Telegram-herald., 1890-02-23
DIR. BARTMAN'S
Open Letter % Suffering Women


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sKple.t ~ render you great service
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gray - rle practice Or Tue1llllc, AID
during my ing And extensive practice
1 have gT4led Or advised thousands
vino we're a. y0a are now No one
WITH ordinary faculties 0I observation
aud memory could pass through Jle
extensive experience / have had lu tie
Various troubles due - change Of
lie" and uOt acquire a great deal OF
information about them NOT usually
known. There are no two eases pre-
csely alike, yet there Is sufficient SIM
l4rlty IN them that q good description
or one giVe- general ldea Of Lnem all.
1 vii attempt 10 describe your case by
mentioning AL the symptoms usually
attending these cases.
The symptoms frequently begin be-
fore any irreguiaTlty Of the menstrual
periods has been noticed. The age -
which the change begins varies from
thIrty-eght 10 fOrty-e gnt years, bat the
arrangements set up al THIS time may
continue TO the end OF life. Among
the earliest symptoms Is palp.tatOn OF
tie heart and thrOobing atthe pit of the
stomach, producing FAINT feelings and
shOrtuess ot breath. With some tnls j.
a pr0mlneut symptom; the attacks or
palptatlOu and short breath becoming
80 severe as 10 produce dangerous sink
ing spells, somewhat resembling hys-
terra, Tor which they are frequently
mistaken. You are liable TO nave your
feeling. frequently hurt by those, who
wholly iguOrant OF the gravity OF your
troubles, who may call these sinking
spells "hystercs," and the want OF
sympathy which this suppOsltiOn always
produces among attendants IS one of
the things you are compelled 10 bear.
The sudden flushing of the face and
full feeling IN the brain, the hot spot
on the top of the head, the roaring IN
the ears, the specks floating before the
eyes, the attacks of neuralglc headache,
are what almost every one IN your con-
dlt!On nnds themselves afflicted with.
The strange dizziness you feel at times,
together with numb and prickly sensa-
tons IN various parts OF the body, viii
most likely cause you TO fear that you
are threatened with paralysis. Cold
feet, cold hands and not head, show
how poorly the circulation OF blood IS
kept up. The weakened state of the
stomach, together with the changeable
appetite, causes belchlng OF gas and
sour stomach that you are probably
troubled with. \ great many are sure
that they have abdominal tumOrs, as
the muscles Of the abdomen viii often
contract so as 10 produce round, firm
masses, which remain a few days or
weeks.
In spite of your best efforts, you are
at times despondent, nervous and irrl-
table. So sensitive have you become
that II IS impossible for you to believe
that your family or friends are not
growing careless and unsympathetic
Very few people are able to appreciate
how much you suffer, for you look 50
much better than you really are. 1t is
bad enough to be sick IN any case, but
10 be sick as you are now, suffering as
you do perhaps more than ever before
IN your life, and yet not be able 10 de-
scribe, or IN any way make any one
understand, how lndescrlbably wretched
you feel, this IS still worse. And sleep
that natural invigoratOr and nerve
tOnlc-hOw little you get of 1t since
your trouble began, You may have
exhausted every device you ever heard
of to procure sleep, and yet you lie
awake nlgnt after night, until at last,
completely exhausted, you catch fit
ful nap Just before day, when you rise,
tired and weak, TO undertake the duties
of the next day. At times you feel
sure that your kidneys are affected, for
the urinary secretOns sometimes are
scant and nigh cOiOred, and then very
abundant, with no color. Your family
doctor has visited day after day, he
has left you much medicine of many
kinds; he has done his best TO keep up
your courage, but you have to strive
hard TO not give up in despair. EX-
cept TO give temporary relief, you have
found no medicine that has helped
you.
1t is quite possible that your case Is
not so severe as l have described it, or
you may be worse. In either case you
viii recognize that | understand what |
am writing about. | believe | fully
appreciate the extent of your suffering,
and II you Will follow my advice short
time you VIII be convinced that you
can be relieved entirely. First, ! want
YOU to put away every bottle of medI-
cine you have been taking; strengthen
ing medicines, sleep medicines, appe-
tite medicines, or medicines for the
nerves. one and all, set them aside:
YOU VIII not need them any longer If
you do as I advise. Ii you have been
taking large doses Of any narcotic you
had better leave it OFT gradually.
Begin at once 20 take Pe-ru-na eI-
actly "a directed on the bottle. At
first you had better dilute the Peru
ma with a little water as yOu take 10.
Gradually increase the dose until. at
the end Of four months, you are taking
Just double the quantity directed on
the bottle. Do not take It any Oftener
than the directions prescribe unless YOU
have a bad spell with your heart or
nerves, when YOU had better take. a
wineglassful n not water (sweetened, if
YOU choose. "a q viii relieve you
quicker than anything else. Pe-ru-ua
contains no OPIUM or other narcotic. so
yOu need have no fear lu uslng it con-
trru0usly for any length of time.
Although Pc-ru-ua vii begin to relieve
Won almost as soon rs you begin 20 take
Il. vet DO not oVUcct too much Of 10 3t
first. Be la-bfui 20 take lt regularly
for tv0 or three weeks. and vou VIII
he S-re ~ sec that IS beginning 20
Help vou Keep right ON. and your
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