Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-02-22
THE MARRIAGE STATE;
Shall Nappfntss aud Health, or .Nissry and
Sickness, attsTd Nf

THE MARRIAGE STATE;
Shall Happfut,s aud Health, or .nistry and
Sich;ness, aifsnd Nf
MOST STARTLING CONSIDERATIONS!
Reflections for the Thoughtful.
Strnnge TINT countless human beings exist ard
drag through life do the beasts Of the field, OF
the insects Of the Garth. evincng no more thought
or reflection than though the noble faculties OF mind
were. not vouchsafed to them.s
Many such are husbands and fathers upon whom
arc dependent the health the well-being, and ''ie
happiness of confding and aHectionate wife, With
perhaps family Of children.
HOW OFTEN IT HAPPENS THAT THE
WIFE LINGERs FROM YEAR TO YEAR
In that pitiabe condition Us not even for one day 10
feel the happy and exhilcruting influence incident
10 tho enjoyment Of health.
She may not be an invalid confined to her bed,
or even to her room; MS her pride, ambition and
energy induce and nerve her to take personal
charge of her household, even when her health will
not admit o it, but she is nevertheless perceptiby
sinking from day to day, and always ailing.
Thus, day after day. and month after month tran.
spre. Her health daily sinks, till fnnly even tho
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, sicky, de-
bilitated wife, with frame cmaciated, nerves un-
strung spirits depressed, countenance bearing the
impress Of suffering, and IN uttcr physical and
mental prostitution.
Sometimes this deplorable change may and docs
arise from organic or constitutional causes. But
oftencr, by far oftencr, to gross and ine1cusable
ignorance of the simplest and plancst rules of
health IL, 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
"usro THE THIRD AND FOURTH GENERATION"
TrnnamittIng CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,
HYPOCHONDRlA, INSANITY, GOCT,
KINGS EVIL, md other diseases,
DREADFUL INHERITANCE
from the Parents.
And must this continue! Shall we bo 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, tho texture and
quality of goods and merchandise but IN oil that
concerns ourselves as human beings, with human
functions and passions, subject to great dcrange-
mont, involving our future peace and happiness
in all that the health and welfare OF the
dren; in all that concerns the mental and physical
we'll being of those children, We should be i'm
merscd in tho darkest md most
BENiGHTED IGNORANCE,
AS cULpABl.E AS INEycrsABLE
How long shall this ignorance prevail so produe-
two of its bitter fruits How long shall the wife
and mother be ignorant Of the nature, character and
causes Of the various womb and sexual complaints.
embittering her days by sufering-sufering often
;po nf
diseases utterly and hopelessly incurable Shall
We for ever close eyes to the results Of physio.
logical science by which we may arrive at nm
understanding of ourselves as men and women,
subject TO serious lifelong enduring diseases, and
perpetuating them to our children.
LET EVERY WIFE AND HUSBAND PONDER
No hr,bana or luite reed be ignorant Of rhdi
conceras then, most 10 kaor to stexre their hsIlh
ard happiness. 1hut knolrltdge is contained in
lille rork entitled
THE MARRIED wOMAE's
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
BY DIR. A. NJ. MAuRlCEAU.
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES or WOMEN.
One HunIreIM Edition. lsuo, pp 80. Price so ctns
(on FINE PAPER, EXTRA BisDINo, 81 90.
First published in isl7 and it is not
SURPRISING OR WONDERFUL,
Considering that EVERY FEMALE.
whether MARRIED OR NOT, Gun here
acquire full knowledge OF the nm
turc, character aud causes OF her
complaints, with the various
symptoms, aud that nearly
HALF A MILLION COPIES
should have been sold. 1t is impracticable to con
vey fully the various subjects treated of, they
are of nature strictly intended for the married,
or those contemplating marriage
UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED THOU
SAND COPIES
Have been SENT BY MAIL within tho last few
months