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Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 11 February 1881, Page 3

" Liveß of great men all remind us, We can make oar lives sublime ; And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time." THE above is read with great interest by thousands of young men. It inspires them with Hope, foriu the bright lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail, iilas! sa) many, this is correct,— is true with >.v)gard to the youth who has never abused his strength-- and to the man who ha 3 not been ' passion's slave." But to tbßt youth— to that man, who has was-ted his vigor, who has yielded himself up to the temporary sweet allurements of vice, who has given unbridled license to his passions, to him the above lines are but as a reproach. What Hope can he have ? Whas aspirations? What chance of leaving hit footpjints on the sands of time? For'him, alas ! there in nought but dark despair and self-reproach for a lost life. For a man to leave his footprints on the sands of lime, he must be 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 lk-rvous distrust, the senseless, almost idiotic expression. Note his demeanour and conversation, and then say, Is that a man to leave his lootprints on the sands of time. Do purents, 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 lniide this branch of his profession his particular speciality, whose life has been devoted to ihe treatment of these cases ? Kcader, what is your answer ? Lee each one answer for himself. Parents see their progeny 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 siu-h cases, would, in most instances, succeed iv wardiug off the impending doom of a miserable and gloomy future, and by appropriate treatment restore the enervated system to its natural vigor, and ensure a jorous and happy life. Dr L. L. SMITH, "of Melbourne/has made the diseases of youth and those arising there* from his peculiar study. His whole pro:e8« sional life has been especially devoted to tho treatment of Nervous Affections and the Diseases incidental to Married Life. His skill is available to all — no matter how nuny hundreds or thousanda of miles distant. His system of correspondence by letter is now so Well orgauised and known, that comment would be superfluous— (by this Means many thousands ot patients have been cured, whom he has never seen and never known) ; and it is earned on with such judicious supervisou that though he has been practicing this branch of his profession lor tweuty»six years in these colonies, no single instance of accidental discovery has ever yet happened. When Medicines are required, these are forwarded in the same careiul manner without a possibility of the conteiits of the parcels being discovered, Plain and clear directions accompany these latfor, and a cure is effected without eyen the physician knowing who is his patient. To Men and Women with Broken-c^own Constitutions, the IServous, the Debilitated, aud all Buttering from any Disease whatever, Dr L, L. SMITH'S plan oi treatment commends itself, avoiding, as it docs, tbe inconvenience aud expense of a personal visit, Apdbess — DR. L. SMITE, 182, COLLIE TKEET EAST, MELBOURNE. (Late the Residence vi tbe (Governor.)