Show FEMALE consumption COMMOTION causes and cure BY BT 0 S WHITMAN ND MD ad the principal cause the bodice waist long skirts and heavy quilts are the principal causes of female consumption ath some of its effects the compression of the chest cheat the I 1 long ong 8 skirts k r ts I 1 and cotton quilts consumes the strength of the muscles of the lumbar vertebra and diaphragm by inaction caused by compression anu anti overheating inducing general debility and a long train of nervous complaints frequently ending in uteri it consumes the appetite it consumes the sparkling eye it consumes the rosy cheek cheeld it consumes the health it consumes the lungs it consumes life temporal and if this fashion is the god they serve it will consume life eternal would to god that the evils connected w with tle the violation of physical laws were confined to the transgressor but alas it is in not so look a moment at the young youn miss of 10 or 12 years in the short dress and moose loose waist with an expansive chest good health and sparkling eye and rosy cheek she arrives at the age where the mother wishes to make a lady of her daughter but the costume which was previously admired ivd 9 is in no longer becoming her natural form to which an all wise god has given such beauty and symmetry is no longer pleasing to the eye of that mother who wishes to have her daughter move in the circle of the fashionable the costume which was so conducive to health and with which every muscle of the complex machinery of her frame was obedient to the command of her will is exchanged for the bodice waist and its concomitants the grabbling drab bling skirts and burdensome quilts to improve her form what an insult upon the almighty now the flexible bones that form the cheat are crushed inward by the cursed whalebones whale bones and consumption strings to compress the chest and thus diminish mn h the cavity of the lungs limp changing a beautiful waist for one like that of a wasp the steady nerve and clear head is exchanged f for or a trembling nerve and aching head the slow plow dee deep P natural respiration is exchanged for one more like the panting of a eat cat pursued by a dog the rosy cheek which is so munh much to be desired is exchanged for a pallid countenance and hectic flush follow this female a little further you heir hear her complaining oi of all the aches and pains which are consequent on such a violation of the laws by which she should have abbe been S go governed ve rne d the whole organic system is in deza aged affecting materially her nervous system pro her physical strength enfeebling enfeebling her mental faculties aud and thus she i unqualified for physical labor which is absolutely necessary to good health and her imbecile mind unfits her for for mental culture in this condition we 2 find I 1 scores yea hundred and thousands about to settle in life and give birth to what to healthy children physically and intellectual intellectually lyp most certainly not As A a general rule he her children come into the world with her own likeness physically and intellectually and if they chance to live they are mere dwarfs to whit what they otherwise would have been had their mother obeyed t tha lawa of nature it i is s true the father may be implicated in thi this violation to a considerable extent such as improper diet the use of tea and caffee the filthy use of tobacco and the degrading habit of using alcoholic drinks and mineral medicines but botill the slender constitution of that husband may havo bay been inherited from his fashionable mother to a considerable extent ath treatment a certain cure let lay aside at once and for ever the costume that is preying on your very vitals impeding respiration also the free circulation of blood to the lungs that it may be pari purified fied b by y coming in contact with the air which you inhale and thus be prepared to give streng strength tg and vigor to every part of the system ad clothe yourself with the he bloomer costume which commends itself to com common mon sense for there is is not a muscle in your whole body that is confined with this dress there is not a I 1 drop of blood prevented from flowing through every ra ramification of the system your locomotives are not confined yourself or others are not el stepping epping upon your dress ad let pure cold water be your drink and nothing else apply it internally and externally |