Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-03-22
HOW OFTEN TT HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LINGERs FROM YEAR TO YEAR

HOW OFTEN TT HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFR LINGERs FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that ptuble condition as not even for one day 10
feel the happy and exhilerating influence incident
to the enjoyment of health. 10
She may not be m invalid confined to her bed,
or oven to her room; rs her pride, ambition and
energy induce and nerve her to take personal
charge Of her household, even when her health will
not admit of its but she is nevertheless perceptibly
sinking from day to day, and always niling.
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 flush of health and
youth, and buoyancy Of spirits, rapidly, and appa-
rently incxplicably, becomes feeble, sickly, de-
bilitated wife, with frame emaciated, nerves un-
strung, spirits depressed countenance bearing the
impress Of suffering, and IN utter physical anu
mental prostitution.
sometimes this dcpitable change may and does
nrise from organic or constitutional causes. But
oftener, by far oftener, to gross and inexcusable
ignorance Of the simplest md plainest rules Of
health Us 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
"UHro THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,
HYPOCHCNDRlA, INSANITY, GOUT,
KINGS EVIL, aud other diseases,
DREADFUL INHERITANCE
from the Parents.
And must this continue? Shall we be wise IN
oil that concerns the cattle Of our fields horses
our sheep, our cows, our oxen, the nature and
character Of the soil we possess, tho texture and
qualify Of our goods and merchandise; but in all that
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions, subject to great derange.
mcnt, 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.
dren in all that concerns the mental and physical
we'll being Of those children, we should be iR-
morsed in the darkest and most
BENioHTED IGNORANCE,
AS curPABLE AS INExCusABLE!
How long shall this ignorance prevail SO produc-
tive of its bitter fruits How long shall the wife
and mother be ignorant Of the nature character aad
causes of tho various womb and sexual complaints,
embttering her days by suffering suffering often
prolonged to years, eventuatng in complication Of
diseases utterly and hopelessly incurable! Shall
we for ever clone our eyes to the results of physo-
logical science by which we may arrive at m
understanding Of ourselves as men and women,
subject to serious lifelong enduring diseases and
pcrpetuating them to our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUsBAND PONDER.
No husband or ,oife need be ignorant of ,rhui
concern, them most to knoac TO secnre their health
and hapyines,. That knoteedge is containtd in a
tiltle lrork entitled
THE MARRIED WOMAN'S
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DR.. A. M. MAURICEAU,
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMEN.
One Hundredh Edition lsmo, pp. $780, Price so CrniI
Ion FINE PAPER, EXTRA BINDING, 81 90.
First published in lsi7; and it 10 not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Considering that EVERY FEM MALE,
whether MARRIED or NOT, cnn here
acquire full knowledge Of the ma
ture, character md cnuses OF her
complaints, with the various
symptoms, md that nearly
HALF A. MILLION COPIES
should have been sold It is impracticablc to coz
vey fully the various subjects treated of, as they
ore Of q nature strictly intended for tho married,
or those contemplating marriage.
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND COPIES
Have been SENT BY MAIL within ths Inst few
months.