional life has been tspr cially devoted to the treatment of Nervous Attentions and the Diseases incidental to Married Life. His skill is available to all- -no matter how many’hundreds or thousands of miles distant. His system of correspondence by letter is now so well organised and known, that comment would he superfluous- (by this means many thousands of patients have been cured, whom he has never a. en and never known) ; and it is carried on with such judicious supervision that though he has been practising this branch of Ids profession for twenly.-six years in these colonies, no single instance of accidental dis covery has ever yet happened. When medicines are required, these are forwarded in the same careful manner without a possibility of the contents of the parcels being discovered. Plain and clear directions accompany’ these latter, and a cure is effected without even the physician knowing who is his patient.
To Men and Women with Broken-down Constitutions, the Nervous, the Debilitated and from any Disease whatever, Dr. L. L. SM ITH’S plan of treatment commends itself, avoiding, as itiioes, the inconvenience and expense of a personal visit. A d dress — DR. L L. SMITH, IS2 Collins Street, MELBOURNE. (Late the residence of the Governor). CONSULTATION FEE BY LETTER,
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Dunstan Times, Issue 920, 5 December 1879, Page 4
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