Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-01-13
MEDICAL.
THE MARRIAGE STATE;
shau Happtnsss and Health, or .nfssrg aHd
1880 !SieI:Iitss, afIsRd u
MnSI STARTING CONSIDERATIONS ]
Reflections for the Thoughtful.

Reflections for the Thoughtful. y
Strange tina. countless human beings exist and
drag through life do the beasta of the field, or
the insects of the earth, evincing moro thought
or reflection than though the noble faculties of mind
Were not vouchsafcd to them.
Many such arc husbands and fathers, upon whom
arc dependent the health, the well-being, and the
happiness of eonhdng and atfectionate wife, with
perhaps family Of children.
HOW oFTEN IT HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LNGERs FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that ptinble condition as not even for one day to
feel the happy and exhilerating influence incident
to the enjoyment of health.
She may not be IN 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, when her health will
not admit Of IL but she is nevertheless perceptibly
sinking from day to day, and always ang.
Thus, day after day, and month nttor month tran
spirc. Her health daily Sinks till finally even the
hepc OF recovery no longer remains. And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But few years ago in the flush of health and
youth, and buoyanoy of spirits, rapidly and aPPa'
rently iuexPliOe6ly becomes feeble siCkiy' de-
strung spirits depressed, cOuntenRnce bearing the
impress Of suffering, and an utter physical and
mental proStration.
Sometimes this deplorable change may and does
arise from organic or constitutional causes But
oftener, by far oftener, to gross and inexcusabe
Ignorance OF the simplest anu plalneSL rules OK
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
"UNro THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, ScROFULA,
HYpOCHONDRIA, INSANITY, GOUT,
KINGS EVIL, and other diseases,
as
DREADFUL INHERITANGE
fSOm the Parents.
And must this continue Shall We be wise in
all that the cattle Of our fields, our horses,
our sheep, our cows, our oxen, the nature and
character Of the soil We possess, the texture and
quality Of our goods and merchandise; but In all that
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions, subject to great derange-
mont, involving our future peace and happiness
in all that concerns tho health and welfare of tho
wife of our affections, and the mother of our chill
dren: In all that concerns tho mental and physical
we'll being Of those children, we should be I'M
mersed in the darkest and most
BENI0HTED IGNORANCE
As cULPABLR As NExcUsABLR!
How long shall this ignorance prevail produc-
tive Of its bitter fruits HSW long shall the vito
and mother be ignorant Of the nature character and
causes of the various womb and sexual complaints,
embittering her days by suffering suffering often
prolonged to years, eventuating in complication of
We for ever close our eyes to the results of physio
logical science by which We may arrive at an
understanding. Of ourselves as men and women:
pOrpetuAting them to our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER!
No husband or tUifc need be ignorant of trhat
conceTHS them most to kIotp TO secure their health
aud happineSs. That kmOauledge is contained in
little ID0Tk entitled ..r..# ....
THE MARRIED wOMAN's
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DIR. A. NJ. MAURICEAU,
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMEN,
One HundredM Edition IsuO, pp ESQ., Price so Cents.
fox PINE PAPER, EXTRA BINDING, 81 00l
First published in ls47; and it is not
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Considering that EyERY EE MALE,
acquire full knowledge OF the ma
ture, character and causes OF her
oG sThRPs0@s, and ,h 1Re n SSEiS""
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should have been sold. 1t is impracticable to
vey fully the various subjects treated of, as they
are of nature strictly intended for the married,
or those contemplating marriage.
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months.
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