nd all the long train of consequential symptoms are, one by
one, abolished.

NOT LIMITED IN OUR REMEDIAL RESOURCES. It should be borne in mind that,
while we recommend, in this little volume, certain courses of treatment
for ordinary cases, the remedies mentioned do not by any means embrace
all our resources in the way of medicines and other curative agencies,
especially for complicated, difficult, or very obstinate cases. In many
of the latter class we can send medicines that are exactly adapted to
the case, if the invalid will fill out one of our "Applications for
Treatment," which may be found folded in the latter part of this book,
or which will be sent to any address, on application, by mail. In most
womb diseases, the chemical and microscopical examination of the urine
also furnishes valuable aid in determining the exact condition of the
patient, as well as the precise stage of the local organic disease. Full
directions for putting up and sending such samples may be found in the
"Appendix" of this little volume. Every case submitted to us, either by
letter or in person, receives the careful and deliberate consideration
of a full Council of specialists before a decision as to the nature of
the malady, or the proper course of treatment to be employed, is
determined upon. The great advantage of this system of practice must be
obvious to every intelligent, thoughtful person. No experimenting is
ever resorted to. The treatment is _specially_ and _exactly_ adapted to
each individual case, which requires such judgment, skill, and nicety of
discrimination, as has only been acquired by our specialists through
long and diligent study, and an experience embracing the treatment
annually of many thousands of cases of those chronic diseases which are
peculiar to women.

WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
663 Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.

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MENSTRUATION AND ITS DISORDERS.

The function of the ovaries is to furnish ova or germs, and the
functions of the uterus or womb are to secrete mucus; to exude the
menses; to secrete the decidua; to contain and nourish the foetus and to
effect its expulsion.

Menstruation, or the menses, monthly visitation, catamenia, menstrual
flow, courses, or periods, usually makes its appearance in the female
between the twelfth and fifteenth years, at which time the reproductive
system undergoes remarkable changes. A marked characteristic