and always helpful. Such letters are
strictly confidential communications from one woman to another who will
never betray the confidence.

Footnote: [1] Every woman suffering from uterine or vaginal troubles
should own and use a syringe. I would recommend the use of Ruth Paxton's
Improved Fountain Syringe. I believe it is the only one that will convey
the solution to every part of the vaginal cavity. The ordinary syringe
is inadequate. It can be obtained by sending to The R. Paxton Company,
221 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass. Price $1.75, postpaid--registered
letter or postal note. It will repay you a thousand times to take the
trouble to send for it, as the recoveries from disease are quicker when
it is used. Anyway, send two-cent stamp for her little book of
information. You will see by the letters it contains how the syringe is
regarded by those who are using it.

CHAPTER IX.

DISEASES OF UTERUS AND OVARIES (Continued).

=Ovaries, Congestion of.=--This disease usually comes from taking cold
during menstruation, from some injury, extra strain during lifting, or
from some slow inflammatory process.

The symptoms are pain and tenderness in one or both sides of the lower
part of the body. There is more or less continuous pain, which is always
worse in standing or walking. The tenderness in the sides is increased
during menstruation, especially if pressure be made over the part.
Sometimes the pain is quite severe when the bowels move. There is always
a feeling of distress, frequently associated with nausea, and often more
or less fever.

=Treatment.=--For treatment the person should have as good surroundings as
possible, and should take complete rest during menstruation.

In order to relieve the congestion in these parts and thoroughly control
the pain, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound should be taken at once.

=Removal of Ovaries.=--This condition of the ovaries gave rise to the
practice of removing these organs. Just as soon as a woman consulted a
physician and complained of tenderness over the ovaries, he was sure to
advise her to have these organs removed.

=Less Operating Than Formerly.=--But this practice is rapidly passing
away, and the very surgeons who were so anxious to operate a few years
ago are now found advising against it. This is because of the serious
results which follow this operation. While the pain and tenderness in
these parts would be relieved, yet the profound and overwhelmin