Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-16

Not so very long ago popular
magazine published an editorial ar
ticle in which the writer asserted, in
substance, that all disease should be
regarded as criminal. Certain it is
that much of the sickness and sui
fering OF mankind is due to the vio-
lation of certain of Natures laws,
which, if understood and implicitly
followed, would result in the pre-
vention of much of the sickness and
suffering Of humanity But to say
that all sickness should be regarded
as criminal must, on a little sober
reflection, appeal to every reasona-
bic and intelligent individual as rad
icalfy wrong.
Thousands suffer from contagious
and infectious diseases most inno-
Gently and unconsciously contracted.
Other thousands suffer and die OF
cancerous affections, the cause OF
which no medical man has yet been
wise enough to ferret out and de-
termine, and which can not, there
fore, be avoided Then, too, many
times stress of circumstances COM
pei people to expose themselves to
various disease-producing agencies,
such as malaria, bad air in over
heated factories, coal mines and
many other situations, and surely
those who suffer therefrom should
not be branded as criminals.
insofar as disease is contracted
or brought on ones self from HARM
full excuses, overeating, intemper-
ance and other like indulgences and
debauchery, we think, with our edi-
tor friend, that it should be regarded
as little less than criminal On the
other hand, we think it would i've
harsh, unsympathetic, cruel, yes,
criminal, to condemn the poor,
weak, overworked housewife who
sinks under the heavy load of house
hold cares and burdens which she is
obliged to struggle along under tn
til she succumbs to the strain and
overexertion and suffers from weak
nesses, various displacements OF pei
vic organs and other arrangements
peculiar to her sex.
The too frequent bearing of chill
dren, with its exacting demands
upon the system, coupled with the
care, worry and labor of rearing
large family, is often the cause of
weakness, arrangements and dehil-
ity which the mother has to bear
and which are aggravated by the
many household cares and the hard
and never-ending work which she is
called upon to perform. DR.. Pierce,
the maker of that World-famed rem
edy for women's peculiar ills-Dr
Pierce's Favorite Prescription-says
that one of the greatest obstacles TO
the cure of this class OF maladies is
the fact that the poor, overworke1
housewife cannot get the needed
rest from her many household cares
and labor to enable her to secure
from the use Of his Prescription"
its full benefits. 1t is matter of
frequent experience, he says, in his
extensive practice in these cases, to
meet with those in which his treat
ment fails by reason OF the patients
inability to abstain from hard work
long enough to be cured. With
those suffering from prolapsus,
ante-version and retroversion of the
uterus, or other displacement OF the
womanly organs, it is very neces-
sary that, in addition to taking his
"Favorite Prescription" they alb
stain from being very much, or Tor
long periods, on their feet. All
heavy lifting or straining of any
kind should also be avoided. AS
much outdoor air as possible, with
light exercise, is also very
important.
1t is DR.. Pierce's observation that
many housewives suffer much in a
weakened condition OF their system
from too close confinement indoors.
Often the kitchen, where they spend
most of their time, is lily ventilated,
and the bad air and overheating
thereof act most unfavorably upon
the woman's strength, until she
finds herself suffering from various
weaknesses attended by backache,
bearing-down pains, or dragging
down sensations that are extremely
hard to bear. A catarrhal, pelvic
drain, of most facilitating and dis
nature, is a common
symptom of the congested or in
famed condition of the lining MEM