The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1858-12-16
HEALTH OF MElsECAN WOMEN

70 lEwIs A. SAYRE, NJ. H.:
As a physician and SUI gcOn Of the highest reputation, ]
call M on YOU to consider a few facts OF the most vita
inrU taHCc TO every woman nthc country.
Tie highest Professional authority admit that more wo'
men die from uterine diseases than nom any other caute,
and that they are mai Bile to cure the diseases or to arrest
this hightiul mortality.
| will ask your attention to the reasons for this, ARD
then to a Ielrcdy which has been cminently sucCc'thlior
many years, and which has the sInCtion OF The most en-
igAtcncd physicians IN tie country.
Tie medicines in general use among the profession hI
the treatment Of Falling in the Womb, Whites, lelarteh
McnsuuatiOn and local diseases OF the uterine oreais, to-
gcther with the Constitutional symptoms attending lhtn,
are iron StIychnire, OPIUM, tanthaiides. tOniun,, Cbp
natis lrdica, Sceale Cornuiun., and mechanical noanssueh
as fesSaTlcs. When administering then, tie laiithtI "
Informed that she is taking hoihine that VIII hurt her.
let u see: lion, the most harmless dlu lhe 'e'o
,hrm' When given for tLe'e '.nrIaints, Produces tt't'
thirst, difficulty of breathing. ard iht"lclaiic heauhth'A'
SCALE produces nausea, vomiting, eiddliess, deii'itn,
stLrOr and weight in the head. STlNcHAInE is q Iol'ta
50 violent Tat the most minute doses are son eiin cs itlt,
and yet tits given by rule from the boob. and VIII out oLe
knowledge OF all the little indications which may IrcNtI
it taom causing death. The effect OF Opium is TO relieve
pam = relaxing the muscles, but this very relaxation Is
asainthc cause of some Of the most torturiLe complaints
COM ~ ard tAN1HAhlDEs both cause cnhvulsi0hF, hrs',
t~reNnblings, ialLtncss, and general debility. ftsshhlIs
are ildcllcatc, AID they also initiate ard cause ulcers, "
ttm discharges, and sometimes incurable diseases OF mo
bladder.
In small doses these medicines will rot always prcdrts
immediately fatal effects, hut continued as they are IN Inc
treatment of these diseases, they willineyitabiy irjCretfe
system, and cause lingering and painful symptoms s, ara
huriy tome grave q woman who was already last enough
on the way without the aid Of these violent IOisors
can convince you, sir, that the administration OF thssd
7 eulCines never cured a case OF uterine disease; but on
The contrary, that future suffering ard often anearly ffa'L
almost Invariably follow their use. The ~insiduOls olson
IL gradually absorbed by the system until The patient OnlT
pctceiycs her error in time TO frd there is no hOle.
ask you, as a man and as a physician, why will you
flve ycur C0untenanCe to o practice which Telsitts IN st
mlnistering poisons and in driving women TO their ,eij
paves2
Fortunately we can turn from this side Of the picture Il
a more brilliant one. There is a remedy for these CON
plants. Ills not composed of pOisons but of medical I'm
pies OF great efficacy. II never has nor never can IL JUL
the system. II is certain to effect a cure. ard its ihgIth
EMS are the service of yourself or any physician. I'M
series OF letters published In the leading rsIers ard cd
dressed to eminent Physicians, ] haze argued the grntr'
value OF the medicines (MaTslall's Uterine Calholicon) 40
have given proof of its efficacy.
My object now is TO call your attention to a cOmrarst
OF It's efficacy with the iai IRE OF your own remedies; Y
contrast IFS mild and certain action with the harsh ard Z
tai effects of the pOisons administered by the proiessio.
generally, and to urge upon you, as you value your Teruh
tion, TO use Marshall's Uterine Caiholicon, or run the I'
OF being olassed with those p~eysicia ms, who, pursuing ID
old beaten track, excite our pity for their ignorance or on
exec ration for their knayery }. Y. BRIDGE,
Secretary Grsefenberg Conn any.
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