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3. Avoid watching for symptoms. Ills are greatly 

 exaggerated by dwelling upon tliem. One can easily 

 imagine himself getting worse when he is really im- 

 proving. Indeed, one can make himself sick by dwell- 

 ing upon insignificant symptoms. Fix upon a course 

 to pursue for recovery, firmly resolve to comply with 

 every requirement necessary to insure success, and then 

 let the mind be entirely at rest respecting the result. 



4. Never consult a quack. The newspapers abound 

 in lying advertisements of remedies for diseases of this 

 character. Do not waste time and money in corre- 

 sponding with the ignorant, unprincipled charlatans 

 who make such false pretensions. Do not consult trav- 

 eling doctors. Physicians of real merit have plenty of 

 business at home. They are not obliged to go abroad 

 in order to secure practice; persons who resort to this 

 course are, without exception, pretentious quacks. Con- 

 sult only some well-known and reliable physician in 

 whom you have confidence. If your physician treats 

 the matter lightly, and advises marriage as a means of 

 cure, you will not judge him harshly if you decide that 

 although he may be thoroughly competent to treat 

 other diseases, he is ignorant of the nature and proper 

 treatment of this. It is an unfortunate fact that there 

 are many physicians who are not thoroughly acquainted 

 with the nature of spermatorrhea and the proper mode 

 of treating the disease ; hence the importance of making 

 a judicious selection in choosing a medical adviser. It 

 is far better to consult your family physician than to 

 trust yourself in the hands of some one whom you do 

 not know, and especially one who makes great preten- 

 sions to knowledge. 



5. Do not despair of ever recovering from the 

 effects of past transgression, and plunge into greater 



