Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-08-18
THE MARRIAGE STATE;
Shall Happtnsss aad As.ifh, or .uissvy SOD
StcEasss, sstsnd Uf
MOST STARTLING CONSIDERATIONS !
Reflections for the Thoughtful.

MOST STARTLING CoNSIDENATlONSI
Reflections for the Thoughtful.
Strange that countless human beings sxis, and
drag through life as do the beasts Of the held, OF
the insects of the earth, evincng DO more thought
or reflection thsn though the noble faculties VI mind
were not vouchsafed to thoin.
Many such are husbands aud fathers, upon whom
arc dependent the health, the well-being, and the
happiness of con6ding and aaectionate wife, with
perhaps u family OF children.
HOW OFTEN 1T HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LINGERs FROM YEAR 10 YEAR
IN that pitable condition not even for one day 10
feel the happy and exhilerating influence incident
to 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
charge of her household, even when her health will
not admit of il but she is nevertheless perceptiby
sinking from day TO day, and always siliDg.
Thus, day after day and month after month tran
spre. 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 nush Of health and
youth, and buoyancy Of spirits, rapidly, and appA-
renty inexplicably, becomes a feeble, sickly, do
biitated wife, with frame emaciated, nerves IN
strung, spirits depressed, countenanee bearing the
Som Sometimes this asplossSl. ehaass ma, and dos
arise from organic or constitutional causes. Bal
snossne. ssas q H. :@pss .6S pss.. s ,ss:
health ss connected with the marriage STATE. the
siolation Of which entails disease, safsrins sad
misery, not only to the wife, bat often
Hereditary Complaints upon the Children
UNTO rHH THIRD AND touRrn orrRArIoS,"
Transmitting cONsUMPT1ON, scROEULA,
HYPOCHONDR1A, INSANITY, 0OUT,
KINGS EVIL, and other disease,
aso
DREADFUL INHERITANCE
from tho Parents.
And must this continue Shall We bs wise "a
all that concerns the cattle Of our fields our horses
our sheep, our cows, our oxen, tho nature and
character Of the soil We possess, the texture and
quality of our goods and merchandise but In all thss
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions, subject to great deranss-
ment, involving our future peace and happiness-
in ali that concerns the health and welfare Of the
wife of affections, and the mother OF our chill.
dren; in all that concerns the mental ana physical
we'll being of those children, We should be i'm
mersed in the darkest and most
BENi0hTED ORANGE,
AS cULPABLE AS iNRxcUsABrE.
How long shall this ignorance prevail so produce
tive Of its bitter fruits How long shall the wife
and mother be ignorant of the nature character and
causes OF the various womb and sexual complaints,
embittering her days by sufering-sufering often
prolonged to years. eventuating in q complication Of
diseases utterly and hopelessly incurable Shall
We for ever close our eyes to the results OF physo-
logical science by which We may arrive At IN
understanding of ourselves as men and women,
subject to serious lifelong enduring diseases, and
perpetuating them to our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No husband or ,cife need be ignorant Of pAaf
concerns them most TO knoo to secure their health
and happiness. That kno'cledge is contained IN .
iinis w0,k entitled
THE MARRIED woMAN's
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DR. A. NJ. MAURICEAU,
PROFESSOR op DISEASES woMKs.
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com plants, with the various
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