ease has existed for some time, it must not
be expected that it can be cured in a month, but by perseverance the
cure will certainly come and will be perfectly satisfactory.

=A Valuable Aid.=--In the meantime, the person who suffers from painful
menstruation, a day or two before menstruation is expected, should take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, being careful to keep the bowels
in good condition.

=Additional Treatment.=--If possible, the person had better remain in bed,
or recline upon a sofa, for at least a day before the expected
menstruation, certainly as soon as the first uncomfortable symptoms
appear. Then have her take a hot foot-bath, get into bed and cover with
warm blankets, with bags or bottles of hot water, or hot bricks at the
feet and back, and with warm cloths over the lower part of the abdomen.

=Temporary Relief.=--If the pain is exceedingly severe, and is not
relieved by these simple measures, then wring out flannel cloths from as
hot water as can be borne and place these over the lower part of the
bowels, directly over the uterus, covering them with dry flannels. As
soon as these become cool, change for hot cloths again, using care, of
course, that the cloths be not hot enough to burn. It is often
surprising what instant relief from pain this simple procedure will
produce.

=Do Not Take Opium.=--No one should think for a moment of taking opium in
any form at these times, as the opium habit is very easily contracted
and is almost impossible to break up. This is also true of other anodyne
remedies. By carrying out the suggestions given above, it will be found
that their use will not be necessary.

=Thousands of Grateful Letters.=--If the readers of this book could only
see the thousands of letters from grateful women the world over telling
how this Vegetable Compound relieved them from the fearful torture which
they had been enduring for years once a month, they would use every
endeavor possible to spread the good news to every suffering friend that
at last there is a perfect and absolute cure for this most distressing
and most frightful complaint.

=Reasons for these Startling Cures.=--The reason why Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound works so admirably in these cases is easily
understood when we call to mind the fact that some of its ingredients
are the strongest of nerve tonics, building up, strengthening, and
giving tone to the whole nervous system; while other ingredients have
t