Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-12-11
the MARRIED STATE.
Shall Happiness and Health or Mise
ry and Sickness, attend II?
MOST STARTLING CONSIDERATIONS.

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ry and Sickness, attend IL!
MOST STARTLING CONSIDERATIONS.
Reflections for the Thoughtful.
SIkANGE tina: countless human beings exist
- and dag through life as do the beasts OF
the field, or the insects Of the ar,h, evinirg
no more thought or reflection than though the
noble faculties Of mind were not voucEsafed to
them.
Many such are husbands and father, upon
whom are dependent the health, the well being
and the happiness Of a confiding and affection
ate Vile, with perhaps family Of children.
HOW OFTEN 1T HAPPENS THAT fHE
WIFE LlNGERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
IN mat pltIable condition as not even for one
day to feel the happy and exbiera,ine influence
incident 70 Inc 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 10 take personal
charge OF her household, even when her health
will not admit OF it; but she is nevertheless per.
ceptlbiy sinking from day to day, and always
ailing.
Thus, day alter day, and month after month
'ransfire.. Her health daily sinks, till finding
even the hope Of recovery no longer remains.-
The BLOOMING BRIDE,
But lew years ago in the flush Of health and
youth, and buoyancy ofspirits, rapidly, and ap-
Paren,ly nexplicabiy, ecomes feeble, sickl, s
debilitated wife. with frame erhaciated. nerve
unsiIung, spirits depressed, countenance bearln
the impress of suffering, and IN utter ply sica
nd mental prosration.
Sometimes this de2lorable change may an
.loes ARSE from uifanic or constitutional cause
But oitener. BY fat 1ltenet. 10 gross and inexcu.
sable ignorance OF he simplest and piairest rules
Of health as connected with the marriage state
the violation Of hich entails disease, Suffering
aud misery, not only 10 the wife, but often
HEREDITARY COMPLAINTS UPON CHILDREN
UNTO THE TRIAD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCRO
FULA, HYPOCHONDRIA, INSAN-
TY, GOVT, KINGS EVIL, and
other and worse diseases as DREAD
Full INHERITANCE from the
Parents.
And must this continue? Shall we be wise
in all that concerns the cattle Of our fields, our
horses; otr sheep, our COWS, our oxen, the La
ture aud character OF the soil we possess, the
texture and quality Of our goods and meIchal,-
disc, but in all that concerns ulselves as human
beings, with human functions and passions, sub.
jeci TO great arrangement, 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 children, in all that con-
Germs the mental and physical we'll being o
those children, we should be immersed IN III
darkest and most
BENIGHT,ED IGNORANCE,
AS cULPABLE AS INExCUsABLE?
How long shall this ignorance prevail so pro-
ducfive Of its bitter frui,s2 How long shall the
wife aid mother be ignorant Of the nature, char.
acter and causes Of the various womb and sexu-
al complaints, embitterng her days by suffering
suffering often prolonged to years, eyentua,ine
in complication Of diseases utterly and hope
| lessly incurable2 Shal! we forever close GU.
eyes 10 the results Of physiological science by
which we may arrive al an understanding Of our
selves as men and women, subject to seIi0rs life
ong enduring diseases, and perpetua.ing them
10 our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No husband or wife need be ignorant Of what
concerns them most 10 know 10 secure their
health and happiness, and their pecuniary pros.
perily. That knowledge is contained in a little
work entitled
THE MARRIED WMOAN'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, 81 ,0O.]
First published in ls47 and i: is not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Considering that ere,y Female chefher mar.
ried or mol, can here acquire a full knoul-
edge Of The nature, character and cau-
ses Of her complaints, ,cifh the rarious
symptoms, and that nearly halfa
Million Copies should haze been sold.
Il is impraclicable 10 convey fully the val,
subjects treated of, as they are Of nature strict,
" intended fol the married, or those contempa-
ting marriage.
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND COPIES.
Have been sen, BY mail within the last few
months.