{Comp}lete Instrument (all attachments) $15.00
{Extra} Central-Spring Bell-Pad, In case of Double Varicocele 3.00
{Elast}ic Glove-fitting Testicle-Sac and Cradle (separate) 6.00
{Sold ne}atly boxed, and with full and explicit directions for applying;
as also a {____} prescription for a Tonic, Healing and Astringent
Lotion, to be used {in conju}nction with it.
In ordering, please state girth around waist, circumference of scrotum,
and length of same from root of penis to about the middle of the bottom
of the bag.
The reason why Varicocele has until within the past ten or fifteen years
received so little attention is owing to the fact that up to that time
this bagging or bulging of the spermatic veins was looked upon as merely
a local affection. No one seemed to be aware of the fact that its effect
in nine cases out of ten was to produce Seminal Weakness and Loss of
Sexual Power, etc. To-day no fact is so well recognized in medicine,
although probably not so well known outside of the profession.
Then, too, until very recently, physicians either carelessly dismissed a
patient with Varicocele with the advice to "get a suspensory bandage and
wear it; the thing don't amount to anything;" or else, when the patient
became persistent in his demands for a cure, advised him that the
dangerous cutting or tying operations were the only means of relief. But
this is all changed now. Physicians have come to know something about
the disease, and means for both relief and cure are now speedy and
certain, and in no sense painful or dangerous.
It is for the purpose of stating in as plain and concise a manner as
possible all the more important facts relating to this disease, and
pointing out to such as are troubled with it, or have friends so
troubled, not only the proper manner of treatment, but also the danger
of delay, that this little treatise has been compiled. Many a man well
built and apparently healthy, yet totally bereft of manhood--in a word
Impotent--can trace his deplorable condition to a neglected Varicocele.
Nor are these the only ones who need information upon the subject.
Thousands of young men are to-day being treated for seminal troubles who
will never be cured, because they are entirely ignorant of the existence
of a Varicocele of the Cord, that most insidious and dangerous of all
forms of Varicocele, or, if aware of it, do not understand the terrible
influence it has on their Sexual Powers, and how great and persistent a
stumbling-block it will be in the way of all treatment.
It is for the benefit of all such that this little essay is intended.
For the sake of clearness we shall consider the subject under the heads
of Definition, Frequency, Causes, Dangers, Influence on Sexual Diseases,
Wasting of the Organs, Symptoms and Treatment.
Consultation with our physicians, by letter or in person, free,
References and testimonials promptly and cheerfully furnished.
CIVIALE REMEDIAL AGENCY,
174 Fulton Street, New York.
_CHAPTER XII._
THE RELIABILITY OF THE CIVIALE REMEDIES,
AND THE BUSINESS STANDING AND PROBITY OF OUR AGENCY.
In previous editions of this work, we made no attempt whatever to point
out to our readers either our reputation as a medical business firm, or
proofs of the efficacy or reliability of the remedies we represent and
prescribe, supposing that any person at all familiar with the names and
reputation of Professors Lallemand and Civiale, and the honors bestowed
upon the latter by the French government, would need no such references,
etc. We find, however, that there are but few men in this country who
are as familiar as they should be with the nature and extent of
Lallemand's and Civiale's medical labors, or indeed with French Medical
History at all. We, therefore, for the benefit of such, have here
transcribed extracts from that most reliable work, _Appleton's
Cyclopedia_ (copies of which may be found in many families, and every
town and city library), from which may be learned the professional
standing and reputation of these great men.
Furthermore: Of late years there have sprung up in various parts of the
country, physicians and firms who have made it a business to prey upon
foolish young men, who took everything that was sent to them for gospel.
There are many young men (and old men, too) who do not know us, and for
their benefit we have drawn up here and submitted such proofs of our
probity, fair dealing and medical capacity, as well as of the
reliability of the Civiale Remedies, as will, we believe, carry
conviction of our truthfulness and probity to any honest man's mind.
We have always been averse to parading before the eyes of the careless,
scoffing world the sufferings of the victims of abuse or excess, even
when by doing so we might profit largely by such a course. We have a
large number of letters from persons who have been cured by this
treatment constantly on file in our office, and any sufferer really in
earnest will be gladly given permission to examine them, should he so
desire. But we certainly shall not parade such letters, written to us in
the strictest confidence and secrecy, to every reader of a treatise of
this kind, especially when we give an abundance of equally as good proof
of another kind.
_If we have always dealt fairly and with professional honor and ability
with our corresponding and office patients in the past, we certainly
shall continue to do so in the future._
First, let us call your attention to two very recent and very flattering
extracts from editorial articles that appeared in newspapers of known
standing and reputation in the city of New York, both of which articles
were wholly unsolicited by us, being the spontaneous testimony of wholly
disinterested journals.