Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-04-10
THE MARRIED STATE;
Shall Happiness and Health, or Mise
ry and Sickness, attend IT.
MOST srARTLING CONSIDERATIONS.
Reflections for the Thoughlfui.

for the Thoughtful.
SIRANGE that countless human boings exist
~ and drag through life as do the beasts Of
the field, or the insects Of the earth, evinlrg
no more thought or reflection than though 'the
noble faculties Of mind were not vouchsafcd 10
them.
Many such are husbands and father, upon
whom are dependent the health, the well being
and the happiness ola confiding and Affection
ate wife, with perhaps family of children.
~ OFTEN 1T HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LlNGERS FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that pitabe condition DIS not even for one
day to feel the happy and exhilera,ng influence
incident to the 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 moi admit OF it but she is nevertheless per-
ceptbly 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 no longer remains
And thus
THE BLOOMING BRIDE,
But few years ago in the flush Of health and
youth, and buoyanoy spirits, rapidly, and ap-
parently inexplicably, b ecomes feeble, sickly i,
deb,lltated wife. with frame emaciated. nerves
unstIung, spirits depressed, countenance bearing
the impress Of suffering, and an utter physica
and mental prosraiion.
Sometimes This de2lcrabie change may an
does arise from organic or constitutional cause .
But oilener, by far oiiener, to gross and inexcu
sable ignorance Of The simplest and plaines rules
oil health as connected with the marriage state
the violation Of Y hich entails disease, suffering
aud misery, not only 10 the wife, but often
HEREDITARY COMPLAINTS UPON CHILDREN
''uNTo THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
Transmitting CONSUMPTION, SCRO
FULA, HYPOCHONDRIA, INSAN-
HY GOVT KINGS EVIL, and
other and ,eorse disease rs DREAD
Full INHERITANCE from the
Parents.
And mus, this continue? Shall we be wise
in all that concerns the cattle of our fields. our
horses, our sheep, our cows our oxen, the IA.
ture and character Of the soil we possess, the
texture and quality OF our goods and merchant
dise, but in all that concerns ourselves as human
beings, with human functions and passions, sub.
ject tc 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 well being
those children, we should be immersed in tn
darkest and most
BENIGHTED IGNORANCE,
AS CULPABLE AS INExCUSABLE!
How long shall this ignorance prevail so pro.
duc,ive of its bitter fruits? How long shal! the
wife ard mother be ignorant Of the nature char
acter and causes Of the various womb and sexn-
al complaints, embiltering her days by suffering
suffering ofteu prolonged TO years, eyentualine
in complication of diseases utterly and hope.
essly incurabe2 Shall we forever close our
eyes 10 the results Of physiological science by
which we may arrive al an understanding Of our
selves as men and women subject TO serious life
ong enduring diseases, and perpetuaiing them
10 our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No husband or " ife need be ignorant OF what
concerns them most to know 10 secure their
health and happiness, and their pecunary pros
per'y. That know ledge is contained in little
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 PAPFR, EXTRA BINDING, 81 ,00.l
First published in ls47 and it is not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Considering thai erery Female uhether mar
ried or not, can here acquire a full knovi-
edge Of the aafare, character and eau
ses Of her complaints, aciM the various
symptoms, and that nearly haya
Million Copies should haze been sold.
II is impracticable to convey fully the various
subjects treated Of, as they are of a nature strc.
" intended fof the married, or those conempla-
ting marriage.
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND COPIES.
Have been sent by mail within the las, few
months.