A practical key to the confidential doctor at home : in accordance with The book of prudential revelations, and The golden bible of nature / by A. de Fontaine.

  • Fontaine, A. de, 1798-
Date:
1845
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Credit: A practical key to the confidential doctor at home : in accordance with The book of prudential revelations, and The golden bible of nature / by A. de Fontaine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    power, they will impart strength — discharging only by their pressure,and their emenague virtues the obstructed menses and humors, which tend to inflammations, dropsy, liver affections, consumption, and death. Mar- ried I allies, however, if icitk child, must scrupulously avoid the use of these medicines, for if. ignorantly, or against the laws of God, man, and nature, they should persist in taking them, then will most positively follow, in all casts, those unpleasant consequences of a premature easy delivery, viz: — sickness at the stomach, contractions, pains, and to their reproach and shame, a certain and speedy abortion. N. B. When a married lady wishes to ascertain her a- tual state, and whether she be with child, or whether other causes have produced in her the obstruction, by taking these medicines, which are harmless, she will be at once convinced of her true situation, as a few doses of it, if she he pregnant, will produce distress, vomiliug, and pains, which symptoms, if the medicines should not be at once relinquished, would become more and more violent, and be followed by a quick, though not dangerous abortion. But to women suffering obstruction only by a cold, or disease, these female medicines will soon produce the desired effect, without either vomiting or distress. In such cases, it invariably imparts strength and relief, and produces regularity. Ladies then, afflicted with colds or obstructions, must take these medicines daily, and persevere in this treat- ment until the desired effect is produced. One bottle may be enough, generally ; though in some critical or chronic instances, two or three phials, with the powders may be required, and they will surely impart relief and comfort. They will be effectual, and under any emergency, the health of the sufferer is not impaired by them. They are warranted certain in their effects. Directions. — Take <t tias/woiiful of the mixture, in half a wine/jluss of best Port wine, every fbur hours; two hours after, use the powders. Take one powder, as much as the sample, in molasses, or in any other way, every four hours, two hours after the mixture. Begin early in the morning, with the mixture, and continue until late in the evening. But the medicine should not be used through the night. Who looks on woman's vanished bloom, Her wasted form, and languid air, N»r murmurs thai a ruthless doom, Should snatch away the young and fair? So uncomplaining in her woe, So meek, and lovely in distress, Thai, though she seems pre pared to go, We cannot learn to spare her less. Would she return her faded eye, And think of love, and smile again ; Oh ! let her be advised to try Your ' Female Mtdicines,, Fontaine'. [N. B.] But married ladies should beware, If they are pregnant, of Us use ; For though it health will not impair, A sure abortion 'l will produce. Remark. — This female medicine is by no means superior to the French Philanthropic Remedy; but in the above enumerated cases it is equally beneficial and efficacious. These Female Medicines co6t one half les* thun the Philanthropic Remedy