The female's guide and confidential advisor / by a Lady Doctor.

Date:
[between 1880 and 1889?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The female's guide and confidential advisor / by a Lady Doctor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    relief. I do not want to linger on a painful subject, but, as I said in my opening, I wish in these pages to enable you to give me your confi¬ dence, and to receive the same from me. So should you require it, you will ever find me ready to be your confidential friend and adviser, the more so inasmuch as I can fully understand the meaning of a few written words which the pen can speak more readily on such matters than can the tongue. The fearful prevalence of unnatural habits and their dire consequences alone force me to give vent to these few warning words, and 1 hope they will be beneficial to some at least, in leading them from the dangerous abyss to which they are being hurried. Other causes of Amen- OrrhOBa are sometimes any sudden shock, either of cold to the body, or even fiom strong mental emotions, as many instances may be related of sudden grief, fear, or anger, causing an immediate cessation of the Menstrual flow. Dysmenor- rhCBS, difficult or painful Menstruation, may often result from similar causes to those I have enumerated above, and may only be occa¬ sional. With some females it is the general characteristic of their periods, though this is fortunately the exception with the majority, and when it occurs, points to systematic derange¬ ment that requires alteration, so that the chan¬ nels of health may be freed, and the natural flow take place with that lack of discomfort which is so much to be desired. The character of the discharge is often altered, is thick or clotted, and appears membraneous and streaky. Such symptoms would indicate an. irritable condition of the organs which requires alleviat¬ ing, Menorrhagia (excessive or profuse Men-