aving me in a spasm of pain. At this stage (22 months
after confinement) menstruation returned for the first time since the
birth of my baby. I had already suffered as much as I thought it
possible to bear, and live, but my sufferings were even greater after
this; my womb was ulcerated and inflamed; nervousness increased to
violent shaking, over which I had no control; circulation so feeble that
the extremities were scarcely supplied with blood, they were constantly
cold and clammy. My sleep broken and disturbed, life was fast becoming a
burden to me, For months, however, I endured this torture; I had
abandoned work altogether; I could be up but a few moments at a time and
could not walk across the floor without excruciating pain. There was no
sleep, no rest, and after a week and even more, would pass during which
I would never close my eyes in sleep, even when morphine, opium and
chloral, were administered. My body seemed a dead weight, while my mind
was alive to all my sufferings. There seemed to be a burning pressure
about my head all the while.

I would have shaking spells frequently, leaving me perfectly exhausted,
my heart the while beating so rapidly, I could not count the pulsations;
it seemed to cease altogether after that, with a sinking, fainting
feeling over me, making it difficult to breathe at all. During my
menstrual periods I suffered a "thousand deaths." My appetite was gone,
mind and sight impaired, strength and flesh all gone. I was a pitiable
object to look at, divested of all that made life endurable for me. I
had baffled the skill of two physicians, and was left, after three years
of agony, to die, a "hopeless wreck," worse than death.

Such was my condition when I applied to you for treatment. After using
medicines only six days I began to improve; my nerves were steadier;
circulation better, hands and feet warm. Nine days after taking your
medicines they restored the function again. I will confess I expected to
suffer death again--I did not think the medicines had had time to effect
a change within so short a time. Imagine my joy and surprise upon waking
next morning to find it had "stolen like a thief upon me in the night,"
I knew not when. I spent the day in grateful tears--how could I help it?
It passed off as quietly as it came, leaving my head clear of that
_dreadful, burning pressure_! My nerves were steady; indeed, my
improvement was so remarkable, that it seemed almost a delusion. My
app