Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-04

the insects OF the carth eyincing no more thought
or reflection than though the noble faculties Of mind
were not vouclaafed to thom.
Many such are husbands and fathers, upon whom
arc dependent the health, the well-being, and lie
happiness of coniding and ufectonate wife, mith
perhaps family Of children.
HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS THAT TIE
WIFE LINGERs FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that pitinbe condition not even for dny 10
feel the happy and erhileratng influence incident
to tho enjoyment Of 9Th.
She may not be invalid confined to her bed,
or even to her room rs her pride, ambition and
energy induce and hor to take personal
charge of her household, even when her health viii
not admit OF it but she is nevertheless pcrceptibly
sinking from day to day, and always aing.
Thus, day after day, and month after month tran
spre. Her health daily sinks till finally even tho
hope Of recovery no longer remains. And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But few years ngo in the flush OF health and
youth, and buoyancy of spirits, rapidly, and appa.
rently inexplicably, becomes feeble, ,ickly, de-
bilitatcd wife, with frame cmaciated, nerves un-
strung, spirits depressed, countenance bearng tho
impress Of suffering, and m utter physical and
mental prostration.
Sometimes this deporablc change may and does
arise from organic or constitutional causes. But
oitoner, by far oftencr, to gross and incxcusable
ignorance of the simplest und painest rules OF
health as connected with the marriage state, the
violation Of which entails diseuse suffering and
misery, not only to the wife, but often
Hereditary Complaints upon The Children
"uwro rilE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, sCROFULA,
HYPOCIIONDRIi, INSANITY, GOUT,
KINGS EVIL, and other diseases,
DREADFUL rNHER!TANC
from the Parents.
And must this continue Shall wo be wise in
MI TINT concerns the cattle Of our fields, our horsos
our sheep, our cows our oxen, tho nature and
character Of the soil We possess, the texture and
quality of goods and merchandise; but in oil that
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions subject to great derange-
ment, involving our future peace and happiness
in all that the health and welfare Of tho
wife of our affections, and tho mother OF our chill.
dren in all TINT concerns tho mental and physical
we'll being of those children, we should be i'm
mcrsed in the darkest and most
BENIGHTEO IGNORANCE,
AS cULrABtE AS lNExcusADLE!
How long shall this ignorance prevail so predue-
two of its bitter fruits How long shn the wife
and mother be ignorant of the nature character and
causes of tho various womb and sexual complaints,
embitterng her days by sufering-suffering ofton
prolonged to years. eventuating in complication OF
diseases utterly and hopelessly incurabie !! Shall
wc for ever close eyes to the results OF physo-
logical science by which We may arrive mt nm
understanding of ourselves rs mon and women,
subject to serious lifelong enduring Diseases md
pcrpctuating them to our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER.
No husband or ,pitt need be ignorant of ,rhat
concerns them most TO knOp to secure their health
and happiness That knoicledgc is contained ind
iiHle lrork entitled
THE MARRIED wOMAN's
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DIR. A. NJ. MAURICEAU,
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMEN.
One undredh Edition. lsmo, pp. $50. Price 80 Ctnis
loN FINE rArER, EXTRA BINDING, 81 OO.1
First published in lsl7 and it is not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Considering thnt E EVERY FEMA LIE,
whether MARRIED. OR NOT, cnn hero
acquire n full knowledge OF the nR-
ture, character and causes of hcr
complaints, with tho ynriOus
symptoms, and that nenrly
HALF A MILLION COPIES
should have been sold. 1t is imprncticable to con
yey fully the various subjects treated Of, MS they
nre of nature strictly intended for the married,
or those contemplating marriage.
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU.
SAND COPIES
Have been SENT BY MAIL within the last few
months.