Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1868-09-19
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! w peculiar and important relations which thel
sustain, their peculiar organization, and the Office
| they perform, are subject TO many suferngs Free
dom from these contribute in no small degree t.
their happiness and welfare, for none bo happy
who are i'll. Not only go, but of these variou
female complaints can long be suffered to OF
without involving the general hoalth of tho indvd
ual, and ere long producing permanent sickness and
premature decline. Nor is it pleasant to consult a
physician Tor the relief Of these various delicate Of
fections, and only upon the most urgent necessity
will true woman so far sacrifice her greatest
as to dothis The sex will then thank for placing
in their hands simple specifics which will be found
eioacious in relieving and curing almost every one
OF those Troublesome complaints peculiar to the sex
HELMBoLD's EXTRACT OF FBucHU.-llundreds su f.
Ter on IN silence ana hundreds of others apply vainly
to druggists and DOCTORS who merely tantalile them
with the hope OF euro or apply remedies which
make them worse. / would not wish tn ossort mn v
thing that would do injustice TO the afflicted but
obliged to say that although it may bo Produced
from excessive exhaustion of the powers of life bv
laborous employment, unwholesomc air and food
profuse menslruaion, tho use of tea and coffee and
freauen childbirth IL is far oitener caused by direct
irritation, applied to the mucous membrane of the
vagina itself
When reviewing tho causes of these DISTRESSING
complaints it is most painful to contem plate the
at endant evils consequent upon them. IL is but
simple justice to the subject to cnumeratc few of
the many additional causes which so largely infect
the life health, and happiness of woman in all class.
es of society, and which, consequently, affect more
or less directly the welfare of the entire human
family Tho mania that exists for precocous eduea.
ton and marriage causes the years that nature
designed for corporeal development to be wasted
ands perverted in tho restraints of dress tho early
confinement of school, and especially in the un.
healthy excitement OF the ballroom. Thus, with
the body half-clothed and.the mind unduly excited
by pleasure perverting in midnight revel the hours
designed by nature for sleep and rest the work of
destruction is half accomplished.
In consequence of this early strain upon her sys-
ten, unnecessary effort is required by the delicate
votary to retain her situation in school at later
day, thus aggravating the evil. When one excite
ment is over another in prospective keeps the mind
morbdy sensitive to impression, while the con-
t,nt restraint of fashionable dress, absolutely for.
and retention of organic health and strength the
ature; the complete prosratlon produced by exces.
siye dancing, must OF necessity produce their legiti.
mate effect. AT last, an early marriage caps the
climax of misery, and the unfortunate one hitherto
utterly regardless OF the pian dictates and re-
monstrances of her delicate nature, becomes an
unwilling subject of medical treatment This is but
truthful picture Of the experience OF thousands of
our young women.
Long before the ability to exercise the iurcons OF
the generaive organs they require an education OF
their peculiar nervous system, composed of what is
called the tissue, which is in common with the fe-
male breast and lips evidently under the control of
mental emotions and associations at an early period
of life and, as we shall subsequently see, these
emotions when excessive, lead, long before puberty,
habits which sap the very life of their victims
nature has self-completed their development.