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Otago Daily Times, Issue 8610, 27 September 1889, Page 4

Meiical.

Some patients suffering from nervous affections are afraid from sheer bashfulness and modesty to personally consult a medical man; other patients have not the self-possession and coolness when in the consulting-room to accurately describe their symptomß, their habits of life, and the nature of the disease they suffer from. Let such persons (he or she) ait quietly down in the privacy of thelrownapartmentsandwithcalm minds describe clearly each symptom of theiroase. Aclear statement thuß written and laid before me iB far preferable in nervouß dißeaßea to a personal consultation. Where, however, a disease is of a peculiar and exceptional character a personal consultation may become necesßary; but my success in correspondence 1b bo great that of the thousands upon thousands whom I have treated by letter during the last 32 years, not a single mistake has ever occurred, not a case has ever been made public; in fact, the very simplicity of my system of correspondence prevents publicity] At the same time medicines are sent to my patients In such a form as to defy detection. How many thousands have I not brought joy to ? How many have been enabled to euter into tho marriage state through consulting me ? How many after marriage have privately consulted me and been blesßed, and their married lives made fruitful and happy? How many waßted, ruined youthß of both sexes have also been restored to health, and thanked their manhood for having consulted me by letter? How many questions arise where the family phyßlolan is unable to unravel the case, and where often the patient lingers on, not daring to tell his family medical adviser the nature of his complaint, until consumption, wasting, or mental diseases set In, and the sufferer gets beyond the curable stago and is left a homeless wreck? A letter dropped in the privaoy of the room, and dropped in the post-box, reaches me quietly, tho answer is returned as quietly and unostentatiously, and the patient without stepping from his chamber, except to post hiß letter, is by return of post put in full poasesslon of the nature of his case. His hopes are raised, his doubts removed, and he Is comparatively a new man; in fact, in many caseß.a new being altogether. The only addition to the ordinary written letter Is the age, occupation, habits and symptoms— not thine more. The uaual consultation'fee of £1 (one pound) muat be enclosed, otherwise no anßwer will be returned. There are thousands of cases in daily life where a oonßultationwith one at a distance will remove by a single letter a great fear, a great care, and it often solves what appears as an impenetrable mystery. Many a Bad heart haß been made joyful on receipt of an explanatory letter from me] To those who are about to marry, I would say consult me before doing so, aud thus prevent many after troubles and remove mauy unnecessary fears and prejudices; to those more especially who have suffered in early years from disease, or who have yielded to their passions. To these I Bay at one« consult with me, do not tarry, delays are daiigerouß, and as an expert, my time may not be always at your service; you can, by simply enclosing one pound, have the benefit of my experience in the same manner as if I lived iu your own town, and with the additional advantage of thorough privacy.— Yours, truly, LOUIS L. iSMITH. AddressDr L.li. SMITH, 41 Collins street. Melbourne. The only legally qualified Practitioner advertising, and registered under the Medical Board of Victoria, and practising tho la3t 35 years. Consultation Fke ijv Lkttkb, HI. Fee for Personal Consultation, £1 Is. The Utter iB Inclusive of medioiue. Medicines forwarded, well packed, to all the Colonies, India, and Europe. i 41 COLLINS STBDBT MELBOURNE.

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