The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-03
MEDICAL.
WOMAN.

sA-NSA-a
Females, owing to the peculiar and important
relations which they sustain, their peculiar OF.
ganIrGtiOn, and the Offices which they perform,
are subject to many sufTsringS. Freedom from
these contribute Iu no ANAL degree to their hap
pInesS aud welfare, fOE none can be happy who
are III. Not Gully 70, but no one Of these various
female complaints can long be suffered 10 run OIL
without involving the general health of the In.
dlviduRl, and ere long producing permanent sick.
ness and premature decline. Nor 10 1t pleasant
TO consult physician for the relief OF these va
rlouS delicate affections, and only upon the most
urgent necessity will truU woman 80 far sacrifice
her greatest charm as to do thlu. The sex will
then thank w for placing III their hands simple
specifics which will be found eflcacInus IN relicv
ng an curing almost every one Of those trouble
some complaints peculiar TO the sex.
HHLMBoLD's ExTRACr or BUcHU.-HundredS
ButtOr OIL IN silence, and hundreds Of others apply
vainIy to druggIsIs and doctors, who either mere
y tantalIEe them with the hope Of a cure or ap-
ply rOmedIeS which make thSm worse. would
not wish to assert anything that would dO'4pJus-
tice TO the afflicted, but am obliged 10 say that
although It may be produced nom excessive ex.
haustIOn OF the powers Of life, by labOrious EN-.
plOyment, unwholcSome air and food, prOtlse
mcnstruAtlon, the use OF tea aud coffee, and fire.
quent childbirth, 1t Is far ofIener caused by d.
rect irritation, applied to the mucous mcmbra NO
Of tho vagina ITSELF
When reviewing the causes Of these distressing
complaints, It Is most painful 10 contemplate the
attendant evils consequent upon them. 1t isbut
simple Justice to the subject TO enumGrate y few
Of tho many additional causes which 80 largely
affect the life, health, and happiness Of woman In
all classes OF society, and which, consequently,
affect more or less directly, the welfare of the en-
tire human family. The mania that exists for
preCoclous education and marriage, causes the
years that nature designed for corporeal develop
ment TO BIO wasted and perverted in the restraints
Of dress, the carly confinement Of school, and
especially Ip tho unhealthy excitement Of the
bali. ROOM Thus, with the body halEcloshGd,
and the mind nnduly excited by pleasure, per
vcrtIug ln midnight revel the hours Designed by
nature for sleep aud rest, the work Of destruction
IL half accomplished.
% attain her
system, unnecessary effort 10 required BY the del
icate votary to retain hCr situation III school at
later day, thus aggravaung the evil. When one
excitement il over, another In prospective Keeps
the mind lnorbidIy sensitive 10 imprcsslon,whI!e
the now constant restraint Of fashionable dress,
absolutely forbIddIng tho exercise indispensable
10 tho attainment and retention OF organic health
and strength; tho exposure 10 night air; tho sud
dan change Of temperature; the complete pros
tratIon produced by excessive dancing, must, Of
necessity, produce their legitimate effect At
last, an early marriage caps the climax Of misery
and tho unfortunate ono, hitherto 40 utterly ro'
Cardlcss of tho plain dictates and rOmonstrAncet
OF her delicate nature, becomes Au unwilling
subject Of medical treatment This IL but a
truthful picture of the experience Of thousands
Of our young women.
Long before the ability to exercise the func'
lions Of the gOncratlvo organs, they require an
education Of their peculiar nervous system, com
posed of what Il called the tissue which ID, In