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Evening Star, Issue 4485, 14 July 1877, Page 4

GRATEFUL. COMFORTING. EPPS’S COCOA, BREAKFAST. “ By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the line properties of well-selected cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately-flavored beverage which may save ns many heavy doctors’ bills. It Is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle

' maladies are floating around us ready to at> ' tack wherever there is a weak point. We i may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame.”—See article in the * Civil Service Gazette. ’ Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in packets and tins. Mb and 11b labelled iJ A MK S EPPS & 00., j Homohopathio Chemists, i 48, Threadneedle street, and 170, Picadilly j Works. Kuston Road, and Camden Town, i London. j ” Is theM no hope," the sick man said • | The sileut doctor shook his head, * “ tfhile there is life there’s hope," he cried, “ jEgroto, dum Animas est, spes eat.” OR, L. L. SMITH, The only legally-qualified medical man ad vertising, consults : On all affections of the Nervous iSystem (no matter from what cause arising). On all broken-down constitutions. On all diseases arising from early indiscretions. On Gout and Rheumatism. IN these colonies, those excesses which we have indulged in “hot youth ” tell upon us with fearful interest. Our regrets are useless, our repining* futile. The sole idea should be the chance, we possess of remedying the ills we already have, or combating the effects likely to result. Hide it as he may, put on as good an exterior as he can, still is the victim co scious that he is a living lie, and tha 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 forbid procrastination, and point 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 careful man makes inquiries as to their standing, their length of occupancy or residence; 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 con suits upon him. Strange to say, however m the selection of a medical man, the sufferer frequently omits these necessary precaution* and without regard to the fitness, qualification, experience, and ability for the parti cular ailment requiring treatment, he con suits the nearest man, whose experience practice, perhaps, lie i n quite an opposite direction Is it astonishing that 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 them that 1, Dr. L L Smith, am the only ley ally qualified inedicw oractitioner advertising in the colonies ? Have I not also prosecuted, at my own expense these very quacks, and exposed the various nostrums they are selling, such as Phospho [ dyne, Essence of Life, &c—and hail them j analysed and found them to consist of “Burnt Siurar and flavoring matter,”and the certificates I have proved to be all forgeries, It is for this reason that I step out of the ethics of the profession and ad vertise, to give those who require the ser vices of my branch an opportunity of know ing they can consult a legally qualified man and one, moreover, who has made this hia especial study. Dr L. L. Smith can be consulted hy letter —Fee, LI. Medicines forwarded to al Colonies. DR L. L. SMITH, 182, Collins street ewf Late the Residence of the Governor), ftliuovuw