ing, though not excessively, the evil,
_self-abuse._ Although I have been led to abandon the pernicious habit
for several years, my age being twenty-four, the horrible effects have
not disappeared. The serious result is that I am suffering from
spermatorrhea. An involuntary discharge of the seminal fluid occurs
invariably once, not infrequently twice, every week during sleep. The
genital organs have become diminished in size. I will proceed to state
the symptoms which I have been able to observe. They are--disposition to
solitude, inaptitude for study, indolence, forgetfulness, melancholy,
weakness in the back (especially perceptible after standing), a lack of
confidence in my own ability, want of energy, sometimes pain in the
chest, elbow, arm, knees, and loins. Uneasy nights, disturbed and highly
disagreeable dreams becoming more and more irritating as the time for
the discharge of the seminal fluid draws nearer, also a desire to lie
longer in bed in the morning.

Now, dear Doctors, permit me to ask your kind advice as to what means
are to be taken. I have tried numerous remedies for more than a year,
but to no effect. My suffering grows severer. Please reply as speedily
as you may be able. If you be so kind as to honor me with an answer,
please state the amount of money needed for your services, which shall
be forwarded at once. Please find inclosed one dollar, remuneration for
your kind services.

Very respectfully,
M., Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill.

(At the close of treatment.)

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: _Gentlemen_--I have finished the
eight months' treatment; had I been able to follow the directions more
closely, three months' treatment would have effected a permanent cure of
my case. Now I am well, body strengthened, mind invigorated, memory
revived, energy to work restored, cheerfulness and bright hopes, once
altogether lost, are now fully regained. Indeed, I feel like a new
being. And now, dear Doctors, in closing our important correspondence,
permit me to render my heart-felt thanks for your kindness to me, and
for the benefit received from your invaluable treatment. Adieu; may God
grant you a long life, that you may benefit many an afflicted one.

Very truly yours, M., Wheeling, Cook Co., Ill

CASE 464,255. MASTURBATION. LOSS OF FLESH AND MENTAL POWER.

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION: _Gentlemen_--After three months
of your treatment, I find myself cured of one of the w