The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-26

Females, owing TO the peculiar and important re.
Iations which they sustain their peculiar organzs-
ton, and the Offices they perform, subject to
many suferings Freedom from these contribute In no
small degree to their happiness welfare for none
can be happy who are ILL., Not only SO, but no one of
these various female complaints can long be suffered
to run on without involving the general health OF
the individual aan ere long producing permanent
sickness and premature decBne, Nor is II pleasant
to consult physician for the relief of these various
necessity will true SO far sacrifice her great
est charms to do this. The sex will then thank us
for placing in their hands simple specifics which will
be found efloacious in relieving and curing almost
every one Of those troublesome complaints peculia
to the So
HELMBoLD's EXTRACT OF BuoHU-Hundreds
suffer en- In silence and hundreds of others apply
vanly to druggists and doctors, who olthor merely
tantalize them 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, but 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 menstruaton, the OF
tea and Coffee and frequent childbirth it s far Of
tensr caused by direct irritation applied to the mu
QUO membrane Of the vagina Itself
When reviewing the causes of these distressing
complaints 1t is NEST painful to contemplate the at
tondant evils consequent upon them. 1t ia but sim
pie Justice to the subject to enumerate few of the
many additional causes which so largely Affect tn
Iife health, and happiness Of woman in all classes
society, and which, consequently affect or less
directly, the welfare Of the entire human family
The mania that exists for precocious education and
marriage causes the years that nature designed for
corporeal dsvslopement to be wasted and perverted
In the restraints of dress, the early confinement Of
school, and especially in the unhealthy excitement of
he ballroom. Thus, with the body half-clothed
and the mind upduly excited by pleasure, pervert.
ing in midnight revsl the hours designed by nature
for sleep and rest the work of destruction is halt
accomplished.
In consequence Of this early strain upon her sys-
tenn, unnecessary effort is required by tho delicate
votary to retain her situation in school to later
day, thus aggravating the evil. When one excite
ment is over another in prospective keeps the mind
morbidly sensitive to impression, while the now
slant restraint Of fashionable Dress absolutely for
DlQulQR the exercise lQQl4peuB8DI6 10
and retention of organic health and strength the
exposure to night air; the sudden change of tempe
nature, the complete prostraton produced by exces
sive dancing must of necessity produce their egiti
mate effect At last. an early marriage caps the eli
max of misery. and the unfortunate one, hitherto
80 utterly regardless Of the plain dictates and rsmon
stranoes of her delicate nature becomes an unwiIl.
ing subieot Of medical treatment. This Ia brt
Long before tina ability to exercise the functions of
the generatve organs, they require education Of
their peculiar nervous SYSTEM composed OF what 10
called the TISSUE which is, common with the 10.