sh beef,
mutton, chicken, or eggs, and the dress should be comfortable, warm, and
permit freedom of motion. The patient should indulge in amusing
exercises, walking, swinging, riding, games of croquet, traveling,
singing, percussing the expanded chest, or engage in healthful
calisthenic exercises. The hygienic treatment of this form of
amenorrhea, then, consists in physical culture, regular bathing, and the
regulation of the bowels, if constipated, as suggested in this volume
under the head of constipation.

The _medical treatment_ should be directed to enriching the blood,
improving nutrition, toning up the generative organs, and the health of
the whole system. This requires the employment of uterine and general
tonics, and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, which is sold by
druggists, happily combines the properties required. It improves
digestion, enriches the blood, exercises a tonic and gently stimulating
effect upon the uterus and ovaries, and thus promotes the function of
menstruation. It is not a strong emmenagogue, but operates slowly, yet
surely, and in accordance with physiological laws, being eminently
congenial in its effects upon the female system, and, hence, not liable
to do harm. There is danger in employing active driving medicines,
besides, no emmenagogue, however powerful, can establish the menstrual
function so long as the system is in a debilitated condition and the
blood reduced. The restorative effects of the "Favorite Prescription"
should be secured by administering it regularly, in from one to two
teaspoonful doses, three or four times a day, for several weeks, and as
the system is built up and those symptoms appear which indicate a return
of the menses, their visitation may be encouraged by the use of hot foot
and sitz-baths, and free doses of Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of
Smart-weed. But the latter should only be used when symptoms of
approaching menstruation are manifested. By following out this course of
treatment, a soft flush will gradually take the place of the pallor of
the cheeks, the appetite will return and the health will be restored.

ACUTE SUPPRESSION OF THE MENSES may be caused by _strong emotions,_ as
excessive joy, or by violent _excitement_ of the _propensities_, as
intense anger, sudden fright, fear, or anxiety. Suppression may result
from sudden exposure to cold, immersion of the hands or feet in cold
water, drinking cold water when the body is heated, sitting on the co