The Portland daily press., 1866-08-15
HELMBoLD,s ExTRAcr oE RI1CHI1

Hundreds suffer on in silence, and hundreds OF
either merely tantalize with the hope of cure
or apply remedies which make them worse. / would
not wish to assert anything that would do injustice to
the afflicted t am obliged to say that although it
may be produced from excessive exhaustion of the
powers Of life, by laborious employment, unwhole-
some air and food profuse menstruation, the use OF
tea and coffee, and frequent childbirth it is far often
er caused by direct irritation applied to the mucous
membrane of the vagina itself. .a5
When reviewing the causes Of these distressing
complaints it is most painful to contemplate the at
tendanl evils consequent upon them. 1t is butsim
pie justice to the subject to enumerate few OF the
many additional causes which so largely affectthe
life health and happiness OF woman in all classes OF
society, and which, consequently affect more or less
directly, the welfare Of the entire human family.
The mania that exists tor precocious education and
MARRIAGE causes the years that nature designed for
corporea development to be wasted and perverted in
therestraints of dress confinement of school,
and especially in the unhealthy excitement of the pal
room. Thus, with the body hall clothed and the
mind unduy excited by pleasure, perverting In mid
night revel the hours designed by nature sleep and
rest, the work of destruction is half accomplished.
In consequence OF this early strain upon her sys-
tenn, effort required by the delicate vo
tary to retain her situation in school at later day,
thus aggravating the evil. When excitement is
over another in prospective keeps the mind morbidy
sensitive to impression, while the constant re-
straints of fashionable Dress absolutely orbiddng
the exercise indispensable to the attainment and
tention of organic health and strength; the exposure
to night air. the sudden change of temperature; the
complete prostration produced by excessive dancing,
must, of necessity, produce their legitimate effect
AT laSU an early marriage caps the cfnax OF misery.
and the unfortunate one, hitherto utterly regard
less of the plain dictates and remonstrances Of her
delicate nature becomes an unwilling subjet of medi-
cal treatment This is but truthful picture OF the
| experience of thousands Of our young women.
Long before the ability to exercise the functions OF
the generatye organs they require all education OF
their peculiar nervous system composed Of what is
called the tissue which is in common Nth the female
breast and lips evidently under the control Of men
tai emotions and associations at an early period
of life; and, shall subsequently see, these
lions, when excessive, lead, long before puberty to
habits which sap the very life Of their victims ere ma
| ture has self-completed their developn emit. 81
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