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Rh irritation and weakness result in a chronic condition, which quickly develops after marriage into the very prevalent 'falling of the womb,' causing a dragging or bearing-down sensation in the lower part of the abdomen, pain in the back, numbness of the lower limbs, and a general discomfort and misery, which must often be shared for years by all who dwell under the same roof with its unfortunate afflicted, unhappy, victim.

"To a woman thus afflicted life is a burden, and marriage a curse, rather than a blessing. False ideas of form, cruel and destructive fashion and pernicious education, accomplish this terrible ruin of human life and human happiness. Cure, or even alleviation of discomfort and suffering, are doubtful and difficult, and the man who marries a woman with a compresssd waist may reasonably expect a sufficient inheritance of misery to last all the rest of his natural life. The man who marries such a woman, instead of obtaining a helpmate, imposes upon himself a burden. He may be ignorant of it at the time, but he