Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-02-05
sICKLY AND UNHAPPY WIVES.

Extract Of a Letter from a Gentleman IN Dayton o.
DAYTON, May I, l847.
uDR. A NJ MAURICEAU-WV Dear Sir: The
Married Woman's Private Medical Companion, Tor
which enclosed one dollar 10 your address, came
safely to hand ] would not have troubled you with
these few lines, but that l am Impelled by sense
of gratitude for myself and wife, TO give utterance
to our sincere and heartfelt emotions.
Nv wife has been percepubly sinking Tor some
three years or more consequence OF her great an
guish and suffering some months before and duHng
confinement; every successive one more and more
debIitated and Frustrated her putting her life IN I'M
nnent danger and which was. on the last occasion,
despaired Of Isupposed that this state OF things was
inevitable, and resigned myself to meet the worst
At this time NOW about two m0nthsl heard your
book highly spoken Of as containing some matters
raachiny NV case On its receipt and perussl, can
not express 10 YOU the relief afforded my distressed
mind and the JOY its pages impaired 70 my wILe, on
learning that the great discovery OF NJ. NJ. Desc
meaux provided q remedy. IL opened prospect 10
me which little conceived was possible. no pecu-
mary consideration ever repay the Obligations
am under 10 you for having been the means OF I'M,
parting TO the matters contained IN The MARRIED
Woman's Private Medical Companion But fE
this ere another year would have passed over my
head, in all human probability my wife would have
been In her grave and my children LETT motberess.
Extract from a Lerts7.
Competence and Health
"LANCtsTEp, PA, Oct. %, Is47.
My DEAR SIR: / know Won win have the kind
ness To bear win me IN enCrDaChlng upon YOUR time.
while l acknowledge lin behalf Of myself and yvifei
the obligations feel ourselves under you IN hav-
ing made known certain matters. contained in your
most invaluable Married " onan's Private Medical
Companion 1t has been worth It's weight in gold
TO me. If express myself rather warmly, you will
see that ! can not do SO too warmly, when / inform
you Of the extent TO which I have through it, been
benefited. viii state r1y situation when obtained
your book through the mcrest Curiosity look upon
it one of the most fortunate events Of my life.
had been married some Ten years, and the father
Of seven children. ] was long struggling increasingly,
to the end that might gam moderate Cou3pC teucv,
but the results Of my utmost eCrtous at the end LEFT
about where was az the beginning of each yeHri
and that only, with the most sliGted economy. suf
cling with barely the uecessaes OF life. Finally this
constant effort was beginning TO have its elcCt lpon
my hcalth felt less capable to endure It's Cort.1F-
AEcc while felt the necessity Of perseverance,
This constant, unceasIng struggle on my part va
imperative, in consequence of the Frustrated conc
ton of my wife with occasional utermjssi0n for SIX
years, much of the time confined to her bed and OF
course incapable Of taking the charge and manage
meut of household affairs. Her condition arose from
causes Of which ] was ignorant. OH what wonld
have given had the six years to live over again
What would my wife have given o. have been spared
the long days and still longer nights PROSTATE on q
bed Of sickness all of which would have been
avoide- ,hai then seen q copy of THE MARRIED
WoHEA PRIVATE Medical CoWFANIoN''