The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-11-16
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Huot oIhniLlNu IuHoiptnhllUNoI
Reflections for the Thoughtful.
Strange that countless human beings exist and
drag through life as do the beasts Of the field o.
thb insects Of the earth, evneing DO more thought
G reflection than though the noble faculties Of mind
Eere not VouchsAfed 10 them.
Many such are husbands and fathers, upon WHOM
are dependent the health, the Well-being, and the
happiness Of . con6ding and aasctiOnAte wife, With
perhaps family Of children,
HOW oFTEN IT HAPPENS THAT THE
wYE LIEGKRS FR0k YEAR TO YEAR
In that ptiablS condition as not even for one day to
feel the happy and exherating influence incident
70 the enjoyment Of health.
She may not be an invalid confined to her bed,
Or even TO her room as her pride, ambition and
energy induce and nerve her to take personal
Sharge Of her household, even whsn her health will
not admit Of IL but she is nevertheless peyceptiby
sinking from day to day, and always Ailing.
thus, day after day, and month after month tran-
.pire Her health daily sinks, till finally even the
hope Of recovery no longer remains. And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But few years ago in the flush Of health and
youth, and buoyancy Of spirits, rapily, and Appa-
rently inexplieably, becomes a feeble sickly de-
hilitated wife, with frame emaciaCed, nerves up-
strung, spirits depressed, eountenanse bearing the
impress Of suffering, and an utter physical and
mental prostratiop.
Sometimes this deplorable change may and does
arise from organic or constitutional causes. But
oftener, by far oftener, to gr,ss and inexcusable
ignorance Of the simplest and plainest rules Of
health as connected with the marriage state, the
violation Of which entails disease, suffering and
misery, not only to the wife, but often
Hereditary Complaints upon the Children
UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH GEsERATIoN,"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,
HYPOCHQNnRIA, INSANITY, GOUT,
KINGS EVIL, and OthOr diseases,
DREADFUL INHERITANCE
from the Parents,
And must this continue Shall We be wise in
ell that the cattle Of elds our horses
our sheep, our cows, our oxen, the Dature and
character OF the soil we possess, the texture and
quality Of goods and merchandise but in all that
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions, subject to great derauge-
nent, involving our future peace and happiness
in All that concerns the health and welfare of the
wife Of our affections, and the mother of our chill
drcn; in all that concerns the mental and physical
well being Of those children, We should be i'm.
nsrsed in the darkest and most
pENIohTED NORANcE,
AS cULPABLE AS ISExCUsABLE.
How long shall this ignorance prevail so produN.
tive of its bitter fruits How long shall the wife
and mother be gnorant of the nature character and
causes of the various womb and sexual complaints.
embittsriDg her days BY suferng-suferng often
prolonged to years, eVentuatng in complication Of
diseases utterly and hopelessly incurabs I Shall
We for close eyes to the results Of physo-
logical science by which we may arrive 1T an
understanding Of ourselves as men and women,
subject to serious lifO-long enduring diseases, and
PerpetuAting them to our children.
LET EvTRY WIyE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No husband or wift need be ignorGnt of whas
concerns them most 10 knolp TO SEIZURE their health
GHd hdppiatsS. That knoirledgs IS coutdinsd in q
little ipork entitiea
THE MARRIED wOMAN's
PRIVATE MEDICAI CONpAN NION