which it is accompanied; and every feeling of the human heart revolts from the surrender of that moral obligation enforced by Heaven, and the relinquishment of which must inevitably lead to a deprivation of so considerable a portion of the enjoyment of life.

Sterility, or barrenness, was of old recorded among the curses with which the Almighty punished tribes, families, and individuals; and although, in this advanced age of society, the curse may appear somewhat qualified in a religious sense, yet, that it is a real curse is evident from the discontents, anxieties, and even discords, which accompany it in the married state. There is nothing which seems to console us so effectually, that we must quit this brief and chequered state of being, as the prospect of perpetuating our professions, names, and, in some degree, even our lineaments. We seem thus to triumph over oblivion; to possess a strong guarantee that we shall, although in our own transitory forms resolved into common dust, still survive in those images which have sprung from our bodies, and partake not inconsiderably of our character, likeness, and disposition. As we approach the confines of the grave, we feel a greater necessity for some reliance of this sort. The mind, in its increasing imbecility, as it loses sight of life, loves to cling more closely to the progeny in which it is to revive and continue the scenes of existence. Then it is that the curse of sterility is felt in its full force, when the desolate and infirm wanderer is tottering over the tomb, and discovers that there will be left behind no memorial of name and being-then is the full affliction of a childless parent found in the dread of an oblivion never to be broken.

On marriage, the wife relies on the hope of children, to relieve the many tedious hours caused by the necessary absence of her husband. In their presence she looks for an ample relief from the gloom of loneliness; for those endearing companions, who, in maturer life, may in some measure, become the substitutes of her husband, and, in the event of the marriage tie being separated by death, who may become the solace and support of widowhood. In proportion as the female disposition has been habituated to dwell on these anticipations, must be the regret and sorrow which will ensue from a disappointment of hope. She cannot look for relief in those active employments, which, for many years, may blunt the disappointment in the husband. The only remedy she can find will be in the resources of her own mind; and the character and extent of these resources depend mainly on the education and examples of her early life.

The causes of sterility in woman are numerous.One of the most frequent, however, is the existence of the malady called leucorrhoea, or whites. Barrenness is also very often caused by a retention, irregularity, or profusion of the menstrual secretion, thereby giving rise to the diseases known by the names of chlorosis, or green sickness, amenorrhea, or obstructed menstruation, menorrhagia, or excessive menstruation and flooding. It may also proceed from a natural frigidity of temperament or from aversion, reserve, or indifference, instead of an appetency and pleasure, in short from an irrespondence in the feelings of the female to those of the male.

How much domestic unhappiness is hence induced. What scenes of dissension, sorrow and remorse, do we not find to result from this indifference. How fruitful a source is it of unfaitfulness to the marriage bed. And when it is accompanied by sterility on the part of the female, what reproaches, and even disgust does it not give rise to,-converting love to hatred,making the nuptial couch a bed of thorns, instead of roses, marriage a curse rather than a blessing.

We are, indeed, aware, that by many men of high attainment in the less enlightened period of medical information, relief has been deemed impracticable. But we are also perfectly aware of the possibility of a cure; and that even where the disease of sterility appears to have taken the firmest hold of the female constitution, assistance can be given to the suffering patient, not through the application of transitory stimulants, to the destruction of all constitutional vigour, and ultimately of life; nor yet by speculative remedies, which, by changing the symptoms and appearance of disease, may induce hope, and lead to ardent expectations-only to destroy them. But simply by the softening tonic and prolific qualities of the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM, which will warm and purify the blood and juices, increase the animal spirits, invigorate and revive the whole human machine, and remove the usual impediments to fertility.

Nature has assigned to females a class of diseases from which the other sex has been exempted, and no care or attention will enable woman entirely to escape from their influence. From the very character and construction of the female organs, there are peculiar

crises in their lives when every solicitude is attracted to them. And we come now to speak of a most important period of female life, viz.: that period when the menstrual flow, by its gradual disappearance, warns the party of an eventual change. It is usually known as the turn of life, and takes place from about the 40th to the 45th year; though it is some*times delayed longer.

The diseases that spring up at this time are numerous and formidable; and it behoves all women undergoing the change in question, to reflect seriously on their situation. Let them not suppose, that because many have passed through the turn of life with little difficulty, it is therefore to be neglected; for, though a safe conduct through it is ensured by the use of the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM, yet, such is the fatal effect of neglect, that we are assured more women are carried off during the cessation of the menses, than at any other period of life.

At the time this fluctuating change is going on, the constitution should be most carefully regulated, for the menstrual vessels do not suddenly surrender their secretive power, but usually a distressing irregularity torments the patient, attended with internal pains, sometimes actual enlargement of the womb, which may be mistaken for pregnancy, &c.; indeed, many are the presumed disorders that the sufferer attaches to herself, often unwilling to allow the important truth; and, it is to be lamented that habitual dropsy is not unfrequently the penalty of concealment. Some are afflicted with the well-known symptoms of plethora, heat, flushings, restless nights, troublesome

dreams, and unequal spirits; others are attacked with spasmodic affections, stiffness of the limbs, swelled ancles, piles, and other indications of plentitude. When the menstrual discharge is about to disappear, it becomes irregular both in time, quantity, and quality; sometimes sparing, sometimes profuse. Women, however, must be sensible of the peculiar influence this secretion has upon their frame, and we have only strenuously to advise them, as soon as any symptoms of constitutional derangement shall begin to display themselves, to commence a course of the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM, which must be taken according to the general directions.

This medicine has been uncommonly successful with young people who have the appearance and air of old age; who are pale, effeminate, benumbed, stupid, and even imbecile; whose bodies are become bent, whose legs are no longer able to support them, who have an utter distaste for every thing, or are totally incapacitated for the performance of its natural functions. When the stomach is frequently disordered, the body is weakened; paleness, bodily decay, and emaciation succeed, and the eyes sink into the head. The virtues of the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM, are daily demonstrated in eradicating the worst symptoms of nervous debility. Nothing has tended so much to establish the fame of this Medicine, as its certain success in those complaints which strike their roots so deep in the constitution, and are so fatal to the happiness of mankind.

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