, but not to the extent of producing fatigue.
The bowels, if constipated, should be regulated. Strengthen the system
by using Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, to each bottle of which add
two drachms of citrate or pyrophosphate of iron. The mouth and neck of
the uterus should be thoroughly cleansed by the use of the syringe, as
suggested for the treatment of leucorrhea. The use of the solution of
Dr. Pierce's Purifying and Strengthening Lotion Tablets there advised
will also be beneficial, if thoroughly applied.

A most valuable course of local treatment, which may be adopted by any
intelligent lady without the aid of a physician, and one that will
result in the greatest benefit when there is morbid sensibility,
congestion, inflammation, or ulceration about the mouth or neck of the
womb, consists in applying to those parts a roll of medicated cotton or
soft sponge, allowing it to remain there for twelve hours at a time. A
piece of fine, soft, compressible sponge, as large as a hen's egg, or a
roll of cotton batting of two-thirds that size, is thoroughly saturated
with pure glycerine. Securely fasten to it a stout cord a few inches
long. The vagina and affected parts having been thoroughly cleansed with
warm water and Castile soap, as advised in the treatment of leucorrhea,
the sponge or cotton should be passed up the vagina with the finger, and
pressed rather firmly against the mouth and neck of the womb, which,
being enlarged, and, consequently falling below its natural position,
will generally be low down in the vagina, and so hardened as to be
unmistakably distinguished from the surrounding parts by the sense of
touch. The glycerine, having a very strong affinity for water, will
absorb large quantities of the _serum_, which has been effused into the
affected tissues in consequence of their congestion and inflammation,
and thus reduce the inflammation and enlargement. This is the cause of
the profuse, watery discharge which follows the application. In twelve
hours after the sponge or cotton has been applied, it should be removed
by means of the attached thread, one end of which has been purposely
left hanging out of the vagina. Then thoroughly cleanse the vagina with
warm water, use the solution of Dr. Pierce's Lotion Tablets as suggested
for the treatment of leucorrhea, and repeat the glycerine application
the following day or every other day.

If there is no irritation or tenderness of the vagina, add one drachm o