The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1851-02-06
Extract from Letter. ~,
Competence and Health

"LAscAsTER Pa, Oct ~, 1877.
"MY DEAR SiR: know you will have ,hn kin,l'i
tn bear with me in encroachng upon your tiIc.
while acknowledge lin behalf of myself aHd.&ifel
the obligations feel ourselves under to you in hav.
Ing nude known certain nat,ers, conaineatn I'M your
most invaluable Married Womans Private Medical
Companion. 1t has been worth its weight in gold,
to me. If express myself rather warmly, you WIN
that can not do SO too warmly, when nformt.
you of the extent TO which have. through it, beeo.'
benefited l will state my situation when Iobtaineti
your book through the merest curiosity look upon
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had been married some ten years. and wsothc father
OF ofseven children was long struggling uncensingly.
TO the end that might gain moderate competency.
but the results Of my utmost exerions at the end le
me about where was at the beginning ct each year;
and that only, with the most stnted economy suti-
cling with barely the necessares of life. Fmalyths
constant effort was beginning to have its effect upon
my health felt less capable to endure its continu'
ance, while felt the necessity OF perseverance,.
"This constant, unceasng struggle on my part was
imperative in consequence Of the prostrated condi'
ton of my wife with occasional intermissonl Tor six
years much Of the time confined to her bed;snd Of .
course incapable of taking the charge and manage
ment OF household affairs. Her condition arose from
causes Of which was ignorant Oh! what would
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WoMAN's PRIVATE MEDICAL CoMpASioMs'
From Physician.
DANGEROUS DELIVERIES,
DISTRACTIONS, IRREGULARITIES. &C.
How many are suffering from obstruction or irres
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dermine their health the effects Of which they are
ignorant and for which their decacy torbids seeking
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ute,i failing Of the womb) or from aor-al6us weak
agony for many months preceding confinement How
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in it's pages the meaps Of prevention, ameioration.
and relief!
Extract from Letter
To those just Married. -" Had known"
"PHILADELpHIA, Nov. 90. ls47.
"DR. A. NJ MAURIcEAU; Had known OF the i'm
portant matters treated Of in The Married Womans
Private Medical Companion some years ago. how
much misery might have escaped have suffered
years from which you point out in your book,
without knowing what to do: lobtained copy, and
avail herself of the information contained in its pages"
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cessary to present.
10 those vet unmarried, but contemplating mar
rage or perhaps hesitating as to the proprieiy Of
incurrng the responsibilities attendant upon II, the
importance of being possessed of the revelations
tanned in these pages, SO intimately involving their
future happiness, can not be appreciated.
II is Of course impracticable TO convey more fully
the various subjects treated Of they are Of q ma.
ture strictly intended for the married, those
templatng marriage; neither is il necessary, since
it is every ones duty to become possessed OF know
edge whereby the suferings to which wife, moth
or, or a sister. may be subject, can be obviated
ry- Copies will be sent by Mail free Of Postage
.iAs to the Purchaser. -11 8
EaP On the receipt Of One Dollar THE MAR.
RiED WOMAN'B PRIVATE MEDICAL COM
PANION" is sent [maiied freeJ to any part Of tho
United States. All letters must be post paid lexcept
those containing a remuance), aud addressed to DR..
A. NJ MAURICEAU, Box 1894, New York City.
Over 10000 Copies have been sent by MAI
tainty.
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re making handsome completeness from
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rT CAUTION.-The public are cautioned
against various catch pennies intended TO be
palmed off upon them, initiating the title OF
the work as stThe Married Lddies' Medical
-Companion,5 and various other titles. The
title Of the work is "1hc Married WO-
MAN'S Pr,eate Medical Comp anioa," d..
A. W. Maurieeau.
JOSEPH SWARTZ, Agent, -Blooms6urg.