The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-12
SUGGESTIONS In TIME.
What Woman Of Prominence Ia The
Medical World Has to Say
About Her Sex.
Synopsis Of Lecture Delivered By Mrs
Doctor Kenton. Before the Weman's
Society Of New England.
From the Home Journal New York. i

SosIsty 81 Ne6 SnSia00s
From the Home journal, New York.
In all ages of the world, poets, scientists
and men of prominence have looked with
enthusiasm often akin to reverence upon
woman but it is only within the last few
years that she has begun to assume her
right place, not only in society, but with
the world ia general. Why SO desirable
an end should have been so long delayed
it is difficult to understand; but that it has
at last come is certainly cause for gratitude.
In her social sphere in her mental develop
ment and especially in her physical i'm
provement, women has shown wonderful
advancement and such as astonishes the
world.
Let US consider for a moment the posi-
bilities which present themselves to every
woman. When the body is healthy beauty
is certain to appear, even in features and
forms once plain; indeed, it is the only
known way to become beautiful, and all
other preparations, powders, stays and
laces are contemplate delusions. With
health and beauty in all their attractive
ness new life dawns.
ENJoYMENTS BEGINS.
and all the luxurious attendants of a heal
thy body come FORTH The maiden feels
the glorious possibilities of life; the moth
er becomes conscious Of the grandeur of
maternity and the joys Of a family. All
this is not only woman's privilege, it is her
duty, and it embodies the highest defini-
ton of fswoman's rights"
After enumerating many of the blessings
that follow perfect health, the speaker con-
tinued-
A few weeks ago received call from
charming lady, whose earnest face clear
" showed that she desired advice and as
sistance, Upon questioning her she stat
ed that she believed she was suffering from
a paralyzed liver, and wished to know if 1
could in any way aid her recovery. Now,
imperfect as her statement was in regard
to the disease which troubled her, there is
no doubt that
THoUsANDS OF WOMEN
are suffering to-day, from similar troubles,
who de not recognize their cause so nearly
as this lady did. Paralysis means death
of the member paralyzed and torpidity of
the liver is the first stage of its dissolution.
This is one of the most serious questions
that can arise in the experience of any wo-
man; for torpid and diseased liver can
not be cured at once, and it carries with it
the elements of disease to all the other
parts of the system. With an imperfect
liver, biliousness. languor, sense OF bear
ing down, constipation, displacements,
uterine troubles and the thousand ills which
are coupled in their train come thick and
fast. Then follow impure blood and all
the evils which an imperfect circulation
cause. A arrangement of the kidneys or
liver causes disease in the organs which
adjoin them just as certainly as bad
peach Injuries the other peaches in the
basket Not only this, but when these or
gans are in healthy state they restore and
keep in order any irregularity which may
occur in the lower portion of the body.
No woman was ever seriously sick for any
length of time when such was the case.
No serious inflammation can occur when
the blood is pure, and no blood can be inn
pure when the liver or kidneys are in per-
feet order.
have seen very much of the troubles
and ills to which women have been sub
jected, and ] have learned to sympathise
while ] have sought to relieve. In endeav-
oring to carry relief I have tried TO be free
from prejudice and have in view but one
end, namely-to help those who are suffer
ing; and feel it is my privilege to-day te
state that believe there is a means where
by those who are suffering can obtain com
plete relief, and those who are in health be-
continued in its enjoyment. A few years
ago a prominent and wealthy gentleman
residing in Rochester, N. Y, was given w
to die of Brights disease of the kidneys
By means of simple and purely vegetable
remedy he was restored to perfect health
and has since been the means of saving
the lives of many others. So efficient die
HIS DISCOVERY
prove in the case of many well-knowI
men, that it began also to be used by ladies
| and to-day, thousands of women, in al
parts of the land, owe their restored health
| and continued happiness to abe wonderful
power of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
cure. Mr.. Warner has the written testi
mony of hundreds of the best ladies in tht
land, enthusiastically; priaising the remedy
and thankfully expressing their gratitude
| for health. These letters are sacred, anG
cannot be given to the public, but they
Overwhelmingly verify all the facts above
| stated. Nature has given women delicate
watchful, alert instinct and she has found
| to be what her sex for years needed, te
restore and maintain the perfection o.
nature. She resents the imputation thai
she is bound to suffer all the ills that at
tack her. She recognizes that suffering is
/ but an incident of her existence, and that
this incident is wholly within her control,
| if she can find the necessary helps which
nature provides. The changeable charac-
| ter of our climate, the oftimes exactine
and enervating customs of society, of fash
ion and of necessity, all conspire to impair
the vitality of women. If we add to these
the exhausting duties of motherhood, and
the mental anxiety for the success of hel
husband in all his laudible ambitions
which play upon her energies, is it sur
| prising that thus burdened she should
break down under the physical strain? By
no means-on the contrary the wonder is
that she has maintained her physical
strength as she has.
I have not the time to elaborate this
point You yourselves very well know
what the circumstances are which have
rendered her life a burden. You also
| know that the
| PRIMARY CAUSE.
of physical degeneration is impure blood
The performance of the natural functions
of womanhood and motherhood is not
disease nor should it be so treated
Disease is the result of the transgression:
| of physical laws by our ancestors or b,
ourselves, and the natural coursings of thu
| bloed should not be so considered. If
however, the blood be impure. it is certain
to produce its poisonous effects in ths
parts with which it comes in contact, ant
thus cause infiammations and the innumer
able ills that make the physical life Of
woman so hard to endure.
An enumeration of the troubles to which
woman is subjected, and the adaptabilit,