Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-01-09
THE MARRIED STATE:
Shall Happiness and Heath, or Mise
ry aud Sickness, attend itl
slosTsTARTL1NG CONSIDERATIONS.
Reflections for the Thoughtful.

III reflections for the Thoughtful
/ kSTRANGE tina. countless human beings exis
~ and dag through life as do the beasts o
the field, or the insects Of the earth, eyiniGs
no more thought or reflection than though thu
noble faculties of mind were not voucEsafed IL
them.
Many such are husbands and father, upor
whom are dependent the health, the we'll being
| and The happiness efa confiding and affection.
ale wife, with perhaps family Of children.
HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LlNGERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that pitiable condition DIS not even for one
day 10 feel the HAPPY and celebrating influence
incident tostfs enjaymentof health.
She may not be an invalid confined to her bed
or even 10 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 it but she is nevertheless per.
ceptibly sinking from day to day, and always
ailing.
Thus, day after day, and month after month
ranspire. Her health daily sinks, till finding
even the hope Of recovery nc longer remains
And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But a few years ago in the flush OF health and
youth, ard buoyanoy ofspirils, rapidly, aud APP
parpnlly inexplicably, b ecomes feeble, sickly
deblutated wife. with frame ernaciated. nerves
unstlang, spirits depressed, couutenancs bearing
the i,npiess of suffering, ,a.ad utter ply sica
and mental prosira,ioB.
Sometimes this de7io.abe change may and
does arise from organic or constitutional causes.
But o!tener, by far oitener, 10 gross and ineXcu
saAle Ignorance of he simplest and plainest rules
OF health as connected with the marriage state
HE vioiatisn ot " hich entails disease, suffering
aud misery, not only to the wife, but often
HEREDITARY COMPLAINTS UPON CHILDREN
"UNTo THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATIONS
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCRO
FUEA. HYPOCHONDRIA, LNSAN-
FTP, GOVT, KINGS EVIL, and
other and ,eorse disease as DREAD
FUL INHERITANCE Irom the
Parents.
And must this continue! Shalt we be wise
in all that concerns the cattle Of our fields our
horses, our sheep, our cows, our oxen, the la
iute and character of the soil we possess, the
texture and quality ui oar goods and nerchan-
disc but in all that concerns ourselves as human
beings, Wth human functions and passions, sub.
iect lc great arrangement, involving our future
peace and happiuess-in all that concerns the
health and welfare OF the vie ot our affections,
and the mother OF eur children, in all that con-
Germs The mental and physical well being OF
tause chisen, We should be immersed in the
dalkt st and most
BENIGHTED IGNORANCE,
AS CULPABLE AS INEXCUSABLE!
How long shall this ignorance prevail 50 pro.
duc,iye Of its bitter fruits2 How long shall The
wifi aid mother be iaa6ianl Of The NATURE char
st6tef and caases Of tho various womb aud seAH-
al oerplaiHis, eHlbileriug her DAYS by Suffering
suffering e!ten prolonged 10 years, eventual. M
m . complication oil diseases utterly ansi hope
lesaIs iueurabie2 Shah we forever close our
eyes 10 lie results OF physiological science by
which we may arrive al an understanding OF our
selves as men and women, sutjecllo seliors lie.
!ong enduring DISEASES and perpeiuaiing them
10 our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No husband or ile need be ignorant Of what
concerns them most to know TO secure then
health and happiness, and their pecuniaIy pros
perily. That know ledge is contained III Il li,lle
work entitled
THE MARRIED WOMAN'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DIR. A. NJ. MAURACEAU.
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMEN.
One Hundred Edition. lSmo., PIP. $50. Price SOC
FINE PAPER, EXTRA BINDING, $l,Oo.1
First published in lSl7 and it is not
SURPRISING OH WONDERFUL,
Co, dering Tia, erery Female wheiher mar
ritd or not, can here acquire a full knowl-
edge Of the nature, character and eau
ses Of her complaints, oith the uarious
symptoms, aad that aearly haDa
Million Copies should hare been sold.
1t is implactieable to convey fully the va ious
subjects treated Of, as they are OF a nature strict
ly Intended for the married, Or those contempla-
ing marriage.
UPJF.i RDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU.
SAND COPIES.
Have been sen, BY mail within the last few
months.