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 banging down, as it very often is, cancer may follow, or a chronic induration supervene, — in either case causing a most intolerable anguish, or a lingering, painful, wasting illness, to which death itself is very often preferable. For this state of things, I have never found any agent at all comparable to, — an element closely approximating the principle of vitality itself, because it is speedily absorbed by the blood, is carried to the lungs, — which it heals if ailing, — and from there, having gained additional oxygen from the air, back to the heart, which, with renewed energy, sends it whirling, flying, searching, into and through every vein, artery, cell, muscle, organ, and crevice of the entire body, leaving not a single spot unvisited, unsearched, unexplored by the life-charged blood. I say life-charged, for this subtle agent most assuredly is very akin to life itself, and while as perfectly harmless as the air we breathe, is, like that very air, the accredited vehicle of muscular, digestive, cerebral, and nervous energy; for wherever it goes it carries life, vigor, health, and strength. The lungs, be they never so badly diseased, immediately begin to heal. Sleepless nights are exchanged for hours of sweet slumber and calm repose. Exhausted nerves gain new thrills of gleeful, joyous life, activity, and vigor. The dyspeptic stomach regains its -healthful tone; the liver is forthwith cleansed and purified; the kidneys begin to thoroughly do their proper work, and the excess of uric acid, urea, chalk, carbonate of lime, pus, slime, and poison, is strained from the blood, as it ought to be, and is, through the bladder, effectually cast forth from the body. The brain is relieved from pressure, and its functions are again effectively carried on. The ligaments of the uterus contract, and, as they do so, the organ is drawn up and back to its former place. The acrid secretions are effectually cut off; the scrofulous humors that have tainted the blood are completely and thoroughly nullified, rendered harmless and evacuated from the system; and the patient's groans and heart-rending sighs are heard no more; for they are changed to notes of joy and gladness, hope and rest, by this most thorough of all known agents. The value of these principles in the treatment of female diseases alone cannot be computed, by millions even; for just as it would be impossible to weigh out or measure the full amount of pain and agony endured in a single year by the women of this country, even so it would be impossible to estimate the amount of