The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-01-20

TO LkwIs \. SAllE, NJ. D.;
As a ~rlysiCien and surgeon of the highest reputation, !
call upUn you to consider a few facts OF the most vita
importance to every woman inthe country.
The highest Professional authority admit that more wo.
men die from uterine diseases than nom any Other cause,
and that they are unable 10 cure the diseases or 10 arrest
this Iightful mortality.
will ask yOur attention TO the reasons for this, and
then to a remedy which has been eminently successful for
many years, and which has the sanction OF the most en-.
lighlclcd ph! siClmis IN the country.
The medicines in General use among the procession lot
the treatment Ul Falling in the Womb, " hites, DeIauged
MeMstuatioH and local diseases of the uterine organs, 10.
gcthcr with the constitutional symptoms attending them,
are Iron Str!Cluine, Opium, Canthalidcs, COnium, Can
uabis lndiCa, Sccale Cornuium, and mechanical means such
as PessaIies. When administering them, the patient is
informed that she is taking nothing that will hunt her.
let us see; hos, the most harmless and the bestO
them, when given for these complaints, produces ledt,
Thirst, difficulty of breathing, and ihtoleiable headaches.
SkcALE produces nausea, vomiting, ~giddiness, delldum,
StUpOr aud weight in The bead. S1LNCHNINE IS a poison
50 violent that the most minute doses are sometimes fatal,
and yet il is given by rule from the book, and without die
knowledge Of all the little Indications which may prevelI
il iaOm causing death. The effect OF OTium is to relieve
pain y relaxing the muscles, but this very IclaXatiOnls
againthe cause OF sOme Of the most torturine complaints,
CoNrr NJ and CANrHAnInEs both cause conyulsions, heat,
tfcmblltgS' idlltncss, ara general debility. PEssAEIts
are irdClCaie, aud they also initiate aud cause ulcers, rR
tlii discharges, and sometimes ~incurable diseases of tie
bladder.
Immediately fatal effects, but continued as they are in the
treatment Of these diseases, they wilIiuevitably injurethe
system, and cause lingering and painful symptoms, and
hurry 1.-THE crave a woman who was already fast enough
on the way without the aid of these violent poisons.
can convince you, sir, that the administration Ofthese
rcdiCinCs never cured a case Of uterine disease; but on
the contrary, that iUtGre suffering and often an early death
almost invariably follow their use. The insiduOus poison
IS gradually absorbed by the system until the patient only
perCCiycS her error in time to find there Is no hOle.
ask you. as "a man ard as a physician, why will you
give yCur COuntcnanCe to a practice which persists in adj
miuisteIing pOisons and in driving women TO their very
CTaVcsf
Fortunately We can turn from this side of the picture 10
a more brilliant one. There is a remedy for these com.
plants. tits not composed OF pOisons but of medical sim.
pies Of great efficacy. II never has nor never can injue
the system. Ii is certain TO effect a cure. and its ingIedi
cn's are ime service of yourself or any physician. Ina
series Of letters published in the leading papers and ad'
dressed to eminent Physicians. ] have argued the general
value Of The medicines (MaIshalls Uterine CalholcOn) and
have aiNcn proof of its efficacy.
My object now is to call your attention to a comparison
Of its efficacy with the l0i'ure Of your own remedies; TO
contrastIts mild and certain action with the harsh and "a.
tai effects Of the poisons administered by the profession
generally, aud TO urge urOn you, as you value your reputl'
ton, TO use Marsnalls Uterine CathOlicon. or run the risk
of being classed with those physicians, who, pursuing the
Old beaten track, excite our pity for their Ignorance or our
e%NecrdtiOn for their knavery J. F. BRIDGE,
Secretary Graefenberg Conn any,
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