Hygiene VIAVI HYGIENE 
(Revised Edition) 
Published by 
THE VIAVI COMPANY 
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San Francisco, California, U. S. A, 
1924 
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By II. & H. E. LAW 
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By H. & H. E. LAW 
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VIAVI-AUSTRALASIA 
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Sydney, Australia CONTENTS 
Chapter Page 
I. How and Whence Health Comes . . .11 
II. About the Nervous System . . . . 13 
III. Health of Body in Relation to Health of Mind 22 
IV. Something About Insomnia . ... 25 
V. Some of the Causes of Nervous Debility . 29 
VI. About the Spine and the Back ... 34 
VII. About the Blood and the Circulation . . 41 
VIII. About Inflammation and Congestion . . 47 
IX. About Absorption, Secetion and Excretion . 51 
X. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Region of the Head . . 54 
XI. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Ear 70 
XII. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Eye 75 
XIII. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Region of the Chest . .79 
XIV. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Abdominal Region . . 87 
XV. Something About Gastritis, or Inflammation 
of the Stomach 94 
XVI. Something About Conditions Manifesting 
Themselves in the Bowels . . .102 
XVII. Some of the Conditions Manifesting Them- 
selves in the Region of the Rectum, 
Such as Piles, Abscess, Fistula, Etc. . 116 
XVIII. Something About the Liver and Gall Blad- 
der, and Some of the Diseases to Which 
They are Subject 130 
XIX. Something About the Kidneys and the Dis- 
orders to Which They are Subject . . 141 
XX. Something About the Bladder and Urethra 
and Some of the Conditions Affecting 
Them .• 149 
XXI. The Development or Girls .... 159 
XXII. The Reproductive Organs of Women . . 165 Chapter Page 
XXIII. Something About the Vagina and Its 
Diseases 172 
XXIV. Something About Leucorrhea . . . 177 
XXV. Something About the Menstrual Function . 182 
XXVI. Something About Painful Menstruation 
and Its Manifestations .... 187 
XXVII. Something About Curettement . . .219 
XXVIII. Something About Inflammation and En- 
largement of the Womb .... 226 
XXIX. Something About Displacements of the Womb 238 
XXX. Something About Operations and the Use 
of Mechanical Makeshifts . . . 261 
XXXI. Something About the Ovaries and the Fallo- 
pian Tubes, and Some of Their Disorders 268 
XXXII. Something About the Peritoneum and Peri- 
tonitis 284 
XXXIII. Something About Adhesions .... 289 
XXXIV. Something About the Abdominal Walls, 
Their Importance and Function . . 297 
XXXV. Something About Pregnancy, the Processes 
Involved, and the Conditions Experienced 302 
XXXVI. Something About Laceration and the Effects 
that Follow 312 
XXXVII. Something About Nourishing the Infant . 325 
XXXVIII. Something About Inflammation of the 
Breasts 328 
XXXIX. Something About the Use of Viavi for 
Children 332 
XL. Something About Miscarriage; Its Causes 
and Consequences 340 
XLI. Something About Barrenness and Its Causes 345 
XLII. Something About the Change of Life and 
Its Consequences 349 
XLIII. Something About Disorders and Derange- 
ments Manifesting Themselves in the 
Region of the Limbs .... 353 
XLIV*. Something About Tumors, Lumps in the 
Breast, and Enlarged Glands . . . 358 
XLV. A Talk with Men About Women . . 372 VIAVI HYGIENE 
CHAPTER I 
HOW AND WHENCE HEALTH COMES 
HEALTH comes from within. Nature is the real 
curative agent. There is a recuperative power 
within each one of us which ever strives to over- 
come any deviation from that splendid co-ordination 
ot vital functions which is health. 
We do not know just what this recuperative power 
is. It has been called by many names; but we recognize 
it as that power within us, that vitality, that strength, 
that resistance, that vital force, that recuperative power, 
through which we get well when we are ill. 
We do not all get well equally quickly; 
nor is the restorative activity the same 
at all periods of our life. We know 
that we may become weakened, re- 
duced, and exhausted by improper habits of life, over- 
work or worry. But until life is finally extinguished by 
wear, or exhaustion of years, there remains hope- 
dickering though it may be-that we may get well. 
Just as we know that there is this recuperative 
power within each of us, and that the body may become 
weakened, or reduced, or worn, so we know that under 
many conditions this recuperative power may be fur- 
nished the means through which it may strengthen and 
restore that body to health. Nature can be assisted to 
overcome disease and disorder. The whole process of 
restoration rests upon the sufferer furnishing the recu- 
perative power with the means which it can use to over- 
The Hope of 
Getting Well 12 
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come the abnormal conditions. We really restore our- 
selves to health. 
The process of getting well is a pro- 
cess of retracing our steps. This in- 
cludes, whenever possible, the removal 
of the causes of suffering, whether it 
is work, worry, carelessness, ignorance, indifference, im- 
proper habits of life, or whatever they may be, which 
prevent the recuperative power from preserving the 
nice adjustment of function, which is health, and by 
adopting those means which the recuperative power can 
utilize to arouse and strengthen the natural bodily 
processes. 
Getting well is a natural, and, in a wonderful de- 
gree, an attainable process. It is a personal experience. 
We cannot say in any individual case that the sufferer 
can or will not get well, because it can never be known 
whether the recuperative power in any individual can 
use the means furnished to bring him or her to health. 
But we do know, in measurable degree, the succession 
of processes by which health must come, if at all; and 
we can judge from the experience and results which 
others have obtained, the value of the means by which 
they restored their health, and conclude that what they 
have done we may do, because the laws of health and 
disease are similar in each body. 
Process of 
Restoration 
In the following pages we discus.-, 
some of the conditions, phenomena 
and effects of ill health, and certain 
detinite processes and means by which 
health has been restored. We shall try to discuss it in 
a plain, understandable way, and illustrate it by ex- 
amples. We believe we can be of help to you if you 
need help. But we can only help you to appreciate how 
you can help yourself, and we can only do that to the 
extent that what we shall say appeals to your sound 
sense and reason. 
The Appeal 
to Sound Sense CHAPTER II 
ABOUT THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
THE nervous system is so closely related to health 
and disease that whatever affects the nervous sys- 
tem, favorably or unfavorably affects the health 
of the body. But it also may be said that whatever 
affects the other parts of the body also affects the nerv- 
ous system. However we will discuss the nervous system 
first. The nervous system involves every part of the 
body, and influences and controls every function, organ 
and tissue. It is through the nervous system that those 
mysterious things we call recuperative power, personal- 
ity, vitality, life itself, are manifested. It is the instru- 
mentality through which all the processes which con- 
tribute to, or constitute, life are co-ordinated. 
The organs of the nervous system are 
the brain, the spinal cord, the nerve 
centers and the nerves. Probably as 
much is known about the anatomy and 
physical structure of the nervous system as of other 
organs of the body. It is the powrer, the influence, an.l 
functions exercised through the nervous system, in 
which there is so much of the mysterious and the un- 
known. We think of other organs of the body function- 
ing more or less through mechanical or chemical pro- 
cesses; but behind the processes of the nervous system 
there is something which seems much more subtle and 
evasive in the workings and manifestations of what we 
call nervous activity or nervous force. While we do not 
know what this subtle influence is, originating in and 
acting through the nervous system, directing and con- 
trolling every function and movement of every other 
organ and tissue in the body, we do know much con- 
cerning what it accomplishes and the manner in which 
The Mystery of 
Nerve Function 14 
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it is both favorably and unfavorably influenced. 
The nervous system has two great di- 
visions. One is the cerebro-spinal sys- 
tem, centering in the skull and spine, 
and governing the higher mental facul- 
ties, emotions, and impulses, and putting us in touch 
with the exterior world through the senses and the con- 
trol of the voluntary muscular movements. The second 
is the sympathetic system, which supervises and controls 
and co-ordinates the circulation of the blood and all the 
vegetative functions-those functions involved in the 
maintenance, recuperation and continuance of life, such 
as the digestion, assimilation and distribution of food 
and elimination of waste. The two systems, though dis- 
tinct in their functions, are not separate in their mecha- 
nism, but have the most intimate relationship with each 
other. 
Two Great 
Divisions 
The great center of the cerebro-spinal 
system is the brain. It is composed of 
gray nerve cells, whose function it is 
to originate nerve force, and white 
nerve fibers, whose function it is to convey impressions 
to the gray cells and impulses from them. The brain is 
wrinkled into folds, called convolutions; the gray cells 
are in layers in the cortex or outer layer of these con- 
volutions. 
A white nerve fiber arises in each of these minute 
gray cells. These fibers compose the mass of white mat- 
ter in the brain, and constitute all of the brain except 
the outer layers and groups of gray cells. The work of 
the cells is to originate impulses and ideas, that of the 
fibers to transmit them. Fibers of like function are 
gathered together in strands as they pass from the brain 
into the spinal cord, and finally pass out between the 
vertebrae to the various parts of the body. Some of 
these fibers are continuous while others are interrupted 
by bunches of cells, called nerve centers or ganglia. The 
first kind, the continuous fibers, may be likened to tele- 
phone wires running directly from the central station 
Cerebro-Spinal 
System THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
15 
to the house; the second by wires that pass through re- 
lay batteries at the sub-stations. 
Cells of like function are arranged to- 
gether in the cortex of the brain. For 
instance, those having to do with the 
higher mental faculties, such as ideas, 
emotions, volition, etc., are situated in the front part of 
the brain (the forehead). It is supposed that the lower 
back part of the brain lias to do with the reproductive 
organs, as diseases of these organs produce pain there. 
There are really two brains, one occupying the right 
half of the skull cavity and the other the left. The right 
brain governs the left side of the body, and the left 
brain the right side. The brain and the spinal cord are 
covered with membranes, the inner one conveying the 
blood vessels which supply nutriment. 
Arrangement 
of Cells 
The nerves running from the cells and 
regulating the movements of the body 
are called motor, or efferent (out- 
going), nerves. Sensations from all 
parts of the body, such as seeing, hearing, tasting, 
smelling, hunger, pain, cold, etc., are carried to the cells 
over fibers called the sensory, or afferent (ingoing), 
nerves. If we lightly prick the end of the finger with a 
pin, the injury rouses the activity of one or more sen- 
sory nerves, which immediately conveys to the brain, 
and records there, the sensation originating in the fin- 
ger. The brain registers the sensation, and then causes 
a motor impulse to be sent out over the motor nerves 
governing the conduct of the arm, hand, and finger; 
these nerves contract the muscles and the finger is thus 
withdrawn from the pin-point. This is done so rapidly 
that one can scarcely conceive that a message has been 
sent to the brain and back again to the muscles. 
Motor and 
Sensory Nerves 
Each cell in the brain and nerves has 
to be fed in the same way as every 
other cell in the body. Each cell se- 
lects from the blood the particular 
kind of nutriment that it needs. As all of the nourish- 
How this System 
is Fed 16 
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ment of the body, including the nerves, comes from the 
blood, the character of that nourishment must depend 
upon the quality of the blood and the manner of its 
circulation. If the blood is pure and of the right qual- 
ity, and circulates freely to every part of the body, ap- 
propriate nourishment is brought to every cell. In ill 
health, poisonous matter is taken up by the blood from 
diseased parts of the body, and when all of it is not 
thrown out by the lungs or other organs of elimination, 
some of it is carried to the brain cells as well as to the 
cells of other tissues, and there is an impairment of cell 
nourishment. It is impossible to have a sound brain 
and well ordered mind, thoughts and impulses under 
such conditions; and it is equally impossible for the 
vital functions to be performed perfectly. 
The second great division of the nerv- 
ous system is centered in chains or 
knots of nerve ganglia connected by 
nerve fibers situated along both sides 
of the spinal column. The right and left chains of 
ganglia are connected by fibers running across the spinal 
column. These ganglia or knots of nerve cells extend 
the entire length of the trunk. Amongst the many there 
are three large centers of them: One high in the chest; 
one, the largest of all, the solar plexus, sometimes called 
the abdominal brain, just behind the stomach; and one, 
almost as large, in the pelvic cavity. From such nerve 
centers nerve fibers run to and along the arteries and 
veins throughout the entire body, following them to the 
minutest capillaries, and into the brain itself. 
The Sympathetic 
System 
The function of these sympathetic 
nerves is to dilate and contract the 
blood vessels, and hence they are known 
as the vaso-motor, or vessel-moving, 
nerves. Branches of them control the action of the 
arteries in every part of the body, regulating the blood 
supply, or the circulation, in the heart, lungs, stomach, 
intestines, liver, spleen, etc. 
All parts of this system are so intimately connected 
Remote Symptoms 
Explained THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
17 
that no sooner does a congestion or an inflammation 
arise than the result which it produces passes through 
the sympathetic and the sensory systems of nerves to 
the adjacent parts of the body, also affecting that area 
in the spinal cord and brain which governs these parts. 
Inflammatory and other morbid conditions are con- 
stantly pouring poisonous matter into the blood. This 
naturally lowers the tone of the nerve cells-reduces 
their capacity for performing their peculiar functions, 
especially their function of maintaining the free and 
perfect circulation of the blood to all parts of the body, 
and thus disturbance of the circulation is increased. In 
the same way, the cells of the muscles and other tissues 
receiving improper blood are not properly nourished, 
and they, too, lose their tone. The brain, also suffers, 
and its power to perform its functions is impaired. 
Little by little the entire nervous system is affected. Its 
functions are performed with more and more of wear 
and tear, and at a greater and Greater expenditure of 
what is called nerve force. Nervous exhaustion and 
finally nervous prostration may thus come from lack of 
nourishment of the brain and nervous system, and from 
poisoning by the impurities with which the blood is 
filled. 
Nervous prostration may also come 
from an excessive use of nerve force. 
This may be from worry, or overwork, 
or from grief, or from exhausting 
emotions, or from the constant irritation of pain, for 
these all use up nerve force. Nervous prostration is 
the cumulative effect of drain on the nervous vitality by 
great mental, emotional or muscular activity, or by all 
of them. 
As the nervous system governs the supply of blood 
to every part of the body, including the brain and the 
nervous system, it follows that with every impairment 
of the nervous system, every lowering of the nerve tone, 
the nice and necessary adjustments of the blood sup- 
ply to the various parts of the body may be interfered 
Excessive Use of 
Nerve Force 18 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
with, and congestions become more frequent and inflam- 
mation more certain and extensive. This in turn still 
further interferes with the proper circulation and puri- 
fication of the blood. There is a lowering of vital energy, 
and the system gradually falls into a condition of mal- 
nutrition. 
When, through the recuperative pro- 
cesses, the nervous system can be given 
natural assistance so that it will be 
enabled to become stronger, and gradu- 
ally regain its tone, it will regain its propel' control of 
the circulation, congestion will be removed, and the in- 
flammation that results from it will be overcome. The 
impurities poured into the blood will be diminished. 
Little by little the cells throughout the body, those of 
the nervous system as well as of the other tissues, will 
be better nourished, each organ of the body will be 
better enabled to perform its functions, and gradually 
health will be restored. The purpose in using Viavi 
is to furnish the assistance which the recuperative 
power needs and may use to restore the nervous system 
and thus bring health by removing the cause of its loss. 
Recuperative 
Processes 
An illustration of this is given in the 
experience of a minister's wife, in 
California (1606), who suffered a nerv- 
ous breakdown following a severe at- 
tack of diphtheria. She could not sleep, sometimes going 
as long as six days without rest or sleep, and thought 
she would lose her mind. 
When friends told her what others had accomplished 
through using Viavi, she began its use. Her recupera- 
tive forces began their work of restoration, and in time 
she grew back to health. 
Health 
Restored 
A father and mother, in Ohio (1332), 
wrote that their daughter became very 
low with nervous prostration follow- 
ing childbirth. Her mind became af- 
fected, she became indifferent to everything, even los- 
ing interest in her baby. She was treated by several 
Nervous 
Prostration THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
19 
physicians and was finally operated upon, but no bene- 
fits were obtained. The parents supplied Viavi to the 
daughter's recuperative power, and in about seven 
months she grew back to health. 
A man, in New Brunswick (1120), 
wrote that under the stress of years 
of strenuous ministerial work, his 
health broke down to such an extent 
that he was discouraged and despondent, and despaired 
of life. lie took little food, and could not sleep with- 
out the use of drugs. Eminent physicians were con- 
sulted without avail. He used Viavi, and eighteen 
months after beginning its use had restored his health 
to such an extent that he engaged in farming, doing 
most of the work himself. Three years after beginning 
the use of Viavi he was able to resume ministerial 
duties, and nine years later, when sixty-three years old, 
wrote that he remained well. 
Minister's 
Health Restored 
We tell these details so that you may 
realize how much these persons suf- 
fered, and how positively well they 
became when Viavi was furnished to 
their recuperative power. We want to make clear 
throughout this book, that the recuperative power is the 
real, active, restorative and healing agent, and Viavi 
the means which it has used in its restorative processes. 
The Real 
Restorer 
Another man, in Utah (3089), suffered 
with extreme nervousness, following 
severe rectal trouble which was aggra- 
vated by an attack of influenza. He 
was greatly depressed and life was a burden. After 
failing to restore his health through any of the means 
used, he used Viavi, and afterwards wrote that his im- 
provement was wonderful-so much so that he was able 
to carry on his business as contractor and builder. 
A woman, in Iowa (2157), wrote that she suffered 
with nervousness and severe headaches which came 
chiefly at her periods. She consulted the best specialists 
Extreme 
Nervousness 20 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
she knew, but nothing which they supplied to her re- 
cuperative power brought relief except morphine, which, 
of course, afforded only temporary relief. She was led 
to use Viavi, and restored her health. She became preg- 
nant. and was only one and a quarter hours in labor, 
giving birth to a lovely baby, the picture of health. Her 
own health, she said, was as perfect as could be. 
A woman, in England (2466), became 
a complete nervous wreck as a result 
of years of ill health. For seven years 
she was in almost constant pain. The 
least mental or physical exertion brought on frightful 
headaches which lasted two or three days, leaving her 
completely exhausted. She used innumerable remedies- 
took massages, hydropathy, electricity, and sea voyages, 
all without benefit, and resigned herself to chronic in- 
validism. She then used Viavi. Her recuperative forces 
responded, and little by little she regained her health. 
Nervous 
Wreck 
A woman, m Scotland (24u2), wrote 
that her suffering began twenty-live 
years previously, at childbirth. She 
was extremely nervous, and had severe 
headaches almost constantly. She could not go about or 
be in social gatherings without becoming ill, and was 
confined to the house for weeks at a time. Her hus- 
band led her to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, 
and she gradually grew back to health. She now feels 
that life and work are a pleasure instead of a burden, 
and is very glad of the opportunity to tell of the bene- 
fits received through the use of Viavi. 
Nervousness, 
Severe Headaches 
A woman, in New Zealand (2529), 
wrote of her experience with the use 
of Viavi. Iler trouble began with a 
constant tired feeling. She did not 
sleep well, had indigestion very badly, and suffered ex- 
tremely with headache and backache. She became mor- 
bid and low spirited, often wishing herself dead. Noth- 
ing her physicians did seemed to benefit her. She was 
Always Felt 
Tired THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
21 
led to use Viavi, and in two years completely regained 
her health. 
A woman, in Canada (3996), had a 
nervous breakdown caused by her hus- 
band's sudden death. Iler nervousness 
was increased by the additional care 
of her family. The stomach, bowels, and kidneys became 
so affected that they could not perform their functions 
properly. There was no organic trouble, she was told, 
but the human machine was so affected through nerv- 
ousness that it could not do its work. She went to one 
of the best hospitals in Ontario for two months, having 
splendid care, good food, massage, and rest. She came 
home rested, but otherwise no better. She was led to 
use Viavi, and steadily improved until her health was 
completely regained. Eight years afterwards she wrote: 
"T am well and strong, able to do my housework." 
Eleven years later she wrote that she was still well. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we 
have received from men and women who suffered 
from nervous breakdown due to various causes and re- 
stored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we shall 
be glad to send you these or others if you are interested 
or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Ninety-nine out of every hundred who have restored 
their health through the use of Viavi, were physical 
failures, that is, they had not been able to restore their 
health through any of the means which they had pre- 
viously used. 
Nervous 
Breakdown CHAPTER III 
HEALTH OF BODY IN RELATION TO 
HEALTH OF MIND 
THE mind and body greatly influence each other. 
The condition of the body affects the attitude of 
the mind, and the mind in its workings and atti- 
tudes often greatly affects the condition of the body. 
Thus the processes of getting well and of keeping well 
are often greatly influenced by the mind's attitude and 
habit of thought. "A cheerful heart doeth good." 
A sound, vigorous body gives the mind 
freedom and strength for development; 
a diseased body irritates the mind 
more or less and injures the working 
of the brain, which is the organ of the mind and the 
center of the vital forces. The will to get well creates 
the belief that one can get well, which naturally leads 
to the thinking and the doing of right and reasonable 
things to bring about health. The lack of will to get 
well, the yielding to discouragement, is just as positive 
a force against recovery. 
The Will to 
Get Well 
Physical disease accounts indirectly 
for a large percentage of insanity. 
Among men, dissipation or other ruin- 
ous self-indulgences, as well as diseases 
or disorders that draw heavily on the nervous vitality, 
are common causes. A large percentage of women in 
lunatic asylums are said to owe their condition to 
diseases peculiar to women. These diseases, because of 
the steady, wearing pain and the disorder of all bodily 
functions they cause, make such heavy drafts on the 
nervous vitality that reason is unbalanced. But appall- 
ing as the number of these extreme cases is, the infinite 
gradations of mental unsoundness, all the way down 
Disease of Mind 
and Body HEALTH OF BODY AND MIND 
23 
to the slightest nervousness, cause a greater aggregate 
of suffering: for every one of them means the impair- 
ment of a life-often the life of a wife and mother, 
with its unhappy influence on the home. Restoration 
from these conditions benefits not only the sufferer but 
all upon whom the cloud of her condition falls. 
The more seriously the nerves are affected the greater 
the harm to the brain and the nervous system. Every 
unnatural draft lessens the ability of the nerves to do 
their work properly. 
The nervous system may suddenly and completely 
collapse under a severe injury or strain. That is nerv- 
ous prostration. Another form of nervous prostration 
is shock, one of the conditions most dreaded in opera- 
tions. If very severe, it may be fatal. 
A minor ailment long sustained has a 
cumulative effect. A seemingly in- 
significant disease maintains a constant 
nagging of the entire nervous system, 
and as this represents a steady use of nerve force with- 
out a compensating regeneration, there is gradual de- 
terioration, until a serious condition presents itself. It 
is like the constant dripping of water. The serious thing 
is that it is impossible to see from day to day that any 
change is taking place; but the time comes when the 
effect is seen. 
Disease saps the strength that the body needs; and 
every part and organ feels its effect, but most severely 
the parts or organs that have an inherent weakness. 
But more distressing than the physical derangements 
are those of the mind. 
The Effect of 
Constant Wear 
The afflicted are beset by worries. 
Things that cause others no uneasiness 
are formidable to them. They find the 
ordinary tasks and crosses of life, so 
useful to healthy persons in developing strength and 
character, taking the sweetness out of life. Many have 
given up and died because they were told their condi- 
tion was incurable, when, as a matter of fact, it can- 
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Incurable 24 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
not be known that any condition is incurable. The 
term incurable does not signify a limitation of Nature's 
power, but man's experience. 
Thousands who have regained their health through 
the use of Viavi have learned the force of this all-im- 
portant conception: That the power to get well is in 
your own body and no one can use it but you. It is a 
very simple, but wonderful truth. It is our hope that 
you may realize this truth. CHAPTER IV 
SOMETHING ABOUT INSOMNIA 
IT is through sleep that recuperation of used-up forces 
is secured. Sleep is normally desired when fatigue 
arrives. The forces are fresh and strong after sleep, 
but if sleep is not secured, weariness and depression are 
experienced, oftentimes with accompanying pain such as 
headache. 
There is a special system of nerves 
called the sympathetic system, whose 
work is to direct what are called the 
vegetative functions. Its forces have to 
do with nutrition and growth. It prepares the food 
within the body for assimilation, and controls the proper 
elimination of bodily waste. It is in the closest relation 
with the higher nervous forces, and when the higher 
forces of the nervous system are in full activity, that 
is to say, when we work, think, or feel, the assimila- 
tive powers, upon which nutrition and recuperation 
depend, are not fully exercised, hence consumption is 
greater than repair. 
Assimilation 
and Repair 
In health, the sympathetic system will 
yield the right of way to a certain 
point only, and then assumes control, 
for its recuperative processes are 
needed for health. When consumption of energy reaches 
a point where general economy would suffer if the con- 
sumption was not interrupted, there comes a demand 
for sleep, to which the higher forces yield. If they re- 
fuse through a perverse exercise of the will, or are 
unable to yield because of a derangement that places 
them beyond control, sleep is kept at bay, the sympa- 
thetic system cannot do its recuperative work, and a 
breaking down process ensues. But in health the sympa- 
Why Sleep is 
Induced 26 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
thetic system exercises its intelligent power, causing a 
feeling of drowsiness to steal over the senses, the eyelids 
to grow heavy, and slumber puts the body to rest. 
What if the strain has gone so far 
that the sympathetic system itself has 
become weakened, and cannot enforce 
its demands? Narcotics are a form of 
violence to the brain or heart functions. Healthful sleep 
must be brought about in a natural way. Sleep will 
follow a restoration of the conditions which interfere 
with it. Natural sleep is an accompaniment of health. 
Many men and women have overcome serious and long 
continued insomnia through the use of Viavi. 
Use of Drugs 
a Betrayal 
A man, m Pennsylvania (4019), 
wrote of suffering with insomnia fol- 
lowing ptomaine poisoning and stom- 
ach trouble. He could not eat, had 
profuse night sweats, and could not sleep. He used 
Viavi, and in a short time was able to sleep. In time 
his health was restored. He wrote several years after 
his restoration saying he had had no return of his 
trouble. 
Insomnia from 
Poisoning 
A man, in the West Indies (4516), 
suffered severely from insomnia fol- 
lowing brain fag and nervous collapse. 
Recovery seemed impossible- as he got 
no substantial help from anything he used, although he 
had the best medical advice. As a last resort he fur- 
nished Viavi to his recuperative forces. Response was 
prompt, and in a comparatively short time he restored 
his health completely, and overcame the insomnia. 
Insomnia, 
Brain Fag 
Another sufferer, in Ireland (2524), 
wrote that she began suffering at 
twenty-five with insomnia following 
displacement, painful menstruation, 
and anemia. She consulted specialists who diagndsed 
the trouble, and inserted a support which was followed 
by an aggravation of the displacement, ovarian conges- 
Years of 
Insomnia ABOUT INSOMNIA 
27 
tion, and constipation. Her suffering became so intense 
that nights were sleepless. She used Viavi, and in a 
comparatively short time enjoyed natural sleep, was 
able to remove the pessary, and grew back to health. 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3934), 
suffered with insomnia following an 
abscess on the left ovary. She could 
sleep but a few hours each night, and 
became so nervous that she cried for hours at a time. 
She gradually lost flesh and became so weak that an 
operation was suggested as the only hope of relief. But 
upon examination that was found impossible owing to 
adhesions which had formed between the ovary and the 
bowels. Viavi was supplied to her recuperative power. 
Response was prompt; she slept better, and before long 
the abscess discharged through the bowels. This was 
made possible by an ingenious resource of Nature. An 
adhesion was formed between the ovary and the bowel. 
Then an aperture was made through the adhesion, per- 
mitting the contents of the abscess on the ovary to dis- 
charge into the bowel and pass out of the body. Nature 
healed this temporary aperture and then dissolved the 
adhesion. The sufferer became entirely well at the end 
of a year or so, and a number of years later wrote that 
she continued well. 
The processes of the recuperative power in the body, 
which seemingly has all the organs, tissues, nerves and 
even the brain itself at its command and control, are 
still shrouded in mystery. We may not know how these 
processes are brought about, but the results following 
the use of Viavi show that Viavi was a means it used. 
(See chapter on Adhesions and Tumors.) 
Nature's 
Resourcefulness 
A woman, in Oregon (2769), wrote 
that she suffered from painful men- 
struation, constipation, prolapsus, and 
neuralgia. Change of climate and 
travel failed to restore her health, and her physician 
pronounced her condition incurable. She became a nerv- 
ous wreck, unable to sleep. Viavi was supplied to her 
Neuralgia, 
Insomnia 28 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
recuperative power, and the many conditions causing 
the nervous breakdown and insomnia were overcome. 
Twenty years later she still remained well. 
We have space for only a few of the letters re- 
ceived from men and women who suffered from in- 
somnia due to various causes and restored themselves 
through the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send 
you these or others if you are interested or desire them. 
Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER V 
SOME OF THE CAUSES OF 
NERVOUS DEBILITY 
MANY suffer from nervous debility. Continued 
nervous irritation depletes the nervous vitality so 
that neither mind nor body can function well or 
smoothly. Work of mind and body is carried on im- 
perfectly. In this chapter we emphasize nervous de- 
bility in men and women due to diseases other than 
those peculiar to each. 
A man should be in his prime between 
the fortieth and sixtieth year, and 
long after this age his physical and 
mental capabilities should respond 
promptly to any judicious demand. lie needs, and 
should have, stability, endurance, and freedom from 
pain. Instead of that, he is too often, a sufferer or a 
wreck. Dyspepsia brings its torments. Hemorrhoids 
sap the strength and destroy comfort. The bladder 
causes trouble. Neuralgia, headaches, insomnia, or 
rheumatism add their miseries. Gout brings agonies. Dia- 
betes, Bright's disease, asthma, gall stones, stone in the 
bladder, and other afflictions occur. 
Effects of 
Deterioration 
A condition is serious in proportion to 
its general effect. The two principal 
ways in which the general economy is 
affected by disease are, a disturbance 
of nutrition, and, impairment of nerve function. Thus, 
dyspepsia prevents the proper digestion of food, and 
the system is not properly fed. As a consequence 
strength is not maintained, and disease finds lodgment. 
The effect upon the nervous system in that case is 
secondary. Nervous weakness caused the dyspepsia, and 
dyspepsia in turn further increased the nervous weak- 
A Vicious 
Circle 30 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
ness. One local disease may injure the nervous system 
much more than another. 
These, and many other conditions, are really due to 
a depletion of nervous force. There has been such wear 
or derangement of the nervous vitality that the nerves 
and nervous system are not able to direct and control 
the various functions of the body properly. Nutrition 
may be faulty, elimination defective, or the internal 
secretions mal-adjusted. Life goes on, but without the 
rest or comfort of normal living, and normal mental 
or physical capacities. 
Obviously, the way out of these condi- 
tions is to restore nervous vitality and 
tone to the nervous system. The nerv- 
ous debility must be overcome. All 
contributing causes must be removed or avoided. The 
wise course is not to wait until the more alarming 
symptoms appear, for the more we wear or derange 
the nervous system the harder it is to restore it. and 
the longer time the process takes. 
The purpose in using Viavi is to supply to the re- 
cuperative power a means it may use to overcome the 
conditions present. As the nerve centers are gradually 
restored they resume their normal power of directing 
and controlling the.^functions of the various organs of 
the body. The flog® of blood in the arteries becomes 
responsive to the ^Wr varying needs of each organ and 
part of the body. These, given their normal supply of 
healthy blood, are able to function as they should. The 
processes of digestion go on as they ought; food is con- 
verted into life-giving nutriment, and assimilated. The 
organs of elimination do their work as they should, so 
that the waste from the operation of the vital functions 
are removed. The nice balance of nutrition and waste is 
restored. Each step in this process reacts on the nerves 
and nervous system, bringing them the power to per- 
form their most important work, that of co-ordinating 
the functions of all the other organs. 
The Obvious 
Way Out NERVOUS DEBILITY 
31 
The rapidity of this process varies 
with each individual. It depends on 
the extent of the derangement, the 
strength of the individual, and the 
care exercised to avoid every cause that interferes with 
the process, such as improper or un-hygienic habits of 
life, inappropriate diet, exhausting activities, or strain 
from mental worry. 
Many have overcome these conditions of nervous de- 
bility through the use of Viavi, but there has been a 
great variation in the details and length of time re- 
quired. 
The Rate of the 
Process 
A minister, in Prince Edward Island 
(3830), after twenty years of active 
ministerial work, broke down from 
complete nervous exhaustion. A friend 
told him of an evangelist who had recovered from nerv- 
ous prostration through the use of Viavi. This sufferer 
used Viavi, and in a comparatively short time slept 
better, and was soon able to discharge his ministerial 
duties with steadier nerves and less weariness. His 
improvement continued until he was able to do the 
work of a large circuit. He wrote seven years later 
saying he was still active and well. 
Nervous 
Exhaustion 
A man, in Texas (979), wrote that he 
was a complete nervous wreck. Diges- 
tion was so impaired that he was un- 
able to digest the most nutritious food. 
He was treated by several physicians but without bene- 
fit. He began the use of Viavi and improvement was 
soon perceptible. He could sleep all night without awak- 
ing and without tossing. Tn time he became entirely well. 
Writing three years later, he said that none of his old 
ailments had returned. 
Neurasthenia, 
Insomnia 
The Agony of 
Neuritis 
A man, in New York State (4521), 
wrote of a severe attack of neuritis 
which his medical advisor informed 
him caused his nervous prostration. 32 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
He suffered agony from the pain, and there was shrink- 
ing of muscular tissues in the back and knees. Sleep 
was impossible for more than an hour at a time. He 
supplied Viavi to his recuperative forces generously. 
Relief soon came, and he gradually regained his normal 
condition, and has been strong and well since. 
A man, in New Jersey (4524), was a confirmed dys- 
peptic for over twenty years, becoming a nervous wreck. 
He suffered with pain in the stomach and looseness of 
the bowels, but although treated by the best physicians, 
received only temporary relief. lie used Viavi and re- 
gained his health. Eighteen months later he wrote that 
he still enjoyed the best of health. 
The recuperative power, the power 
which restores, is in one's own body, 
and no one can use it but the in- 
dividual. Call this power Nature, 
vital force, nerve force, nerve energy, recuperative 
power, recuperative intelligence, or what you will, the 
fact still remains that it is in the individual's body, 
and no one can use it but him. The miracle of getting 
well is a personal, individual experience, and faith in 
its possibility must precede action. Faith is more easily 
engendered when we realize that whatever we may call 
this power, it has always existed, and has the accumu- 
lated wisdom of ages. It has been maintaining the body 
in its daily wear and waste, and restoring it when ill. 
The Miracle of 
Getting Well 
Restoration is not something that can 
be given or withheld by some one or 
some thing outside of ourselves. When 
the recuperative forces can use the 
material or means supplied, recuperation follows, within 
human limitation. How soon one may expect to regain 
health through the use of Viavi depends upon how for- 
tunate one may be in absorbing, and one's recuperative 
power in using, Viavi. The more Viavi one's recupera- 
tive power can use, the more rapidly one may expect to 
regain health. In what way the recuperative processes 
use Viavi we do not know, but that it has been used is 
Health Comes 
from Within NERVOUS DEBILITY 
33 
evidenced by the thousands upon thousands who have 
regained health through its use, after they failed to 
regain it through any other means used. 
We have space for only a few of the letters re- 
ceived from men and women who suffered with nerv- 
ous debility due to various causes and restored them- 
selves through the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad 
to send you these or others if you are interested and 
desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER VI 
ABOUT THE SPINE AND THE BACK 
IN the structure and functions of the body the spine 
plays an important part. It is the axis both of the 
muscular and the nervous system. In their arrange- 
ment and support the vital organs are dependent on it. 
The arrangement and distribution of the nerves and 
nerve centers of the body have an especially important 
relation to it. Therefore, these facts shoifld be kept in 
mind in the consideration of restorative measures. There 
is not a vital function or organ which may not be favor- 
ably influenced through appropriate measures directly 
affecting the nerve centers in the spine and back. 
The spine is a column composed of 
thirty-three short bones, called verte- 
brae ; they are separated by tough 
cushions of cartilage. The seven upper 
bones constitute the cervical part of the column; the 
following twelve, the dorsal; then come five in the lum- 
bar region, or small of the back; five more in the sac- 
rum, and four in the coccyx. 
The spine supports the weight of the head, the ribs 
are attached to it, and it connects the bones of the 
chest with those of the pelvis. The cavities in the verte- 
brae form a secure canal for the spinal cord. The spinal 
cord does not entirely fill the bony spinal canal, which 
also accommodates the membranes that surround the 
cord, together with a connective tissue and a plexus of 
large blood vessels. Because of this dense network of 
arteries and veins in these membranes they may become 
congested and inflamed. Spinal meningitis, is inflam- 
mation in the membranes covering the spinal cord. 
Importance 
of the Spine THE SPINE AND BACK 
35 
The nerves pass in and out of the 
spinal canal through openings be- 
tween the vertebrae on their way to 
and from other parts of the body and 
the spinal cord and brain. Owing to the curves of the 
spine and the large number of bones composing it, and 
to its discs of cartilage by which they are separated, 
shocks to it are greatly lessened. The column is con- 
stantly liable to shocks and pressure from walking, 
jumping, sitting down hard, falls, blows on the head, 
etc. It will be seen how necessary it is to possess a firm 
spinal column, and strong and elastic muscles. 
The nervous sensations from strain or injury in 
affected organs are transmitted through the nerve cen- 
ters and fibers of the spinal cord to the brain, often 
producing irritation and pain both in the cord and 
brain. This has often given rise to an incorrect diag- 
nosis. Diseases have been diagnosed as originating in 
the spinal cord when in fact their origin was otherwise. 
Cause of Spinal 
Irritation 
Spinal irritation may arise within or 
without the spinal column. An ab- 
normal condition of the blood supply 
within the spinal column can easily 
give rise to spinal congestion and inflammation, which 
in time may lead to the most complicated reflexes in 
the various nerve centers of the spine and through them 
to the different organs and parts of the body, causing 
much pain and suffering. Understanding that both 
arteries and veins occupy this canal, with the spinal 
cord, and that impeded circulation in either arteries or 
veins causes their caliber to enlarge, it can be under- 
stood how necessary it is that both general and local 
circulation be normal, in order that there be no undue 
congestion, inflammation and pressure within this canal. 
Blood Supply 
of the Spine 
The irritation of one center in the 
cord may be transmitted to another, 
thus setting up new centers of dis- 
turbance. Irritation of the spinal cord 
may produce pain in many parts of the body. This ex- 
Reflex 
Pains 36 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
emplifies the necessity of considering the body as a 
whole instead of as a collection of independent parts or 
organs. 
There may be pain in the back of the 
head at the nape of the neck; a sore 
or sensitive spot or spots in the spine, 
easily detected by pressure (some- 
times near the surface and at other times deeply 
seated) ; a continual burning sensation of a part or the 
whole length; pain in the back just above or below the 
waist line, which aches like a tooth or as if it would 
break in two; "opening and shutting" sensation in the 
vertebrae; pain in the back of the head; stiffness of 
the neck, etc. Remote but reflex ills may also arise, 
such as headaches, insomnia, fainting, palpitation, black 
spots or streaks before the eyes, (which may be sore 
upon pressure) trembling of the body and limbs. Such 
sufferers are irritable and easily depressed, dizzy, appre- 
hensive, forgetful, sensitive, cry easily, and have cold 
extremities. There may be noises in the ears and in- 
ability to concentrate the mind. 
Effects of 
Spinal Irritation 
Here is the experience of a woman, in 
England (2509), who suffered in- 
tensely. She could not walk on her 
heels, as doing so seemed to jar the 
spine, causing severe pain. This condition followed leu- 
corrhea, nervousness, and general depression. She suf- 
fered at the age of eighteen with throat trouble, had 
blood poisoning in her right hand at thirty, and spinal 
irritation at the age of thirty-seven. She furnished 
Viavi to her recuperative power, and health was com- 
pletely regained. Three years later she wrote that she 
was fit for all duties, able to walk with perfect freedom, 
and all disagreeable symptoms had entirely disap- 
peared. 
Conditions 
Overcome 
A woman, in Canada (2829), suffered 
extremely for years with paralysis of 
both legs. Her doctors gave her up, 
saying it was a spinal disease never to 
Paralysis of 
Both Legs THE SPINE AND BACK 
37 
be cured. In her extremity she furnished Viavi to her 
recuperative power, and three years later wrote she was 
able to walk, do her house work, and enjoy good health. 
A mother, in Pennsylvania (2913), 
wrote that her little girl's condition 
had been diagnosed as tubercular 
meningitis. She had been bedridden 
for months, and although thirteen years old, looked like 
a child of eight. Her left side was undeveloped, so 
much so that it seemed as though she had no ribs on 
that side. She was extremely emaciated, had severe 
spasmodic coughing spells, one lung was said to be 
gone, and the tubercular condition thought to be 
spreading. 
Diagnosed as 
Meningitis 
The mother furnished Viavi to the re- 
cuperative power within this shrunken 
body. It seemed to drink in all the 
Viavi that was used upon it. The left 
side developed, her body filled out, and the child looked 
so well that one scarcely realized she was the little 
emaciated creature of some months before. Her pas- 
tor, on seeing her, said, "The days of miracles are not 
yet passed, and God's hand is shown in the use of 
Viavi. ' ' 
He spoke a deeper truth than he may have realized, 
for the recuperative power is placed in our bodies by 
the Creator, and when provided with a means it can 
use, often restores health in a way that seems miracu- 
lous. Writing later, the mother said her daughter had 
grown and developed normally. 
'A Marvelous 
Restoration 
A woman, in California (925), wrote 
that she had a severe fall which in- 
jured her spine, and after years of 
suffering, left her an invalid. Her 
condition was diagnosed as spinal meningitis. The mus- 
cles were so drawn at times that her head and heels 
almost met. She used Viavi and became well; and eigh- 
teen years later wrote that her good health continued. 
Spinal 
Meningitis 38 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
The purpose in using Viavi is to assist 
Nature by furnishing means which 
may be used to restore the disturbed 
nerve centers of the brain and spine, 
as well as the nerves leading from the spinal cord to 
the affected internal organs and parts. In helpful fur- 
therance of this purpose Viavi Cerate is applied thor- 
oughly over the whole length of the spine and back as 
well as over the affected parts. It is in the spinal region 
that some of the ganglia of the sympathetic system, 
through which the vital functions are performed, may 
be most readily reached. 
The Purpose in 
Using Viavi 
Disorders in the sympathetic nerve 
centers affecting the circulation, may 
result in disturbance of function in 
the organs of the chest, back, abdo- 
men, or pelvic cavity. Conversely, congestion in any of 
these organs may give rise to a great diversity of con- 
ditions in spine and brain which are usually looked 
upon as separate diseases and given distinct names, 
although each of them is the result of lessened nerve 
control and consequent derangement of the circulation. 
Disturbances in these organs are often manifested 
by congestion and congested areas in the spinal cord 
and in the muscles of the back. The importance of 
reaching the nerve centers is obvious. With their resto- 
ration, the conditions created by their disturbance will 
be removed, no matter where or how remote. With re- 
gained nerve control of the circulation, congestion will 
be removed, and reflex effects, or disturbance of func- 
tion will disappear. 
Reflex 
Disturbances 
The muscles, upon which the strength, 
activity, and erectness of the body de- 
pend in such a great degree, are lo- 
cated in this region. 
A man, writing from Philadelphia (3379), told of 
the muscular development of his back following his use 
of Viavi. lie says: "My back and lumbar muscles seem 
more solid, the curvature has disappeared, and the 
The Muscles 
of the Back THE SPINE AND BACK 
39 
snappy sensation or noise that I used to have at every 
misstep has also disappeared. My appetite is fine and 
my vitality inexhaustible." 
Illustrating how derangements in one 
part of the body may be followed by 
trouble in other parts, a young woman, 
in Nebraska (4017), tells how she suf- 
fered with blood poisoning followed by tonsillar and ade- 
noid removal. She became very nervous and the muscles 
of the back and legs were affected so that she could not 
walk without help. Several physicians treated her with- 
out benefit, and finally said she would never walk 
again. 
She furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and 
ten months later was entirely well. She was able to 
return to school, from which she had been absent for 
three years, and able to take an active part in various 
activities. 
Could Not 
Walk 
A sufferer, in Illinois (874), was an 
invalid for six years. Her spine was 
stiffened, and her head drawn back. 
Large knots formed on the back of 
the neck which were said to be tumors, by her physi- 
cian. Every organ seemed affected. She wrote: "My 
back pained me so it felt as if someone was raking the 
flesh from it. My hair, eyebrows and eyelashes came 
out. I suffered untold agony. It seemed as if T never 
slept and when my eyes closed, terrible objects would 
seem to tear me to pieces." 
Specialists said the ovaries were diseased, the womb, 
heavy and inflamed, rested upon the rectum and (spine 
causing constipation. She grew worse, and an operation 
was advised as the only hope. She used Viavi and re- 
gained complete health, writing that she has "enjoyed 
perfect health ever since." The knots on the back of the 
neck disappeared, her hair grew again, and menstrua- 
tion became normal. 
Stiffened 
Spine 40 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
The miracle of getting well is a per- 
sonal, individual experience, and faith 
in the possibility of getting well must 
precede action. The recuperative 
power by which and through which alone we can get 
well, is in our bodies. This recuperative power carries 
on its processes through the nervous system. Our re- 
sponsibility is to furnish the material or the means 
which it can use. We can best know what our recupera- 
tive power may use by the experience of other sufferers. 
No one can get well for us; we must do it ourselves. 
We repeat this truth again and again because it is im- 
portant and vital. And yet, sufferers are constantly 
being led away from it. 
We have space for only a few of the letters re- 
ceived from men and women who suffered from con- 
ditions manifesting themselves in the spine and back 
who restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But 
we shall be glad to send you these or others if you are 
interested and desire them. Address anv Viavi office. 
The Miracle of 
Getting Well CHAPTER vti 
ABOUT THE BLOOD AND THE 
CIRCULATION 
THE blood is the medium through which the re- 
cuperative power carries on the nutritive and 
eliminative processes of the body. The nutriment 
it carries supplies every cell of every part and organ. 
The primary source of this nutriment is the air we 
breathe, the liquid we drink and the food we eat. The 
blood is complex in its composition, and is the refined 
result of many wonderful processes within the body. 
When these processes go on as they 
should and the blood is of normal 
quantity and composition, and circu- 
lates freely, every cell is appropriately 
nourished and the waste products of the cells are car- 
ried away to be eliminated from the body. This whole 
process is called metabolism. When, from any cause, 
the blood is not of the right composition or is not suffi- 
cient in quantity or does not circulate freely, all the 
cells may not receive their appropriate nourishment, 
nor all the waste products be carried away; and condi- 
tions of disorder, infection and disease are created. 
When the nerves controlling the circulation lose 
their tone, or their power to appropriately relax and 
contract the blood vessels and thus keep the blood mov- 
ing normally, some of the organs and tissues of the 
body will not be properly nourished even though the 
quality of the blood may be good, nor will all the waste 
arising from the processes of living be carried away 
from these organs and be eliminated as it should. 
The Current 
of Life 42 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Too much blood sent to any organ or 
part is a serious matter. It is known 
as congestion and is followed by in- 
flammation. A very large proportion 
of disorders, many of which have been given formidable 
names, are primarily due to this lessened nerve control 
of the circulation whereby too much blood is sent to 
some part or organ. Tn women particularly, many of 
the painful and wearing pelvic conditions from which 
they suffer, have their origin in congestion resulting 
from lessened nerve control of the circulation. The pur- 
pose should be to help Nature restore normal nerve con- 
trol of tbe circulation whereby the cause of the disorder 
is removed. 
A Serious 
Matter 
The blood is a transparent fluid car- 
rying red and white corpuscles. The 
red corpuscles are minute dises and 
are very numerous; they give the 
blood in the arteries its rich crimson color, due to some 
of their ingredients, oxygen, iron, etc. The white cor- 
puscles are larger and fewer, and possess the curious 
power of spontaneous movement. The white corpuscles 
creep slowly along the sides of the blood vessels, while 
the red occupy the center'of the stream and hurry along. 
These latter carry the elements needed by the tissues. 
One of the offices of the white corpuscles is to attack 
and destroy disease-producing organisms. 
The Blood 
Corpuscles 
The blood carries the nutritive ele- 
ments. As it circulates through the 
body each cell of each organ or part 
has the wisdom to secure from it what 
it needs and gives up to it what it wishes to discard. 
With two exceptions-the pulmonary artery which con- 
veys venous blood from the heart to the lungs for puri- 
fication and the pulmonary vein which conveys arterial 
blood back to the heart from the lungs-the arteries 
carry nourishment and the veins waste. It is in the 
capillaries, the minute blood vessels in which the arter- 
ies terminate and the veins begin, that the exchange of 
nourishment for waste is made. 
The Arteries 
and Veins BLOOD AND CIRCULATION 
43 
Food, taken through the mouth, passes 
into the stomach, and later into the 
bowels. Without conscious effort it is 
changed by chemical and mechanical 
processes into a liquid form, such elements as are not 
suitable for nutrition being finally expelled as feces. 
Some of it is taken up in the portal system and 
emptied into the liver and then into the circulation. 
Some of it is taken up by special vessels called the 
lymphatic ducts, and transported to and emptied into 
the veins. Thus digestion in the stomach and bowels 
supplies nutriment to the blood, which in turn conveys 
it to all parts of the body. Each part then selects the 
particular elements it needs. 
Distribution 
of Nutriment 
The heart, the lungs, the arteries, the 
veins and the capillaries are all con- 
trolled, as is every organ and tissue in 
the body, by special brain or nerve 
centers operating through the nerves. 
The business of the heart is to force the blood 
through the arteries to all parts of the body; that of 
the veins to return the blood to the heart; that of the 
heart, again, to send to the lungs the blood that it has 
received from the veins; and that of the lungs to purify 
this blood and return it to the heart, whence it is again 
sent out through the arteries. All of these changes of 
the blood's location are under the control of the nervous 
system. 
The Process of 
Circulation 
The heart is a very strong muscular 
pump, divided into four chambers, 
two for receiving and sending out the 
arterial blood, and two for receiving 
and sending out the venous blood. This wonderful little 
organ seemingly never rests; however, like the body as 
a whole, it rests about a third of the time, having a 
short pause between beats. 
The dark color of the venous blood is due to the 
impurities or waste which it has gathered up in every 
The Heart a 
Muscular Pump 44 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
part of the body. Along with this waste is the rich 
nutriment which the venous blood has received from the 
digestive system; but it is not used until it has been 
sent by the heart to the lungs, then back to the heart, 
from which it is sent through the arteries to all parts 
of the body. 
Phenomenon 
of Breathing 
The blood is purified in a most in- 
genious manner. Upon entering the 
lungs it distributes itself throughout 
that spongy organ; the vessels carry- 
ing it, completely surround the small air spaces with 
which the lungs are filled. When we breathe, the air 
passes down the trachea (windpipe), which subdivides 
into numerous tubes called the bronchi (bronchial 
tubes), and these, subdividing as they proceed, termi- 
nate in minute bulbs, or small air spaces, in the lungs. 
When the oxygen of the air in the 
lungs comes in close contact with the 
impure blood in the blood vessels-a 
thin wall of tissue intervening-a 
transformation takes place. The blood becomes bright 
red again and goes on its way loaded with the life-giv- 
ing properties of the air and nutriment. 
Oxygenization 
of the Blood 
The arteries, rising from the lieart, 
are large muscular tubes, but as they 
proceed subdivide again and again, 
becoming smaller and smaller until 
they dwindle to microscopic threads which are called 
capillaries. It is in the capillaries that the great work 
of the blood and circulation is done. It is there that the 
nutriment of the blood is taken up by the tissue cells 
which also pass their waste into the blood. At one end 
of the capillaries is the pure arterial blood, and at the 
other the impure venous blood, for the further ends of 
the capillaries merge into minute veins, which in turn 
unite to form larger veins, and so on, reversing the 
order of the subdivision of the arteries. 
Work Done in 
Capillaries BLOOD AND CIRCULATION 
45 
A number of things may happen to 
produce derangement in the elaborate 
process of the circulation. The blood 
must be rich in the right kind of nu- 
tritive elements, and must circulate properly. If the 
walls of the blood vessels are weak and relaxed, their 
calibre increases, and larger quantities of blood are 
held in them. This condition of the blood vessels is 
called lack of tone. 
Full and free circulation of the blood depends upon 
the power of the nervous system to control all the or- 
gans and factors of the circulation so that the supply of 
blood to every part and organ is accurately adjusted to 
its needs. This power of control, in the sum of all its 
functions, has been called the nervous vitality of the 
body. We do not know what it is, but we do know what 
it does. It controls our impulses, our sensations, our 
thoughts and actions; it governs all the processes of 
living; it regulates the distribution of nourishment and 
the elimination of waste and impurities through the 
elastic tubes, the arteries and veins, which the nerves 
cause to contract and expand, thus allowing them to 
convey more or less blood to any part of the body with 
its ever-changing needs. 
Nervous 
Vitality 
When this nervous vitality is lowered, 
the nerve control of the arteries is 
diminished, permitting congestion of 
blood in various parts of the body. 
Congestion is an increased gathering of blood at some 
particular place. It may be natural or unnatural. Natu- 
ral congestion (hyperaemia) results from subconscious 
excitement of the nerves manifested in blushing, water- 
ing of the mouth, normal menstruation, the flow of 
blood to muscles that are being actively used, or to the 
stomach to digest food, or to any other part or organ of 
the body called for by the functions of that part or 
organ. Unnatural congestion results from lessened nerve 
control of the arteries and veins and may occur in any 
part of the body. When an abnormal amount of blood 
Diminished 
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thus collects in one place it must always be at the sacri- 
fice of a proper supply to other places. Every function 
of the body requires an appropriate and rapidly moving 
blood supply, and if this adjustment of supply is dis- 
turbed by congestion anywhere, some function or func- 
tions are bound to be interfered with. 
To restore normal conditions, the con- 
gestion and the cause of the conges- 
tion must be overcome. The nervous 
vitality must be aroused. The nerves 
must be assisted to regain their appropriate control of 
the circulation. Tone must be restored to the weakened 
blood vessels enabling them to perform their part in the 
process of circulation. The purpose sought in the use 
of Viavi is to assist in a return to natural conditions, by 
furnishing to the recuperative power a means which it 
may use to arouse the nervous vitality and to restore a 
normal circulation, thus enabling the body to regain its 
normal condition of health-a perfectly natural means 
to obtain a natural end. 
The End 
Sought CHAPTER VIII 
ABOUT INFLAMMATION AND 
CONGESTION 
THE increased supply of blood to an organ, for the 
purpose of enabling the organ to perform its work 
or to repair an injury to the body, is hyperaemia, 
a natural congestion, and therefore healthy and painless. 
There is a vital difference between 
natural and unnatural congestion. 
When blood, unneeded, accumulates 
in a place or organ, it produces con- 
gestion, which results in inflammation. Congestion and 
inflammation are always evidenced by an unnatural ac- 
cumulation of blood. The blood, of course, is subject to 
gravitation. Were it not for certain very ingenious con- 
trivances, all the blood would settle to the feet and legs 
when we stand, or to the under part of the body when we 
lie down. The veins, those vessels which carry the blood 
back to the heart, are supplied with valves, similar to 
those of a pump, which keep the blood from returning 
after having passed them. This prevents its settling by 
gravitation. There is an important exception, however, 
in the veins of the rectum. There is an absence of 
valves in these, promoting a very free inter-communica- 
tion in the veins of the bladder, rectum and reproduc- 
tive organs. Because of the absence of valves in the 
veins and of the generous blood supply in this region, 
there is a marked susceptibility to unnatural congestion. 
Two Kinds of 
Congestion 
Unnatural congestion, as we have 
seen, is the unnatural flow of the 
blood to a part or organ, and is dif- 
ferent from the congestion necessary 
for the natural function of the part or organ. When 
the nerve control of the circulation is lessened, expan- 
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sion and contraction of the arteries do not properly oc- 
cur; the vessels become congested with blood and the 
circulation is impeded. The walls of the vessels, being 
lax, they gradually stretch from the pressure of the 
congestion, allowing some of the elements of the blood 
to escape through the walls into the surrounding tis- 
sues, causing swelling. Chemical changes take place 
forming impurities and causing heat, and the cardinal 
symptoms of inflammation, swelling, pain, tenderness 
and heat, appear. When these continue, ulceration may 
follow. Natural function is impaired. The swelling is 
due to the accumulation of blood; the pain is caused by 
the pressure of the accumulation upon the multitudinous 
nerve filaments in the affected region; the tenderness 
and redness is caused by the distention of the capillaries 
with blood and the escape of blood into the tissues; the 
heat is due to chemical changes.- 
Although all inflammation, wherever 
found, has the same general character, 
it has many names to indicate its lo- 
cation. The suffix "itis" appended to 
the name of the part means inflammation of that part. 
Thus, laryngitis means inflammation of the larynx; 
peritonitis, inflammation of the peritoneum; cystitis, in- 
flammation of the bladder (cyst meaning a bag or sac) ; 
bronchitis, inflammation of the bronchi. There are many 
more of these names. They are terms of convenience, 
but they signify in the main merely the manifestation 
of the same condition in different parts or organs. They 
are in reality different names for the same thing, and 
not different things. They are alike in that there is a 
lessened nerve control of the circulation, resulting in 
inflammation. There must be the same process of restor- 
ing the nerve control of the circulation to obtain the 
normal adjustment. This makes it clear why the use of 
Viavi by the recuperative power has been followed by 
complete restoration in what seemed so many different 
diseases. 
Not only has inflammation a special name according 
to its location, but it produces special symptoms as it 
What "itis" 
Means INFLAMMATION AND CONGESTION 
49 
impairs the functions of the various organs. Inflamma- 
tion of the lungs will produce one set of symptoms, of 
the eyes, another. It is from the symptoms that the loca- 
tion of the inflammation may be discovered. The name 
is derived from the location. 
An accumulation of fluid in the joints 
or the pleural cavity, due to inflam- 
mation, is termed serous inflammation. 
Adhesive or fibrinous inflammation is 
so called from the sticky substance that exudes, by 
which two surfaces are quickly united. These are called 
adhesions. This form of inflammation is oftenest seen 
in the peritoneal cavity. Extensive adhesions of low- 
grade tissue will form there in a few hours. Croupous 
inflammation is so called from the formation of a false 
membrane upon the surface of an inflamed mucous 
membrane. Inflammation of the mucous membrane has 
a tendency to run along the surface. 
Effects of 
Inflammation 
Inflammation frequently occurs as a 
result of Nature's attempt to pro- 
tect the body from disease-producing 
germs or from injuries. Such inflam- 
matory process is one illustration of the recuperative 
processes of the body. 
When the body is injured or is attacked by a dis- 
ease-producing organism an extra supply of blood is 
sent to the affected area, where, if an injury has oc- 
curred, it helps the reconstructive process, or, if infec- 
tion has occurred, the white cells of the blood attack 
the germs and either destroy them or are destroyed. In 
either case there is cell death, and pus or a suppurative 
inflammatory process results. 
In acute inflammation the swelling, increase of 
temperature, and all symptoms are rapid and promi- 
nent ; in chronic inflammation the symptoms are much 
less marked. Repeated attacks of acute inflammation 
will bring about a chronic inflammatory condition, and 
chronic conditions will often be lighted up by acute at- 
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tacks. When the nerves of a part become impaired, the 
vitality of the tissues is diminished. 
When the diseased condition pro- 
gresses so far as to lessen or destroy 
the function of the sensory nerves, 
pain is reduced, or it may disappear. 
This is why there is less pain felt in some chronic con- 
ditions than when they are acute. The condition is worse 
though the discomfort is less. Ulceration is a condition 
resulting from and following congestion and inflamma- 
tion. It involves a gradual disintegration and death of 
the tissues. It is to be overcome by a reversal of the 
processes of the conditions causing it. The lessened 
nerve control of the circulation resulting in congestion 
and inflammation is to be restored. The recuperative 
power is constantly trying to do this, but it needs intel- 
ligent help. 
Inflammation is the same, no matter where located. 
The symptoms change and vary with the function of the 
organs affected. Inflammation extends from one tissue 
to another. 
Nerves 
Deadened 
Inflammation has often been quickly 
relieved through the use of Viavi, 
particularly in acute attacks as in 
colds and irritating coughs, and in 
cases of tissues badly crushed from mechanical injuries. 
Where the cause of the inflammation is of longer stand- 
ing, and the inflammation has become chronic, it is nat- 
ural to expect the recuperative power to take a longer 
time to overcome it. Local inflammations are discussed 
under the various headings in other chapters. 
The Use of 
Viavi CHAPTER IX 
ABOUT ABSORPTION, SECRETION 
AND EXCRETION 
A BSORPTION is the taking in of one substance by 
/\ another. Many of the tissues of the body have the 
£ Xpower of taking up or imbibing fluids or other 
substances, particularly substances which have been di- 
gested, for their nourishment. The refined quintessence 
of these are ultimately transmitted into the blood and 
afterwards to the organ or part of the body needing or 
using them. Among the tissues of the body having this 
power are the skin and mucous membranes. 
Absorption is a natural process and is 
essential to all forms of life. The 
blood vessels, the arteries, carry the 
nutriment that the stomach and intes- 
tines prepare, and the tissues in turn absorb this from 
the blood. 
Viavi is prepared so as to be readily absorbed by 
the skin or the mucous membranes with which it is 
placed in contact, that it may be carried to the tissue 
which can utilize it. 
A Natural 
Process 
Secretion is the separation by gland 
or tissue of some substance from the 
blood for some special use. Saliva is 
secreted by the cells in the glands in 
the mouth from the blood and poured out for the pur- 
pose of moistening the food in mastication, thus making 
it easy to swallow, and also for the purpose of begin- 
ning the process of digestion. The gastric juice is se- 
creted by the cells of the stomach, and plays a part in 
digestion. Tears are a secretion of the cells in the 
lachrymal glands. Milk is a secretion of the cells in the 
glands of the breasts. Bile is a secretion of the cells of 
the liver. 
Some of the 
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Importance of 
Good Blood 
In conditions of disturbed nutrition oi 
local inflammation there is excessive 
secretion. These secretions are neces- 
sary to health, but as they all depend 
upon the blood nourishment of the cells secreting them, 
two things are evident, viz., that unless the circulation 
is good, an insufficient quantity of blood will be brought 
to the organs and the secretion will be deficient; hence 
the importance of having good blood and a good circu- 
lation. 
Much attention is now being given to 
the internal secretions of the body. 
These secretions are called internal 
because they are poured into the blood 
instead of into or upon the surface of some organ as 
the gastric juice, the saliva, or mucus is. The glands 
which secrete these "hormones," the name given to the 
secretions of the internal glands, are called the ductless 
glands, or the endocrine glands. The hormones stimu- 
late the cells of the body and undoubtedly influence 
nutrition, growth, intelligence and the generative func- 
tions. as well as many other activities of the body cells. 
Hormones and 
Endocrines 
Excretion is the throwing off of un- 
necessary matter. In some instances 
the excretions of the body are also se- 
cretions and serve a useful purpose. 
Thus, the bile, which is secreted by the liver, and serves 
some use in digestion, and is useful in causing a move- 
ment of the bowels, is an excretion in the sense that it 
contains elements withdrawn from the blood that would 
be deleterious to the general economy. Sweat is a 
watery excretion of the skin, but it carries an oily ele- 
ment that is useful in keeping the outer skin pliable. 
Urine is an excretion secreted by the kidneys, and, like 
the feces, or excrement from the bowels, serves no use- 
ful purpose, and is intended to be expelled from the 
system. 
Some of the 
Excretions ABSORPTION 
53 
When excretions intended by Nature 
to be promptly eliminated from the 
body are unduly retained, they are 
sometimes reabsorbed by the tissues 
with which they come in contact and are injurious to 
health. Any disturbance of the circulation prevents the 
free and rapid elimination of poisonous substances from 
the body. When the fecal matter is unduly retained, as 
in constipation, the body absorbs poisonous matter from 
it, which seriously injures the health. The offensive 
breath of a constipated person is caused largely by the 
impure matter being reabsorbed in this way. In Na- 
ture's effort to get rid of it, some of it is eliminated 
through the lungs, tainting the breath. On the other 
hand, lives have been saved by feeding through the 
rectum, through the process of absorption. Every mother 
knows how the baby fattens when rubbed with nutri- 
tious oils. 
When the urine is unduly retained, poisons are ab- 
sorbed, followed, sometimes, by serious conditions. 
Reabsorption 
of Excretions 
This absorptive power, particularly of 
the skin and mucous membranes, has 
been utilized for the application of 
means that the recuperative power 
might use, in all probability, since long before the dawn 
of history; but careful study has been given to the sub- 
ject in the past fifty years. This absorptive power can 
be utilized by appropriate means. Viavi is prepared in 
forms which may be readily absorbed. 
Utilizing 
Absorption CHAPTER X 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN THE 
REGION OF THE HEAD 
CATARRH is a congestion and inflammation of a 
mucous membrane, accompanied by an abnormal 
discharge of mucus. Mucous membrane lines the 
hollow organs of the body and the cavities and canals 
that have external openings through which the air has 
access. Such a membrane lines the nose, mouth, Eusta- 
chian tubes (extending from the back of the mouth to 
the ear), throat, bronchial tubes (extending into the 
lung cells), eyelids, lachrymal ducts; also the esophagus 
(gullet), stomach, intestines, rectum, urethra, bladder, 
ureters, kidneys, Fallopian tubes, womb, and vagina, and 
extends to the skin on the external generative organs. 
The membrane is soft and velvety, and its blood and 
nerve supply being very abundant, it is easily congested 
and inflamed. 
The nature and quantity of the dis- 
charge in catarrh varies as the disease 
progresses. Catarrh is a congestion 
and inflammation of the mucous mem- 
brane without reference to the cause, or to the mucous 
membrane affected. The name given to this congestion 
and inflammation of the mucous membrane in any par- 
ticular part of the body depends on the part affected. 
Inflammation of the lining membrane of the nose is 
known as coryza, nasal catarrh, or hay fever; of the 
stomach, gastritis; of the bladder, cystitis, etc. These 
catarrhal discharges, which escape from the different 
orifices of the body and are the excess above the nor- 
mal discharge, vary, not only in consistency and quan- 
tity, but also in color and odor, according to the stage 
and extent of the inflammation. 
Catarrhal 
Discharge THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
55 
The Result of 
Congestion 
Inflammation of the mucous mem- 
brane, like inflammation in any other 
tissue, is the result of congestion. It 
indicates a disturbance or derange- 
ment of the circulation due to a lessened nerve control 
of the circulation of the part affected. The blood vessels 
of the mucous membrane in the part affected are hold- 
ing more than their normal supply of blood. Its cells 
become abnormally active; hence the copious discharges 
are material taken from the blood. As these excessive 
discharges represent a drain, the invariable tendency is 
to lower the quality of the blood and thus to still 
further affect the nerves and nervous system. 
How Catarrh 
is Overcome 
The overcoming of catarrh lies in re- 
storing the nerve control of the circu- 
lation whereby the congestion, from 
which the inflammation results, is re- 
moved, and the inflammation, together with the undue 
activity of the cells, disappears. Men and women are 
constantly restoring themselves from catarrh and ca- 
tarrhal conditions in its multifarious manifestations 
through the use of Viavi. In chronic conditions it is to 
be expected that the process will be slower. Progress 
toward health varies with individuals just as the sus- 
ceptibility to derangements of the circulation, giving 
rise to catarrh, varies with individuals. 
When a cold has been contracted, the 
blood has been driven from the sur- 
face of the body to the interior of the 
body. The capillaries in or near the 
outer skin of the body have become contracted, and the 
blood cannot find its way to the surface. The surface 
first becomes cold; but as the vessels extending deeper 
and deeper in the tissues contract, the body becomes 
more and more chilled; hence the sensation of chilliness 
in the region of the back, and eventually all over the 
body. As a result, the mucous membrane of the nose, 
throat, lungs, bowels, stomach, kidneys, bladder, etc., 
Taking 
a Cold 56 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
are over-distended with the blood that has been driven 
within, because they cannot resist the invasion. 
Susceptibility to colds shows a general weakness, 
which is a menace to health and often life. If our bodies 
possess a normal amount of vitality, atmospheric condi- 
tions will affect us little; but if our standard of health 
is below the best, we become more and more susceptible 
to every little change. 
Colds are not only evidence of weak- 
ness, but they render the system 
susceptible to other diseases, particu- 
larly those affecting the respiratory, 
abdominal, pelvic and urinary organs. Pneumonia fre- 
quently follows severe colds. In women, suppression of 
the menses, with all the dangers accompanying that con- 
dition, is frequently caused by colds. Many other seri- 
ous troubles may ensue. Prudence suggests prompt at- 
tention to colds, even slight ones; but still more impor- 
tant is attention to health in order to develop the 
strongest resisting power. 
Colds Evidence 
of Weakness 
If normal circulation is restored when 
the tirst indications of a cold gives evi- 
dence that the circulation is being in- 
terfered with, the cold disappears. 
Most of us know that hot drinks, hot baths, hot packs 
appropriately taken, rest, and other old-fashioned but 
nevertheless scientific measures, help Nature to regain 
nerve control and restore the circulation. The cold is 
"broken up" by these simple measures because they 
afford the recuperative power within the body the neces- 
sary help to restore normal conditions. But if normal 
circulation is not promptly restored, more serious con- 
ditions may follow which these simple means alone may 
not be sufficient to assist Nature to overcome. 
Old Fashioned 
but Scientific 
Acute nasal catarrh (coryza), or a 
cold in the head, is an acute inflam- 
mation of the nasal mucous membrane, 
accompanied with a discharge. It may 
Acute Nasal 
Catarrh THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
57 
confine itself to one side of the nose, but is oftener in 
both; or it may extend to the pharynx, larynx and air 
passages below, or affect cavities communicating with 
the nasal passages. 
Chronic catarrh is a frequent condition of those who 
are poorly nourished or whose resisting power is other- 
wise weakened. Though repeated attacks of cold in 
the head are probably the most frequent cause of 
chronic catarrh, in many instances the cause is some 
weakness of the system, permitting disturbance of the 
circulation to become localized in the nasal membrane. 
The symptoms of simple chronic nasa! 
catarrh may be almost the same as 
those of acute catarrh, except that they 
are continuous; but during changeable 
weather, especially damp weather, all of the symptoms 
become more intense. As the disease progresses there 
will develop headaches; the sufferer grows stupid, the 
eyes dull; the appetite is lost, and there is constant 
hawking and spitting. On account of the swelling of 
the lining membrane, and often a thickening of the 
nasal cartilages, the nose partially closes; there is more 
or less difficulty in breathing. The breath becomes of- 
fensive. the voice changes, and there may or may not 
be sneezing. There will be an indisposition to take ex- 
ercise, and difficulty in concentrating the mind. 
Chronic 
Catarrh 
The discharges' vary. They may be 
watery, profuse and acrid, or tena- 
cious, thick, purulent (pus-like) and 
bloody. They may escape from the 
nostrils, or drop backward into the throat, constantly 
infecting the body. There is ringing in the ears and 
partial or complete loss of hearing, often accompanied 
with a discharge from the ears. Some or all of these 
symptoms, as well as many others, may be present. 
Many cases terminate in chronic bronchitis and con- 
sumption. Sometimes only a few of the foregoing symp- 
toms may appear and yet the conditions may prove fatal. 
Some of the 
Symptoms 58 
Viavi hygiene 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3931), 
tells how she suffered from childhood 
so badly with catarrhal conditions of 
the nose and throat that at times she 
could not swallow the saliva. Each attack necessitated 
the visit of a doctor. Repeated attacks of tonsilitis fol- 
lowed, accompanied with abscesses which had to be 
lanced, causing intense suffering. She had decided to 
have the tonsils removed, but was led to furnish Viavi 
to her recuperative power, and restored herself com- 
pletely. 
Catarrh and 
Tonsilitis 
A woman, in Kentucky (4482), was a 
complete wreck at the age of twenty- 
six, having extensive catarrhal condi- 
tions of the head and throat, constant 
headache at the base of the brain, loss of memory, ner- 
vousness, and several forms of uterine trouble. She was 
bedfast and so weak that she could not sit up. Her 
physician declared her condition was beyond his skill. 
Iler mother led her to use Viavi, and after a few weeks, 
improvement began, continuing until restoration was 
complete. 
Catarrh of 
Head and Throat 
A woman, in Idaho (506), wrote that 
for two years she entirely lost her 
sense of smell and taste as the result 
of congestion and catarrh in her head. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power. 
The sense of taste and smell gradually returned. Nine 
years later she wrote saying the benefits she secured 
through her use of Viavi had been permanent. 
Sense of Taste and 
Smell Restored 
Chronic catarrh is not confined to the 
nose; the inflammation and ensuing 
ulceration creep along the mucous 
membrane, sometimes affecting the 
Eustachian tubes which lead from the throat to the 
ears; and when this occurs the hearing becomes im- 
paired and oftentimes lost. It also creeps downward, 
affecting the pharynx and the larynx. The inflammation 
Chronic 
Catarrh THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
59 
may extend to the bronchial tubes. It is then called 
bronchitis. When it extends into the stomach it pro- 
duces catarrh of the stomach, causing indigestion. This 
may result through extension of the inflammation or by 
infection. 
A sufferer, in Oregon (1010), wrote 
that she began to have serious ca- 
tarrhal conditions of the head and 
throat following diphtheria when she 
was four years old. The trouble became chronic, being 
accompanied by roaring and buzzing in the ears, with 
copious discharges from the head. An operation was 
performed on the nose, but the affected parts refused 
to heal. The catarrhal condition gradually developed in 
the lining of the bowels and stomach. One to two pints 
of brown, slimy matter passed from the bowels daily. 
Food and medicine passed through the body undigested ; 
she could not even take water into the stomach without 
distress. A stomach pump was used every night for 
months. 
As she grew older this trouble was complicated with 
uterine trouble. The menses ceased entirely, the womb 
was retroverted, and hemorrhoids existed. An opera- 
tion was performed, stitching the womb to the abdominal 
walls, but her suffering continued. She then began the 
use of Viavi. Her improvement was slow, but in a few 
months she menstruated normally, and other improve- 
ments occurred, and at the end of two years she was a 
well woman. Writing six years later she said she had 
passed through the change of life without any trouble. 
On examining her, her physician said she was in a per- 
fectly healthy condition. 
Catarrh of 
the Head 
That the recuperative power has used 
Viavi to overcome catarrhal condi- 
tions and restore normal conditions is 
shown by the fact that so many suf- 
fering from these conditions have supplied Viavi to 
their recuperative power and regained their health en- 
tirely. 
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A sufferer, in New Zealand (2544), wrote that she 
suffered greatly from catarrh of the nose and throat. 
Having used many things without avail, she furnished 
Viavi to her recuperative power, and in a short time 
secured relief. In two years her health was completely 
regained, and she has since given birth to a healthy 
child. 
A woman, in Scotland (2462), suf- 
fered with sore throat for about two 
years. She became run down in health, 
suffering greatly during menstruation. 
After she had failed to regain her health through any 
of the means used, she supplied Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power and became entirely well. 
Suffered With 
Sore Throat 
A woman, in Iowa (2824), wrote that 
she had been a sufferer from throat 
trouble all her life. She had catarrh, 
with profuse discharge from the nose, 
and a constant dropping into the throat which caused 
nausea and distress. Operations were suggested, but be- 
cause of her six years experience and observation as a 
nurse, she would not consent. Antitoxin was adminis- 
tered, electrical treatments tried, and change of climate 
sought, without benefit. She finally furnished Viavi to 
her recuperative power, and improved so much that she 
became free from catarrh in a short time. Iler deafness 
left her as the catarrhal condition was overcome. 
Catarrh, 
Tonsilitis 
A mother, in Colorado (3413), wrote 
of her seventeen-year-old daughter 
who suffered from inflammatory rheu- 
matism which was thought to have re- 
sulted from diseased tonsils. She was obliged to leave 
school, but did not improve under her physician's treat- 
ment. The mother learned of Viavi and had her daughter 
use it. She became entirely well, and was able to return 
to school. 
A young woman, in Arkansas (4160), wrote that she 
suffered frequently with tonsilitis. Her tonsils were re- 
moved, but the throat did not heal properly. A year 
Tonsils 
Diseased THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
61 
later she suffered a severe attack of diphtheria which 
left her throat in a very serious condition. A year or 
so later still, she suffered with typhoid fever, and large 
sponge-like growths filled with corruption formed in the 
throat. Her vitality was so lowered that change of 
climate was advised, but instead, she used Viavi, and 
writes: "I am perfectly well." 
A mother, in Texas (1034), wrote that 
her little daughter suffered with en- 
larged tonsils and began to grow deaf 
from catarrh. Her physician urged the 
removal of the tonsils, but the child was so delicate that 
the parents feared to have her operated upon. A neigh- 
bor suggested the use of Viavi/ This was done, and 
later the family physician pronounced her perfectly 
well, no longer in need of an operation. 
Enlarged 
Tonsils 
A mother, in Nova Scotia (4088), 
wrote that her little boy had difficulty 
in breathing, and suffered with throat 
trouble following an attack of whoop- 
ing cough. The doctor found his throat in very bad con- 
dition ; adenoids were present and the tonsils greatly 
enlarged. An operation was advised but temporarily 
deferred. The mother learned of Viavi and furnished it 
to the recuperative power of her little son. The ade- 
noids and enlarged tonsils disappeared. At the time of 
writing, his mother said he had passed a health exam- 
ination at the academy which he attended. 
Enlarged Tonsils 
and Adenoids 
A mother, in Oregon (2695), wrote 
that her daughter had adenoids for 
several years. An operation was per- 
formed, but the trouble returned. The 
child became extremely sensitive to cold, breathed with 
difficulty, discharging bloody impurities from the nose. 
Viavi was used, and in a comparatively short time the 
adenoids passed away, and none of the symptoms have 
returned. 
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A mother, in Pennsylvania (3453), 
wrote that her daughter could not 
breathe without keeping her mouth 
open as the nasal passages were par- 
tially closed from adenoids, and the glands in the neck 
were swollen in various places. Viavi was supplied to 
her recuperative power, and the enlarged glands dis- 
appeared, the adenoids were overcome, and she became 
entirely well. 
A man, in Canada (2095), suffered with adenoids so 
that he was unable to breathe through the nose. Opera- 
tions were undergone, but with no benefit. He was led 
to supply Viavi to his recuperative forces, and grad- 
ually restored himself to health. Seven years afterwards 
he wrote that he was enjoying excellent health, and had 
had no recurrence of any of the ailments which troubled 
him. 
A mother, in England (903), wrote of her son who 
suffered from enlarged glands. He overcame the condi- 
tion through the use of Viavi. 
Adenoids 
Overcome 
Catarrh of the nose and throat may, 
in time, affect the membrane lining 
the Eustachian tube which thickens 
until it closes, causing the hearing to 
become partially or wholly destroyed. Loss of hearing 
may be progressive, extending over a period of years. 
The alarm is sounded when the sufferer has a cracking 
sensation in the ears when blowing the nose, or a ring- 
ing in the ears, or noises in the head at other times. The 
hearing is suddenly lost at times, returning suddenly, 
but in time it fails to return. In the progressive form a 
great degree of deafness is present before the sufferer 
becomes aware of it. The noises in the head often almost 
distract the sufferer. When the inflammatory process 
has progressed to extensive ulceration, the drum of the 
ear may become perforated, permitting escape of offen- 
sive discharges. See Chapter XI. 
Catarrhal 
Deafness THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
63 
Hay fever, rose cold, hay asthma, 
pollen catarrh, peach cold, yearly cold, 
and autumnal catarrh, are names 
given to a recurring summer or au- 
tumnal attack of acute catarrh to which some persons 
are susceptible from the presence of certain pollens or 
special emanations in the atmosphere. Various physical 
conditions are thought to make one subject to it, some 
being a predisposing constitutional condition, nervous- 
ness, a peculiar sensitiveness of the nasal membrane to 
external irritation, and nervous weakness. 
Hay fever is frequently complicated with asthma. 
The attacks, worse at night, generally begin with an 
itching of the nose and roof of the mouth; sneezing, 
which at times is continuous, violent and exhausting; a 
free watery discharge from the nostrils, and an itching 
and burning of the eyes, causing copious tears of an 
acrid nature, burning and excoriating the skin wherever 
they touch. In the onset there is a chill, followed by 
fever and frontal headache; the eyes become dim and 
sensitive, the sense of smell and often of taste, are lost. 
Some Causes of 
Hay Fever 
A man, in Montreal (3743), wrote he 
had suffered for about twenty-three 
years with hay fever. He was a baker, 
and even under the daily strain of 
long hours he was able to restore his health through the 
use of Viavi. Two years later he wrote: "I have had 
no further attacks of my old trouble." 
A woman, in Missouri (2973), who had suffered with 
hay fever for eight years, used Viavi, and wrote: ''I 
passed through the summer without an attack." 
Suffered 
Years 
Another sufferer, in Kentucky (4483), 
had constant attacks of hay fever. 
The mucous membranes from the 
throat to the lungs were very badly 
inflamed, so much so that she raised blood from the 
bronchial tubes. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and restored her health. 
Membrane 
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A woman, in Idaho (4081), wrote that she had been 
afflicted with hay fever and falling of the womb for a 
number of years. She became so nervous, that she could 
scarcely control herself. She became pregnant, and be- 
cause of the seriousness of her condition her physicians 
advised an operation for the termination of pregnancy. 
She used Viavi, and gave birth to a healthy baby, hav- 
ing the easiest confinement she had ever had. The womb 
returned to its normal position, and the attacks of hay 
fever finally ceased altogether. 
Nasal polypi are growths in the nose. 
If allowed to develop and fill the nasal 
cavity, they may have to be removed 
surgically. Hence the necessity of giv- 
ing them early attention. Frequent colds in the head, 
hay fever and other conditions that repeatedly irritate 
the lining are causes. Breathing through the nostrils be- 
comes greatly impeded or impossible, and the sense of 
smell impaired or permanently lost. Polypus growths 
are never found where the mucous membrane is healthy. 
Many sufferers from every form of catarrh have 
found relief, and have completely restored themselves 
through the use of Viavi. At the same time they have 
so built up their vitality that they became more resis- 
tant to further attacks. 
Nasal 
Polypi 
A young woman, in Missouri (1064), 
wrote that as a child she had the feel- 
ing as if something had been pushed 
up in the nose just between the eyes. 
The nose was enlarged and tender at times. The sur- 
geon's examination revealed polypoid growths. An op- 
eration was performed, but in less than a year the 
trouble returned. She used Viavi, and in a short time 
small offensive particles similar to those removed dur- 
ing the operation were eliminated. The growth was en- 
tirely eliminated, and the catarrhal condition overcome. 
In her letter written ten years afterwards, she said she 
had not been troubled with any kind of a growth in the 
nose in all that time. 
Polypus 
Growth THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
65 
ABOUT GOITERS 
The thyroid gland is considered to be one of the 
ductless glands which belongs to the endocrine system 
of glands which furnish valuable internal secretions to 
the body. It lies in the neck, consisting of two lobes, 
one on each side of the windpipe, with an isthmus con- 
necting the lobes. 
An interference with the blood supply to the thyroid 
gland affects the amount of thyroid, secretion which 
passes directly into the blood. The importance of this 
secretion may be appreciated when we realize there can 
be no healthy development without it. The thyroid se- 
cretion is of such absolute necessity to the body that 
complete removal of the gland is followed by a de- 
generation of the tissues and a condition of a mucus- 
like dropsy known as myxedema. 
Goiters may be either cystic, simple, hard, soft, or 
exophthalmic. The cystic goiter is really a cystic tumor 
attached to, or a part of, the gland. This sac filled with 
liquid impurities may become large, hanging upon the 
chest or forming a muffler completely about the neck. 
A woman, in California (3814), suf- 
fered from uterine trouble, for which 
she was operated upon. This was fol- 
lowed by the formation of a cystic 
tumor in her throat for which she had two operations 
without any relief. She was preparing for a third opera- 
tion when she was led to furnish Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power. Several months later she wrote: "The tumor 
was as large as an egg when I began using Viavi, and 
now it is as large as a pea." Four years still later she 
wrote that there was no sign of the tumor, the scars left 
by the operations had disappeared, and she enjoyed per- 
fect health. 
Cystic 
Tumor 
The simple goiter frequently appears 
in young girls at the age of puberty. 
It seems to be a disturbance accom- 
panying development of the uterine 
Simple 
Goiter 66 
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organs. These simple goiters are sometimes associated 
with uterine, or ovarian trouble, or painful menstrua- 
tion ; or may appear during or after pregnancy. Many 
girls and women who have furnished Viavi to their re- 
cuperative power when suffering from ovarian trouble, 
scanty, profuse or painful menstruation, accompanied 
by simple goiter, have overcome the goiter as the pelvic 
organs became normal. 
A woman, in Illinois (1970), writing 
twelve years after her goiter disap- 
peared, tells how she suffered with it, 
being obliged to get up during the 
night and walk about to get relief from the terrible 
choking sensation. She had been under the care of sev- 
eral physicians, and was finally led to use Viavi. In a 
comparatively short time the goiter decreased in size 
and gradually disappeared, and there had been no re- 
turn of the trouble. 
Goiter 
Disappeared 
A woman, in Oregon (2446), wrote 
that she was troubled with leucor- 
rhea and prolapsus. Later on a goiter 
appeared on her neck. With these 
conditions came nervousness, headache, indigestion, and 
constipation. After using Viavi a year, she wrote: "To- 
day, I have none of those troubles and feel and look like 
a new woman." 
Leucorrhea 
and Goiter 
The hard goiter is a result of abnor- 
mal blood supply. The gland hardens 
and enlarges, gradually losing its 
function. This process of hardening is 
slow; therefore recovery, it is natural to expect, will be 
slow, for it can come about only as the recuperative 
power restores normal circulation. Many sufferers from 
other conditions than goiter have supplied Viavi to their 
recuperative power in the hope of overcoming these con- 
ditions by restoring normal circulation, and have found 
that as they became well their goiters became greatly 
reduced in size or disappeared altogether. 
Hard 
Goiter THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
67 
For instance, a woman, in Missouri 
(3856), tells how she suffered with 
backache, headache and severe ner- 
vousness. She also suffered with a 
carbuncle on the back of her neck. She was led to use 
Viavi, and the recuperative power, in eliminating im- 
purities, formed abscesses which lasted about one 
month. After these healed she began feeling better and 
since then has not suffered with colds, while previously 
she was never free from them. Best of all, a goiter of 
good size which she had had for twenty years was re- 
duced to one-quarter of its previous size; and naturally 
this improved her looks. 
Had a Goiter 
Twenty Years 
A soft, or exophthalmic, goiter is a 
serious condition. The engorgement 
of blood in the gland results in a soft 
swelling of one or both lobes. When 
both lobes are involved the term, "big neck," is often 
used. The cords of the neck may become very promin- 
ent. Many date their goiter from the strain at child- 
birth, or to heavy lifting. 
Exophthalmic 
Goiter 
In exophthalmic goiter the neck may 
throb with the heart beat. The exces- 
sive production of thyroid secretion 
which follows the congestion in the 
gland is due to the fact that the cells which manufac- 
ture this secretion from the blood have no power to 
determine how much shall be made. They use up all the 
raw material the blood brings to them just as the mu- 
cous cells do in catarrhal conditions. Excess of thyroid 
secretion in the blood stream acts as a poison, hence the 
term, "toxic," or "poison," goiter. The heart action 
becomes rapid, the pulse increasing from 72 to 140 or 
150. There is a choking sensation and extreme nervous- 
ness. If the gland enlarges inwardly it causes pressure 
and hence the sensation of more choking. The inward 
enlargement may be less noticeable to others than the 
outward swelling. The eyeballs may protrude, and the 
back of the neck may become very painful. 
Effect of 
Goiter 68 
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The intimate connection between the 
thyroid gland and the uterine organs 
is shown in the experience of a suf- 
ferer in Canada (1101). Her eyes pro- 
truded and were swollen about twice their natural size. 
The neck was quite large, and seemed to be swollen in- 
wardly. In addition to the goiter she had also been 
suffering from absent menstruation for fifteen months. 
The physicians, under whose care she was, pronounced 
her condition incurable. 
She used Viavi. and completely restored herself. 
Menstruation returned and the goiter disappeared. 
Thirteen years afterwards she wrote: "I have been 
married ten years, have four healthy children. The 
goiter has not troubled me since, nor have I had sup- 
pression again." 
Goiter and 
Mensturation 
A woman, in Kansas (4085), suffered 
from a complication of uterine trouble 
with exophthalmic goiter. She was 
despondent and nervous, her head was 
unsteady, her eyes jerked and protruded so that she 
looked almost wild. Many things had been tried, but 
she grew gradually worse. Through the use of Viavi 
these conditions were overcome, and she became well. 
She wrote: "You would not know I ever had a goiter." 
Goiter and 
Uterine Troubles 
A man, in Canada (3828), suffered 
with a goiter as large as a hen's egg. 
A specialist advised an operation as 
the only means of relief, but instead 
he furnished Viavi to his recuperative power. The 
goiter disappeared and he became well. Eight years 
later he wrote that there had been no return of the 
goiter. 
Goiter, Large 
as an Egg 
A sufferer, in Missouri (3864). noticed 
an enlargement in her neck when she 
menstruated at fifteen years of age. 
Menstruation became painful, and was 
accompanied with pain in the neck and choking senstu 
Goiter 
Paralysis THE REGION OF THE HEAD 
69 
tions. The family physician pronounced the condition 
enlargement of the thyroid gland, or goiter, and a reflex 
condition of abnormal menstruation. The ovaries are 
included in the endocrine system, or ductless glands; 
hence restoration from ovarian and uterine troubles 
may be coincident with the disappearance of goiter. 
She married, and at twenty-seven had 
a lovely baby, but health was gone. 
She suffered two strokes of paralysis. 
The only hope offered was an opera- 
tion which she refused, and instead, used Viavi. Con- 
gestion was relieved, the nerves became normal, the 
circulation improved, and after some months the goiter 
disappeared and never returned. She wrote: "You 
would never know I ever had a goiter." 
We have space for only a few of the letters we 
have received from men and women who suffered 
from goiter, and restored themselves through the use of 
Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these or others 
if you are interested or desire them. Address any Viavi 
office. 
Goiter 
Disappeared CHAPTER XI 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN 
THE EAR 
LESSENED nerve control of the circulation may re- 
sult in congestion and inflammation in the mu- 
-^cous membranes and other tissues of any part or 
organ of the body. It may occur in the ear or the eye. 
Many sufferers from such conditions have entirely over- 
come them through their use of Viavi. 
Earache is often caused by colds, in- 
flammation, foreign substances in the 
ear, neuralgia or injury. Inflammation 
of the outer ear may be caused by 
picking the ear with some hard substance, or by insects, 
pebbles, beans, etc., getting in the ear, or by the stop- 
page of certain small glands causing them to become 
inflamed and producing little pustules or ulcers. A pea 
or a bean in the child's ear should be removed carefully 
and no water used, as water may cause the seed to 
swell. Hardened wax represents an unhealthy condition 
and leads to dulled hearing. Attempts to remove it with 
a hard implement may make it,worse. 
Conditions 
in the Ear 
Catarrh Causes 
Deafness 
Inflammation of the middle ear occurs 
behind the drum, and is often caused 
by catarrh extending up the Eusta- 
chian tube from the mouth. It creeps 
up to the ear, producing partial or total deafness, often 
invading the mastoid cells, causing one of the most 
dangerous troubles. Catarrh in the head commonly af- 
fects the Eustachian tubes, frequently producing deaf- 
ness. The cause of catarrh, congestion, inflammation, 
and the derangement of the circulation to which they 
are due should be overcome before the ear is affected. CONDITIONS IN THE EAR 
71 
Inflammation of the middle ear produces dullness of 
hearing with noises in the ear; pain and soreness may 
or may not be present, depending on the slowness or 
rapidity with which the condition advances. 
Destructive processes must go far be- 
fore there is absolute deafness. If any 
degree of hearing remains, there is 
hope, even though the drum has been 
ruptured. The purpose in using Viavi is to enable the 
recuperative power to overcome the cause of which the 
condition in the ear is a consequence. The recuperative 
forces of the body are constantly striving to overcome 
these conditions. Viavi has been found a means which 
the recuperative power has used to do this. 
Noises in the 
Ear 
A mother, in Canada (2708), wrote 
her son was troubled with deafness. 
After using Viavi he passed a sub- 
stance from the ear which looked like 
brown granulated sugar. This was followed for a few 
days by a slightly bloody discharge. Following this, he 
complained about the family talking so loudly, and the 
noises which he heard when out of doors. He then real- 
ized he could hear with the affected ear as well as with 
the other. 
Deafness from 
Hardened Wax 
A woman, in England (2478), wrote 
that she suffered with deafness accom- 
panied by a constant discharge and 
frequent hemorrhage from the ear 
and a most peculiar loss of the sense of balance upon 
the slightest pressure on the ear, and a feeling as if 
a block of wood had been driven into the side of her 
head and left there. The physician suggested an opera- 
tion, but feared for her life as the brain cells had be- 
come seriously involved. She declined to submit to 
the operation, and supplied Viavi to her recuperative 
power. The catarrhal condition was overcome, and she 
became entirely well. 
Catarrhal 
Deafness 72 
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A •woman, in the state of Washington 
(1158), wrote of suffering with in- 
tense pain and agony, even becoming 
bed-fast from an abscess which dis- 
charged through the ear. The dentist found an abscess 
at the root of a tooth had extended through the jaw 
into the antrum above the roof of the mouth. The in- 
flammation became so great, and the face so swollen, 
that it was necessary to pull the tooth to drain the abs- 
cess. In two or three months another abscess formed 
in the head behind the ear, which was far more painful. 
After it discharged through the ear she regained a little 
in strength, but was annoyed by sounds in the ear-like 
that of a whistle. The smallest amount of food caused 
agony, and to complicate matters, she was pregnant. 
Later, she was led to use Viavi, continuing its use 
until she became entirely well, stronger than ever be- 
fore in her life. Ten years later she wrote: "I have 
never had the slightest return of the symptoms which I 
formerly experienced, and I am a stronger advocate for 
Viavi than ever before. Through its use we have saved 
hundreds of dollars, besides having the advantage of 
being restored in a natural way." 
Antrum and Ear 
Abscesses 
A mother, in Oregon (2903), wrote 
that her little girl's trouble began 
with earache. The ear began discharg- 
ing, and the doctors advised removal 
of the tonsils and adenoids, which was done, but with- 
out benefit. A mastoid abscess later formed, and a 
skilled specialist operated, but very offensive matter 
continued to be discharged. The mother was led to ap- 
preciate the fact that the power to restore her daughter 
to health was not in the physician nor in the means 
used, but in her daughter's body, and if her daughter's 
recuperative power could use Viavi, as the recuperative 
power of other sufferers had done, she might get well. 
So Viavi was used. Improvement soon began, the girl 
gained in flesh, had a good appetite, was no longer ner- 
Mastoid 
Abscess CONDITIONS IN THE EAR 
73 
vous, and the condition in the ear was entirely over 
come. 
A woman, in New Hampshire (4217), 
wrote that an abscess developed in 
Ihe ear behind the drum. The pain 
was so intense that she was kept 
under opiates. The swelling affected the facial nerves 
so that the head was drawn over toward the shoulder. 
An operation was advised but she was told that it 
might be followed by severe shock or deafness, or both. 
The operation was refused, and Viavi used instead. The 
abscess was entirely absorbed or eliminated in time, and 
the hearing perfectly restored. Five years later, and 
again thirty-two years after she first used Viavi, she 
wrote that she continued perfectly well. 
Abscess in 
the Ear 
A sufferer, in Missouri (3570), a 
train conductor, wrote that he was 
struck by a passenger train. He 
regained consciousness, but could 
neither see nor hear. He later recovered his eyesight, 
but the hearing seemed to be destroyed. The skull had 
been fractured and he was told that the auditory nerve 
was congested and caught in the fractured bone, and 
the drum was destroyed. An X-ray showed abnormal 
curves of the spine and a fractured right hip. He had 
the services of several splendid doctors, and all kinds 
of treatments were used in the effort to restore his 
hearing, but were finally given up, and he was told 
there was no cure for him. 
Deafness from 
Injury 
Eight years after the accident he was 
led to use Viavi. The cramps which he 
had almost constantly were relieved 
shortly after beginning the use of Vi- 
avi. He eliminated large quantities of bloody impuri- 
ties through the bowels. One morning he heard the 
water splash in the bathtub. It almost frightened him, 
and he wondered if he had imagined it. At the break- 
fast table he heard all that was being said, and realized 
that restoration had come. 
How Restora- 
tion Came 74 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from men and women who suffered from condi- 
tions manifesting themselves in the ear, and restored 
themselves through the use of Viavi. But we shall be 
glad to send you these or others if you are interested 
or desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XII 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN 
THE EYE 
THE eyes are subject to many defects and dis- 
orders. Parents should have the eyes of their chil- 
dren examined at a very early age by an oculist 
or optician, and the necessary thing done for those 
found defective. Unless a child's eyesight is very had, 
he is not aware of a deficiency. Countless children 
have permanently injured their eyes and impaired their 
health by straining to see with defective vision. 
Many persons do not know they have 
defective vision, and suffer a constant 
strain which tells on the vitality. 
Even good eyes may be over-strained 
from too close and constant use, or weakened as the 
result of local disease or general weakness, or worry, 
anxiety, or grief. The symptoms are pain and redness 
in the eyeball, sensitiveness to light, or a desire to press 
the ball, and a feeling as though sand were in the eyes. 
Symptoms of 
Eye Strain 
Granulation of the lids is a more or 
less serious disease of the conjunc- 
tiva, the delicate membrane lining the 
lids and covering the ball. One form 
of it is trachoma, which deforms the lids. This is a con- 
tagious disease, which should be reported to the health 
authorities. The edges of the lids show the swollen con- 
dition of the membrane. There is a feeling as though 
sand were in the eyes. The balls and lids are sore and 
painful; the eyes are sensitive to light; tears are co- 
pious. Examination shows small elevations on the lining 
of the lids. 
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VIAVI HYGIENE 
The iris is the colored circular band 
around the pupil; inflammation of it 
is called iritis. It may be caused by 
strain, injury, nervous reflexes, colds, 
and impure blood. The iris is inflamed and red; the 
blood vessels in the white of the eyes are congested. 
There is pain and tenderness in the ball, and sensitive- 
ness to light. The pupil does not dilate readily. 
As serious danger to an infant may arise if the 
mother has leucorrhea, it is important that women give 
thorough attention to their condition before the child 
comes. On the day of birth, or a few days after, an in- 
fant's eyes may show inflammation caused by leucor- 
rhea or infection from the mother. The lids are of a 
deep reddish-purple, with a whitish discharge; blind- 
ness may result. These conditions call for immediate 
attention of the attendant or physician. 
Inflammation 
of the Iris 
The eyes often become infected by 
unclean hands, or the use of towels or 
cloths that have been used by adults 
suffering with leucorrhea or an in- 
fectious disease. Acute suffering follows; there are 
copious discharges of tears and pus, and inflammation 
and sensitiveness to light. 
Diseased conditions in the eyes can be overcome 
through the recuperative forces of the body, and 
through the same processes as diseased conditions else- 
where. Many, suffereps from eye troubles have overcome 
them by furnishing Viavi to their recuperative power. 
Diseases Due 
to Infection 
The two year old daughter of a 
mother, in Oregon (2394), suffered 
with measles, pneumonia, and then an 
attaek of spinal meningitis, which left 
her completely blind. She was taken to one of the best 
oculists in Portland, who expressed the opinion that 
the nerves of the eyes were dead, and nothing could be 
done for her; but thought if her nervous system and 
general health could be built up, there might possibly 
be restoration of some sight. 
Recovered Her 
Sight CONDITIONS IN THE EYE 
77 
The parents learned of Viavi and supplied it to the 
child's recuperative power. Her general health im- 
proved, and sight gradually returned. Writing nearly a 
quarter of a century later, the mother said her daughter 
was still in good health, and blessed with sight. 
A mother, in Pennsylvania (3444), 
wrote that her daughter's eyes were 
badly affected. A specialist attended 
her for six years, and finally advised 
that she be placed in a school for the blind as he 
thought it was but a matter of time until she would 
be entirely blind. The mother furnished Viavi to the 
daughter's recuperative power, and later wrrote: "It is 
now four years since she started using Viavi, and her 
eyes have never given her any trouble since." 
Incipient 
Blindness 
A mother, in Canada (2142), wrote 
that her little daughter was a weak, 
fretful child from birth. When about 
three years of age the eyes turned in- 
ward. The family physician advised an operation which 
the mother refused, and instead furnished Viavi to the 
child's recuperative power. In a comparatively short 
time a slight improvement was seen in the eyes, and a 
marked improvement in her general health. As the 
health improved the eyes took their natural position, 
and eight years later the mother wrote: "Olive has 
never had a return of the weakness in the muscles of 
her eyes. ' ' 
Cross Eyes 
in a Child 
A woman, in Illinois (4487), wrote 
that she suffered from a cold in her 
left eye, and neuritis in the sides oi 
her face and throat. The eye became 
so swollen and inflamed that it protruded outward half 
an inch. The pupil turned altogether out of position, 
and the white of the eye resembled a piece of raw meat. 
This condition continued for five months, during which 
she was treated by many specialists, but they were un- 
able to give the slightest relief from the intense suffer- 
ing except by administering opiates. 
Inflammation 
of the Eye 78 
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Securing no benefit, she used Viavi. In a short 
time the poisonous matter which caused the inflamma- 
tion and pain was eliminated. She coughed up vile mat- 
ter, which also ran from the nose and bowels in unbe- 
lievable quantities. In time all pain disappeared, and 
the trouble in the eye was entirely overcome. 
We have space for only some of the letters received 
from men and women, who, themselves or their children, 
suffered from conditions manifesting themselves in the 
eye, and restored themselves through the use of Viavi. 
But we shall be glad to send you these or others if you 
are interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XIII 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN THE 
REGION OF THE CHEST 
THE lungs are the essential organs of respiration, 
although the taking of air into the lungs does not 
strictly constitute respiration, as the lungs merely 
exchange the oxygen of the air for the carbondioxide 
in the blood. True respiration takes place in all of the 
tissues and organs where the carbondioxide, a result of 
cell activity, is exchanged for the oxygen carried by the 
red blood corpuscles to the cells. 
The lungs are double, consisting of a right and a 
left lung, occupying the two sides of the chest. They 
are separated by the heart and a small space. The right 
lung is shorter and broader than the left, and is divided 
into three unequal lobes. The left lung has but two 
lobes. 
The lungs are composed of prolonga- 
tions and ramifications of the bronchi 
and of the pulmonary arteries and 
veins, their subdivisions being sup- 
ported by a fine tissue. In health the action of the air 
cells on one side of this tissue and of the capillaries on 
the other keeps time with the breathing. As the chest 
expands and contracts, air and blood flow in and are 
forced out. They thus exchange elements and promote 
the processes of life. 
Air flowing into the lungs carries oxygen to the air- 
cells which is immediately taken into the blood and 
later absorbed by the tissues from the blood in the 
capillaries. The air passes out of the lungs loaded with 
carbondioxide, which the capillaries have given up to 
it and which is a part of the waste from the system. 
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When the blood flows into the lungs it is impure; when 
it flows out it is purified. 
In pulmonary (lung) diseases the function of the 
lungs, the changing of venous blood into arterial blood, 
is partially interfered with. This impairs the functions 
of the whole body, as no part receives its proper share 
of oxygen; or when parts of the body are diseased, the 
amount of impurity, or waste, is so excessive that the 
lungs cannot purify the blood completely. 
In the pharynx, situated behind the 
mouth and nose, are two openings. 
The posterior opening leads into the 
esophagus (gullet), the passage to the 
stomach. The anterior is the opening into the larynx. 
At this opening commences the trachea, or windpipe, 
which is about three-fourths of an inch in diameter and 
from four to four and a half inches in length. It is par- 
tially composed of rings of cartilage, varying from six- 
teen to twenty in number, which prevent the tube from 
collapsing. As the trachea passes into the chest it di- 
vides into two parts, the right and the left bronchi, or the 
bronchial tubes, which are also provided with rings of 
cartilage. These bronchi divide and subdivide until they 
terminate in the little rounded air cells of the lungs. 
Bronchitis 
and What it is 
"When the mucous membrane lining 
the bronchial tubes becomes inflamed, 
the condition is bronchitis; it may be 
either acute or chronic. The acute 
slowly develops into the chronic if neglected or does not 
receive the proper care. When the mucous membrane is 
inflamed it thickens. Its secretions are excessive, causing 
difficulty in breathing, especially when the inflamma- 
tion has extended downward to the smaller air tubes 
within the lungs. This form is known as capillary 
bronchitis. It is dangerous in infants and those who 
are debilitated because of their inability to free the 
tubes of the accumulated mucus. This prevents the 
aeration of the blood, and explains the retention of ex- 
cessive poisonous matter in the blood. 
May Be Acute 
or Chronic THE REGION OF THE CHEST 
81 
When the larger bronchial tubes are 
the seat of the inflammation the 
cough is likely violent. There is a 
tickling in the middle of the chest, or 
a raw, burning, uncomfortable feeling. In acute bron- 
chitis the sputum (matter coughed up) is thick mucus, 
but as the acute stage merges into the chronic the spu- 
tum changes to a yellowish or greenish hue and may be 
streaked with blood. When the inflammation is confined 
to the smaller bronchi there is weakness and difficulty 
of breathing, but no rattling; when it is confined to the 
larger tubes the rattling of mucus may be heard. 
Acute bronchitis is generally caused by colds; 
chronic bronchitis, from neglected acute attacks or 
from the extension downward of a catarrhal condition of 
the nose, throat, tonsils, etc. 
Acute 
Bronchitis 
A sufferer from bronchitis, m Penn- 
sylvania (3886), wrote that fifteen 
years previously she had suffered with 
throat trouble for years which finally 
developed into laryngitis and bronchitis. Twice a week 
the throat was treated by being burned with caustic, 
which caused severe pain, and often loss of speech. 
No hope of cure and only relief was promised. This 
treatment continued two years. A sister led this suf- 
ferer to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and 
in a comparatively short time she began to improve, 
and continuing the use of Viavi restored herself com- 
pletely and remains well. 
Bronchitis 
and Laryngitis 
A sufferer, in Illinois (4480), was af- 
flicted with bronchitis which kept her 
confined to the house from the first 
cold weather in Fall until Spring. She 
could not breathe the outdoor air without taking cold. 
She also suffered with stomach trouble, constipation, 
and ovarian trouble. She was under the care of different 
physicians and specialists who were able to give only 
temporary relief. 
Winter 
Bronchitis 82 
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She was led to supply Viavi to her recuperative 
forces, and in a few months was able to get out during 
cold weather and grew strong enough to teach twenty 
piano pupils and do her own work. Many years after- 
wards she wrote that her restoration had been permanent. 
A woman, in England (912), wrote 
that she suffered with weakness in the 
chest and bronchitis for years, and 
was confined to bed several times a 
year. She was very nervous, and extremely weak. Her 
health was entirely restored through the use of Viavi, 
and several years afterwards she wrote that there had 
been no return of her trouble. 
Restoration 
Permanent 
SOMETHING ABOUT ASTHMA 
Asthma, a very distressing affliction, may come about 
from lung trouble, or as a reflex from heart, stomach, 
bowel, or kidney troubles. Thus, asthma, appearing as a 
nervous reflex from other conditions, disappears when the 
conditions of which it is a nervous reflex are overcome. 
As an illustration, a woman, living in 
Texas (1050), suffered for ten years 
with bronchial asthma, during which 
time she used everything suggested, 
and had been treated by a number of physicians with- 
out relief. Her condition grew so serious that her phy- 
sician did not think she would live much longer. Iler 
heart became affected, she had as many as four or five 
attacks daily. She used Viavi, and in time lost all symp- 
toms of asthma, and enjoyed the best of health. Three 
physicians examined her and pronounced her heart per- 
fectly sound. 
Bronchial 
Asthma 
A woman, in Oregon (1119), suffered 
for years with asthma, catarrh and 
nervousness. Her ill health continued 
to grow worse in spite of treatments 
by many physicians. She used Viavi, and became well. 
Asthma and 
Catarrh THE REGION OF THE CHEST 
83 
Five years later she wrcte: "My troubles have never 
returned." 
From County Galway, Ireland, a user (906), wrote 
that she suffered for twenty years with asthma, but 
through the use of Viavi entirely overcame the asthma, 
and had had no return of it. 
A young woman, in South Africa 
(1007), wrote that she had been deli- 
cate from birth, and after puberty 
suffered with painful menstruation 
from non-development, catarrh and asthma. After 
twelve years of suffering and failure to restore health, 
she used Viavi. Menstruation became painless, she be- 
came well, and was able to enioy outdoor exercises with- 
out having the slightest attack of asthma. 
Catarrh 
and Asthma 
A mother, in Canada (2291), wrote 
that her two children were both very 
delicate. The boy had bronchial 
asthma, and nothing which the doc- 
tors did benefited him. The little girl suffered from 
tonsilitis, catarrh, and was anaemic. She, too, failed to 
obtain health. The mother furnished Viavi to the re- 
cuperative power of the children, and wrote two years 
later: "Could you see them now you would not believe 
they were the frail, delicate children they were when 
the use of Viavi was begun." 
Asthma, 
Tonsilitis 
Another sufferer, in New Jersey 
(3891), was afflicted with asthma for 
six years. She was under the care of 
splendid physicians, but was relieved 
only temporarily. She used Viavi, overcame the asthma, 
and improved so much in general health that friends 
remarked on her improved appearance. 
Asthma 
Six Years 
A man, in Quebec (4385), suffered 
with spasmodic asthma for many 
years. His condition became so seri- 
ous that he was unable to raise him- 
self, fearing he would lose his breath. His physicians 
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Asthma 84 
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said nothing could be done for him. He used Viavi until 
he became entirely well, and wrote, six years later, say- 
ing he had had no return of the asthma. Just as these 
sufferers restored themselves, so may you. 
SOMETHING ABOUT PLEURISY 
Pleurisy is inflammation of the pleura, the serous 
membrane covering the lungs and lining the chest walls, 
characterized by sharp, stabbing pains, especially when 
the membrane is stretched from inflation of the lungs 
in breathing. This causes the sufferer to take shallow 
breaths or to lie upon the affected side, in order to 
avoid the pains as much as possible; the result is in- 
sufficient aeration of the blood. Pleurisy sometimes 
comes from a severe cold, and is a common accompani- 
ment of pneumonia. Being a secondary condition of 
some disease within the lungs, it disappears with re- 
moval of the primary cause. The bed should be sought 
immediately on the first symptoms of pleurisy and 
should not be left until every indication of it has been 
gone for two or three days or the disease causing it (if 
pneumonia) has been entirely overcome. 
Although pleurisy in itself is rarely 
dangerous, it may result in adhesions 
of the pleural surfaces, which will 
tend to make the breathing imperfect 
and sometimes painful. In the same way adhesions in 
lung tissue may result from pneumonia. Viavi has been 
used with splendid results in such conditions, the ad- 
hesions evidently disappearing by absorption in the 
same way that adhesions of other internal organs may 
disappear. 
The Danger of 
Adhesions 
A man, in the State of Washington 
(1111), wrote that when sixteen years 
old, he was taken ill with pleurisy, 
which the attending physicians de- 
cided was tubercular. He was taken to his father's 
ranch, but grew worse, and was finally, told that nothing 
Tubercular 
Pleurisy THE REGION OF THE CIIEST 
85 
could be done for him. Viavi was supplied to his re- 
cuperative power. Improvement began in a short time, 
continuing until he was completely restored. 
It is truly wonderful what the re- 
cuperative power of the body is able 
to do for sufferers. A young woman, 
in California (2302), wrote that she 
had been sick for about a year, having had three re- 
lapses from pneumonia, which was followed by forma- 
tion of abscesses in the lungs. She coughed almost con- 
tinuously, and expectorated phlegm, pus, and some- 
times blood. When the abscesses broke, as they did 
every two or three weeks, she vomited from one to two 
quarts of pus and blood, frequently losing conscious- 
ness. She had frequent night sweats, and severe pains 
when breathing. The membrane of the stomach and 
bowels was inflamed and ulcerated so that she scarcely 
ate anything. Her physician said he could do nothing 
more. 
By chance she learned of Viavi, and its use was be- 
gun. As the sufferer was so weak and in such pain, 
much care had to be exercised at first. In a short while 
a decided change was felt. In eight weeks an abscess 
broke and passed through the bowels. Improvement 
then began, continuing until she became well. Her doc- 
tor who had said she could not live, called, and think- 
ing she had passed away, was surprised to be ushered 
into the room by a smiling mother. When told what 
she had done, he patted her back and said: "Keep it up, 
my child, for it has done more than I could have done." 
Five years later she wrote that she was as well as any- 
one can be. 
Abscesses in 
the Lungs 
A woman, in Kentucky (4436), wrote 
that she suffered with pleurisy fol- 
lowing general weakness and cough- 
ing. Her physician and a consultant 
specialist frankly told her that the lungs were affected, 
and there was a complication of uterine troubles. The 
cough steadily grew worse, and she believed herself 
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Uterine Trouble 86 
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progressing toward consumption. She then used Viavi. 
The cough gradually disappeared, she grew stronger, 
the uterine troubles were overcome, and she became 
thoroughly well. 
A woman, in Oklahoma (4341), wrote 
that eleven years before she suffered 
with pneumonia which was followed 
by tubercular pleurisy in the right 
lung. She was treated by many physicians, but obtained 
no relief. As a last hope she began the use of Viavi. 
Her health was perfectly restored, and five years later 
she wrote that there had been no return of this trouble. 
We have space for only some of the letters received 
from men and women who suffered from conditions 
manifesting themselves in the region of the chest, and 
restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we 
shall be glad to send you these or others if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Tubercular 
Pleurisy CHAPTER XIV 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN THE 
ABDOMINAL REGION 
THE alimentary tract is a highly organized mus- 
cular tube, with expansions and convolutions. It 
begins at the mouth and ends at the anus, being 
about seven times the length of the body. For conve- 
nience the tract is named by subdivisions, the mouth, 
pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large 
intestine. The intestines again are subdivided, the small 
into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum; the large into 
the cecum, colon, sigmoid flexure and rectum. The 
stomach, which is the largest expansion of the tract, 
has a capacity of about five pints. When empty it oc- 
cupies but little space and lies in the back part of the 
body below the diaphragm, which separates the chest 
from the abdomen. When very full it turns toward the 
front displacing surrounding organs, even interfering 
at times with the heart and lungs. 
During mastication the salivary glands 
in the mouth pour out saliva. It is 
important that thorough mastication 
and insalivation of the food occur be- 
fore it is swallowed. The first step in digestion occurs 
in the mouth. The saliva begins the process of starch 
digestion. Washing down the food with any kind of 
liquid, instead of the useful saliva, causes imperfectly 
chewed food to enter the stomach, thus making diges- 
tion there more difficult. 
Mastication 
of the Food 
Course of 
the Food 
Before the food reaches the stomach 
it stimulates a flow of gastric juice, 
which is poured from thousands of lit- 
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Even the thought of food causes a preparatory secre- 
tion of saliva and of gastric juice. The presence of 
food causes contractions of the stomach which mixes 
the food thoroughly with the gastric juice. Neither 
starches nor fats are acted upon by the gastric juice, 
and the partially digested food passes into the upper 
part of the small intestine. It is there subjected to the 
action of the pancreatic juices and the bile. It is essen- 
tial that the digestive fluids be of the right quantity 
and quality to promote normal digestion. 
The whole digestive tract is lined 
with millions of minute absorptive 
cells which select from the digested 
food that which is serviceable. In 
health the alimentary tube is intensely active, being en- 
dowed with a peristaltic, or wave-like, motion that 
keeps the contents moving. When the tract is empty 
there is no movement. When the tract contains food 
and this motion is partially suspended, constipation 
occurs. See chapter on the Bowels. When activity of 
the alimentary tract is lost the activity of the absorptive 
cells is suspended, and nutriment is not carried into the 
body in sufficient quantities. The real nutriment is not 
that which is taken into the mouth, but that which is 
finally accepted and used by the minute cells of the 
body. 
Digestive Tract 
at Work 
As the process of digestion is carried 
on throughout the alimentary tract, it 
is subjected to the influence of many 
conditions, and may suffer disturb- 
ance from many causes, mental or otherwise. Bad habits 
of eating are primarily responsible for a large propor- 
tion of digestive disorders. These bad habits include 
eating too much, or unwise mixtures of food, or incom- 
plete mastication; less frequently, eating too little, or 
eating too little of some necessary food element, or eat- 
ing inappropriate food. Imperfect mastication is some- 
times due to the fact that the teeth are in bad condi- 
tion. More frequently, perhaps, it is the result of habits 
Digestive 
Disorders THE ABDOMINAL REGION 
89 
of haste in eating. The adoption of good habits of eating 
will usually overcome such digestive disturbances. 
While many of the deep seated, 
chronic and stubborn digestive dis- 
orders are due primarily to bad hab- 
its of eating, many of them are not, 
but are the result of disordered conditions or disordered 
functions in other parts of the body; and overcoming 
these digestive disorders depends on overcoming these 
other disordered functions. Thus continued pain in any 
part of the body may impair digestion. Digestive dis- 
orders sooner or later almost invariably follow menstrual 
irregularities, or ovarian or uterine troubles. They may 
follow or be caused by worry, grief, or, very often, in 
men, from business cares. 
Reflexive 
Indigestion 
Whenever there is a disordered func- 
tion, especially one that causes severe 
or continuous pain, steady wear and 
weakening of the nervous system re- 
sults. Worn and weakened, the nervous system loses 
some of its power to properly control and co-ordinate 
other functions of the body; and the digestive function 
is almost certain to suffer. The process of nutrition, of 
which digestion is a part, is a very complicated one in- 
volving both mechanical and chemical processes, and 
those subtle processes out of which living cells issue. 
Perfect nutrition, upon which health depends, requires 
that these processes function in nice and perfect adjust- 
ment. Therefore, when the nervous system is worn and 
weakened by mental or physical pain, or interfered with 
by disordered function of other organs, this nice adjust- 
ment may be disturbed and digestion interfered with 
somewhere in its course and the body fail to be prop- 
erly nourished. That is why digestive disorders are so 
varied in their symptoms and may be so serious in their 
results. 
The names given to what are thought of as the many 
different kinds of dyspepsia simply distinguish from 
one another the almost innumerable forms in which dis- 
Lowered 
Vitality 90 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
turbance of the digestive function may manifest itself. 
As underneath it all is an impairment of nervous force 
or nervous vitality or nervous control, restoration to 
normal of nervous vitality or nervous function is neces- 
sary. 
The purpose in using Viaviis to supply the recupera- 
tive forces with a means which they may use to restore 
this nerve control, primarily of the circulation, and 
ultimately of all the functions of the body, and thus 
bring about that nice adjustment of process which Na- 
ture planned for and intends. 
The digestion of the starchy elements 
of food begins in the mouth through 
the action of the saliva. When food 
is properly masticated, the saliva is 
brought into intimate contact with every particle, and 
the food is sent to the stomach in proper condition to 
be easily acted on by the juices of the stomach; and 
as it passes on into the bowels, by the other secretions 
playing a part in the digestive process. When the food 
is not properly masticated, the saliva is not brought 
into intimate contact with every particle of it, and the 
food isznot broken up and sent to the stomach in a con- 
dition to be readily acted on by the secretions of the 
stomach. Hence the natural process of digestion is made 
more difficult at the beginning. 
Proper 
Mastication 
Much the same situation arises from 
over-eating. The stomach is over- 
loaded and perfect digestion of it all is 
practically impossible. This may re- 
sult in a constant accumulation of gas, spoken of as 
flatulent dyspepsia. This keeps the stomach uncom- 
fortably distended, with pressure on the heart and 
lungs, causing palpitation of the heart and other dis- 
tressing symptoms. When the stomach is unable to di- 
gest the food properly its contents are often retained 
until fermentation occurs. The food may feel like a 
heavy stone, or may cause the stomach to burn, and 
create an intense thirst. With some there is a constant 
Fermentation 
and Gas THE ABDOMINAL REGION 
91 
hungry gnawing which food does not satisfy; others 
are made comfortable by constantly eating. Among 
other symptoms are water-brash, pain between the 
shoulders, loss of appetite, nausea, headaches, acid 
belching; in fact there are so many symptoms of dyspep- 
sia that it would be impossible to discuss them all here. 
The work of the stomach and bowels 
is to prepare nutriment for all the 
uses of the body and to eliminate the 
waste. If they are unable to do their 
work fully and perfectly every part of the body is 
weakened by the inadequate nutrition, and the entire 
system loses much of its disease resisting power. Some 
of the most serious diseases of the body, including con- 
stipation, are really the result of disordered digestive 
and nutritional function. 
Disease 
Resistance 
A great many men and women suf- 
fering from serious digestive disorders 
have found in the use of Viavi the 
means which their recuperative power 
used to arouse and strengthen the nervous control of 
the vital functions, and Nature, thus assisted, was able 
to entirely overcome the conditions from which they 
suffered. If over-eating, or eating improper mixtures of 
food, are the primary causes, these of course must be 
corrected. Foods which cause distress, and those which 
cannot be digested easily by the individual, should be 
avoided. The recuperative power must be provided 
with abundant nutriment through the medium of ap- 
propriate foods. Care and good sense should be exer- 
cised in their selection and the use of the proper 
amounts . The food should be thoroughly masticated, 
and as a rule, little liquid should be taken with meals. 
Abundant water should be drunk between meals, pref- 
erably in small quantities at frequent intervals, for 
the body requires considerable liquid, on the average 
fifty ounces a day, in order to perform its functions 
properly. 
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A man, in Illinois (2300), suffered 
from constant pains across the stom- 
ach. His condition became deplorable 
and he could not obtain any relief. He 
supplied Viavi to his recuperative power, and overcame 
the trouble, and, writing fifteen years later, said he con- 
tinued well. 
Constant 
Stomach Pains 
Indigestion and constipation some- 
times follow falling of the stomach or 
bowels (ptosis). A woman, in Pennsyl- 
vania (3888), wrote that she suffered 
with falling of the stomach for five years. She had 
been under five physicians, but without benefit. X-rays 
were taken at intervals to determine positively whether 
the stomach was out of position or not. The diagnosis 
was, ulcers and abscesses of the stomach, and the only 
hope offered was an operation. 
She was led to use Viavi by a woman who had re- 
gained her own health through its use. Improvement 
soon began, and in time she was able to eat anything 
she desired by selecting her food wisely. She was able 
to remove the special belt worn to support the stomach, 
and after four years was in splendid health. 
Displaced 
Stomach 
A woman, in the state of Washington 
(3995), tells of thirty-five years of 
misery. She had suffered all her life 
with leucorrhea and painful menstrua- 
tion, the flow appearing only two or three times a year. 
What seemed her most serious trouble began with a 
choking sensation when she ate. Food would only enter 
the stomach by being forced in with water. The X-ray 
disclosed the fact that the esophagus or gullet, the pas- 
sageway to the stomach, was nearly closed, and was so 
small that only a drop of water could pass through at a 
time. The food was held in the esophagus until she 
could force it into the stomach with water. 
Her physician employed a very ingenious treatment. 
He had the sufferer swallow a rubber instrument to 
which many yards of silk thread were attached, for the 
Stricture of 
the Esophagus THE ABDOMINAL REGION 
93 
purpose of dilating the opening into the stomach. Ten 
of these painful treatments were given, and only one 
succeeded in giving relief, and that was temporary. She 
used Viavi faithfully for a year, and wrote: "Words 
cannot express my thankfulness. I am grateful to be 
able to eat anything naturally, and enjoy life in every 
way." 
This experience is an illustration of 
the suffering which can come from 
nervous contraction of the muscles of 
the esophagus, often described as 
though a ball were in the throat which one could not 
swallow. This is really a nervous stricture of the 
muscles of the gullet. 
We have letters from other sufferers from stomach 
troubles of various kinds which we shall be glad to send 
if you are interested or desire them. Address any Viavi 
office. 
"A Ball in the 
Throat" CHAPTER XV 
SOMETHING ABOUT GASTRITIS, OR 
INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH 
GASTRIC catarrh, following inflammation of the 
lining of the stomach, is similar to a catarrhal 
condition in any other mucous membrane. It 
may pass from the acute form into the chronic. 
Some causes of gastritis are exces- 
sively hot or cold foods or drinks, 
alcoholic drinks, iced water, iced milk, 
etc. Overeating and haste are, per- 
haps, the most prolific causes. It may also be produced 
as other catarrhal conditions are, by taking cold, mental 
strain, starvation, grief, etc. 
Sufferers from gastritis are generally despondent 
and irritable; the circulation is poor, the hands and feet 
are cold; the stomach may be tender to the touch, so 
that even clothes are uncomfortable; there is belching 
of gas which brings up a flat-tasting or sour fluid; 
much mucus in the mouth and stomach; either loss of 
appetite or ravenous hunger; nausea; and distention 
from gas. The bowels are generally constipated at first, 
but if they take on the catarrhal condition, the stools 
become fetid and mushy. 
Gastric 
Catarrh 
Sufferers from digestive disorders 
should realize that the condition to 
overcome is usually a deep-seated one. 
The purpose in using Viavi is to sup- 
ply to the recuperative power a means it may use to 
overcome the disordered conditions. It cannot be fore- 
told how long it may take Nature to overcome the ab- 
normal conditions, nor just what manifestations of the 
restorative process may arise. The process is a restora- 
Deep-Seated 
Condition THE STOMACH 
95 
five one, and cannot be accomplished any faster than 
Nature is able to carry it on. 
To illustrate what others have been 
able to do, a sufferer wrote us, from 
Ontario, Canada (3904), saying she 
had suffered for twelve years from 
what her physician had diagnosed as catarrh of the 
stomach. Her condition was complicated by severe 
uterine trouble which may have been one of the causes 
of her stomach troubles, as uterine and ovarian dis- 
orders often affect the stomach reflexly. The physicians 
who treated her for almost twelve years finally told her 
that nothing could cure her; but through the use of 
Viavi she became well. Twenty years afterwards she 
wrote that she remained well, and had had no return 
of her troubles. 
Catarrhal 
Stomach 
A man, in Illinois (4479), wrote that 
lie suffered with severe stomaeh trou- 
ble for a year, vomiting almost every- 
thing he ate, and suffering intense pain 
at the pit of his stomach almost constantly. lie lost 
forty pounds in eight months, and became extremely 
weak. Some physicians diagnosed his troubles as gall 
stones, ulceration of the stomach, and others, cancer. 
He supplied Viavi to the recuperative forces in his 
body in as large quantities as they could use, and re- 
gained his health. He wrote later saying he enjoyed 
his meals, had no vomiting, worked steadily, and gained 
in weight. He thinks it wonderful that he was able to 
restore his health through the use of Viavi while he 
continued his work. 
Intense Pain 
inthe Stomach 
A man, in Kansas (1784), wrote that 
lie inherited a tendency to catarrh. He 
took cold easily, and was sick at his 
stomach. Later, his appetite became 
abnormal, indigestion followed, and his stomach felt 
as though a lump of lead were in it. A catarrhal condi- 
tion developed in the head and nose, with a continued 
dropping of mucus in the throat, which increased greatly 
This Man 
"Came Back" 96 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
when eating. There was fermentation of the undigested 
food, accompanied by severe gas pains in the stomach 
and bowels, particularly in the region of the appendix. 
An operation for removal of the appendix was advised 
and refused. His wife, who had restored herself 
through the use of Viavi, led him to use it. He im- 
proved gradually, and four years later wrote that the 
trouble was entirely gone. 
A woman, in Louisiana (4295), wrote 
that she suffered with a weak stomach, 
nausea, and fainting spells from child- 
hood. Her physician advised an opera- 
tion for ulcers of the stomach, to which she would not 
consent. She married at the age of twenty-one, and 
later had a nervous breakdown. While in this condi- 
tion she became pregnant, and was told that an abortion 
was the only way to save her life. During the first three 
months of pregnancy she vomited eight or nine times 
a day, was extremely constipated, and was so weak 
that she could not walk the length of a room. 
At this time she was led to supply Viavi to her 
recuperative power. She became well, and at full term 
gave birth, with only one hour of labor, to a fine boy 
who weighed seven and one-half pounds, and she felt so 
well that she was able to write letters the first day. She 
wrote, "For the greatest blessing in this life-my 
baby, and my own good health-I am very thankful." 
Gastritis, 
Ulcers 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4302), 
wrote that she had not been well for 
ten years, and had been confined to 
her bed for seven months, suffering 
with severe stomach trouble, ulceration of the bowels, 
enlargement of the liver, and intense nervousness. Re- 
peated hemorrhages from the bowels exhausted her 
strength and reduced her weight to ninety pounds. She 
was given no solid food, practically living on malted 
milk. Although treated by many physicians, she grew 
no better, and it seemed as though nothing would help 
her. 
Gastritis with 
Hemorrhages THE STOMACH 
97 
She was led by a dealer to furnish Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power, and gradually improved until all the 
distressing complications were overcome. Twenty years 
have elapsed since then, during which time she has been 
able to enjoy life, and be of help instead of a care to 
others. She is very grateful for the splendid service 
rendered her by the dealer who led her to use Viavi. 
A man, in New Jersey (4272), wrote that his con- 
dition was diagnosed as catarrh of the stomach. He 
suffered severe attacks of pain which started in the 
stomach and shifted to the left side, and were followed 
by vomiting. Some of his physicians thought he had 
stones in the kidneys, and that he would have to be 
operated upon if these attacks were not overcome. In- 
stead of submitting to the operation, he furnished Viavi 
to his recuperative power, and through its use, re- 
covered his health. Eleven years later he wrote that 
because of the permanent results obtained by him, he 
feels himself qualified to recommend the use of Viavi 
for conditions such as those with which he suffered. 
A man, in Arkansas (4025), wrote 
that for many years he could not eat 
anything without suffering great pain. 
He grew so weak that he was finally 
compelled to give up his work entirely. An operation 
was suggested which he consented to undergo, but was 
dissuaded from it. He used Viavi, and in a short time 
obtained relief, could eat without distress, and in time 
completely regained his health. Five years later he 
wrote, "I am still in good health." 
Gastric 
Pains 
Dyspepsia or indigestion often follows 
nervous conditions in other parts of 
the body. When it is a reflex from 
other conditions, it naturally will not 
pass away until the condition causing it has been re- 
moved. This is obvious from the fact that all the organs 
of the body are very intimately connected through the 
nervous system as well as through the circulation. 
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For instance, a woman, in Massachusetts (3787), 
wrote that she had been suffering for several years from 
nervous dyspepsia and uterine troubles. In all prob- 
ability the trouble began in the uterine organs, affected 
her nervous system, finally involving the digestive 
organs reflexly. Although under the care of several phy- 
sicians, she failed to get well. She supplied Viavi to 
her recuperative forces, and in time became perfectly 
well, able to care for her home and family. 
A woman, in the state of Washington 
(1150), suffered for five years with 
sick headaches, extreme nervousness, 
and stomach trouble. She could only 
eat light foods, as food which disagreed with her caused 
severe headache, nausea, and vomiting. She could not 
sleep, and grew so nervous that she cried at times with- 
out cause. She was treated by physicians, but obtained 
only temporary relief. Through the use of Viavi, all 
these conditions were overcome, and she became entirely 
well. 
Sick 
Headaches 
A young woman, in Wisconsin (1531), 
wrote she suffered from girlhood with 
nervous indigestion, complicated with 
painful menstruation and impoverished 
blood. Althougn extremely careful with her diet, the 
trouble became worse. 
When she realized how functional disturbances of 
the stomach are often reflexes from congestion and in- 
flammation in the pelvic organs, the possibility of re- 
storation appeared to her in an altogether different 
light. She used Viavi, and two years later wrote: "I 
am better than I have ever been in my life, and can 
eat anything I want, and digest it." Six years later she 
wrote: "I gladly re-endorse my letter of long ago." 
Reflex 
Disturbances 
A mother, m Kansas (1793), wrote 
that she suffered for years with nerv- 
ousness and indigestion, which was 
accompanied by bad heart spells. She 
used Viavi, the headaches and digestive troubles passed 
Nervous 
Indigestion THE STOMACH 
99 
away, and two years afterwards she wrote that she was 
well. 
Here is an experience of a woman, in 
Pennsylvania (3935), who suffered un- 
told agony for eight years from nerv- 
ous indigestion following ovarian con- 
gestion and prolapsus of the womb. Although under the 
care of physicians, she constantly grew worse. The only 
hope offered was an operation to which she would not 
consent. She used Viavi, and in about fifteen months 
eliminated, from the womb, a fibroid growth of whose 
existence she had not known. The prolapsus was gradu- 
ally overcome, the womb resumed its natural position, 
indigestion was overcome, and she became perfectly 
well. Twelve years later she wrote saying she had not 
had any return of her troubles. 
Operation 
Avoided 
Gastritis oftentimes develops into ul- 
ceration of the stomach, which means 
that the congestion and inflammation 
have progressed until the tissues of 
the stomach have broken down. An ulceration may be 
either mere abrasion, or very deep, with severe pains 
and hemorrhages. 
Gastritis, 
Ulceration 
To illustrate, a woman, in New Bruns- 
wick (919), wrote of receiving a seri- 
ous injury from a fall. Conditions re- 
sulted involving the stomach, bowels, 
womb and ovaries. She later had hemorrhages of the 
stomach, and was told that she had a short time to live. 
Having overcome appendicitis through the use of Viavi 
some years before, she began its use again, and regained 
her health. She later gave birth to a strong baby boy. 
Was Told She 
Would Die 
A woman, in Texas (1033), wrote that 
she became so ill with ulceration of 
the stomach and bowels that she was 
confined to her room for six months, 
constantly under the doctor's care. Her physicians 
finally gave her up, saying they could do nothing for 
Ulcerated Stomach 
and Bowels 100 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
her. While in this condition she used Viavi. In a few 
months she became well enough to return to work, and 
continuing the use of Viavi, completely overcame the 
conditions from which she suffered. Her letter was 
written twelve years later, and she had not had any 
trouble with the bowels or stomach during that time. 
Twenty-three years after she used Viavi she wrote that 
she remained in perfect health. 
A woman, in New Mexico (3266), 
wrote of suffering for four years with 
gastritis, accompanied by constipation, 
backache, rheumatism, and extreme 
nervousness. One physician diagnosed the condition as 
ulceration of the stomach, and proposed an operation 
which she refused. She used Viavi, and entirely over- 
came the conditions, and four years later wrote: "I 
have to thank my use of Viavi for my splendid health." 
A man, in Illinois (1204), suffered with severe in- 
digestion. Gas formed which caused palpitation of the 
heart, distressing him so that he could not sleep. Learn- 
ing of the wonderful results following the use of Viavi, 
he supplied it to his recuperative power. Improvement 
soon followed, progressing slowly until all the disagree- 
able symptoms were overcome. 
As a result of his experience with the use of Viavi 
when suffering from indigestion, he later used it when 
suffering from a very persistent and severe attack of 
tonsilitis, with splendid results. IIis wife also used 
Viavi, and overcame serious uterine conditions. At the 
time their letter was written both of them had been 
in excellent health for over two years. 
Operation 
Advised 
A woman, in Oregon (2811), wrote 
that her suffering began with inflam- 
mation and soreness throughout the 
abdomen. An X-ray examination 
showed that the stomach had become prolapsed and was 
in a condition which the doctor feared might be can- 
cerous. The appendix was very badly diseased and an 
Prolapsus of 
the Stomach THE STOMACH 
101 
operation for its removal was performed. She steadily 
grew worse, and in three years another operation was 
advised to which she would not consent. She used Viavi, 
and became entirely well. 
We have space for only a few of the letters re- 
ceived from men and women who suffered from gastritis 
and other conditions resulting from it, and restored 
themselves through the use of Viavi. But we shall be 
glad to send you these or others if you are interested 
or desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XVI 
SOMETHING ABOUT CONDITIONS 
MANIFESTING THEMSELVES 
IN THE BOWELS 
CONSTIPATION is a retention and a hardening 
of the feces (excrement). It may be caused by 
inactivity of the intestines, by a diminution of 
bile or other secretions, or, in women, by such mechani- 
cal obstructions as tumors, or displacements of the 
uterus. Constipation in men and women also usually 
follows when the stomach or bowels fall out of place. 
Health depends very largely upon the 
regularity of the bowels. A normal 
movement of the bowels should occur 
daily. Inattention to the calls of na- 
ture will be followed sooner or later by bad results. 
When the nerves of the intestinal tract notify the brain 
that the intestines are loaded with waste, it is essential 
to health that waste be eliminated immediately. When 
the call is neglected the desire passes away, and poison- 
ous substances are retained which impair the sensibility 
of the tract. The absorptive cells in the walls of the 
intestines take up the fluid parts of the waste, poisoning 
the blood and affecting the entire body. The absorption 
of this fluid part renders the feces hard and trouble- 
some to expel, causing them to injure the rectum and 
anus. 
Health and Auto- 
Intoxication 
Normal evacuations occur with little 
effort. When digestion is normal, the 
passage of the feces causes a pleasant 
reaction to the nervous system, fol- 
lowed by a feeling of relief. There is perhaps no more 
common cause of suffering than constipation. The face, 
the eyes, the complexion, all show its presence in a very 
Causesand 
Evils BOWEL TROUBLES 
103 
decided manner to those who know how to read the 
indications. 
The nervous condition of the body affects the in- 
testinal tract and has a great deal to do with constipa- 
tion. The bile has the power of exciting the peristaltic 
movement of the bowels, and in this way aids the on- 
ward movement of the food and waste. Bile is Nature's 
purgative, but if the nerves are not in a condition to be 
stimulated by it, the bowels remain sluggish and consti- 
pation occurs. 
The distention of the bowels impedes 
the circulation of the blood in other 
organs, and thus causes congestion of 
the portal system, which enters the 
liver. This results in diseases of the liver, and rectal 
trouble. In women accumulated fecal matter causes 
inflammation of the womb and ovaries, displacements, 
leucorrhea, and menstrual troubles. The nervous sensi- 
bility of the bowels becomes so much reduced that 
powerful purgatives are required to excite them to 
action. This gives only temporary relief, and derange- 
ments of both sfomach and bowels ensue in time. 
Because it is easier to use a purgative than remove 
the cause of constipation by changing the diet or habits, 
many habitually use purgatives. Rational effort, persist- 
ence, and patience are required to overcome constipation. 
Liver and 
Rectal Trouble 
A man, in Nebraska (3320), suffered 
with chronic constipation for fourteen 
years. He had to take a pill each 
night, or suffer a severe headache the 
next day. He used Viavi, and in a comparatively short 
time the bowels functioned regularly; and seven years 
later he wrote that his restoration had been permanent. 
Chronic 
Constipation 
A mother, in Ontario (1115), wrote 
that her baby had ailed for eight 
months, having convulsions which the 
doctor told her were caused by con- 
stipation. The mother supplied Viavi to the reeupera- 
Convulsions from 
Constipation 104 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
five forces of her little baby. After a few days use of 
Viavi, the baby eliminated large quantities of green im- 
purities from the bowels, which doubtless was the cause 
of his illness. Improvement then besran, the baby gained 
ten pounds in two months, and became entirely well. 
As constipation may follow uterine 
troubles, so it may cause inflammation 
of the womb and ovaries. Here is an 
illustration. A woman, in California 
(3802), suffered for years with chronic constipation. 
Her skin was sallow, she menstruated only half a day 
a month, and was very much run down. She used Viavi, 
the constipation was overcome, the skin became clear, 
and menstruation normal. 
Chronic 
Constipation 
A woman, in Michigan (1506), suf- 
fered for years with constipation, sour 
stomach, gas, liver trouble, and severe 
pain. At times a large lump appeared 
on her left side at the waist line, which the doctor said 
was in the colon. If she fasted for a few days, the lump 
disappeared, but re-appeared when she ate again. She 
supplied Viavi to her recuperative power, and in about 
four months passed a substance from the bowel re- 
sembling a piece of old garden hose, about four inches 
long. It looked as though fecal matter had adhered to 
the walls of the bowels, forming a "sleeve" or tunnel, 
through which the accumulated contents of the bowel 
could pass. She regained her health entirely, and wrote 
five years after her restoration saying she had had no 
trouble since. Eleven years later she wrote, "I can 
say that the trouble has never returned." 
Lump in 
Colon 
Stoppage of fecal matter in the bowels 
is sometimes caused by women swal- 
lowing ends of threads which they 
bite off after tying a knot in sewing 
silk or thread. This forms a nucleus about which fecal 
matter accumulates, forming a lump like a tumor in 
the bowels. 
A Curious 
Cause BOWEL TROUBLES 
105 
The use of the X-ray has made the particulars of 
these unusual conditions more easily and clearly dis- 
cernible; but although these may be known, it is only 
through the recuperative power that the condition itself, 
and its effects can be overcome; and the recuperative 
power must be furnished means it can use to overcome it. 
A farmer, in Oregon (3485), wrote of 
suffering caused by overwork. Consti- 
pation was one of the worst features 
of his condition. He was so worn out 
and tired that his stomach could not take care of the 
food. He had sores in the mouth and on the tongue 
which eventually affected the entire alimentary canal, 
making the rectum very sore. His physician found that 
the blood count revealed a thirty-five per cent deficiency 
of red blood corpuscles, and pronounced his condition 
pernicious anemia. Although the physician said his con- 
dition was incurable, transfusion of blood was suggested 
as a possible means of temporary relief, and prolonga- 
tion of life. An operation for removal of the spleen 
was suggested, but refused. 
He supplied Viavi to his recuperative power, and 
after four months the mouth was healed, the circulation, 
appetite, and digestion improved. He continued the 
use of Viavi until he was entirely well, and believes the 
use of it saved his life. 
Pernicious 
Anemia 
ABOUT APPENDICITIS 
Constipation so often precedes or accompanies ap- 
pendicitis that many think it is the principal cause of 
appendicitis; but it may occur when there is no con- 
stipation. The appendix is a little tube of varying 
diameter and length, with a closed end, attached to the 
lower end of the ascending colon in the right groin. It 
often becomes congested and inflamed, sometimes re- 
maining in this condition for a long time before a pro- 
cess of infection reaches the stage where pus begins to 
form. Congestion and inflammation of the appendix 
is similar to congestion and inflammation elsewhere in 106 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
the body, but because of its shape, the delicacy of the 
tissues of which it is formed, its peculiar blood supply, 
and its location, congestion and inflammation of the 
appendix tend to produce serious results. As the pro- 
cess of inflammation extends, adhesions are very easily 
formed with the surrounding tissues. Inflammations 
from the adjoining tissues and organs easily extend to 
the appendix, so that adhesions form, and a ^mass can 
be felt in the vicinity of the right groin. When pus 
forms in the tube it becomes a sac which enlarges with 
the accumulating pus, and when it ruptures, the pus 
passes into the abdominal cavity, causing peritonitis, 
and in some instances, death. • 
Attacks of appendicitis may come sud- 
denly, causing severe and acute pains, 
or may extend over a period of years 
with more or less severe recurring at- 
tacks. The physician sometimes finds it difficult to de- 
cide positively whether the condition is one of appendi- 
citis alone, or is complicated with adjacent, inflamed 
organs, as for instance, with the womb and ovaries in 
a woman. It is even difficult to determine whether the 
condition is one of appendicitis or not, in men. 
Difficult to 
Diagnose 
For instance, a man, in Ontario (2715), 
suffered for over two years, gradu- 
ally growing worse. He had a lump in 
the right side which caused excruciat- 
ing pain at times. His physicians thought this was ap- 
pendicitis, and sent him to the hospital. The specialist 
there was in doubt, and not wishing to operate until 
he was sure, sent him home for a couple of months be- 
fore undergoing an operation. 
Learning of Viavi through friends, he began its 
use. About a month later putrid matter passed from 
the bowels, followed by great relief from pain. A few 
weeks later an abscess broke, and pus passed each time 
the bowels were evacuated. A little later small lumps 
which were full of yellow matter, came away. The lump 
Learned of 
Viavi BOWEL TROUBLES 
107 
in the side disappeared entirely, and his health was re^ 
gained. Eight years later he wrote that he continued 
well, and had had no return of the conditions from 
which he suffered. 
A woman, in Texas (1222), wrote she 
suffered agony for years, growing 
worse all the time. Her physician ad- 
vised that he could do nothing for her 
unless an operation was performed for removal of the 
appendix and the ovary. She used Viavi, and eighteen 
months later wrote: "I am now strong and entirely 
well." 
Operation 
Unnecessary 
Appendicitis is often complicated with 
menstrual difficulties. A young woman, 
in Arkansas (4074), wrote she became 
so ill that she was obliged to give up 
school. Every month she "almost suffered death" at 
her menstrual periods, which were accompanied with 
what she called "dreadful spells" with her side. During 
these spells her arms and hands drew up so that she had 
no control of them whatever, and her physician had to 
be called to straighten them. She used many things, 
including serum treatments, but grew worse. Finally, 
the physicians to whom her mother had taken her, de- 
cided that she had appendicitis and misplaced ovary, 
and advised an operation for removal of the appendix 
and replacement of the ovary, which the young woman 
refused. 
Learning of Viavi through a friend, she began its 
use. Improvement began in a short time, continuing un- 
til she was entirely well. She is very happy to have 
been able to avoid the operation and become so 
thoroughly well. 
Appendicitis With 
Dysmenorrhea 
A man, m Mame (4230), wrote that 
when he was twelve years old, he 
strained himself riding a bicycle, and 
was taken suddenly ill in the night 
with intense pain throughout the abdomen. A physi- 
Appendicitis 
Following Strain 108 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
cian diagnosed the condition as appendicitis, and ad- 
vised an immediate operation. The operation was de- 
layed, and Viavi supplied to the boy's recuperative 
power. Relief came soon, and in time he was entirely 
restored. Thirteen years later he stated that he had 
not had the slightest symptom of appendicitis in all 
that time. 
A mother, in Pennsylvania (4317), 
wrote that her twelve year old son 
had three attacks of appendicitis, the 
last leaving him so weak that he was 
confined to his bed for four weeks. His physician said 
it would probably be necessary to operate if he had 
another attack. As the mother did not wish to have 
him operated upon, she supplied Viavi to his recupera- 
tive forces. Improvement soon began, and from a deli- 
cate boy he developed into a sturdy, healthy one, en- 
tirely overcoming all symptoms of appendicitis. 
Three Attacks of 
Appendicitis 
Constipation is often considered a 
simple ailment, being so common that 
its seriousness is entirely overlooked 
and underestimated. A young woman, 
in Missouri (3955), wrote that she suffered with consti- 
pation which was followed by chronic appendicitis. The 
ovaries were inflamed, and the womb rested upon the 
bladder, causing a constant desire to urinate. She be- 
gan using Viavi, and soon afterwards had an acute at- 
tack of appendicitis about five o'clock in the afternoon, 
for which the doctor insisted that she be operated upon 
before night. lie said something had occurred in the 
appendix which might burst at any time, and perhaps 
cause peritonitis; but her improvement during the short 
time she had used Viavi had been such that she decided 
not to have the operation, but to continue its use. After 
two days of severe pain she began to improve, and in 
time regained perfect health. All the conditions from 
which she suffered passed away, and she was able to 
enter into the life of her children and become a real 
companion to them. 
Chronic 
Appendicitis BOWEL TROUBLES 
109 
A woman, in Massachusetts (3786)-, 
suffered nine years with what was ap- 
parently appendicitis, with suppressed 
menstruation, congested ovary, and 
prolapsus. The specialists, who attended her, all said 
that an operation was necessary. She did not have the 
operation, but grew worse, and three years later an 
operation was again advised. She was led to use Viavi 
by a friend who had overcome similar conditions through 
its use. Improvement began shortly, and at the end of 
fifteen months she was perfectly well. 
Operations 
Advised 
A woman, in Arizona (819), wrote 
that about five years before she suf- 
fered from appendicitis, having had 
thirteen attacks. Her physician told 
her that she would be unable to live more than two 
weeks without an immediate operation, to which she 
would not consent. She learned of Viavi, and through 
its use restored her health, never having a pain or at- 
tack in that region since. 
A man, in Delaware (4304), wrote he was in poor 
health for years. A number of physicians diagnosed 
his condition as chronic appendicitis; others as gas- 
tritis. He became despondent as no results were ob- 
tained from anything which the physicians furnished to 
his recuperative power. He used Viavi, and in a few 
months felt a change for the better, and in a year and 
a half considered himself an entirely well man. Writ- 
ing nine years later he said his good health continued. 
Thirteen 
Attacks 
A woman, in Nebraska (3319), wrote 
that she began suffering at her periods 
from the beginning of the function at 
fourteen years of age. This was fol- 
lowed two years later by leucorrhea. Then appendicitis 
with ovarian trouble developed. She often had sinking 
spells, and was confined to her bed. She used Viavi, 
and after a few months was able to resume her work 
and care for her home. Although she had been denied 
Ovarian 
Complications 110 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
the happiness of motherhood before, she became preg- 
nant. Continuing the use of Viavi, she not only re- 
covered from the appendicitis, ovarian trouble, and 
painful menstruation, but became the happy mother of 
a baby boy. At the time of writing she had not had any 
return of her trouble. 
A woman, in Idaho (2313), suffered 
with what her physicians diagnosed as 
chronic appendicitis, for which they 
advised an immediate operation; but 
learning of Viavi, she furnished it to her recuperative 
power instead. Relief from the pain in the side and 
sickness in the stomach soon came, and she continued 
to improve until health was regained completely. Three 
years later she wrote that she had not had appendicitis 
since. 
Operation 
Advised 
A young woman, in Manitoba (1106), 
wrote that she suffered for a year and 
a half with very acute attacks of ap- 
pendicitis, each attack being accom- 
panied with so much pain that it was necessary for the 
doctor to administer morphine. One attack followed 
another until she became so discouraged that she almost 
submitted to an operation which had been advised many 
times by her physician, and which she wished to avoid. 
An aunt led her to use Viavi, and through its use the 
appendicitis was overcome, and the pains in the ovaries 
and back from which she had suffered; the headaches, 
leucorrhea, and painful menstruation, all passed away. 
A woman, in Minnesota (4527), wrote that she 
suffered for over two years from what her physician 
diagnosed as chronic appendicitis. She had a drawing 
pain in the right side, sometimes near the waist-line, 
and sometimes very low in the abdomen. It was neces- 
sary to remain on the right side when lying in bed as 
it was impossible to turn over or get out of bed with- 
out causing terrific pain. She used Viavi, and in time 
all her troubles disappeared. Writing eight years later 
she says she has remained well. 
Acute 
Appendicitis BOWEL TROUBLES 
111 
DIARRHEA 
Diarrhea, the opposite of constipation, is caused by 
an overstimulation of functional activity. It is char- 
acterized by frequent liquid evacuations, which may be 
accompanied with severe pain or none at all. The char- 
acter and quantity of the stool vary, and the disease 
may be either acute or chronic. It is the bane of in- 
fancy and childhood, claiming thousands of victims 
annually. 
A mother, in Oregon (3849), wrote 
that her baby boy who weighed eight 
and one-half pounds at birth, suffered 
with malnutrition, weighing only seven 
pounds at seven months. He became emaciated as no 
food could be found which agreed with him. The stools 
were green in color, and there was a great deal of fer- 
mentation and gas. He could not retain anything on 
his stomach, and vomited constantly. 
Learning of Viavi, his parents furnished it to his 
recuperative power. In a short time the stools looked 
mdre normal, and the bowels and stomach began to 
improve. At two and a half years he was a sturdy, 
robust child, perfectly healthy in every way, weighing 
thirty-four pounds. 
Diarrhea, 
Malnutrition 
A young man, then living in Kansas 
(1118), wrote that he suffered from 
chronic diarrhea which followed dropsy 
after an attack of measles. The bowels 
moved as many as fifteen times a day, leaving him so 
weak that he often cried like a child. Mother and son 
were very much discouraged over repeated failures to 
restore his health, for they employed many physicians. 
The use of Viavi was begun, and in time this condi- 
tion was overcome. Eleven years later he wrote from 
Oklahoma that he was still enjoying good health, and 
was strong and vigorous. 
Chronic 
Diarrhea 112 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
A man, writing from Louisiana (3709), 
recounts his suffering from a condi- 
tion diagnosed by several physicians 
as amoebic dysentery, which is an in- 
flammation of the mucous membrane of the intestines, 
with bloody, slimy stools, due to the presence of amoebas. 
He was much run down, often suffering from this form 
of dysentery for months. Through the use of Viavi 
this condition was entirely overcome, and three years 
afterwards he wrote that there had been no return of 
this serious and distressing trouble. 
Amoebic 
Dysentery 
ABOUT INTESTINAL CATARRH 
The symptoms of intestinal catarrh vary according 
to the part of the tract involved and the degree of the 
inflammation. When the inflammation is confined to 
the upper part of the tract, diarrhea is seldom present; 
but when the lower part is involved the stools are slimy 
and often bloody, and usually preceded by sharp, 
cutting pains, which subside after stool. 
When acute intestinal catarrh de- 
velops into the chronic form, the suf- 
ferer becomes emaciated, the abdomen 
sinks inward, and the bowels are alter- 
nately constipated and loose. The hard stools are cov- 
ered with a phlegm-like substance, and the soft stools 
are slimy and jelly-like. A substance resembling the 
lining of the bowels sometimes passes. Quantities of gas 
pass from the bowels, giving relief for the time. 
The Chronic 
Form 
A man, in Missouri (3863), wrote that 
he suffered with catarrh of the bowels, 
the attacks being so severe and occur- 
ring so often that he not only suffered 
much pain and inconvenience, but was detained from 
business for a considerable time. He used Viavi, and in 
a few weeks began to improve, and eighteen months 
later wrote that he was in better health than he had 
been for years. 
Catarrh of 
the Bowels BOWEL TROUBLES 
113 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3486), 
wrote that she suffered with a ca- 
tarrhal condition of the bowels, pain- 
ful menstruation, prolapsus, hemor- 
rhoids, and a fibroid tumor. She had been unable to 
carry a child through the full term of pregnancy, but 
through the use of Viavi restored her bodily health 
and strength, eliminated the tumor, and later gave birth 
to a healthy baby. 
Uterine 
Complications 
A mother, in Colorado (3123), wrote 
that she was examined by a surgeon 
who diagnosed her condition as catarrh 
of the bowels, stomach, and bladder, 
complicated with enlargement of the liver. Obstinate 
constipation was present, the bowels never moving with- 
out the use of powerful laxatives. When they did move, 
there was much mucus and blood mixed with the stools. 
Mucus passed in large quantities from the bladder when 
urinating, also discharging from the vagina. She was 
also troubled with a uterine fibroid, an ovarian cyst, 
and other troubles. An operation was being performed 
to remove the cyst when the doctors discovered that she 
was pregnant. 
Obstinate 
Constipation 
Several physicians who examined her 
said she had a cancer of the stomach 
and could not live. Her blood pres- 
sure was very low, and she weighed 
only ninety-two pounds. She could not even take a 
drink of water without distress, at times; and the 
only nourishment given for a long time was part of a 
raw egg and a little milk. Even this caused terrible 
suffering. She then used Viavi. Her recuperative forces 
eliminated the poisonous matter in her system through 
the bowels, her circulation improved, she grew less nerv- 
ous, slept better, and overcame the constipation. In 
about three years she was entirely well, and gave birth 
to a nine and three-quarter pound girl. 
Diagnosis of 
Cancer 114 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Bowel trouble often follows uterine or 
ovarian derangements, indicating that 
congestion and inflammation in these 
organs affect other vital organs in the 
body. For instance, a young woman, in Virginia 
(4166), suffered severely with catarrh of the bowels and 
stomach following ovarian trouble and painful men- 
struation. Iler nerves were wrecked, the circulation was 
so bad that her limbs were almost stiff. She was treated 
by many physicians, but the relief obtained was only 
temporary. She furnished Viavi to her recuperative 
power for about eighteen months, and became entirely 
well. Three years later she wrote, "I am strong and 
well;" and eighteen years later wrote again, saying. 
"I am still strong and well, and have had no return of 
the troubles which I overcame through the use of Viavi 
years ago." 
Boweland 
Ovarian Trouble 
A woman, in Tennessee (4481), wrote 
that she had been a miserable wreck, 
never without pain. She suffered five 
years with severe stomach and uterine 
troubles. She was led to use Viavi, and in writing about 
it, says her restoration was complete. 
Bowel and 
Stomach Trouble 
A mother, in Idaho (2217), sent a 
photograph of her beautiful girl, tell- 
ing us that her health was so poor 
during the time she carried this child 
that the baby was born very weak. When about two 
years old, the child could not digest milk, but threw it 
up in large chunks of curd. Her bowels were severely 
constipated, so that at times the mother was obliged to 
give her as many as seven injections in one day to 
secure a bowel movement. The child's abdomen was 
swollen out of proportion. She slept with her eyes 
open, gritted her teeth continually, and had a tallowy, 
death-like color. Several physicians treated the child, 
and all diagnosed her trouble as colitis, or catarrh of 
the intestines, but none seemed able to help her. Viavi 
Colitis in 
A Child BOWEL TROUBLES 
115 
was supplied to the child's recuperative power, and the 
condition was entirely overcome. At four years of age 
the child was perfectly well, literally transformed. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we 
have received from men and women who suffered or 
whose children suffered from bowel troubles and their 
complications, and restored themselves through the use 
of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these or 
others if you are interested or desire them. Address any 
Viavi office. CHAPTER XVII 
SOME OF THE CONDITIONS MANI- 
FESTING THEMSELVES IN THE 
REGION OF THE RECTUM, SUCH 
AS PILES, ABSCESS, 
FISTULA, ETC. 
THE rectum, six to eight inches in length, is the 
termination of the alimentary tract. The part of 
the abdomen in the region of the navel is occupied 
chiefly by the small intestines, which enter the large 
intestine (colon) in the region of the right groin. The 
colon here turns upward, forming the ascending colon; 
passes across the body just above the navel, forming the 
transverse colon; then turning downward to the left 
groin, forms the descending colon. Tn the left groin 
it makes an S-like turn (the sigmoid flexure), going to- 
ward the center of the body and fitting itself into the 
curve of the sacrum, thus forming the rectum, which 
descends behind the bladder (in women the womb anti 
vagina also) and terminates in a backward turn at the 
anus. This brings the sigmoid flexure immediately be- 
hind the left ovary of women. The rectum terminates 
in two sphincters, the internal and the external, com- 
posed of small rings of muscle, which relax and con- 
tract as do other sphincters. This is the normal position 
of the bowels, but they are subject to displacement. 
The blood vessels of the rectum are 
abundant, and are remarkable for an 
absence of valves in the veins. The 
arteries which carry the blood supply 
to the rectum subdivide, as arteries everywhere in the 
body do, into minute capillaries. These in turn enlarge 
into a network of small veins, the hemorrhoidal plexus, 
which surrounds the lower end of the rectum. These 
Blood Supply 
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117 
veins become larger as they proceed and unite with 
similar veins from the abdominal region, and eventually 
form the large veins (the portal system) which empty 
into the liver. This explains how a diseased liver or 
any other interference above the rectum, impeding cir- 
culation, may seriously interfere with the circulation in 
the veins of the rectum. The effect is the same as 
tying a cord about the arm above the elbow; it inter- 
feres with the circulation in finger ends. The damage 
thus done the blood vessels of the rectum is very much 
greater by reason of the absence of valves in the hemor- 
rhoidal veins and their large capacity. As the tissues in 
the rectum are elastic, they permit of great expansion 
in the veins. 
The rectum, on account of its large 
and peculiar blood supply, is likely, 
from impeded circulation within any 
part of the abdominal and pelvic cavi- 
ties, to become the seat of painful diseases, the most 
common of which are hemorrhoids, or piles. These are 
caused by an abnormal collection of venous blood in the 
rectal veins. 
The chief causes of piles are the position of the 
hemorrhoidal veins as the terminals of the abdominal 
vessels, and the absence of valves to sustain the return 
flow of blood in its upward course. Hemorrhoids most 
frequently appear at the bulb-like enlargements of these 
veins which occur close to the mucous membrane of the 
rectum. 
Many Causes 
of Piles 
Any cause that favors an undue ac- 
cumulation of blood in these parts 
predisposes to piles. In men they are 
caused by stagnation in the liver, the 
habitual use of cathartics, a long-continued sitting or 
standing position, lifting, alcoholic stimulants, eating 
highly seasoned food, horseback riding, and constipa- 
tion. In both men and women, ptosis, that is a falling 
of the stomach or the bowels which cause impactions 
in the bowel, may also cause piles. In women they are 
caused, as a rule, from an enlarged and misplaced 
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uterus, mechanical pressure from tumors in the abdo- 
men, pregnancy, the wearing of tight corsets and bands 
about the waist, heavy skirts which impede the circula- 
tion and crowd the viscera downward, constipation, the 
habitual use of cathartics, diarrhea, sitting on heated 
cushions or cold stones, indolent, luxurious habits of 
living, and an inherited tendency. 
Piles are divided usually into the ex- 
ternal, or blind, and the internal, or 
bleeding. External piles are again 
divided into venous and cutaneous. 
The venous piles are caused by a distention of the ex- 
ternal hemorrhoidal veins terminating about the anus. 
They appear about the anus as soft, bluish, round 
tumors. Such piles will not cause much suffering unless 
inflamed, when they become exquisitely sensitive and 
often suppurate, terminating in fissures and other pain- 
ful conditions. Such piles rarely bleed. 
In cutaneous piles the skin about the dilated vessels 
becomes inflamed and sensitive. Small tumors are thus 
formed, which often hang down like tags. 
Different Kinds 
of Piles 
Internal piles are much more serious 
than the external. They are situated 
above the sphincter and anus. The 
sufferer's attention is first attracted 
by losing blood at stool. This symptom may be present 
long before pain is experienced. Later the bleeding 
may occur at any time and amount to debilitating 
hemorrhages. As the disease progresses, pain is ex- 
perienced at stool; there is a heavy pressure, as from a 
load in the lower part of the abdomen, and the rectum 
never feels completely emptied. There may be an in- 
describable itching or burning and rawness within the 
rectum. Sufferers become irritable and nervous. They 
have backache, headache and numerous other painful 
symptoms, until the whole system in time gives way. 
The piles become large and protruding, dragging the 
bowel with them, thus causing prolapsus. These pile 
Internal Piles 
Described DISEASES OF THE RECTUM 
119 
tumors may remain protruding so long that they become 
strangulated, their great size preventing their return 
within the anus. The pain is extreme. Urinary disturb- 
ances frequently result from the irritation. 
Although given many names, piles are simply dilated 
veins of the lower end of the rectum, surrounded by in- 
filtrated tissue. Besides the serious inconvenience and 
pain, there is a possibility of fistula, and because of 
continuous irritation, cancer. It is therefore important 
that piles be overcome. 
We have many letters of appreciation, 
written by men and women who have 
overcome piles and hemorrhoidal con- 
ditions through the use of Viavi. For 
instance, a man, in New Brunswick (757), who suffered 
for forty years with piles, wrote three years after he 
had become well, saying it gave him pleasure to record 
his complete restoration through the use of Viavi. 
Letters of 
Appreciation 
A woman, in Kansas (3926), who had 
suffered for years from hemorrhoids 
and had found nothing to relieve her, 
used Viavi and restored herself com- 
pletely. In writing to us she said: "What a wonderful 
thing to overcome this trouble in one's own home, and 
without the knife! ' ' 
Operation 
Unnecessary 
A woman, in British Columbia (1089), 
had internal bleeding piles from child- 
hood. She was treated by her physi- 
cian, and an operation finally per- 
formed which brought relief for a few months, then she 
suffered worse than before. She was led to use Viavi by 
a neighbor. Relief came soon, and in a comparatively 
short time, restoration. Her letter was written three 
years afterwards, and there had been no return of her 
troubles. 
Internal Bleed- 
ing Piles 
Unable to 
Work 
A man, in California (953), was 
afflicted with internal hemorrhoids so 
that he could not attend to his work 
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fifteen to twenty minutes at a time to get relief. He 
became completely well through the use of Viavi. 
A woman, in Kentucky (4528), suf- 
fered for many years with severe 
chronic rectal trouble. She was treated 
by her physician for several years, but 
obtained only temporary relief. She was then led to 
use Viavi. Marked improvement appeared after a few 
months' use, and in eighteen months she was entirely 
restored. Eleven years later she wrote, "I have had no 
return of my trouble after all'these years." Ten years 
later still, she wrote that she continued well. 
Rectal 
Trouble 
A woman, in Ohio (1334), wrote she 
was prostrated by a very aggravated 
form of pile tumors. Her mother had 
suffered with a similar trouble that 
terminated in cancerous fistula, which naturally made 
this sufferer apprehensive. She supplied Viavi to her 
recuperative forces, and restored herself to complete 
health, and six years later wrote, "I have had no return 
of the trouble." 
Pile 
Tumors 
A woman, in New Hampshire (4216), 
wrote that she suffered with piles, ad- 
hesions, and a growth. Recalling the 
benefits she secured through the use 
of Viavi eighteen years before, she again furnished it to 
her recuperative power. She improved gradually, and 
in time the tumorous growth was thrown off. Five years 
later she wrote, "I still feel well, sleep well, eat well, 
and enjoy life." 
Piles with 
Uterine Growth 
A woman, in Iowa (2814), whose 
mother had used Viavi, wrote of suf- 
fering with bleeding piles which fol- 
lowed prolapsus of the womb. The 
pressure of the womb upon the blood vessels in the rec- 
tum impeded the circulation so that they became gorged 
with blood. When the blood is held in these veins, it 
cannot return readily into the general circulation, so 
Stinging, 
Itching Piles DISEASES OF THE RECTUM 
121 
that local changes and degeneration take place, produc- 
ing a stinging, itching sensation which is almost intoler- 
able. This woman supplied Viavi to her recuperative 
power, and became well. Writing five years later she 
says the prolapsus was entirely corrected, and the piles 
and all other troubles caused by prolapsus were over- 
come. 
Normally, there is a slight turning 
outward of the rectal mucous mem- 
brane with every evacuation of the 
bowels. But if this is increased-as it 
often is in weakly individuals, especially those subject 
to chronic constipation or diarrhea, or when straining at 
stool is occasioned by rectal irritation due to worms, 
piles, or diseases of neighboring organs-this eversion 
of the rectal mucous membrane is continuous, passing 
to a stage of incomplete prolapsus, in which the mucous 
membrane protrudes, and then to a stage of complete 
prolapsus in which not only the mucous membrane but 
the whole bowel extends into the world as a livid, 
swollen, and extremely painful mass. 
Rectal 
Prolapsus 
A man, in Oregon (1063), suffering 
from piles, had a very severe attack 
of prolapsus of the rectum. Ue was 
in bed three weeks, having faithful 
treatment from his physicians, which, however, failed 
to restore him. lie was told that an operation was the 
only cure for his condition, but not wishing to be 
operated upon if it could be avoided, he furnished Viavi 
to his recuperative forces. In a short time he felt well 
enough to resume his business, and continuing the use 
of Viavi, overcame the piles which had troubled him 
for ten years, and the prolapsus of the rectum. Eleven 
years later he wrote he was still well, and felt fine. 
Prolapsed 
Rectum 
A woman, in Wisconsin (2177), suf- 
fered for twenty years with internal 
piles and prolapsus of the rectum. 
Many treatments were used without 
benefit, and an operation was finally suggested, which 
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she refused. Iler sister led her to use Viavi, and in 
time the piles disappeared, the tissues of the rectum re- 
gained their elasticity, and the rectum resumed its 
proper position. Ten years later she wrote that none 
of the old conditions had returned. 
Ulceration of the rectum, always be- 
ing accompanied with discharges of 
bloody mucus, diarrhea, and pain, is 
often incorrectly diagnosed as dysen- 
tery. Ulceration of the rectum is usually not nearly 
as painful as ulceration of the anus although much 
more serious. There is an almost constant desire to 
evacuate the bowels. The discharge consists of a little 
blood-tinged mucus. Extensive ulceration of the rectum 
may cause no pain whatever, or extreme suffering may 
follow each evacuation. Ulceration results from impeded 
venous circulation and accompanying piles or rectal 
tumors, or from displacements, liver trouble, etc. 
Ulceration 
of Rectum 
A woman writing from Pennsylvania 
(3959), tells how she developed itch- 
ing piles following constipation twenty- 
five years before. In spite of medical 
attention, the piles enlarged, protruding like a bunch of 
grapes, and bleeding from the least exertion, especially 
from stooping or walking. Examination by two physi- 
cians revealed a badly ulcerated rectum and a fistula. 
An immediate operation was advised as the develop- 
ment of cancer was feared. Learning of Viavi, she 
began its use, continuing for a year and a half. The 
circulation was increased, the pain lessened, the nerv- 
ousness passed away, and health was completely re- 
stored. Fifteen years had passed at the time she wrote, 
and she had had no return of her trouble. 
Ulceration 
With Fistula 
Rectal abscesses form in and around 
the rectum. They may be acute or 
chronic, and as a rule are accompanied 
with severe suffering and general de- 
bility. They frequently follow a serious illness. Before 
Abscesses of 
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123 
the abscesses break and discharge, intense burning and 
throbbing pain occurs. An abscess in the rectum, as 
elsewhere, is always preceded by inflammation, and is 
characterized by formation of pus. As inflammation 
follows impeded circulation, the difficulty may be over- 
come if the circulation is re-established. 
A woman, in Colorado (1974), wrote 
that for over a year she suffered with 
abscesses of the bowels so badly that 
she was bedridden. Being so weak, 
and not expected to live, her physicians refused to 
operate. She used Viavi, and in time the abscesses 
healed and she was fully restored. 
Abscesses of 
the Bowels 
A woman, in Missouri (3475), suf- 
fered for thirty years. Among her 
many troubles were abscesses of the 
rectum which caused her torture. Her 
condition began to improve soon after beginning the 
use of Viavi, and at the end of two years her health 
was fully restored. She had enjoyed twelve years of 
perfect health when she wrote her letter. 
Rectal 
Abscesses 
A woman, in Iowa (1300), wrote that 
twenty-three years before her physi- 
cian discovered that abscesses had 
formed and a fistula had burrowed 
its way into the tissues of the rectum. These conditions 
followed inflammation and displacement of the pelvic 
organs. An operation was advised to which she would 
not consent. She was led to supply Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power, and in time complete restoration 
followed. She wrote, "There has never been any return 
of the trouble during the past twenty-three years." 
Rectal Abscesses 
and Fistula 
A fistula is a small tube-like opening 
burrowing up or down the side of the 
rectum in the surrounding tissues, 
with one or several openings. If the 
fistula has an opening in the mucous membrane of the 
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rectum, and also one in the skin of the buttocks or near 
the anus, it is called a complete fistula; if it has 
but one opening, in the mucous membrane of the rec- 
tum, it is an incomplete internal fistula. Fistulas fre- 
quently follow rectal and anal abscesses, and either 
internal or external injury to the parts. 
A woman, writing from Missouri 
(3859), tells of suffering for many 
years with piles, finally developing 
fistula. After two years of suffering 
she was operated upon, thinking it would end her 
suffering, but it did not. Learning of.what others had 
accomplished through the use of Viavi, she supplied 
it to her recuperative power, and in time entirely re- 
stored her health. Twelve years later she wrote she had 
had no return of her trouble, and although seventy 
years of age, had extremely good health. 
Rectal 
Fistula 
A man, in Illinois (2275), suffered in- 
tensely for eighteen years following 
internal fistula. Uis wife led him to 
use Viavi, and in about a year he 
restored himself. He wrote, "I am free from pain and 
soreness in those parts which were affected." Nine 
years after, he wrote that he had no return of the 
trouble. 
Internal 
Fistula 
A woman, in Illinois (4529), relates 
her experience with fistula. Her suf- 
fering began with bleeding piles. A 
boil or abscess formed just inside the 
rectum which later broke and discharged matter, giving 
relief for the time. It again formed and broke, causing 
intense suffering. An operation was performed which 
gave temporary relief for about three years, but the 
old trouble returned. She used Viavi, and after a few 
months expelled matter from the rectum which, as she 
describes it, resembled a chicken craw. This was fol- 
lowed by pieces or strings of tissue, and in time com- 
plete health was regained. Thirteen years later she 
Bleeding Piles 
With Fistula DISEASES OF THE RECTUM 
125 
wrote, "I haven't had a sick day since I was restored;'' 
and nine years later still, reaffirms the continuance of 
her good health. 
A woman, in Oregon (2809), tells how 
she suffered from uterine trouble, 
serious hemorrhoids, and fistula in the 
rectum. She could not stand on her 
feet long enough to wash the dishes without having to 
stop and sleep in spite of all she did to keep awake. She 
had pains through the abdomen, the back, and at the 
base of the brain; could not even wear a hat as the 
weight was unendurable and caused frightful headaches. 
Failing to restore health through the treatments given, 
her physician advised an operation to which she would 
not consent. She used Viavi, gradually grew better 
until she became perfectly well, and six years later 
wrote that her restoration had been permanent. 
Fistula and 
Hemorrhoids 
A user, in California (3629), wrote 
that she suffered with fistula for nine 
years, from which there was a con- 
tinuous discharge. She grew very 
thin and nervous. Her physicians advised her that she 
would have to undergo an operation to obtain relief. 
The fistula gathered and was lanced, which gave relief 
for a time, but it later enlarged, and she suffered as 
severely as before. With little hope, she began the 
use of Viavi. Improvement came after a short time 
which encouraged her to continue its use. In time, the 
fistula healed, and she became entirely well. Her letter 
was written a year after her restoration, and she had 
had no return of the trouble. 
Fistula for 
Nine Years 
Prolapsus ani is a protrusion of the 
lining of the rectum through the anus; 
prolapsus recti is a protrusion of the 
whole thickness of the rectum. This 
trouble is more frequent in children than in adults, but 
in either it shows slight resisting power, and excessive 
muscular relaxation in which the whole organism is 
Prolapsus Ani, 
Prolapsus Recti 126 
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implicated. Prolapsus is aggravated by straining at 
stool, constipation, or irritation from worms. It often 
accompanies piles. 
Sphincterismus, or spasm of the sphincter, is at- 
tended with pain. It is nearly always associated with 
ulceration or fissure of the rectum, or inflammation of 
surrounding organs. 
Pruritus, or painful itching, of the 
anus is due to many causes, such as 
worms, small external piles, eczema of 
the parts, nervousness, and excoriat- 
ing discharges. It is sometimes purely nervous, no in- 
flammation existing, but is usually an obstinate condi- 
tion to overcome. Nervous persons who give way to 
scratching often produce an eczema, or excoriate the 
whole anus and surrounding parts. 
Pruritus of 
the Anus 
Fissure of the rectum is very painful, 
caused by passage of large, hard stools 
which excoriate or crack the mucous 
membrane at the anus. The minute 
nerve filaments so exposed are constantly irritated. In 
time an ulcer forms which will not heal spontaneously. 
Fissures cause severe spasmodic pains or contractions 
of the sphincter. The pains at stool are so severe that 
the sufferer often postpones emptying the bowels as 
long as possible, with detrimental results. The severity 
of the pain is greatly out of proportion to the extent of 
the region involved, which is rarely larger than the 
nail of the little finger. The fissure can be seen by 
separating the folds about the anus. 
Fissure of 
the Rectum 
A man, in Pennsylvania (4175), tells 
how he restored his health through the 
use of Viavi after suffering from fis- 
sure of the rectum following internal 
piles. lie had been told there was no hope except 
through an operation, but he overcame the conditions 
through the use of Viavi, and later wrote, "I am a 
well and sound man todav. " 
Fissure and 
Internal Piles DISEASES OF THE RECTUM 
127 
A young woman, in Nova Scotia (637), 
tells how she suffered from fissure of 
the rectum following constipation and 
piles, which were due to a displace- 
ment of the womb. Iler physician did all he could for 
her, and finally told her that nothing but cutting and 
stitching the fissure would avail, which was done with- 
out restoration being effected. Learning of Viavi through 
a woman who had restored her health from a similar 
condition, she began its use. The piles disappeared and 
the constipation was relieved. She later used Viavi more 
faithfully, and restored herself from all her troubles, 
including the constipation of fifteen years standing. She 
wrote, "More than five years have elapsed, and up to 
the present T have remained perfectly well." 
No Help From 
Surgery 
A woman, living in Oregon (3330), 
wrote that she suffered from rectal 
fissure and hemorrhoids at intervals 
for twenty-four years. The condition 
became so painful that she suffered torture. No hope 
of relief was offered except through an operation, to 
which she consented, but later re-considered. Later, 
following an enema, a quantity of something containing 
scab-like pieces passed from the rectum, leaving a raw- 
ness and burning that extended well up into the lower 
bowel. The acute and almost constant stabbing pains 
of the fissure had caused her to overlook the fact that 
there was a serious condition involving the entire rec- 
tum. She then realized that the operation on the ex- 
ternal fissure and hemorrhoids might be but a small 
part of what the surgeons might find to do. 
About this time she learned of Viavi and began its 
use. Improvement soon began, and in time the fissure 
was healed and the rectal discomfort disappeared. Five 
and a half years later she wrote: "I am all through the 
change of life and I wouldn't have known I was passing 
through that period were I to judge by any suffering or 
any inconvenience I had in any way. I am so thankful 
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I used Viavi instead of having an operation, for I am 
still a well woman." 
Ulceration often results in stricture of 
the rectum. Many sufferers from ul- 
ceration have saved themselves from 
that deplorable condition through the 
use of Viavi. Even after formation of the stricture, 
many sufferers have found that the hardened tissues be- 
came softened and absorbed, and the parts restored to 
normal condition, through the use of Viavi. 
Stricture cf 
the Rectum 
A stricture reduces the calibre of the 
rectum, thus holding the fecal matter. 
This causes the bowel at the part just 
above the stricture to become dilated 
and often ulcerated. When the evacuations force them- 
selves through the narrow space, they are flat or like 
a pencil. However, stools thus shaped may be caused by 
a displacement of the womb, enlargement of the prostate 
gland, tumors, or an irritable sphincter. The rectum 
always feels as if loaded with fecal waste, but the 
bowels are not always constipated; diarrhea and consti- 
pation may alternate. Looseness of the bowels compels 
the sufferer to go to stool frequently, each time passing 
only a little gas and mucus with a few hard lumps of 
fecal matter. 
Stricture never exists unless there have been exten- 
sive and chronic rectal troubles; hence there is much 
for the recuperative power to do. It must eliminate 
and repair, and this rational and natural process re- 
quires time. 
Effect cf 
Stricture 
Rectal tumors are much the same as 
tumors elsewhere. They are given vari- 
ous names, but in all probability are 
due to much the same cause. While 
the cause is not definitely known, it is thought that 
tumors are the result of impeded circulation, followed 
by the accumulation of impure or poisonous matter, or 
an overgrowth of tissues. The purpose in using Viavi 
Rectal 
Tumors DISEASES OF THE RECTUM 
129 
is that Nature may use it in establishing normal circula- 
tion, thus tending to prevention of, and elimination of 
tumors. 
In diseases of the rectum, as else- 
where, it is much easier to cut than to 
cure; but much of this cutting is un- 
necessary. Surgery of the rectum often 
fails to assist Nature, and in many cases prevents her 
helping herself. Diseases of the rectum do not become 
established quickly; they may therefore be expected to 
yield most readily to early attention. Unless given 
early attention, they may develop into conditions in 
which operative measures are suggested. The rectum 
is not a simple mechanical tube. It has varied and 
important functions, and a mechanism adapted to these. 
Being a very highly organized and specialized struc- 
ture, pieces of it cannot be dissected nor cauterized, nor 
the terminals of the arteries and veins destroyed or 
treated surgically without running the risk of great 
injury; and, as has been shown by experience, the risk 
of being followed by cancer. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from men and women who suffered from rectal 
troubles and their effects, and restored themselves 
through the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send 
you these or others if you are interested or desire 
them. Address any Viavi office. 
Easier to Cut 
Than Cure CHAPTER XVIII 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE LIVER AND 
GALL BLADDER, AND SOME OE 
THE DISEASES TO WHICH 
THEY ARE SUBJECT 
THE liver is the largest gland in the body, being 
composed of very small lobules. It is situated in 
the right side, with the gall bladder, a sac for the 
bile, in its lower surface. The liver is covered externally 
by the peritoneum which forms most of the suspensory 
ligaments that hold it in place. It has five lobes, the 
right being the largest; and five vessels, namely, the 
hepatic artery and vein, the portal vein, the hepatic 
duct, and the lymphatics. 
The blood from the capillaries in the 
mucous membrane of the alimentary 
tract and the spleen is not returned 
directly by the veins to the heart, but 
is collected in the portal vein and carried to the liver, 
through which it is distributed in a second set of capil- 
laries. While the blood is in these capillaries, the liver 
separates from it certain constituents. After this the 
blood is collected in the hepatic vein and carried directly 
to the heart by the vena cava. The liver secretes bile, 
some of which is stored in the gall bladder, whence it 
passes through the cystic duct into the digestive tract 
which demands its use. 
Functions 
of the Liver 
The liver is one of the most abused 
organs, being sensitive to inappro- 
priate food and alcoholic drinks. Much 
of its disease is due to those sources. 
Like other organs, it also suffers indirectly from 
disease elsewhere, from nervous weakness, impaired 
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131 
nutrition, and poor circulation. Disordered circulation 
interferes with the functions of the liver and produces 
morbid conditions, as it does in other organs. Some of 
the abnormal conditions occurring in connection with 
the liver or its functions are, abscesses, congestion, in- 
flammation, jaundice, etc. 
A woman, in Iowa (3070), suffered 
from enlargement of the liver. Her 
face and neck were covered with 
brown blotches. As she did not get 
well under the treatment of her physician, she sup- 
plied Viavi to her recuperative power, continuing its 
use until she completely restored her health. Seventeen 
years later she wrote, "Have had no return of the 
trouble; Viavi wras a God-send to our home." 
Enlargement 
of the Liver 
A mother, in Kansas (3756), wrote 
that her little eight-year-old girl suf- 
fered from severe bilious attacks, mak- 
ing her deathly sick, and causing her 
to vomit bile and purge dreadfully. She obtained only 
temporary relief from the treatment given, but after 
Viavi was furnished to her recuperative power, she be- 
came well and hearty, grew rapidly, able to attend 
school every day. 
Bilious 
Attacks 
A man, in Kentucky (2156), suffered 
with, and was treated for, liver and 
stomach trouble. He could not eat 
solid food as it did not assimilate. 
Although under the care of a specialist for several 
months, he gradually grew weaker, and lost flesh. The 
condition was diagnosed as tuberculosis, and he was 
sent to a sanitarium for treatment. Becoming no better, 
he returned home, and furnished Viavi to his recupera- 
tive power in large quantities. In a short time the ab- 
normal temperature left him, he gained in strength, his 
digestion improved greatly, and in time he grew back 
to complete health and strength. He later wrote: "I 
never felt better in my life. Can attend to my business 
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Tuberculosis 132 
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duties daily. It has now been two years since I used 
Viavi." 
A woman, in Georgia (4493), wrote 
that she suffered with an enlarged 
liver, adhesions, catarrhal conditions 
throughout the entire body, and nerv- 
ous prostration, for which she was treated, but without 
benefit. As a last resort she furnished Viavi to her 
recuperative power. Restoration gradually came, and 
she wrote: ' ' Every organ functions properly, and I 
have never enjoyed such good health in my life as 
I do today." 
Enlarged 
Liver 
A woman, in Canada (2318), was a 
nervous wreck for seventeen years, 
caused, it was said, by poisoning from 
the death of an unborn baby which 
had to be taken. This resulted in catarrh of the stom- 
ach, liver, kidneys, and uterine organs. She suffered 
with recurring attacks which kept her in bed for weeks. 
Only temporary relief was secured through the means 
used. She was led to supply her recuperative power 
with Viavi in as large quantities as it could use, con- 
tinuing this for more than a year. In time health was 
fully restored, and she wrote, "I owe my life to the use 
of Viavi." 
Liver Trouble 
Blood Poisoning 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4523), 
suffered with pain about the region of 
the liver, extreme nausea, and vomit- 
ing. Her condition was diagnosed as 
an abscess of the liver for which an operation was ad- 
vised. The abscess in time broke, and was eliminated 
through the bowels. For years the abscess gathered 
about every four months, making her ill for weeks until 
it was eliminated. She also had hemorrhoids, and pain 
and soreness in the region of the left ovary. The ab- 
domen was unnaturally large, and she had been told 
that a growth was there. An operation was also sug- 
gested to remove the growth, but fearing an operation, 
she did not undergo it. 
Abscesses of 
the Liver LIVER AND GALL BLADDER 
133 
Learning of what others had accom- 
plished through the use of Viavi, she 
began its use. Tn time the pain and 
nausea passed away, there was no 
more gathering on the liver, the growth was thrown 
off, and she became entirely well. She wrote, "My 
friends think it wonderful that I should regain my 
health completely, as I was seventy-three years of age 
when I began using Viavi." 
Three Score 
Years and Ten 
THE GALL BLADDER AND GALL STONES 
The cells in the liver secrete bile which serves a 
purpose in the digestion of fats and as a. natural purga- 
tive. The gall bladder is a reservoir in which the bile 
is stored for use when needed. It is about four inches 
long, one inch in breadth at its widest part and holds 
eight or ten drachms, and hangs downward under the 
liver. The duct from the liver joins with the duct 
from the gall bladder in a Y-like junction to form a 
common duet about as large as a goose quill and three 
inches in length. This conveys the bile into the upper 
part of the intestines, at, or about, the middle of the 
duodenum, in conjunction with the pancreatic duct which 
conveys the pancreatic juice. The opening of these gall 
ducts are small and may be easily inflamed by infec- 
tion, catarrhal conditions, or other causes, and become 
closed. In such conditions the bile does not flow freely, 
but becomes thickened, the parts become congested and 
inflamed, and pain and tenderness may follow. The 
stool becomes clay colored, whitish gray, having a 
fermented look. The skin becomes jaundiced. 
If the gall is held within the gall bladder indefinitely, 
and particularly when some secretion is present, which 
may harden, gall stones form, the passing of. which 
through the small duct causes intense agony. 
As congestion, inflammation, and catarrh of the 
gall bladder or the gall ducts is followed by se- 
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the gall bladder, it is often diagnosed as gall stones. It 
is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between the 
two conditions unless the stones are disclosed by the 
X-ray. Many who have suffered in this way have re- 
stored their health through the use of Viavi. 
A woman, in Missouri (3722), suffered 
with insomnia and intense headaches 
almost every week, sometimes twice a 
week, followed by attacks of gall 
stone colic. She also had abscesses in the rectum. These 
attacks of colic may have been caused by the infections 
which also caused the rectal abscesses. All of these 
conditions were overcome through the use of Viavi, and 
at the date of her letter she had had no attack of gall 
stone colic for eight months. 
Gall Stone 
Colic 
A mother, in Ontario, Canada (1042), 
tells how she suffered for five years 
with constipation and so-called gall 
stones, appendicitis, painful and pro- 
fuse menstruation, retroversion, and ovarian trouble. 
She suffered extreme weakness and excessive vomiting, 
growing melancholy and depressed. She was led to 
furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and being 
pregnant at the time, used it during her entire preg- 
nancy. She overcame all the conditions from which 
she suffered. Her confinement was normal and her re- 
covery prompt, and both she and her husband feel that 
the use of Viavi saved her life and gave them their 
precious baby. 
Supposed Gall 
Stones 
A daughter, in New Brunswick (3831), 
wrote that her father suffered nine 
years with what was diagnosed as 
liver trouble and gall stones. He was 
given up to die, but the daughter, having restored her- 
self through the use of Viavi, led him to use it. He re- 
gained his health, and his daughter wrote that at 
seventy-nine he was perfectly well. 
Nervousness 
From Gall Stones LIVER AND GALL BLADDER 
135 
A woman, in South Dakota (3760), 
says that she suffered from the worst 
form of liver trouble. She had severe 
pains in the back of her head; spells 
which felt as though gall stones were passing; was badly 
constipated; had bad color; and was intensely nervous. 
The liver and gall bladder trouble was complicated by 
severe uterine trouble. Her physician suggested an 
operation to remove the gall bladder and also the uterine 
organs. In her discouraged condition, she was led to 
furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and through 
its use entirely overcame the conditions from which she 
suffered. Later, when passing through the change of life, 
her doctor examined her, and found every organ normal, 
and the blood in healthy condition. 
Gall Bladder, 
Stomach Trouble 
WHEN GALL STONES ACTUALLY PASS 
In the foregoing experiences, although the condi- 
tions were spoken of as gall stones, it is not certain 
that it was so in each case, because it was not actually 
proven by the passing of stones. The condition may 
have been catarrh, congestion, or inflammation, but 
with symptoms very much like those of gall stones. 
Concretions called gall stones do form, both in the liver 
and in the gall bladder, more often in the latter. Some 
of the causes are, improper or excessive eating, constipa- 
tion, sedentary habits, tight clothing, indefinite reten- 
tion of gall in the gall bladder, and other causes not 
perfectly understood. Oftentimes, when large quantities 
of oil are taken the thickened bile passes away in the 
stools in a green formation like boiled green peas, and 
sufferers are sometimes led to think that these are gall 
stones passing away. When gall stones really pass, it 
may be verified by dissolving the fecal matter on a 
wire screen with water, and the gall stones caught on 
the screen. In this way there can be no doubt that the 
stones have passed. 
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sometimes causes adhesions to form between the gall 
bladder or the gall ducts, and the bowels; or an abs- 
cess sometimes forms which breaks into the bowels or 
through the abdominal walls, allowing the gall stones 
to pass. 
Here is an instance in which the abs- 
cess broke through the abdominal 
walls. A woman, in Missouri (3900), 
wrote that she suffered many years 
with what seemed to be stomach trouble. She was under 
the care of a physician for many months, and was 
finally led to use Viavi. After using it a short time an 
abscess formed near the navel, and when it broke, dis- 
charged liquid like water, having no odor or pus. In 
a few days a number of stones passed, from about the 
size of a pea to that of an orange seed. The stones 
were hard, brown in color, and some were clouded with 
white. The opening discharged for thirteen months, and 
at the end of that time a large stone came near the 
opening which was too large to pass through, and had 
to be removed by the doctor. It proved to be a gall 
stone the size of a hazel nut. About thirty-nine stones 
passed, after which the opening gradually closed, and 
never gave her the slightest trouble again. Thirty 
years later she wrote that she was still in splendid 
health. 
Passed Through 
Abdominal Walls 
A woman, in Texas (3328), wrote that 
she suffered very greatly with pain in 
her back, and although treated by two 
physicians, obtained no relief. They 
advised an operation at once, but her grandmother, 
knowing of Viavi, advised her to furnish it to her re- 
cuperative power instead. Being anxious to avoid the 
operation, she began its use, and in a short time, small 
stones passed, in all, a pint jar full, of all sizes from 
the size of one's thumb nail to a tiny pebble. Iler 
letter was written sixteen years after, and she had 
never had any return of the trouble. 
Without An 
Operation LIVER AND GALL BLADDER 
137 
A woman, in Maryland (4520), wrote 
that she suffered with intense pain, 
poor appetite, indigestion, being in a 
very run down, nervous condition. 
Her physician diagnosed the trouble as gall stones, and 
advised an immediate operation. She learned of Viavi 
through a friend, and began its use. After a short time 
she passed seven gall stones, the indigestion passed 
away, her appetite improved, and when she wrote seven 
years later, said, "I am still feeling perfectly well." 
Passed Seven 
Gall Stones 
A sufferer, in Oregon (3978), wrote 
that she had been an invalid for three 
years, caused by overwork. She suf- 
fered severe pains in the side and back, 
and in the region of the liver; had severe gastritis, and 
was badly constipated. A large gall stone formed in 
the gall bladder, which, in trying to pass through the 
gall duct, caused intense suffering. For four months she 
was under the care of specialists without obtaining 
permanent relief, and became so weak that hypodermic 
injections had to be administered. 
Learning of Viavi, she began its use. For about two 
months the severe attacks of pain continued, and then 
lessened. Two months later she passed a large gall 
stone which gave her instant relief. From that time on 
her health improved, and when her letter was written 
fifteen years later, she said there had been no recurrence 
of the trouble. 
Intense Pains, 
Gall Stones 
A woman, in Washington, D. C. 
(4198), wrote that she suffered for 
many years. When 61 years of age, 
she was led to use Viavi. In a short 
time she passed a queer looking discharge, and finally 
expelled an ovarian tumor. Shortly after several gall 
stones passed. In time health was completely restored. 
Writing in her 79th year, she says, "I am glad to state 
that the conditions from which I suffered and which I 
overcame through the use of Viavi have never re- 
turned." 
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Ovarian Tumors 138 
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A woman, writing from Napa, Cali- 
fornia (781), says she suffered for 
three months from a condition diag- 
nosed as tumor, complicated with peri- 
tonitis. She was treated by two physicians, and had to 
be kept under the influence of opiates the greater part 
of the time to relieve the terrible agony she endured. 
She was told that an operation would be necessary to 
save her life. 
A friend led her to use Viavi; her recuperative forces 
responded, and in a short time improvement began. 
The diagnosed tumor proved to be a mass of gall stones 
in the gall bladder. Seventy-five three-cornered stones, 
as large as a hazel nut, were passed. The larger ones 
measured from one-half to two-thirds of an inch in 
diameter. Many smaller stones were passed, and large 
amounts of impurities. The peritonitis and all other dis- 
tressing symptoms were entirely overcome, and she has 
remained well. A printed copy of this woman's letter, 
illustrated with reproductions in color of some of the 
large gall stones passed, showing their actual size, will be 
sent on request. 
Diagnosed 
as Tumor 
VIAVI USED AFTER OPERATIONS FOR 
GALL STONES 
It often happens that a sufferer is not entirely 
relieved after an operation for gall stones. Since the 
use of the X-ray and the Fluoroscope have become so 
general, it has become easier to disclose the presence of 
stones in the liver, the gall bladder, and gall ducts. 
Operations for removal of gall stones are becoming al- 
most as frequent as that for appendicitis. 
For instance, a woman, in Minnesota 
(4484), wrote that twelve years be- 
fore, she had suffered from gall stone 
pains complicated with uterine trouble. 
She used Viavi for a short time, securing great bene- 
fit. But Nature's conditions are, that one must fur- 
Not Restored 
Through Operation LIVER AND GALL BLADDER 
139 
nish the recuperative power with the means it needs, 
in sufficient quantities, and for as long a time as it 
needs them to entirely overcome the conditions which are 
present. So it is not surprising that four years later 
the condition returned. She was operated upon for gall 
stones, but the operation did not remove the cause of 
her trouble; and in two years painful attacks returned. 
Her physicians told her she could not live without an 
immediate operation, but feeling she could not live 
through another such ordeal, she abandoned the thought 
of it, and instead furnished Viavi to her recuperative 
power in as large quantities as her recuperative power 
could use and for as long a time as it needed it to re- 
store her health. She overcame the trouble, as well as 
the uterine derangement and a very severe condition of 
hemorrhoids, and had not had a symptom of gall stones 
since. 
A woman, in Missouri (4109), wrote 
that she suffered for a long time, was 
curetted, and afterwards the appendix 
and right ovary were removed. She 
was told that she might live a year. She later had 
what was diagnosed as "gall stone attack," the pain 
being so severe that morphine was administered in large 
doses. An operation for removal of the gall bladder 
was performed. But after all this suffering and the 
many operations, she was not well. The doctor said the 
only thing to do was to remove the rest of the uterine 
organs. 
Ovary and Gall 
Bladder Operation 
About this time a friend told her 
about Viavi. The family urged her to 
use it, and she finally did. In a com- 
paratively short time she was better, 
and at the end of sixteen months was an entirely differ- 
ent woman. She continued the use of Viavi, and became 
thoroughly well. It had been two and a half years since 
she began the use of Viavi at the time she wrote, and 
she said she looked well and felt splendidly. 
A woman, living in Minnesota (4485), wrote that 
Used Viavi and 
Became Well 140 
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gall stones developed when she was twenty years old, 
which caused much suffering. She underwent two opera- 
tions, the gall bladder being removed in the second 
one. Four years later another operation was performed 
for adhesions. A year later she had still another opera- 
tion which left her in a very weakened state. She used 
Viavi, and at the end of six months her health was 
greatly improved. Eight years later she wrote, "I am 
glad to recommend the use of Viavi to all persons who 
suffer as I did, as a means of saving one from a life of 
pain." 
The liver and gall bladder are such 
important organs, and their functions 
have such effect upon the body, that 
they are often reflexly affected by 
conditions in the womb, ovaries, and adjacent organs. 
Sufferers from many of these conditions have regained 
their health through the use of Viavi. The same essen- 
tial recuperative processes lead to restoration and nor- 
mal function in these as in other organs. When the 
nerve control of the circulation is restored, congestion 
is removed; and the blood, circulating freely, will bring 
to each cell the elements it needs, and carry away the 
waste products of vital action, thus enabling these 
organs to secure from the blood the secretions which 
it must furnish to the system to properly carry on 
all its functions. 
We have space for only some of the letters received 
from men and women who suffered from gall stones and 
other gall bladder and liver troubles, and restored 
themselves through the use of Viavi. But we shall be 
glad to send you these, or others, if you are interested 
or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Reflex 
Effects CHAPTER XIX 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE KIDNEYS 
AND THE DISORDERS TO WHICH 
THEY ARE SUBJECT 
THE kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, situated 
in the back part of the abdominal cavity, their 
upper two-thirds lying above the waist line and 
the lower one-third below, one on either side of the 
spine. They vary in weight from four to six ounces 
each. From the center of the concave or spinal side of 
each kidney a tube, the ureter, commences, which termi- 
nates in the bladder. These tubes, whose function is to 
carry the urine from the kidneys to the bladder, vary in 
length from sixteen to eighteen inches. 
The kidneys are important excretory 
organs, their function being to secrete 
urine and remove with it certain waste. 
The composition and quantity of the 
urine vary. Both are influenced largely by the char- 
acter of the food and the temperature of the. atmos- 
phere. A healthy person secretes on the average fifty 
ounces of urine in twenty-four hours. 
The Work of 
the Kidneys 
Kidney troubles have an ominous 
sound because there are kidney diseases 
of a very serious, and, usually fatal 
character. But the kidneys are often 
disturbed reflexly from disease in other parts of the 
body. These disturbances may be expected to yield with 
improvement in the conditions causing them. There- 
fore, every indication of kidney trouble is not neces- 
sarily a symptom of serious or incurable kidney disease. 
Many sufferers from kidney conditions have supplied 
Viavi to their recuperative power, and entirely over- 
come the conditions. 
Kidney 
Trouble 142 
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The kidneys are susceptible to the 
influence of diet and habits of life as 
other organs are, and perhaps more so, 
because it is their duty to remove 
waste products from the body. Hence, improper diet, 
over-work, and disease elsewhere in the body, furnish 
more waste to be removed, thus imposing a greater task 
upon the kidneys. They are also affected by pressure 
of adjacent organs, tumors, etc. The most common 
causes of congestion in the kidneys are colds, improper 
diet, the use of drugs, and liquors. This condition be- 
gins with a decrease of the amount of urine passed. 
Some blood may be passed eventually. Examination 
may reveal albumin. Headaches in the back of the head 
are experienced; the sufferer is oftentimes sleepless. 
The acute form of congestion may not be dangerous, but 
may become chronic, or follow diseases of the heart and 
lungs, and oftentimes pregnancy, uterine and ovarian 
troubles, developing into uremia. Then the whole sys- 
tem may become affected to a serious degree, and the 
sufferer experiences headache, sleeplessness, vomiting, 
foul breath, fever, convulsions, delirium, and finally, 
death. Usually, 11 kidney trouble," as it is generally 
called, is complicated with some other forms of suffering. 
Congestion of 
the Kidneys 
For instance, a sufferer in California 
(891), wrote that following prolapsus 
and hemorrhages from the womb she 
could scarcely urinate, passing very 
little urine with quantities of blood. Some years later, 
following a premature birth, she suffered intensely with 
inflammation of the kidneys and bladder. Following 
the first attack, she was led to use Viavi-almost against 
her will-as she had been under the treatment of 
splendid physicians who had said that an operation was 
the only thing that would do her any good, but to 
which she would not consent. Following the use of 
Viavi the intense soreness gradually passed, and im- 
provement began. At a second attack she used Viavi 
more faithfully, and in time overcame the conditions 
. 
Inflammation of 
Kidneys THE KIDNEYS 
143 
from which she suffered, and had not been troubled in 
that way since. 
A man, in Washington (2277), wrote 
he suffered severely with kidney trou- 
ble nearly all his life. Even when a 
young man, the urine was scanty, and 
often thick as buttermilk with a red sediment. He had 
pain and soreness in the region of the kidneys, suffered 
much with headaches, and was always very drowsy and 
sleepy. This condition continued for years, becoming 
so bad that he could not retain the urine at night, and 
bed wetting followed. His wife who had used Viavi and 
obtained wonderful results through its use, led him to 
use it. In time the urine cleared up in color, and con- 
sistency, the soreness which had been in the region of 
the kidneys for years gradually passed away, the swell- 
ing under his eyes which had been present so long, 
passed away, and the headaches ceased. At the time of 
writing he was 60 years of age, and said he was happy 
to be able to report such wonderful results. 
Developed 
Weakness 
A woman, in Iowa (1086), had not 
been well for a number of years. Her 
limbs were so swollen that she could 
not wear stockings. Examination re- 
vealed albumin in the urine. She took cold easily, and 
as she was passing through the menopause, had hot 
flashes which were followed by perspiration and chills. 
She used Viavi, and in a few months the bloating dis- 
appeared, the nervousness lessened, and at the end of 
sixteen months she could eat anything she wished, did 
not take cold readily, and could do her work with ease. 
Albumin in 
Urine 
A woman, in South Africa (2536), 
wrote of suffering for several years 
with swollen limbs, caused, she be- 
lieved, by the kidneys not doing their 
work properly. She also suffered from nervous blinking 
of the eyes. Through the use of Viavi she became so 
much better that she was able to be married, and be- 
Dropsy in 
the Limbs 144 
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came the happy mother of two fine boys. In writing 
several years afterwards, she says, "I take pleasure in 
testifying to the good results following the use of 
Viavi." 
A woman, in Oregon (1604), had 
three slight strokes of paralysis at the 
age of 52 which affected the right 
side so that she dragged her right leg 
when walking. The kidneys were affected, and after 
an examination of the urine the doctor told her it 
revealed an advanced stage of Bright's disease, which 
is inflammation of the kidney, accompanied by albumin 
in the urine. She was led to supply Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power, and in six weeks time was much 
better. In six months the urine cleared up, and the kid- 
neys were in an excellent condition. In her letter, writ- 
ten several years afterwards, she says, "I am an un- 
usually active woman, well in every way, and my 
friends tell me that I am a very youthful looking woman 
for my years." 
Diagnosed 
Bright's Disease 
A mother, in Ontario, Canada (728), 
relates that her daughter, a nurse, 
went to a New York hospital to take a 
post-graduate course. The hard work 
and sight-seeing brought on a sickness which her physi- 
cians diagnosed as Bright's disease. She was treated in 
the hospital about a year, and while somewhat improved, 
was given no hope of recovery. She returned home, 
and the physician there said recovery was impossible. 
The mother led her to use Viavi. In about a year the 
daughter felt so well that she was able to go back to 
New York to finish her training, and an analysis of the 
urine there showed no trace of the disease. The physi- 
cians were much surprised at her complete recovery. 
Complete 
Recovery 
A mother, in Missouri (3757), relates 
that her little eight year old daughter 
became very ill. She ran a high tem- 
perature for four days, and the doc- 
tors feared typhoid fever. Analysis of the urine was 
Little Girl 
Grew Well THE KIDNEYS 
145 
made by four experts, which revealed the presence of 
great quantities of' albumin. The condition was diag 
nosed as Bright's disease. The mother had used Viavi 
with good results, so she furnished it to the recupera- 
tive power of her daughter. The fever soon broke, in 
time the urine cleared up, the child gained in strength, 
and became perfectly well, able to resume her school 
work again. A year later the mother wrote, "She re- 
mains well and strong." 
As has been said, the kidneys may, 
and do, become affected as the result 
of disease in the uterine organs, be- 
cause disease in any part of the body 
increases the work to be done by the kidneys, and they 
may eventually become congested, and inflamed, and 
break down. 
A woman, in Indiana (886), writing thirteen years 
after her restoration, says she suffered for years from 
the effects of a laceration. She had acute attacks of 
congestion and inflammation, ulceration of the stomach, 
indigestion, and a fibroid tumor in the womb. Iler 
physicians pronounced her condition Bright's disease 
and fibroid tumor. She used Viavi for two years, dur- 
ing which time frequent tests showed the albumin grow- 
ing less in quantity, until it disappeared and did not 
return. The tumor decreased in size, and was finally 
expelled at a menstrual period. The rest of the ail- 
ments gradually passed away. She wrote, "The thirteen 
years that have elapsed proves that my restoration is 
permanent. ' ' 
Uterine 
Reflexes 
A woman, in Kansas (3281), wrote 
that her physician told her husband 
she was suffering from Bright's dis- 
ease which had reached the stage 
where he could not do anything further for her. Both 
husband and wife were naturally very discouraged. A 
friend told her of Viavi, and she began its use. She 
grew better in health, and after a few months an ex- 
Diagnosed 
Bright's Disease 146 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
amination revealed absolutely no trace of albumin. Sev- 
eral months later she wrote: "I never felt better. 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (950), 
wrote that she was never very strong, 
being continually under a physician's 
observation and treatment. While 
carrying her second child her kidneys became affected. 
She suffered acute Bright's disease which was accom- 
panied with convulsions. The baby did not survive, 
and the mother was more dead than alive. Then a 
growth in the womb was discovered, with inflammation 
in the bladder and bleeding from the urethra. 
With the approval of her doctor, she furnished Viavi 
to her recuperative power, and in a comparatively short 
time the growth in the womb came away in a natural 
manner. The inflammation, prolapsus, and nervousness 
disappeared. Menstruation became regular, her strength 
returned, and she wrote, "I became a well woman once 
more; that was twenty-seven years ago." 
Many Years 
of Health 
A mother, in Pennsylvania (4254), 
wrote of her twelve-year-old son who 
suffered with a condition diagnosed by 
several physicians as tuberculosis of 
the kidney and a displaced ureter. An immediate opera- 
tion was advised, but not wishing to have her boy 
operated upon, the mother furnished Viavi to his re- 
cuperative power. After using Viavi a year and a half, 
the boy was enjoying splendid health, and had no 
trouble of any kind. A little more than four years 
later, the boy himself wrote that his good health con- 
tinued. 
Diagnosed 
Tubercular Kidney 
A sufferer, in Quebec, Canada (2425), 
wrote that after suffering some time 
with rheumatism, she became very ill 
with kidney and bladder trouble, and 
was taken to the hospital. After a consultation with 
specialists of kidney and bladder trouble, she was told 
she had stones in the kidneys, and that one kidney was 
Diagnosed Stone 
in Kidney THE KIDNEYS 
147 
doing no work and the other only half of what it 
should. The one thing advised was an operation for 
removal of the useless kidney. But her heart wyas so 
weak that it was impossible to give an anesthetic, and 
the operation was therefore out of the question. As 
she had used Viavi with much benefit years before, its 
use was again begun, and at the end of two years she 
was completely restored. She later wrote, "I am in the 
best of health," and seven years later still, wrote she 
continued well. 
MOVABLE AND FLOATING KIDNEYS 
The normal kidney adheres to the muscles of the 
back, and is covered with the peritoneum, which binds 
it in position and allows but little motion. But some 
variations arise which are known as movable kidney, 
and others as floating kidney. The movable kidney is 
supposed to be jne which has always been movable from 
birth, and is normal to the individual. A floating kid- 
ney is one which has broken away from its moorings, 
having considerable movement in the abdomen. 
A woman, in Scotland (2460), suf- 
fered with a trouble which her phy- 
sicians diagnosed as movable kidney. 
She grew very weak, and suffered 
from neuralgia and bloodlessness. She furnished Viavi 
to her recuperative power, and within a few months 
took on considerable flesh, and became greatly benefited. 
Movable 
Kidney 
A woman, in Utah (2975), wrote that 
she suffered from a floating kidney, 
laceration of the cervix, ulceration of 
the womb, inflammation of the right 
ovary and Fallopian tubes, hemorrhoids, and ptosis or 
prolapsus of the stomach. She furnished Viavi to her 
recuperative power for two years, in abundant quanti- 
ties, with the result that the conditions from which she 
suffered were entirely overcome. Four and a half years 
Floating 
Kidney 148 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
later she wrote that none of her former troubles had 
ever returned. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from men and women who suffered from kid- 
ney troubles and restored themselves through the use of 
Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these or others 
if you are interested or desire them. Address any X iavi 
office. CHAPTER XX 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE BLADDER 
AND URETHRA AND SOME OF THE 
CONDITIONS AFFECTING THEM 
THE bladder is a strong bag with muscular walls. 
In women it is situated in front of the womb, and 
■when fully distended rises a little above the pubic 
bone. It is lined with mucous membrane which is con- 
tinous with that of the urethra to its orifice, and there, 
in women, it unites with the mucous membrane lining 
the external genitals. 
The bladder receives the urine from the kidneys, 
through the ureters, a small duct from each of the 
kidneys. These are constantly sending urine in small 
quantities to the bladder, which, when full, is emptied 
through the urethra. 
Cystitis (inflammation of the bladder) 
is of the same nature as inflammation 
of other mucous membrane lining cavi- 
ties and organs in other parts of the 
body. Inflammation of the bladder is named according 
to the extent and degree of the inflammatory process, 
but these names simply indicate stages or location in 
one general inflammatory process. The acute and sub- 
acute will, if permitted to continue, develop into the 
chronic form, or catarrh of the bladder. 
Nature of 
Cystitis 
The causes of inflammation of the 
bladder are many. In women an over- 
distension of the organ from a false 
delicacy about emptying the bladder 
at proper intervals when traveling, shopping or in pub- 
lic places, displacement of the womb, an abnormal con- 
Causes of 
Cystitis 150 
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dition of the urine, injury at childbirth, the use of the 
catheter, infection, colds, calculi (stone), extension of 
inflammation from other organs, as the womb, tubes, va- 
gina, peritoneum; urethritis, etc., may all cause inflam- 
mation. 
In men, one of the commonest causes is alcoholic 
drinks. Alcohol, used habitually and in sufficient quan- 
tities, has a pernicious effect on the kidneys, bladder 
and urethra in both sexes. 
In acute inflammation of the bladder 
the lining is swollen and relaxed. The 
symptom is frequent and painful uri- 
nation. The relief afforded by passing 
a few drops of urine is transient; in bad cases, the de- 
sire is almost constant. Straining becomes extremely 
severe and the sufferer quivers from the effort; the 
bowels may move involuntarily at the same time. The 
burning sensation frequently becomes intense. The pain 
extends to the perineum, into the loins and down the 
thighs. If the condition has progressed into the chronic 
state, the skin is generally sallow. There is perspiration 
of the hands and feet, the perspiration at times smelling 
of urine. The circulation is poor. The nervous system 
becomes involved. The sufferer is "blue" and hopeless, 
and often develops a suicidal tendency. One is able to 
procure but little rest at night, being driven frequently 
from bed to urinate. The urine is turbid, containing 
a heavy deposit of mucus at first; it then becomes 
scanty and blood-tinged, and oftentimes pure blood will 
follow urination. 
Symptoms of 
Cystitis 
In chronic cystitis the painful symp- 
toms are not so severe, but the urine 
is loaded with a thick mucus. Such a 
condition is generally known as ca- 
tarrh of the bladder. In women the bladder is some- 
times irritated from a misplaced womb. Continued irri- 
tation from this or any other cause may lead to in- 
flammation. 
Chronic 
Cystitis BLADDER AND URETHRA 
151 
A woman, in Saskatchewan, Canada 
(1100), relates that previous to her 
use of Viavi she had gone through an 
operation for laceration of the womb. 
The womb had also been lifted into place. This did not 
give her the relief hoped for, and she became wretched. 
The inflammation of the bladder caused a constant de- 
sire to urinate. Her nerves were a complete wreck, and 
she suffered much with backache and hemorrhoids. The 
use of Viavi was begun, and in a short time quantities 
of blood and pus were discharged from the rectum. She 
continued the use of Viavi for over a year and a half, 
and in writing, says, "My nerves are very much im- 
proved ; my backache and bladder condition rarely trou- 
ble me, and I feel that the use of Viavi has benefited 
me wonderfully." 
In Constant 
Misery 
A man, in Connecticut (3930), wrote 
that his wife restored herself from 
serious bladder trouble and the condi- 
tions arising therefrom, where an ope- 
ration had not done her any good. Writing a year and 
a half later, he says, "She is as well as ever." 
Happily 
Restored 
A woman, living in Missouri (3523), 
wrote, telling of suffering the greater 
part of her life with cystitis in a very 
aggravated form. She became an ab- 
solute invalid, being unable to take a step for four 
months. Her physicians told her she would never walk 
again. A copy of the Viavi Hygiene was handed her to 
read, as a means of passing the tedious hours of her in- 
validism. But she says, "It seemed like it was a God- 
planned action, for it pointed the way to health for 
me." She procured Viavi, and furnished it faithfully 
to her recuperative power, and in a few weeks her 
recovery began, continuing until health was restored. 
She became able to enjoy life to the fullest. 
Aggravated 
Cystitis 152 
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A woman, in New Zealand (3832), 
suffered from an aggravated bladder 
condition, which seemed to grow worse 
continually. An examination revealed 
the whole vulva much swollen, the labia about three 
times their normal size, extreme inflammation, and a 
piece of proud flesh about the size of a pea at the en- 
trance of the bladder. 
Bladder 
Inflammation 
She was led to use Viavi, and after 
a time passed what appeared to be a 
piece of drawn thread work and a tiny 
swab of cotton wool from the bladder. 
The later is accounted for by the sufferer as having been 
left after an examination. She began to improve, the 
swelling reduced, there was less tenderness in the blad- 
der, and less frequent urination. She wrote: "You can 
imagine what a joy it is to be able to enjoy one's self 
and go about to various amusements once more." 
Substances in 
Bladder 
A man, in Missouri (3039), formerly 
of New Haven, suffered for five years, 
and was treated for stone in the blad- 
der. He passed large quantities of 
blood in the urine and pieces of coagulated blood which 
resembled liver. His physician dismissed him, being un- 
able to help him. The trouble was diagnosed as "tuber- 
cular bladder trouble," and later as a polypus or small 
fibrous tumor at the neck of the bladder. He was led 
to furnish Viavi to his recuperative power, and later 
passed pieces which resembled deep-sea sponges, and 
bloody pieces of flesh; also root-like pieces which looked 
like marine plants, which caused intense pain while 
passing. Improvement then began, and he was soon able 
to return to work. The passing of blood and the liver- 
like tissue, gradually ceased. Writing seven years later, 
he says, "I consider myself entirely recovered from my 
former troubles." 
Tumor in 
Bladder BLADDER AND URETHRA 
153 
A woman, in West Virginia (4525), 
wrote that she suffered for a year and 
a half from bladder trouble, intense 
burning, itching, and pressure, with a 
constant desire to urinate, together with ovarian trouble, 
absent menstruation, and a tumor as large as a grape- 
fruit. She furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, 
and a year later wrote: '11 haven't an ache or a pain: 
do all my work, and feel better than I did in my girl- 
hood days." 
Catarrh and 
Tumor 
A man, in the state of Washington 
(3579), tells how he suffered for more 
than two years with soreness in the 
region of the hip, which, at times, 
caused great pain and caused him to give up his posi- 
tion, for lighter work. His wife led him to use Viavi. 
In a few months he passed small particles of tissue 
from the bladder. Then a great deal of blood passed for 
several days, and a tumor the size of a small pullet's 
egg came away from the bladder. Improvement then 
began, and three years later he was able to write, 
"I have enjoyed three years of perfect health." 
Tumor in 
Bladder 
A woman, in Kansas (3524), relates 
that she suffered for a long time, was 
unable to sleep well, and could not lie 
upon the right side as the heart seemed 
to be sore. She suffered several hemorrhages of the 
bladder, and became such a nervous wreck that her 
husband watched over her as she slept, fearing she 
would pass away. She used Viavi, and in time became 
completely well. 
Nervous 
Wreck 
Another woman, in Kansas (3866), 
wrote that she suffered with bladder 
trouble for four years. She was com- 
pelled to urinate often, and the burn- 
ing, smarting sensation when urinating was almost un- 
bearable at times. Learning of Viavi, she furnished it to 
her recuperative power and became well. 
Frequent 
Urination 154 
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An attorney and justice of the peace, 
in Wisconsin (4328), wrote of suffer- 
ing with trouble in the lower abdomen 
for five years. There seemed to be in- 
flammation in the bladder and the rectum. The urine 
had a strong odor of ammonia, and often had to be 
drawn. One physician diagnosed the condition as the 
passing of a stone from the kidney to the bladder 
through the ureter. Another diagnosed the condition 
as stone in the bladder, and advised an operation. Still 
another suggested that it was an injured prostate gland, 
and also advised an operation. The sufferer furnished 
Viavi to his recuperative power. The inflammation of 
the bladder and rectum gradually yielded, and all of 
the trouble from which he suffered passed away. Writ- 
ing later he says, "I feel that I owe my life to the use 
of Viavi." 
Stone in the 
Bladder 
A woman, in Kansas (3150), wrote 
that she suffered with the continual 
pressure of a misplaced womb, the re- 
sult of a laceration, upon the bladder 
which caused such severe pain that she was not able to 
take a step for years. In addition, she suffered with acute 
attacks of pain, diagnosed as ovarian colic, which lasted 
three or four weeks, and were relieved only by hypoder- 
mic injections. The bladder never emptied completely, 
and stones formed. Small particles continually passed 
and every ten days a larger one, which took twelve to 
forty-eight hours to pass through the urethra, causing 
intense pain. 
She furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and 
gradually restored herself to perfect health. The lacera- 
tion was healed. The womb was lifted into place, stones 
in the bladder ceased to form, and she became entirely 
well. 
Pressure on the 
Bladder 
The urethra is a small canal through 
which the urine is discharged from the 
bladder. Being soft, and capable of 
distension, it permits the passage of 
the smaller stones from the bladder. 
The 
Urethra BLADDER AND URETHRA 
155 
The urethra is frequently the seat of inflammation 
which may extend inwardly from without, or outwardly 
from within. The acute form may develop into the 
chronic if not overcome. The lining may gradually break 
down, leaving the surface raw, and a flow of blood is 
likely to follow urination. When inflammation of the 
urethra is accompanied with a discharge of mucus, a 
catarrhal condition of the urethra exists. 
Inflammation of the urethra is called 
urethritis. The causes are much the 
same as those of inflammation of the 
bladder. In women, instrumental or 
tedious delivery is responsible for many cases, this 
little duct being bruised and dragged downward so 
severely that injury is suffered from which recovery is 
slow. It may be so serious as to necessitate treatment 
for bladder and urethral troubles. Injury may be caused 
by the advancing head of the child remaining wedged 
against the pubic bones for so long that the urethra is 
stretched and paralyzed. Anything that implicates the 
lower part of the vagina is likely to involve the urethra, 
as it is imbedded in the anterior vaginal wall. Infection 
from various sources is also one of the causes. 
Alcoholic drinks, cold, infection, and enlarged pros- 
tate gland are the chief causes of urethritis among men. 
Causes of 
Urethritis 
The chief symptom of inflammation 
of the urethra is painful urination, 
with a sharp, scalding sensation. There 
is a frequent desire to urinate, but 
not so frequent as in inflammation of the bladder. Re- 
tention of urine is caused by dread of pain in voiding 
it. One may sometimes be relieved by hearing the 
sound of water running from a faucet. 
Symptoms of 
Urethritis 
It is sometimes difficult to determine 
whether trouble in the region of the 
bladder is due to abnormal conditions 
in the kidneys, in the ureters, the 
tubes which carry the urine from the kidneys to the 
Difficulties 
of Diagnosis 156 
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bladder, or in the bladder. However, it is not so diffi- 
cult to tell that the trouble is in the urethra, because 
of the intense pain and suffering while urinating, and 
its relief from suffering when not urinating. 
A man, in Missouri (3040), wrote that 
he suffered from catarrh of the blad- 
der and urethra so badly that he was 
in bed for over four months, and 
never expected to be well again. He was led to furnish 
Viavi to his recuperative power after it had failed to 
use all other means which he had furnished to it. The 
recuperative power eliminated large quantities of a 
mucus discharge and waste, and after each elimination 
he felt much better. He became stronger day by day, 
until he became better than he had been in twenty 
years, was able to work steadily, and is happy to recom- 
mend the use of Viavi to sufferers. 
In Bed for 
Four Months 
A man, in Ohio (1326), wrote that he 
suffered with bladder trouble, and 
could not urinate without intense pain. 
Although treated by many physicians, 
his condition grew worse. lie then furnished Viavi to 
his recuperative power. Improvement was noticeable 
almost from the first. The urine cleared, the swelling 
was reduced, the adhesions gave way, and in time all 
normal conditions were restored. Writing later he 
said he had had but one slight return of the bladder 
trouble in six years, and that was soon overcome by his 
recuperative power when furnished with Viavi. 
Urethral tumors, or caruncles, are bright or dark 
red, and in women hang from the urethral orifice like 
little tongues of beech nuts, one corner alone being at- 
tached. They may bleed easily and be extremely pain- 
ful, or may cause no pain for long periods of time, but 
an inflammatory condition or a slight injury will cause 
them to become exquisitely painful. 
Complicated 
Urethritis BLADDER AND URETHRA 
157 
A woman, in Kansas (3633), wrote 
that she could not be on her feet with- 
out great pain in the lower part of 
the abdomen. The urine was highly 
colored with blood, and caused intense pain when pass- 
ing. Examination by her physician revealed that she 
had a caruncle at the mouth of the bladder. She was 
also lacerated, had enlarged spleen, and was in a ca- 
tarrhal condition. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and soon improved. She was able to be on 
her feet most of the time, did most of the cooking for 
a family of eight. She continued to use Viavi, and a 
year and a half later wrote, "I feel fine and can do all 
kinds of work." 
Caruncle 
Overcome 
A man, in Missouri (2928), wrote 
that he suffered with enlargement of 
the prostate gland, together with piles, 
constipation, and loss of hearing. It 
was very difficult for him to urinate because of the en- 
largement of the prostate gland. His physicians advised 
an operation, which he refused. He furnished Viavi to 
his recuperative power and became well. 
Enlarged 
Prostate 
How the recuperative forces used 
Viavi in any instance, we may never 
know. But this we do know, that 
thousands upon thousands in the past 
thirty years have restored themselves by furnishing 
Viavi to their recuperative power. Their nervous vi- 
tality was aroused, the circulation increased, congestion 
removed, the pain ceased, and they became well natur- 
ally. These sufferers all used the same means, Viavi, 
in its various forms, and Nature, the recuperative forces 
in their body, had the wisdom to use it as it seemed' 
necessary, to overcome the conditions which were pres- 
ent, and restore health. We present the results to you 
as they come to us from those who have suffered, and 
through the use of Viavi, restored their health. 
Recuperative 
Intelligence 158 
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It will also be noticed in these letters, 
that care in living, both of body and 
mind-in recreation and rest, serenity 
of mind and freedom from worry, cor- 
rect selection of food, the use of hygienic means- 
helped Nature to bring restoration more quickly. Those 
who were younger, or whose sufferings were not so 
severe or of long standing, in short, those whose vitality 
had not been drawn on so heavily, as a rule, regained 
health sooner. In other words, getting well is a process 
of recuperation, of restoration, of overcoming wrong 
conditions, of regaining what has been lost; and the 
process may be hastened by helpful conditions, and re- 
tarded by adverse ones. "God helps those who help 
themselves" applies in the restoration of health as in 
other things. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from men and women who suffered, and re- 
stored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we 
shall be glad to send you these and others if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Right 
Living CHAPTER XXI 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIRLS 
THE delicacy of the feminine organization is mani- 
fest in early childhood, and becomes conspicuous 
at the time when the girl blossoms into womanhood. 
The reproductive organs appear early 
in fetal life. The ovaries are said to 
contain at birth, in a rudimentary 
state, all the eggs that they will ever 
have. After birth the ovaries remain undeveloped until 
puberty comes and works a wonderful change. Puberty 
comes about the twelfth to the fourteenth year, some- 
times earlier, sometimes later. The nerve centers de- 
velop. The blood supply of the reproductive organs is 
increased. The organs develop. The internal secretions 
of certain of the ductless glands are poured into the 
blood. One of the many rudimentary eggs in the ovaries 
ripens, accompanied by the first menstruation. The girl 
has arrived at puberty. For about thirty-two years 
this condition will continue. 
A Girl's Sex 
Development 
It is at this time that a girl needs all 
the love and care that a mother can 
bestow. Before puberty has arrived, 
the mother should, by patient and fre- 
quent instruction, teach her daughter the laws that are 
about to be brought to bear upon her, and strengthen 
her for their observance. It is an infinite reproach to 
the mother that the daughter should discover herself a 
woman and feel shame or alarm for her condition. 
As there is nothing in a girl's instinct that teaches 
her to expect menstruation, she cannot expect it unless 
taught to do so. If untaught that the menstrual flow is 
natural, she may become alarmed, and through a sense 
of prudence, may check the flow. The commonest way 
The Girl's 
Critical Time 160 
VIAV1 HYGIENE 
is by taking a cold bath. This generally checks the 
flow, and begins a lifetime of suffering. 
A woman, in Missouri (3368), wrote 
that during her childhood she was not 
strong and well. Not having been fore- 
warned, when the first menstrual 
period came with terrible pain, she did not know how 
to care for herself. The periods stopped for almost a 
year. When they were re-established, they were al- 
ways attended with such severe pain that she remained 
in bed three or four days each month, and was kept 
under opiates the first day. The muscles drew up in 
knots all over her body, and cold perspiration came out 
in large drops. Between periods she had backache and 
sick headaches. This continued year in and year out, 
and the doctors gave no hope of her ever being any 
better. She married and continued to grow worse. The 
womb became inflamed and large, and the ligaments 
weak, allowing the womb to press upon the bladder, 
causing a constant desire to urinate. Constipation fol- 
lowed the weakened condition. 
A friend led this sufferer to appreciate what others 
had accomplished through the use of Viavi, and she 
began its use. Her husband helped and encouraged her 
in every way. She regained her health, and writing ten 
years later, said she had never had any return of the 
old trouble. 
Ignorance at 
Puberty 
The ovaries are the center of a wo- 
man's reproductive system. If, at 
puberty, her body lacks strength, there 
will not be a sufficient source upon 
which Nature may draw for the vital energy required 
to develop the ovaries; for in addition to the ovum, the 
ovaries secrete a substance essential to a woman's health. 
Around and within these complex little ovaries cluster 
the finest, most delicate and most skillful adjustments 
of which Nature is capable. At puberty the digestive 
system must be perfect. Every vital organ must be in 
superb working order. The blood must be supplied with 
Importance of 
the Ovaries THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIRLS 
161 
the nutriment that the body requires. The circulation 
must be free and vigorous. All the organs of elimina- 
tion must be able to work up to their full capacity. The 
condition of the mind must be adapted to the need. 
Unless the ovaries develop normally, the girl will 
not develop normally in any direction. Her form will 
not fill out properly. She is likely to be fiat chested 
and stoop-shouldered, her eyes dull, her mind stupid, 
her affections blunted, her bodily functions deranged. 
Viavi has been used by the recuperative forces to ac- 
complish many happy results in such conditions. 
Chlorosis is a form of anemia more 
frequent among young women than 
among older ones. It is sometimes 
called green sickness because of a 
greenish grey color of the skin, and may persist for 
years. It involves a lessened nerve control of the cir- 
culation and defective nutrition. When Nature can be 
assisted to overcome these conditions the disease dis- 
appears. Most satisfactory results have been secured 
through the use of Viavi. 
Chlorosis or 
Green Sickness 
In chlorosis there are dark circles 
around the eyes; the lips and the 
mucous membrane are pale. There 
may be a dropsical condition of the 
eyelids, face and feet. The breath is cool, the ears, nose, 
lips, hands and feet cold, indicating that the circulation 
is poor. The sufferer is generally very sensitive to cold. 
Palpitation of the heart may be present. Although the 
ailing one does not exert herself in the least, there exists 
great muscular weakness, causing the sufferer to become 
tired easily. The head is dizzy and aches. There are 
noises in the ears, and pains in different parts of the 
body, especially in the back; hysterical spasms, or 
paroxysms, nightmare, and sometimes an inclination 
to self-destruction. There is a loss of appetite and a 
desire for sour things, and oftentimes a morbid craving 
for chalk, paper, ashes, fresh earth, coals, and even 
excrement. The digestion is disturbed and consequently 
Signs of 
Chlorosis 162 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
the assimilation of nutriment from the blood does not 
take place properly; hence all functional activity is im- 
paired. Absence of the menses, or painful and irregular 
menstruation generally occurs, or a thin, watery leucor- 
rhea in place of the menses. In some cases chlorosis is 
accompanied with profuse menstruation. 
Happily, there is a diminishing number of young 
girls who suffer with chlorosis. This is undoubtedly due 
to increase of outdoor exercise, better conditions of 
living, better food, and more sensible methods of dress. 
Many mothers have written us that 
through the use of Viavi, together 
with sound and intelligent habits of 
living, their daughters developed 
soundly and normally. The muscles and glands de- 
veloped naturally, the appetite became normal, and the 
digestion good. 
Parental 
Care 
A mother, in Iowa (2700), wrote of 
her sixteen-year-old daughter suffering 
with suppressed menstruation for 
seven months. Her physician pro- 
nounced the trouble a chlorotic condition of the blood 
following suppressed menstruation. He treated her, but 
with no perceptible benefit. The parents were led to 
furnish Viavi to the recuperative power of the child. 
In a short time she menstruated normally, and in time 
became entirely well. 
Diagnosed as 
Chlorosis 
A young woman, in Illinois (3940), 
suffered for sixteen months with a 
severe condition of chlorosis, accom- 
panied by painful menstruation. She 
was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and 
in a comparatively short time improvement began, con- 
tinuing until menstruation became normal and painless. 
Painful 
Menstruation 
Nervous 
Troubles 
Irregular menstruation from non-de- 
velopment and allied causes gives rise 
to nervous troubles that are likely to 
be much more serious in young girls THE DEVELOPMENT OF GIRLS 
163 
than in adults. Low spirits and melancholia occur, and 
sometimes loss of consciousness with convulsions. 
If a girl shows the slightest weakness at puberty,- 
suffers pain of any kind in any locality, exhibits any 
form of nervousness, is depressed, has poor circulation, 
is anemic or chlorotic, has headaches or backache, re- 
tarded or abnormal menses, flat and undeveloped bust 
and chest, flabby muscles-she should receive careful 
attention. Many a mother whose daughter has mani- 
fested the symptoms of such conditions, has, by having 
the daughter use Viavi, helped her to develop naturally 
and normally from childhood into womanhood. 
A woman, in New York State (4334), 
wrote that she was very nervous when 
a child, and at eight years of age de- 
veloped symptoms of epilepsy. At 
eleven years the disease had progressed so that she 
would fall without warning and remain unconscious for 
a length of time. In spite of the splendid care given 
lier by the best physicians available, the malady increased 
in severity year by year, and at puberty she was so non- 
developed that suppressed menstruation was added to 
her other ills, making her an invalid. 
The parents furnished Viavi to their daughter's 
recuperative power. In a few months her nerves began 
to improve, the epileptic convulsions became less fre- 
quent, finally stopping altogether, the menstrual func- 
tion was normally established, and she became entirely 
well. Although this was many years ago, she has never 
ceased to be grateful for w'hat was accomplished through 
the use of Viavi. 
Epilepsy and 
Non-Development 
A woman, m Arkansas (3469), wrote 
that due to retarded development, she 
suffered for two years with irregular 
and painful menstruation, accom- 
panied by palpitation of the heart, bad chills, and cold 
feet and hands. She supplied Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power and entirely regained her health. 
Retarded 
Development 164 
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We have space for only a few of the letters we 
have received from parents whose daughters suffered 
from conditions due to non-development, or arising 
during development, and who restored themselves 
through the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad to 
send you these or others if you are interested or desire 
them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XXII 
THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 
OF WOMEN 
THE delicate internal reproductive organs of women 
-the vagina, womb, Fallopian tubes and ovaries- 
are, together with the bladder and rectum, packed 
in the pelvis, a basin-like structure of great strength 
composed of several bones rigidly bound together. The 
pelvis supports the spine above it and is joined with 
the leg bones from below. A woman's pelvis is larger 
than a man's, and has a larger opening in its floor, 
to permit the passage of the child at delivery. 
The pelvic bones do not separate in childbirth, but 
the coccyx, terminating the spine, bends back at that 
time. The pelvis is lined with muscular tissue, thus 
forming the strong, elastic muscular floor. This has an 
opening through which the vagina, urethra and rectum 
pass. The muscular abdominal walls are attached to 
the pelvis. 
The true pelvis is the smaller, or 
lower part, and the false pelvis is 
the larger, or upper part, of the basin. 
The lower bowels till the upper part, 
and rest on the contents of the true pelvis. Tight lacing 
or heavy skirts or improper sitting, too much standing, 
walking or dancing, cause the bowels to press down 
upon the sensitive organs to their injury. 
The abdominal walls assist in the support of the 
pelvic contents, which suffer harm when these walls are 
weakened by cutting or by improper care during and 
after pregnancy. 
Numerous nerves and blood vessels pass through the 
pelvis to the legs. This explains why many women with 
uterine troubles suffer severe pains in the legs and feet. 
Characteristics of 
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VIAVI HYGIENE 
The space between the anus and the vaginal orifice is 
the perineum, which is often ruptured in childbirth if 
the tissues lack the tone and elasticity of health. 
The vagina extends upward, with a 
backward slant, from the external ori- 
fice to the neck of the womb (cervix), 
to which it is attached. The uterus 
(womb) rises above the vagina, its neck downward, its 
larger end upward and leaning forward, partly over 
the bladder. Opening into the upper end, or fundus, of 
the uterus, are the two Fallopian tubes, one on each 
side. They extend laterally and over the ovaries, and 
terminate in a down-hanging fringe over the outer 
ends of the ovaries. Each of the two ovaries is sus- 
pended under one of these tubes. The finger placed on 
the abdomen about three inches from the median line 
and about two inches above the groin will be about over 
the ovary. 
Arrangement of 
Organs 
The bladder lies between the ab- 
dominal wall and the upper part of 
the vagina and lower part of the 
uterus. From it the urethra runs down 
the outer front wall of the vagina and terminates im- 
mediately above the vaginal orifice. 
The rectum fills the space between the uterus and 
vagina, and the spine. The spine forms the back wall 
of the pelvis. 
Position of the 
Bladder 
THE VAGINA 
The vagina is a highly elastic tube, extending from 
the vulva to the uterus. Its walls lie in contact, and 
curve backward, following the course of the rectum, the 
posterior wall of the vagina joining with the anterior 
wall of the rectum. The vagina, like other organs, varies 
in size and length in different individuals. Being curved, 
the front wall is about three and one-half to four inches, 
the posterior wall from five and one-half to six inches 
in length. The upper end of the vagina is attached tc 
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167 
about three-fourths of an inch. The vagina is lined with 
mucous membrane and is supplied with numerous little 
mucous glands. Tn some abnormal conditions, large quan- 
tities of secretions are poured forth, which will be dis- 
cussed when we come to the subject of leucorrhea. 
In the virgin there is a membranous 
fold, or curtain, called the hymen, 
which partially closes the vagina at 
the orifice. Through a small opening 
in it the menstrual flow passes, but in rare instances 
there is no opening, and the flow cannot escape. In 
such cases the hymen should be perforated by a phy- 
sician. 
When the hymen is normal there should be no hesi- 
tancy in the use of Viavi Capsules by young girls, and 
they should be instructed in the matter. No rupturing 
nor stretching occurs if the normal opening exists, by 
reason of the high elasticity of the membrane, the open- 
ing being sufficiently large. The purpose in using Viavi 
is to help Nature establish normal processes. 
Imperforate 
Hymen 
THE UTERUS, OR WOMB 
The uterus is pear-shaped. Its length, including the 
cervix, is about three inches. In the virgin it weighs 
about one and a half ounces; in those who have borne 
children it weighs from three to four ounces. Its walls 
are composed of muscles ingeniously crossed and over- 
lapped, permitting of great distension in pregnancy and 
strength in labor. It is flattened front and back, the 
thickness being about an inch and the breadth about 
two inches. It is lined with a mucous membrane called 
the endometrium. The cavity, extending from the cervix 
to the fundus, is very small, widening slightly towards 
the fundus. The cavity is triangular. At the upper 
points of this triangle are the openings of the Fallopian 
tubes. The outside of the body of the womb is covered 
with the peritoneum, which lines the entire abdomen and 
envelops its contents. 168 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
The cervix is kept closed by two muscular constric- 
tions, the inner and outer, and is provided with a num- 
ber of minute glands which pour out a colorless secre- 
tion. 
THE FALLOPIAN TUBES 
The Fallopian tubes are about four inches in length. 
Their purpose is to carry the eggs (ova) from the 
ovaries to the womb. Their walls are muscular, the tis- 
sues being continuous with those of the womb. They 
open into the womb with a trumpet shaped mouth; then 
for a distance have an opening so small that it can 
scarcely take a bristle, terminating at the ovarian ends 
in a fringe, or a number of slender fingers overhanging 
the ovaries. The purpose of these is to grasp the ovary 
and assist the ovum as it bursts out of the ovary into 
the Fallopian tube which conveys it to the womb. To 
facilitate this, the tube is provided with minute hair- 
like processes, which possess the power of carrying the 
ovum along. 
THE OVARIES AND THEIR FUNCTION 
The ovaries are about the size and shape of an al- 
mond. They contain the human eggs (ova). Each egg 
(of which there are many) occupies a little cavity, or 
follicle, of its own in the ovary, and each follicle has 
its own blood and nerve supply separate from that of 
the others. The ovaries also pour a secretion into the 
blood which is necessary to perfect health. 
At every menstruation an egg ripens, 
bursts through the thin covering of 
the ovaries, is caught by the Fallo- 
pian .tube, and carried through the 
tube to the womb. When it is impregnated it remains 
quiet for a few days before it enters the nest which has 
been prepared for it out of the lining membrane of the 
womb. In this it lodges upon escaping from the Fallo- 
pian tube, and there develops into a child. If not im- 
pregnated, it passes away. Many of the rudimentary 
From Ovary to 
Uterus REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF WOMEN 
169 
eggs never develop in the ovary. When all that Na- 
ture designs to be used have ripened and been cast out, 
the climacteric (change of life), together with a cessa- 
tion of the menses, occurs, and the child-bearing period 
is at an end. 
The womb, Fallopian tubes, and ovaries 
would lie helpless on the floor of the 
pelvis were it not for an ingenious 
arrangement of ligaments to hold them 
in place and give them the freedom and ease that they 
require. The pearl-colored, slippery peritoneum, lining 
the abdomen and covering the abdominal and pelvic 
organs, with its prolongations assists in holding the 
reproductive organs in place, providing them with a 
smooth surface which prevents friction from their rub- 
bing together. Inflammation of the peritoneum is called 
peritonitis. The peritoneum covers the upper part of 
the womb, completely enveloping the Fallopian tubes 
and ovaries. As it dips down in front and back of these 
organs, it forms two folds, enveloping the organs and 
forming the ligaments which hold them in place. These 
supports are so arranged that folds of the peritoneum 
forming ligaments run from the womb to the bladder, 
and from the bladder to the walls of the abdomen, 
forming its lining. Folds of the peritoneum also en- 
velop the womb, Fallopian tubes, and ovary on each 
side, thence passing to the right and left walls of the 
pelvis and upward. Peritoneal folds from the womb dip 
backward, and encircling the rectum, pass upward, lin- 
ing the back, covering the kidneys. The peritoneum 
and muscular tissues, forming these ligaments are made 
up of billions of minute cells capable of stretching and 
contracting. Displacements result from a loss of tone 
and elasticity in these cells. 
Support of the 
Organs 
Thus the womb, Fallopian tubes, and 
ovaries are, as it were, suspended in a 
swing and held with guy ropes. They 
are thus enabled to move a little for- 
ward, backward, or sideways, but as the space in which 
OrgansFreeto 
Move 170 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
they are held is small, movement is limited. The rectum 
begins a little behind the left ovary, the S-like turn 
between the rectum and the colon being immediately be- 
hind that ovary. A movement of the bowels or gas in 
them, may produce pain in the left ovary because of 
pressure from the bowel. If the womb tips backward it 
partially closes the rectum, producing constipation, 
hemorrhoids, catarrhal condition of the bowels, etc., and 
injuring the system by forcing it to retain matter of 
which it is trying to rid itself. When the womb falls 
forward it rests upon the bladder. 
The mucous membrane lining the blad- 
der is continuous with that of the 
urethra, which at its orifice unites with 
the mucous membrane of the vaginal 
orifice, and hence with that of the vagina, uterus, etc. 
The intimate relation of the parts explains many symp- 
toms. Inflammation starting in the mucous membrane of 
any of these organs is likely to spread to the others with 
which the membrane connects. Again, when the womb 
tips unnaturally forward, (anteversion), it rests on the 
bladder, provoking inflammation which will likely spread. 
When it rests on the ducts which convey the urine from 
the kidneys to the bladder, it hinders the free passage 
of the urine to the bladder, tending to produce disease 
in the kidneys. 
The Lining 
Membrane 
There are valves in the veins in most 
parts of the body to prevent the back- 
ing up of venous blood. A peculiarity 
of some of the veins in the uterus is 
that they have no valves. In the muscular tissue of the 
womb, the blood vessels are exceedingly tortuous, so 
that when the womb increases in size during pregnancy, 
the blood vessels are stretched out; if. they were not 
crooked they would rupture. Therefore, in the unim- 
pregnated womb these tortuous arteries become small 
lakes of blood. Hence the liability to congestion of 
blood there. This is one reason why uterine derange- 
ments are so common. 
Blood and 
Nerve Supply REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS OF WOMEN 
171 
The high organization and supreme value and use- 
fulness of the reproductive organs mean an elaborate 
system of nerves for them. Behind the womb, covering 
the face of the sacrum, or rear wall of the pelvis, is a 
network of nerves, outrivaling in intricacy the most 
elaborate design in lace. From the nerve centers, nerve 
fibers run in every direction throughout the pelvic 
region, and from these organs are nerve fibers which 
unite with great branches entering the spinal cord and 
thus run to the brain. 
The base of the brain has the government of these 
organs. This explains in a measure the origin of those 
headaches at the base of the brain to which women are 
so liable, and which may extend to other parts of the 
head. 
There are also chains of nerves connecting the 
organs with the nerve centers of the abdomen. So the 
nerves of these organs not only communicate with the 
brain directly, but also with the motor, sensory and 
sympathetic systems of the entire organism. CHAPTER XXIII 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE VAGINA 
AND ITS DISEASES 
1NFLAMMATI0N of the vagina (vaginitis) may be 
either acute or chronic. It may be caused by cold 
and dampness, excesses, irritation from pessaries, ex- 
coriating discharges from the uterus, infections, reten- 
tion of bits of sponge, medicated or astringent douches, 
extension of inflammation from below or above, or 
childbirth. 
The symptoms depend upon the sever- 
ity of the attack. The leucorrheal dis- 
charges are at first scanty, but soon 
become profuse and often purulent or 
pus-like, accompanied with a burning heat and a throb- 
bing sensation in the vagina, and' sometimes severe pel- 
vic pain. There is often an aching and a sensation of 
weight in the perineum, or floor of the pelvis, frequent 
urination, and painful sensitiveness. The mucous mem- 
brane of the vagina becomes red and congested, show- 
ing raw patches, which may progress to ulceration. 
Tn granular vaginitis, the walls feel on examination 
as if they were covered with millet seed; this condition 
may extend up over the neck of the womb. This form of 
vaginitis is extremely painful and is stubborn. 
Signs of 
Vaginitis 
In adhesive vaginitis (where the va- 
ginal walls adhere) the walls bleed 
easily, and the leucorrheal discharge 
is watery and tinged with blood. As 
bloody discharges generally point to grave conditions, 
adhesive vaginitis is likely to be diagnosed wrongly, 
thus placing the trouble under malignant diseases. The 
flowing of the excoriating discharges over the parts will 
likely produce extreme soreness about the vaginal ori- 
Adhesive 
Vaginitis THE VAGINA 
173 
fice, and is often accompanied with pruritus, or intense 
itching. 
ABOUT CHRONIC VAGINITIS 
In chronic vaginitis the red appearance of the va- 
ginal walls and an excessive leucorrhea may be the only 
noticeable symptoms. Extreme nervousness accompanies 
all diseases of the vagina. 
Vaginismus, a painful, spasmodic contraction of the 
muscles of the vaginal orifice, may accompany vaginitis, 
and disappears when that trouble is overcome; or it 
may be caused by an abrasion or rawness at the va- 
ginal opening, or by the inflamed remains of the hymen; 
sometimes it is purely nervous. 
It is difficult to imagine the suffering 
attendant upon this irritating condi- 
tion unless one has suffered from it. 
A woman, in Kansas (3816), says that 
she had vaginitis and pruritus for many years so badly 
that at times the intense itching was almost intolerable. 
She had been a sufferer for thirty-five years, gradually 
growing worse with nervousness, displacement, piles, 
indigestion, inactive liver and kidney trouble. She was 
over fifty years of age and carried heavy responsibilities 
with her home, Sunday School, Church and Lodge work. 
Yet with all the demands these made on her strength 
and vitality, she recovered her health in a compara- 
tively short time simply by furnishing Viavi to her re- 
cuperative forces. 
Vaginitis, 
Pruritus 
Pruritus is an intense itching of the 
vagina or vulva. It is not a disease, 
but a symptom of some abnormal con- 
dition, which is not always confined to 
the reproductive tract. It may yield quickly to treat- 
ment, but as a rule, is difficult to overcome. The distress 
is generally increased by warmth and may be so intense 
that the sufferer cannot refrain from scratching or 
rubbing the parts, thus breaking the tender surface and 
Pruritus, 
Its Causes 174 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
intensifying her sufferings. Douches and bathing the 
external parts are of little avail. Women approaching 
the change of life are more frequently afflicted than 
others, but pruritus is not uncommon in children and 
young women. It may be caused in children by worms. 
Pruritus Following 
Leucorrhea 
Pruritus frequently accompanies leu- 
corrhea. Tumors also induce it by the 
abnormal secretions that at times ac- 
company them. The presence of sugar 
in, or any abnormal condition of, the urine is a com- 
mon cause. It may also follow discharges from the 
womb, vagina, or rectum. A woman, in Colorado (758), 
completely overcame a severe attack of pruritus follow- 
ing leucorrhea and constipation by furnishing Viavi to 
her recuperative power. 
A woman, in Oklahoma (841), suf- 
fered for a number of years from 
pruritus, and when she became preg- 
nant, the terrible itching continued 
almost the entire term. Her splendid physicians gave 
her only temporary relief and finally told her that she 
would have to grin and bear it. She was led to use 
Viavi. Soon a slight improvement began which con- 
tinued until she was entirely relieved from the suffer- 
ing and was able to sleep all night. She was in labor 
only a few hours and gave birth to a fine healthy child, 
much healthier than her other children. She got up 
feeling stronger than ever before and was able to nurse 
her baby which she had not been able to do with her 
other children. 
Pruritus and 
Pregnancy 
A woman, in Kansas (2780), wrote 
that in addition to other conditions 
from which she suffered for seventeen 
years, and which had made her a nerv- 
ous wreck, she suffered severely with pruritus of the 
rectum. She had been operated upon five times and had 
as many as fifteen hemorrhages from the rectum in a 
day. Her condition had been diagnosed as, possibly, 
Pruritus of 
the Rectum THE VAGINA 
175 
Cancer. She was led to furnish Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power and did so faithfully for a year, and re- 
gained perfect health. 
During the process of restoration, the 
itching and burning, and the excoria- 
tion of the surfaces, caused by the 
secretions which the recuperative power 
is eliminating, may usually be looked upon as a favor- 
able indication. They may be alleviated, but should not 
be stopped as that would interfere with the restorative 
process. With removal of the cause of the disease, the 
itching and burning will disappear. 
Good Symptoms 
Observed 
ABOUT PROLAPSUS OF THE VAGINA 
Prolapsus of the vagina is caused by a relaxation 
which permits of the walls rolling outward or protrud- 
ing downward through the vaginal opening. When the 
posterior wall rolls out it brings with it the anterior 
wall of the rectum; this is known as rectocele. 
When the anterior vaginal wall pro- 
lapses it brings with it the posterior 
wall of the bladder or its base; this is 
known as cystocele. Both of these con- 
ditions interfere with the parts involved. In rectocele 
the expulsive powers of the rectum are greatly di- 
minished. In cystocele the pouching downward of the 
base of the bladder causes a retention permitting de- 
composition of the urine; inflammation of the bladder 
is a frequent result. 
Rectoceleand 
Cystocele 
A relaxation of the vaginal wall is fre- 
quently brought about by retaining 
the urine until the bladder is weak- 
ened. Prolapsus of the bladder and 
anterior wall of the vagina results. This weakness is 
progressive, and is not discovered until the "lump," 
which is the prolapsed bladder, is noticeable. Other 
Prolapsus of the 
Bladder 176 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
causes are external laceration and getting up from the 
lying-in-bed too soon. Weak, flabby abdominal walls 
also aggravate a loss of tonicity in this region. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we 
have received from women who suffered from diseases 
of the vagina and restored themselves through the use 
of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these, or 
others, if you are interested or desire them. Address 
any Viavi office. CHAPTER XXIV 
SOMETHING ABOUT LEUCORRHEA 
THE word leucorrhea means a white flow. The 
leucorrheal discharge may range from a white, 
glairy mucus to a yellow or greenish tinge, possi- 
bly becoming purulent in character. In some cases it 
looks creamy, in others curdled. It usually develops 
during the menstrual life of a woman, though inherited 
cases in children are frequent. It is the commonest of 
all the afflictions that beset women, nearly every woman 
being troubled with it at one time or another. It is 
always serious, representing a condition in which no 
woman can be healthy, and leading to graver condi- 
tions unless its cause is removed. 
Leucorrhea may originate either in the vagina or the 
uterus, or in both. The longer the condition persists the 
more deeply the linings of these organs will become in- 
volved, requiring a longer time to restore them to 
health. 
The immediate cause of leucorrhea is 
a congested condition of the linings 
of the parts. The discharge is a prod- 
uct of inflammation. Besides constitu- 
tional causes, such as anemia, scrofula, tuberculosis, 
malaria, special local causes may be present. Among 
these are menstrual derangements, displacements of the 
womb, pregnancy, prolonged nursing, abortions, mis- 
carriages, cervical laceration, piles, tumors, sudden sup- 
pression of the menses, violent exercise during the men- 
strual period, use of cold water or other harsh injec- 
tions, and the wearing of pessaries and the like. The 
extreme sensitiveness of the membranes lining the va- 
gina and uterus renders them peculiarly susceptible to 
inflammation, and requires intelligent care. 
Cause of 
Leucorrhea 178 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
In health, the secretions of the vaginal 
lining are slight. Due to inflamma- 
tion, they become abnormal in quan- 
tity. These secretions are withdrawn 
from the blood. The blood provides only for normal 
secretions by the mucous membrane in any part of the 
body, and is obviously impoverished to a greater. or 
less degree when an unnatural drain is made. This 
probably explains many of the symptoms accompanying 
leucorrhea. Thus leucorrhea is the open sign of disease, 
which, besides producing immediate evils, includes weak- 
ness and a gradual breaking down from the tendency of 
the affliction to grow worse instead of better. Many of 
the ills that so grievously afflict women have the warn- 
ing signal of leucorrhea in their early history. 
Effects of 
Leucorrhea 
In some cases the mouth of the womb 
closes, owing to the sticky character 
of the leucorrheal discharge and the 
inflamed condition of the cervix. As 
a result, mucus accumulates within the womb, and is 
finally expelled by labor-like contractions of the womb, 
giving rise to uterine colic. Long before the condition, 
of which leucorrhea is evidence, has become chronic, the 
blood supply of the uterine organs is seriously inter- 
fered with. Abnormal growths may appear in any of 
the uterine organs. Leucorrhea is not a disease, but a 
symptom of disease. 
Under the inflammatory condition present in uterine 
leucorrhea, the womb gradually enlarges, and becoming 
too heavy to be held in place by the ligaments designed 
to support a womb of normal size, becomes displaced. 
The leucorrheal discharge in many cases is excoriating 
or acrid, rendering the mucous membrane and skin 
over which it passes sore, setting up external inflamman 
tion, or even rawness. 
Other 
Effects 
Palliative douches to stop the leucor- 
rheal How are unwise and injurious 
except for relief and cleanliness. They 
completely ignore the cause of the dis- 
Palliatives 
Injurious LEUCOKKHEA 
179 
charge, for in many cases the discharge acts as a safety- 
valve. Sudden applications of alum or other astringent 
to the highly sensitive membrane may derange its 
capillary circulation and thus aggravate the inflamma- 
tion. 
The immediate cause of leucorrhea is 
lessened nerve control of the circula- 
tion resulting in congestion. When 
Nature is furnished with the means it 
can use to overcome the lessened nerve control and re- 
store the circulation, the restorative processes have been 
set in motion. Many women who suffered with leucor- 
rhea, in many instances complicated with other serious 
conditions, have entirely overcome these conditions 
through the use of Viavi. For instance, a woman in 
Missouri (2930), wrote of suffering with leucorrhea fol- 
lowing prolapsus of the womb. She suffered excessively 
with backache and headache, and became so melancholy 
that she did not want to live. She was led to supply 
Viavi to her recuperative power, and in a comparatively 
short time overcame all these conditions. Twenty years 
later, at the time her letter was written, none of these 
conditions had returned, and she enjoyed perfect health. 
How Restoration 
is Effected 
A woman, in England (2487), suffered 
with severe leucorrhea accompanied 
by painful menstruation and severe 
nervous troubles. She was led to fur- 
nish Viavi to her recuperative power and entirely re- 
gained her health. 
Leucorrhea With 
Complications 
Another woman, in South Africa 
(2539), suffered greatly from leucor- 
rhea, fainting attacks, and anemia. 
She finally had an operation from 
which she received no benefit, but even felt more nerv- 
ous than before. A friend led her to furnish Viavi to 
her recuperative power, and in a few months she began 
to improve, became stronger, and was finally restored to 
perfect health. Two years afterwards she wrote that 
she had had no return of her former ailments. 
Anemia, 
Leucorrhea VIAVI HYGIENE 
180 
Illustrating how conditions may exist 
in the body for a long time, manifest- 
ing themselves in one part and gradu- 
ally affecting other and more remote 
parts, is the experience of a mother, in Missouri (2979). 
Iler eyes were granulated for fifteen years. She could 
not stand the light, and her sight became so blurred 
that she thought it would be lost. Specialists in St. 
Louis told her she had a cataract for which she was 
treated, but without benefit. She was subject to colds, 
suffered with severe headaches, dropping of mucus from 
the back of the throat, catarrh of the stomach, severe 
cramps, and pain in the back of the shoulders. Ca- 
tarrh developed in the uterine region, evidenced by a 
copious leucorrhea, together with a congested and dis- 
placed condition of the organs. 
She was led to use Viavi. In a short time the circu- 
lation became normal, and she grew stronger. As health 
returned the eyes grew stronger. At the time of writing 
she had not suffered with the catarrhal conditions nor 
the granulated eyelids for four years, although she used 
her eyes constantly, and was out in all kinds of weather. 
Illustrative 
Experience 
A woman, in New York (2748), had 
leucorrhea before she menstruated, 
and during menstruation was confined 
to bed from one to two days. She 
was troubled with pruritus, and catarrh of the head 
which was so bad that the sense of smell was nearly 
gone and she could scarcely breathe through her nose. 
There were polypoid growths for which she was advised 
to have an operation. She was led to furnish Viavi to 
her recuperative power. The growths disappeared, the 
sense of smell returned, she became able to breathe 
freely through both nostrils, the uterine difficulty which 
caused the leucorrhea passed away, and she restored her 
health completely. Ten years later she wrote she was 
still in good health. 
A woman, in British Guiana (2672), suffered from 
excessive leucorrhea, accompanied by inflammation of 
Leucorrhea, 
Pruritus LEUCORRHEA 
181 
the ovaries. She used Viavi, and later wrote, "lam now 
free from the troubles from which I suffered." 
Another woman, in Missouri (3508), 
wrote that she suffered from leucor- 
rhea which was followed by untold 
misery in her back. She became a 
nervous wreck, unable to sleep. This is another illustra- 
tion of the serious effects which may follow leucorrhea. 
It becomes such a constant drain upon the system that 
the entire body is more or less affected. After using 
Viavi she wrote, "Now I am well, and don't know what 
it is to have an ache or pain any more." 
Extreme 
Nervousness 
A woman, in Wisconsin (4530), wrote 
that she suffered from leucorrhea ever 
since menstruation began. As she 
grew older she suffered with conges- 
tion and inflammation of the ovaries, enlargement and 
forward displacement of the womb, irritation of the 
bladder, and frequent urination. She also suffered with 
palpitation of the heart, nervousness, and severe head- 
aches over the eyes. She used Viavi, and gradually 
grew well. 
Leucorrhea in 
Childhood 
A woman, in the state of Washing- 
ton (11), suffered with leucorrhea for 
fifteen years. The constant drain 
on her system weakened her so much 
that she was finally thrown into nervous prostration, 
and obliged to give up her stenographic work for two 
years. A friend led her to use Viavi. In a compara- 
tively short time improvement began, she was able to 
resume work, and in less than a year restored herself 
completely. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from leucorrhea and 
restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we 
shall be glad to send you these, or others, if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Obliged to Give 
Up Work CHAPTER XXV 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE MENSTRUAL 
FUNCTION 
MENSTRUATION, a periodical function of a 
woman's reproductive system, is the flow of the 
menses, consisting of a bloody discharge from the 
uterus, recurring every four weeks, as a rule, and con- 
tinuing on an average of four days. It begins with 
puberty and ends at the change of life, thus covering a 
period of about thirty-two years, though varying with 
races, climates, and individuals. 
Menstruation is necessary to a wo- 
man's organism during the child-bear- 
ing period. Being a natural function, 
it is painless when normal. When it is 
painful, an abnormal condition exists. Menstrual anoma- 
lies are so frequent that this function is often called 
"the monthly sickness." Few women realize that if 
menstruation is permitted to remain abnormal-scanty, 
profuse, painful, or suppressed-they will suffer the 
consequences sooner or later. By neglect they are allow- 
ing their bodies to become more and more susceptible 
to disease of all kinds. It will only be a question of 
time until one part after another will give way. They 
may collapse physically and mentally, and at the change 
of life, if not before, will pay the penalty in some form. 
The general belief that it is natural to suffer at this 
time is erroneous and misleading. 
Is a Natural 
Function 
As the organs of reproduction consti- 
tute the grand center of a woman's 
economy, it is essential to perfect health 
that they be not only fully developed, 
but able to function regularly and painlessly, and be 
capable of disposing of the monthly congestion as the 
An Essential of 
Health THE MENSTRUAL FUNCTION 
183 
alimentary tract disposes of fecal waste, the kidneys of 
urine, the lungs of carbon dioxide, etc. Menstruation, 
as the function of other parts, depends upon the nerv- 
ous system, the condition of the blood supply, and much 
upon the fully developed and healthy state of the entire 
reproductive tract. 
The average woman looks upon the menses as merely 
a flow of blood. It should be regarded as a disposal of 
the unused preparation for motherhood. 
The source of the menstrual discharge 
is the lining of the womb, but before 
the flow can occur the thin layer of 
tissue that lines the womb must be 
cast off. For this purpose a change in the texture takes 
place; a disintegration occurs. The lining and the 
capillaries within its substance are softened. It is due 
to this change, occurring several days before menstrua- 
tion, that the thin covering of the lining is shed, thus 
uncapping the numerous minute blood vessels and per- 
mitting the menstrual blood to escape into the cavity 
of the womb. That is why it is necessary that the blood 
supply be normal and the organs fully developed. 
Source of the 
Flow 
Menstruation appears, as a rule, once 
every twenty-eight days, counting from 
the beginning of one period to that of 
the next; but every woman is a rule 
unto herself as to the recurrence and duration of her 
periods. A woman may be perfectly normal and men- 
struate fourteen, fifteen and even sixteen times a year. 
These departures from the average do not indicate ab- 
normality unless disturbances arise, and if so demand 
immediate attention. If a woman menstruates every 
three weeks regularly and feels perfectly well, and has 
so menstruated from the beginning, it is evident that 
this time is peculiar, but natural to her. The duration 
of the flow also greatly varies, lasting from two to 
eight days. It can be determined as normal or ab- 
normal only by its effect upon the organism. 
Women Differ 
Widely 184 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
The quantity discharged at each flow 
varies, in different individuals, from 
four to eight ounces. The flow is more 
profuse in warm than in cold coun- 
tries. Striking differences appear among women in this 
particular. There are frail women who menstruate 
abundantly and who do not feel well unless they do; 
and robust women with a naturally scanty flow who 
become debilitated by a slight increase. 
It is important for a woman to know what her 
natural peculiarity is in this regard, as it furnishes a 
basis upon which she can judge the state of her health. 
It is the changes in her own condition, and not what 
may happen to some other woman, that concerns her. 
The Quantity of 
Flow 
The menstrual flow is a very complex 
fluid, being composed of blood, mucous 
secretion of the uterus and the vagina, 
epithelia and other debris. At com- 
mencement the flow is generally pink; at its height it 
resembles arterial blood, and at cessation gradually be- 
comes rusty in color. It does not coagulate, as ordinary 
blood does, and has an odor peculiar to itself. The 
blood comes from the capillaries in the fundus of the 
womb and the uterine end of the Fallopian tubes. The 
mucus is discharged from the cells in the lower part 
of the body of the womb, its neck and the vagina. Its 
purpose seems to be to dilute the other constituents and 
make them flow more easily. The solid constituents are 
particles of the disintegrated lining of the uterus or 
clotted blood. 
Composition 
of the Flow 
The forces involved in this monthly 
process are great. The sensibilities of 
all the reproductive organs are quick- 
ened to a high point from an unusual 
nerve stimulus followed by a greatly increased blood 
supply. Even the ligaments supporting the womb, Fallo- 
pian tubes and ovaries take part in the general process, 
being considerably congested. The strain upon the 
reproductive organs is intense, and they require per- 
Great Force is 
Expended THE MENSTRUAL FUNCTION 
185 
fect health to bear it. If they have such health, they 
easily and painlessly bear the strain and are bene- 
fited by it, just as the stomach, wrhen healthy, bears 
the strain of the wrork that it is required to do in digest- 
ing food, and is made all the healthier and stronger by 
it. The work required of the reproductive organs in 
menstruation is so various and must be done so nicely 
and precisely that derangement is not only easy to 
bring about, but produces serious disorders when it 
occurs. 
The lining of the womb begins to re- 
form as soon as it is shed. When it is 
re-formed, the uterine walls no longer 
contract and force the blood out of 
the capillaries. The glands emptying mucus into the 
generative tract cease their activity. A state of quietude 
comes over the reproductive system, and the menstrua- 
tion is at an end for that time. 
The Lining 
Re-Formed 
A consideration of the three physical 
conditions upon which normal men- 
struation is based-the nervous sys- 
tem, the blood supply and the health 
of the reproductive organs-will make understandable 
the recuperative processes by which Nature restores and 
maintains normal menstruation. By restoring normal 
nerve control of the circulation, blood in the right 
quality and quantity is brought to these organs, thus 
supplying each cell with proper nourishment, and, being 
unimpeded, properly carries away all the waste prod 
ucts of the vital processes. In this way these organs 
are restored to their normal condition, congestion is 
removed, and inflammation disappears, the pain ceases, 
and menstruation becomes what it was intended to be, 
a normal, painless function. The purpose in using Viavi 
is to assist the recuperative power by furnishing to it 
a- means which it may use to overcome abnormal condi- 
tions and restore healthful function. Thousands of 
Three Basic 
Conditions 186 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
women who have suffered from menstrual difficulties 
have found Viavi the means which their recuperative 
forces used to restore the normal menstrual function, 
and have thus in their own experience demonstrated 
that when normal, menstruation is a painless function. CHAPTER XXVI 
SOMETHING ABOUT PAINFUL MEN- 
STRUATION AND ITS 
MANIFESTATIONS 
MANY women suffer pain or distress at some or at 
every period. This indicates an abnormal condi- 
tion. Every pain uses a definite amount of nerv- 
ous vitality. Every moment of suffering impairs vi- 
tality, deprives the mind of its higher qualities, and 
lowers a woman's capacity for wifehood and mother- 
hood. Most women think they should suffer at this 
time, not realizing that menstruation is a natural func- 
tion, and should be painless; and that pain is evidence 
of disease which is mercilessly sapping her life and 
hastening old age. 
Menstrual suffering has numerous 
manifestations. With some, pain occurs 
before the flow begins, disappearing 
the first or second day. With others, 
the first painful days are followed by relief, with pain 
toward the end. Again, pain may come suddenly with 
the flow, and gradually lessen toward the close. Some 
suffer only when moving, and others, have pains at 
every other period. 
Abnormal 
Manifestations 
The location of the pain varies greatly. 
It may be in any or every part of the 
abdomen and pelvic cavity, with or 
without backache or headache; it may 
extend down one or both legs, or up to the waist, and 
often to the breasts, frequently being so severe that the 
sufferer writhes in agony. However, these menstrual 
pains are symptoms, not a disease. 
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May Occur 188 
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There are often nervous and distress- 
ing mental disturbanees accompanying 
painful menstruation which may affect 
the digestion, the circulation, the 
bowels or the bladder. Irritability is common, as is a 
desire to brood, and cry over imaginary troubles, which 
is a form of melancholia, and that, in turn, is a sort of 
mental derangement. Among the female inmates of in- 
sane asylums there is a marked increase of mania at the 
periods. At such times women whose mental balance has 
been changed are likely to do desperate things, suicide 
being most common at the periods. 
Nervous Ills 
Arising 
We can understand why physical and 
mental disturbances are so serious by 
realizing the intimate nervous connec- 
tion of the reproductive organs with 
the brain. All of the organs involved affect the nerv- 
ous system. Pain draws on one's vitality, depriving the 
recuperative forces of rest and sleep, the best condi- 
tions for their work. 
The use of sedatives or narcotics necessarily aggra- 
vates the evil by lowering the nervous vitality. They re- 
lieve pain by deadening the sensibilities. Stimulants 
produce injurious effects of another kind-they unduly 
quicken the action of the heart and aggravate congestion. 
Instead of deadening or over-stimulating the sensi- 
bility of the nerves, the purpose in using Viavi is to 
furnish the recuperative power with a means which it 
may use to restore normal nerve control of the circula- 
tion, so that it may bring nutriment to every cell and 
carry away the waste resulting from congestion and 
inflammation. Unless menstruation is perfectly pain- 
less, a woman is unsound, suffering a drain that will 
sooner or later tell heavily. 
Why Disturbance 
is Serious 
PAINFUL MENSTRUATION, OR DYSMENORRHEA 
Painful menstruation is called dysmenorrhea. For 
convenience, the different forms of dysmenorrhea are PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
189 
classified according to cause or the conditions accom- 
panying them, although several kinds may exist at once. 
When painful menstruation follows disease of the 
ovaries, tumors, polypi, etc., one is almost certain to 
be advised to have the ovaries or womb removed. How- 
ever, this does not remove the cause of the painful 
menstruation, and is often an irretrievable mutilation, 
followed by deplorable changes in the nervous organiza- 
tion, as pointed out in other chapters. 
How restoration from painful men- 
struation is accomplished, may be 
easily understood if the causes and 
the necessary processes of relief are 
kept clearly in mind. Underlying every case of painful 
menstruation is a derangement of the circulation with 
congestion and inflammation; and though the condi- 
tions may steadily grow worse, Nature kindly seeks to 
make the parts less sensitive and painful. The restora- 
tive process begins as the circulation improves, and the 
pain, which may for a time seem worse, gradually be- 
comes less until the menstrual function becomes pain- 
less. 
Process of 
Restoration 
It should be borne in mind that funda- 
mentally, restoration comes from with- 
in. The recuperative power-the only 
power by which we can get well-re- 
sides within our bodies. Nature is the real restorative 
agent. Every means which this recuperative power can 
use to overcome abnormal conditions is a restorative 
measure. During restoration Nature uses some of the 
vital force of the body, and if this nervous vitality is 
being otherwise used, either in worry, impatience, or 
physical labor, there is less of it available for Nature's 
restorative effort. Therefore, as a part of the conscious 
effort to become well, every sufferer should make the 
circumstances of her life as agreeable as possible, adapt- 
ing herself cheerfully to what she cannot control. Noth- 
ing should make her negligent in using the means which 
the recuperative power needs and can use. Rest, sleep, 
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Within 190 
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needful exercise, air, and sunshine should be deter- 
minedly supplied, and fatigue strictly avoided. Every 
natural function should be attended to with perfect 
regularity. Recovery brings so much gratification that 
every reasonable effort to secure it is warranted. 
Painful menstruation due to non-de- 
velopment of the organs begins at the 
first period. The pains may be very 
excruciating, often causing spasms, 
and sometimes requiring anaesthetics to control them. 
For instance, a woman, in Texas (718), wrote that 
physicians called hers an infantile womb. Chloroform 
was often used to relieve the painful spasms which oc- 
curred. This condition existed so long that other parts 
were reflexly affected. Her physicians pronounced her 
condition as acute Bright's disease, catarrh of the 
stomach, and nervous prostration. She was unable to 
entertain company without severe nervousness and a 
high fever following. She had been operated upon 
three times, but was no better, and another operation 
was the only hope offered her. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power, and from a hopeless invalid, became a well 
woman. Several years after, she wrote, "I can truth- 
fully say that I have never had any return of my old 
trouble since I used Viavi and was so wonderfully re- 
stored. ' ' 
Non-Development 
a Cause 
A woman, in Indiana (887), wrote 
that she began menstruating at the 
age of sixteen, the flow being very 
scanty, and accompanied by excruciat- 
ing pain. Her physicians diagnosed non-development. 
She began the use of Viavi and at the end of six 
months saw marked improvement. She continued sup- 
plying Viavi to her recuperative forces until she be- 
came a hearty, robust girl. Eight years later, she 
wrote that good health had continued, and she had 
grown stronger every year. 
Agony from the 
Beginning PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
191 
A mother, in Missouri (1790), wrote 
that the doctor said her daughter 
could never be a mother because she 
was not developed. She menstruated 
intermittently, going six months without menstruating, 
and then flowing for fourteen days. The mother, realiz- 
ing how much health meant to the happiness of her 
daughter, led her to use Viavi for some time before her 
marriage. After marriage, the daughter continued to 
furnish Viavi to her recuperative power during her 
pregnancy, and up to the time of confinement. Later 
she wrote telling that the use of Viavi had enabled her 
to become the mother of a darling baby who had made 
their lives happy and their home complete. 
Non-Development 
Overcome 
A woman, in Iowa (3749), had good 
health until she was thirteen years of 
age. Her menstrual periods were pain- 
ful and irregular during the next 
eight years. She became very melancholy, and wanted 
to die. Many examinations by different physicians re- 
vealed infantile uterus, and one suggested that she 
supply Viavi to her recuperative power, which she did. 
About two years later she wrote, "Today, my uterus is 
normal size and the other organs are healthy." 
Due to Infantile 
Womb 
A mother, in Georgia (4498), wrote 
that her daughter suffered severely 
from her first period with profuse 
menstruation, and reached such a con- 
dition that an operation was advised, and was to take 
place on the following day. The mother was led to 
realize the reasonableness of furnishing Viavi to the 
recuperative power as a means which it might use to 
restore health. At the beginning, much waste matter 
was eliminated. Iler daughter's complexion cleared 
beautifully, she looked better, put on weight, and all 
her friends were agreeably surprised at the improve- 
ment. Writing years later, the mother says, "I would 
not take a thousand dollars for what the use of Viavi 
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First Period 192 
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aided Nature to do for my daughter." She is en- 
thusiastically telling mothers how the recuperative power 
used Viavi to restore her daughter to health. 
A woman, in New Jersey (3945), tells 
of suffering from painful menstrua- 
tion at the age of thirteen, emphasiz- 
ing the fact that the organs were not 
developed. She was under medical treatment until she 
was twenty-four when her physician advised and per- 
formed an operation. Her condition became worse, other 
complications arose, and for four years the womb was 
dilated every three months, the pain being so severe as 
to cause partial unconsciousness. 
At the Age of 
Thirteen 
Let us think a little about dilatation. 
The tissues of the womb were not suffi- 
ciently developed or elastic to allow' 
the increased supply of blood, which 
is sent to the womb at the menstrual period, to pass 
through the arteries in the tissues of the womb without 
pain, nor to allow the menstrual discharge to pass from 
the cavity of the womb into the vagina naturally and 
painlessly. Nature's effort to expel the flow caused the 
pain and suffering. The physicians recognized these 
facts because they dilated the neck of the womb, just 
as one stretches the finger of a kid glove when it is 
too small. Dilatation is a prettier word than stretching, 
but the process breaks the tissues of the womb just as 
the tissues of the glove are broken. As the stretching 
had to be done every three months, there was no doubt 
as to the diagnosis, nor the fact that stretching was 
not giving permanent relief, yet it was continued. 
About 
Dilatation 
The non-development and inelasticity 
of the tissues of the womb were 
understood by the physicians, as they 
may be by anyone. Nature has her 
own way of developing and making the tissues elastic. 
The recuperative forces have been using this restorative 
and gentle process for ages and ages. When we help in- 
Dilatation 
Palliative PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
193 
telligently, good results follow whether we know the 
internal processes of its accomplishment or not. For 
instance, how does the body build itself? Is it not 
through the food we eat? Are not the food substances 
changed so that the blood may carry them to the cells 
of the tissues? Will not the tissues become normal and 
therefore elastic when they are supplied with the needed 
material ? Does an operation or stretching supply the 
necessary material to make the tissues elastic ? Does 
your experience teach you that stretching a glove or 
elastic fabrics make them more elastic? Nature, i. e., 
the recuperative power, takes from the blood those ma- 
terials which are necessary to the health and elasticity 
of the tissues when the blood circulates freely to them 
and contains the material which they need. Stretching 
does not supply these two conditions. 
While this is obvious and funda- 
mental, and experience is constantly 
proving it, it is not always fully 
recognized. For instance, this New 
Jersey woman suffered more than eleven years, yet was 
not benefited by repeated stretching of the womb. This 
process could not supply the materials necessary to make 
the tissues elastic, or overcome the lowered nerve con- 
trol of the circulation. 
She supplied Viavi to her recuperative power and 
became well, and is only one of many thousands who 
have experienced the same happiness. She wrote: "Aly 
suffering caused me great unhappiness; through the 
use of Viavi I have gained the health I have now en- 
joyed for years." 
What the recuperative power did in this woman's 
body, may be done by the same power in your body, for 
you, when supplied with the same means. Iler experi- 
ence as that of thousands of others gives you the sound- 
est basis of hope that you too, may become well through 
use of the same means. 
The Basis of 
Hope 194 
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NEURALGIC DYSMENORRHEA 
In neuralgic menstruation, the pains are intermit- 
tent, being like neuralgic pains in other parts of the 
body. The pains are most common in girls at the age 
of puberty and in young married women who have 
not borne children. Pain in such cases indicates a dis- 
ordered condition of the nerves and circulation in the 
uterine organs, and of course, is worse during men- 
struation. Pain may appear just before the flow begins, 
and then disappear, or may persist intermittently dur- 
ing the period, often being so agonizing that the sufferer 
becomes delirious and prostrated. This form of painful 
menstruation rapidly undermines the system and is 
more destructive of the general health than all other 
forms combined. 
The pains are not always confined to the pelvic 
region; they sometimes develop in the head, face, teeth, 
eyes, fingers, toes, breasts, ribs and intercostal spaces, 
stomach, bowels, and even the heart. The pains gen- 
erally disappear upon a cessation of the flow; but in 
some cases, particularly where there is continued irrita- 
tion of a lacerated cervix, the pains continue throughout 
the month. This fact should be borne in mind for the 
reason that its origin and relation to the disturbance of 
the menstrual function is sometimes overlooked. 
A constitutional neuralgic disposition 
may be inherited, or may be developed 
by an impoverishment of the blood, 
chlorosis (green sickness) in young 
girls, gout, rheumatism, syphilis, malaria and the like. 
Any disease of the uterine organs may result in lowered 
nervous condition that manifests itself in neuralgic 
dysmenorrhea. The intimate nerve connection of the 
uterine organs with the nerve centers controlling the 
spinal and cranial nerve system and other vital organs, 
explains why this condition so seriously affects the en- 
tire body and why so wide a disturbance is caused. 
Many Causes of 
Neuralgia PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
195 
If neuralgic dysmenorrhea is to be overcome, the 
nervous system must be built up; the nervous vitality 
restored. Each cell of each tissue and organ must be 
supplied through the blood with the nourishment it 
needs, and the waste carried away. The purpose in 
using Viavi is to supply to the recuperative power a 
means it may use. Thousands of women have used 
Viavi, and have proven by their restoration that men- 
struation can be a perfectly painless function. 
A woman, in New Zealand (2545), 
tells how she suffered many years 
from extremely painful menstruation. 
The pains lasted about twelve hours, 
exhausting her, leaving her in a half-conscious condi- 
tion. She had been under physicians' treatment during 
this time, with little or no relief. At last a friend led 
her to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power. She 
wrote that she was slowly but completely restored, and 
her friends all exclaim at the change which has taken 
place in her health. 
Pains Lasted 
Twelve Hours 
A woman, in Ireland (2450), tells, 
with a deep feeling of thankfulness, 
how she was restored from neuralgic 
painful menstruation which began at 
the age of puberty. She spent many wretched years 
under various treatments, including curettement, but 
steadily became worse. She providentially, as she be- 
lieves, learned of Viavi, began furnishing it to her re- 
cuperative power. She gradually became stronger, in- 
creased in weight and felt like a new woman. 
Neuralgic 
Pains 
A sufferer, in Alberta, Canada (2818), 
wrote of having fits from the age of 
three, often as many as ten in one 
day. When she developed, menstrua- 
tion was painful, profuse, and irregular, making her 
life miserable. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power for a year or more. In a comparatively 
short time the fits ceased, menstruation became painless 
Fits Preceding 
Menstruation 196 
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and regular each month, she gained in weight, and life 
became a pleasure. Her friends were so astonished 
that they would remark, "You must have experienced 
a miracle." 
A woman, in West Virginia (4512), 
tells how terribly she suffered with 
pain in the head and with convulsions 
before each menstrual period, so much 
so that she was given morphine hypodermically. Both 
ovaries were so congested and painful that she could 
not bear to have her clothing touch her. She grew weak 
and nervous, having little hope of ever becoming well. 
She was led to realize that it was her responsibility to 
furnish the recuperative power in her body with the 
means which it could use to restore health. She sup- 
plied Viavi to this power and has had no convulsions 
since that time nor does she suffer at her periods. She 
became entirely well, and having no return of her 
trouble for a year and a half, feels that her restoration 
was permanent. 
Pain and 
Convulsions 
A young woman, in the state of Wash- 
ington (3939), wrote, "I know you 
receive many letters from grateful 
users, but I don't believe you have 
many from users who were in worse condition than I 
was when I began the use of Viavi, nor many from 
users who have been more wonderfully benefited through 
its use." Continuing she wrote that she suffered three 
years from a nervous breakdown, having little control 
of her lower limbs. A friend led her mother to want to 
use Viavi for her, but a neighbor, unfortunately, ad- 
vised against it, as the young woman wrote, "delaying 
my getting well another ten months." 
St. Vitus 
Dance 
The interference of the neighbor is 
mentioned because, sometimes those 
who know nothing of Viavi, and give 
no thought whatever to the processes 
of restoration, offer their advice emphatically and with 
Unkind 
Advice PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
197 
fancied authority, often preventing or delaying a suf- 
ferer's return to health. 
The recuperative power requires time to overcome 
unhealthy conditions, and frequently large amounts of 
impure matter must be eliminated which may cause 
much suffering-a process often misunderstood. Help- 
ful information drawn from the experience of many 
thousands of sufferers who have regained their health 
through the use of Viavi may be secured from us or 
one of our various branches. 
This sufferer's condition became so serious her phy- 
sician informed her mother that she might pass out 
any minute. The specialist stopped calling because he 
felt further treatment was useless. In this hopeless con- 
dition the mother furnished Viavi to her daughter's re- 
cuperative power in as large quantities as could be 
absorbed, and the results are told best in her own 
words: "Tn a few weeks I began to get stronger, in six 
months I could sit up. This was eighteen months ago, 
and now I am enjoying the life of a healthy, normal girl 
with none of my old troubles left, and I am looking for- 
ward to a long life of health and happiness, thanks to 
the use of Viavi." 
A young woman, in Missouri (3858), 
wrote that she was an abnormal child, 
menstruation beginning between three 
and four years of age as naturally as 
in women of mature years. At nine years of age she 
was compelled to stay out of school monthly, often flow- 
ing several weeks without stopping. At the age of four- 
teen she was a nervous wreck, having had nervous pros- 
tration twice, and suffered with St. Vitus dance, neu- 
ritis, neuralgia of the ovaries, and other complications. 
She was operated upon for a serious condition of the 
ovary by a specialist. Following this, she suffered worse 
and flowed three years and six months without ceasing. 
Nothing that her physicians offered was used by her re- 
cuperative power with benefit, and they finally told her 
that there was no hope. She was led to use Viavi, using 
Menstruated at 
Four Years 198 
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it for a period of two years, and entirely restored her- 
self; and this is how using Viavi for two years appealed 
to her, when writing six years later: ' ' What is two 
years to a life time of illness? Before using Viavi I en- 
dured life. Now I enjoy life." 
CONGESTIVE DYSMENORRHEA 
This form of menstrual difficulty may be suffered 
by women who have menstruated for some time with- 
out pain, but is experienced oftenest by women who 
have borne children or have aborted. The pain may 
occur between the periods; but most often it • comes 
before or suddenly with the flow and then diminishes 
or ceases altogether. The cramps may be slight or 
very severe. The pulse is quickened, the temperature 
rises, the skin is hot and dry, and the eyes are suffused. 
There is some fever, severe headaches, general restless- 
ness, occasional delirium. The bladder-is often sensitive 
with a considerable increase of urine. Many reflex symp- 
toms are experienced, such as pains in the small of the 
back and down the thighs, either inside or outside. 
Sometimes the power of movement in the legs is lost, 
or pain and fatigue are experienced in walking. The 
digestive organs may refuse to do their work, the bowels 
may become constipated, vomiting may occur, and the 
breasts may feel sore and tender. Leucorrhea is often 
present. 
The pain is caused by unnatural con- 
gestion of the pelvic organs due to a 
lowered nervous vitality. In normal 
menstruation there is a natural con- 
gestion of the womb, but painless because natural. 
Normally, more blood is sent to the uterine organs at 
the menstrual period than at other times because the 
function requires it. But when these organs are un- 
naturally congested and inflamed before the period, 
because of displacement, adhesions, tumors, polypi or 
Two Kinds of 
Congestion PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
199 
other causes, the flow, forcing its way through the ten- 
der walls of the womb causes severe pain. 
To overcome unnatural congestion 
causing painful menstruation, Nature 
must be assisted to remove the cause 
of the congestion. If congestion fol- 
lows displacement, the displacement must be righted; if 
it arises from adhesions, they must be absorbed; if it 
follows tumors or polypi, Nature must be assisted to 
remove or expel them. The recuperative power knows 
what conditions are present, what has to be done, and 
how to do it, but must be furnished the means with 
which it may do it, just as it is furnished with food to 
replace the daily waste of the body. Your purpose in 
using Viavi is to supply your recuperative power a 
means it may use for your restoration as it has used 
it in restoring others. 
To Overcome 
Dysmenorrhea 
A woman, in England (2480), wrote 
that she suffered very much with the 
approach of her menstrual period, the 
pain often causing her to faint, and 
obliging her to remain in bed three days each month. 
In fact, she had not been without the attendance of a 
physician a single year in her life. She furnished Viavi 
to her recuperative forces for nearly a year, and be- 
came well enough to be married. Writing three years 
later, she said that she had not been obliged to call her 
physician and was able to do everything she wished even 
during menstruation. 
Bedridden 
Monthly 
A sufferer, in New Brunswick (705), 
was so tortured with pain that she 
was obliged to remain in bed three or 
four days each month, and was kept 
under morphine the first day. Dreadful as it may seem 
this intense suffering was allowed to continue year after 
year until it gradually wrecked her life. She, like hun- 
dreds of thousands of others, believed it natural to suffer 
during menstruation. This sufferer became strong and 
Monthly 
Torture 200 
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happy, restoring her health through the use of Viavi, 
in the easiest and most simple way. Many often do 
the most difficult and costly things in vain attempts to 
restore themselves, not realizing that if restoration is 
possible the recuperative forces of the body will do 
the restoring when furnished the means which they can 
use. 
Painful menstruation is sometimes due 
to some mechanical obstruction of the 
menstrual flow. Tumors, polypi, clots 
of blood or mucus may obstruct and 
interfere with the flow. Flexion or tipping of the womb, 
a stricture of the vagina, and an imperforate hymen 
may constrict the natural passage of the flow. 
Uterine colic and pain of mechanical or obstructive 
dysmenorrhea are easily distinguished. The flow, being 
retained, distends the womb, which then contracts as in 
childbirth, and when possible, painfully forces the men- 
strual fluid past the obstruction. The flow comes with 
a gush and the pain ceases. This may recur at intervals 
during the period. When the obstruction occurs, the 
contractions may expel large clots of blood resembling 
pieces of liver. 
Mechanical 
Causes 
A woman, in the state of Washington 
(3736), wrote that she suffered for 
four years w'ith painful profuse men- 
struation. The flow, occurring every 
three weeks, lasted from seven to eight days, and made 
it necessary for her to remain in bed the first two days. 
She also suffered with much pain in the left ovary 
which was so swollen and enlarged that it could be 
easily outlined. Iler physician informed her that the 
right tube was enlarged, and the womb was displaced 
backward, pressing upon the rectum, and causing con- 
stipation, indigestion, backaches, nervousness, and head- 
aches. He also informed her that she would never be 
able to become pregnant without an operation to shorten 
the ligaments for the purpose of correcting the retrover- 
sion. She would not consent to the operation because 
Curettement 
Unavailing PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
201 
she was so discouraged, and had suffered much worse 
following a previous operation of curettement. 
A friend led her to use Viavi, and she later wrote: 
"We are so thankful that she did, for instead of being 
mutilated, I am now well, a happy mother of a healthy 
baby boy." Her physician was amazed at the absence 
of laceration, as he had fully expected it because of her 
previous condition. 
A woman, in Oklahoma (1468), wrote 
that her painful menstruation began 
from taking cold. She gradually grew 
worse, and during her first pregnancy, 
two years after her marriage, her health gave way en- 
tirely. She suffered so intensely that she says death 
would have been welcome, as it seemed impossible that 
she would live safely through her pregnancy and con- 
finement. Her ovaries, which had been inflamed and 
congested, and had discharged for years, were worse 
than ever before. Every movement of the child caused 
intense suffering. 
This illustrates how congestion and inflammation 
following so simple a thing as a cold, increase and 
develop into very serious ovarian conditions. 
It was at this time that she was led to use Viavi. Im- 
provement soon began, and in a few weeks she was able 
to be up and do her own housework. She passed 
through her confinement naturally, giving birth to a 
fine healthy baby. Eight years later she again wrote, 
that having regained her health through the use of 
Viavi, she endeavors to persuade every sufferer to use 
it. 
Congestive 
Dysmenorrhea 
OVARIAN DYSMENORRHEA 
Painful menstruation may accompany inflammation 
of one or both ovaries. The natural congestion of the 
pelvic organs during menstruation increases the ovarian 
and peritoneal inflammation, hence the suffering is 
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pain between the periods is more common in this 
form of painful menstruation than perhaps in any 
other. Occasionally, it occurs every alternate men- 
struation. The lower part of the abdomen is extremely 
sensitive, distressing headache, neuralgia or hysteria 
appear, and there is a monthly martydom. The pain is 
usually dull and burning, and may be on one or both 
sides. When both ovaries are affected the pain usually 
extends through the pelvis, the buttocks and thighs; 
the breasts are often tender, and a general nervous 
disturbance with depression of spirits is very likely to 
occur. 
The flow may diminish from period to period, and 
there is a marked tendency to wasting of the breasts 
and uterine organs, ending in sterility, loss of func- 
tion, and a tendency to cancerous degeneration later. 
A woman, in England (2458), tells 
how her whole system was weak and 
life a burden because of the excruciat- 
ing pain at each period in addition to 
ten days or so of pain between the periods, due to in- 
flammation of the ovaries. This condition continued for 
several years, and she became very nervous. The bowels 
and bladder were difficult to control. Seventeen of the 
physicians under whose treatment she had been, declared 
that she could never hope to be well. She was led to 
furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and at the 
end of six months had so restored herself that life be- 
came worth living once more. Iler physicians later as- 
sured her she could pass a life insurance examination. 
Three years later she wrote: "I was very doubtful 
whether I should live to see these happy days. Now that 
I am married and happily settled I should like to thank 
you. ' ' 
Could Not Hope 
to be Well 
The cause for her gratitude was that 
she was led to realize a great funda- 
mental truth-that the recuperative 
power, which is bequeathed to us at 
the beginning of life, will not only repair the daily 
A Fundamental 
Truth PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
203 
waste of the body, but may also restore health when 
furnished with the means which it can use to do so. 
This sufferer was one who needed and was given con- 
tinual encouragement during her discouraged moments; 
and it is for this that she expresses thanks. 
A woman, in Kansas (3929), writes 
that for four years she suffered with 
very painful menstruation accom- 
panied by ovarian trouble, headaches, 
and nervousness, and was scarcely able to do her house- 
work. In despair she began the use of Viavi, gained in 
weight, and in a year and a half was so much better 
that she helped her husband by clerking in a store, and 
was still doing this work when she wrote her letter. 
This woman furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, 
a means which it used to overcome the congested condi- 
tion of the ovaries by bringing about that nice and 
necessary co-ordination of the nervous and circulating 
systems. 
Four Years of 
Suffering 
MEMBRANOUS DYSMENORRHEA 
In this form, the lining of the womb becomes thick- 
ened and fails to disintegrate naturally and pass away 
imperceptibly with the How. It is then forcibly sep- 
arated from the womb, producing severe pain. The 
pains usually begin with the period, increasing until 
they are similar to labor pains during which the 
membrane passes, as a whole or in shreds, with a 
rather profuse How, often followed by a purulent, or a 
watery, discharge. The sufferer is usually extremely 
nervous. This form of dysmenorrhea is frequently a 
cause of sterility. 
Among the measures that have been employed for 
this affliction are dilatation, and curettement in con- 
junction with the application of chemical substances to 
destroy the membrane left behind by the curette. These 
measures do not remove the cause of the conditions 
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to furnish to the recuperative power a means it may 
use to restore normal conditions, so that the lining may 
be naturally and painlessly shed. 
Here is a very illuminating experience 
of a woman, in Oregon (720). She 
had suffered about six years at every 
period with painful menstruation 
caused by the passing of the thickened lining. The 
healthy lining passes away in small particles with the 
flow; but the unhealthy lining passes away in shreddy 
clots, sometimes as a whole, in pieces as large as the 
first two joints of the little finger. These pieces, forc- 
ing their way through the narrow canal in the neck of 
the womb, just large enough to admit a large sized 
knitting needle, often cause as much pain as child-birth. 
Suffered Six 
Years 
This woman's pain was so great that 
her muscles drew up in knots. She 
used Viavi for a while and obtained 
considerable relief; but sickness in the 
family and other cares interrupted its use-her great 
mother love led her to sacrifice herself. Becoming worse 
from overwork and worry, she was treated by physi- 
cians, with no relief. An operation for dilatation and 
curettement was performed, but she suffered worse 
afterwards. Abscesses formed in the ovaries, broke, and 
were discharged through the vagina. She became so 
weak and the pain so intense that she was confined to 
bed for weeks. An operation for the removal of both 
ovaries was the only hope offered, and feeling that she 
could not live, she mentally consented; but recalling 
her former use of Viavi, she decided to use it again 
hoping she might grow stronger and better able to 
undergo the operation. With the assistance of her hus- 
band, she used Viavi faithfully, and in a month was up 
and about, gradually restoring her health without the 
operation. She has not been troubled since, although 
she has done much hard work. 
By supplying Viavi to her recuperative power, this 
woman put her dependence in those natural forces with- 
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205 
in her body, which, when furnished with a means they 
could use, restored health. Almost every woman who 
has regained health through the use of Viavi had, like 
this woman, failed with other methods. 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(3705), tells how she suffered during 
menstruation because of the mem- 
branous flow. She was obliged to stay 
in bed during the entire period. She suffered with 
severe headaches, and with profuse flowing at the nose 
which sometimes occurred two or three times a day: 
clots formed which were so large that they almost 
choked her. In addition, she suffered with bleeding 
piles, gastritis, and palpitation of the heart accom- 
panied with smothering spells. While in this condition, 
she was led to use Viavi, and in time became well. She 
later became pregnant, using Viavi during the entire 
term. She was in labor only one hour, and did not 
suffer as much as she formerly did during menstruation. 
She wrote that her child is a wonderful specimen of 
health, and that she never felt better in her life. 
Membranous 
Menstruation 
PROFUSE MENSTRUATION, OR 
MENORRHAGIA 
Menorrhagia is an excessive flow during menstrua- 
tion, usually called profuse menstruation; occurring 
between the menstrual periods, it is called flooding. 
Neither is a disease in itself, but a symptom of disease. 
There is an undue loss of blood with impoverishment of 
the system. There is danger of bleeding to death, 
especially at childbirth. 
An excessive menstrual flow is determined by the 
normal flow of each individual. An amount of flow which 
would be excessive in one woman, would not be in an- 
other. Profuse menstruation may take various forms, 
the flow being too profuse but continuing the regular 
time, coming too soon, or lasting too long. 206 
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A woman may be what is called a 
"bleeder,"-one who bleeds easily 
from any cause. Congestion of the 
womb from any cause may produce it 
-a diseased lining, a distension of the walls of the 
blood vessels from weakness, or excesses, subacute or 
chronic inflammation of the ovaries or Fallopian tubes, 
structural changes in the womb, such as tumors or 
other morbid growths, especially after the change of 
life. 
Strong, full-blooded women may have profuse men- 
struation for some time without apparent serious in- 
jury, but injury is nevertheless being wrought; weak 
women rapidly decline. 
Causes of 
Menorrhagia 
With some, flooding may occur during 
pregnancy without apparent injury, 
though it is always to be regarded as 
the forerunner of abortion during the 
first half of pregnancy, and of miscarriage or placenta 
previa during the second half. It may occur upon the 
expulsion of the child, whether at full-term or not. It 
is very serious and almost always dangerous. When 
not caused by mechanical injuries, or the inability of 
the womb to reduce and close the blood vessels, it may 
result from prolonged or exhausting labor, from a hur- 
ried instrumental birth, or from adhering placenta. 
Diseases producing great debilitation, such as tubercu- 
losis, typhoid, small-pox, cholera and the like, may 
cause flooding. 
Flooding in 
Pregnancy 
Whether one is losing too much blood 
may be determined by the effect of 
the flow. In hemorrhage, the blood 
comes in gushes, or as a continuous 
flow of bright red or dark blood. The face turns pale 
and the extremities become cold. Pain may or may not 
occur. Other possible symptoms are convulsions, diffi- 
cult breathing, anxiety, nausea, ringing in the ears, 
feeble pulse, and paleness of the mucous membranes. A 
grave hemorrhage should receive immediate skillful 
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207 
attention. It is imperative that the sufferer lie down'' 
upon the first appearance of a hemorrhage and keep 
perfectly quiet until the hemorrhage ceases. Raising 
the foot of the bed two or three inches and keeping 
the head and shoulders low tends to lessen the amount 
of blood in the pelvic organs. Effort should be made 
at once to check the hemorrhage in order to limit its 
weakening effect. 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4193), 
wrote that she suffered with profuse 
and painful menstruation, growing 
gradually worse. She was treated, 
without benefit; and finally, after a consultation, her 
physicians advised an immediate operation for the re- 
moval of the left ovary. Iler husband, however, who had 
overcome severe rectal trouble through the use of Viavi, 
would not consent to the operation, and she began the 
use of Viavi, and in a year was a thoroughly well woman ; 
and writing again twelve years later she said her good 
health continued. 
A woman, in California (711), wrote that in her 
girlhood she had a fall, which, the doctor said, pre- 
vented the womb from fully developing. She always 
flowed profusely at the menstrual period. Her doctor 
advised curettement, saying it would stop the profuse 
flowing. It did for a time, but as it did not remove 
the cause, menstruation became profuse again. She was 
led to use Viavi, and in fifteen months, her menses be- 
came normal, and she, well and strong. When she wrote 
four years afterwards, she said her good health continued. 
Profuse 
Menstruation 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4246), 
wrote that she flooded from seven to 
eight days, became too weak to walk 
up stairs, in fact, could scarcely walk 
at all. She was so faint and weak upon arising that it 
was necessary to sit out in the air for an hour or more 
to gain sufficient vitality for the day. She felt so badly 
that she wanted to creep off somewhere by herself. She 
Weakness, 
Anemia 208 
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was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, and. 
this feeling gradually passed away as she became 
stronger. The periods became normal, the pain and 
swelling in the left side subsided, the back stopped ach- 
ing, she gained in flesh, the color came back, and she 
became strong enough to do the things she wished. Six 
years later she wrote that her good health continued. 
A woman, in Oklahoma (661), wrote 
that she suffered for twenty-one months 
with hemorrhages from the womb. 
Her condition was made worse by be- 
ing thrown from a buggy by a runaway horse. She had 
undergone several curettements, but gradually growing 
worse, her physicians thought that her health might 
be restored by removing the womb, but frankly said 
that the chances of recovery were seventy-five per cent 
against her. She had given up all hope of restoration; 
but learning what others had accomplished through the 
use of Viavi, she furnished it to her recuperative power. 
In time she menstruated regularly, without suffering, 
and regained her health completely. Nine years later 
she wrote that she had had no return of her trouble. 
Hemorrhages 
for Months 
A woman, in Michigan (2317), wrote 
that she suffered with profuse men- 
struation and leucorrhea, and became 
very weak. She was not able to stand 
because of intense backache. She used Viavi, began to 
improve slowly, and at the end of five months the leu- 
corrhea had entirely disappeared and she was better in 
every way. Continuing the use of Viavi, without any 
pain she passed a fibroid tumor as large as half an 
orange, and in time became entirely well. 
Fibroid 
Tumor 
A woman, in Texas (4150), began 
menstruating at fourteen years of age 
and for three years flowed almost con- 
tinuously. During this time her physi- 
cian treated her faithfully, but she grew weaker and 
was confined to her bed most of the time. An operation, 
Flowed Almost 
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209 
which her physician said was the only thing that would 
help her, was arranged. At this time she was led to 
use Viavi, and in a comparatively short time her re- 
cuperative power had so far restored her that she was 
able to be out of bed, and she gradually became entirely 
well. She wrote that she was very happy, and able to 
enjoy life. 
Another sufferer, in New York (3883), 
writing eight years after her restora- 
tion, said that she menstruated pro- 
fusely from the age of fourteen, and 
suffered with nervousness, leucorrhea and headaches. 
She married at nineteen, and four years later, at the 
birth of her second child, was badly lacerated. This 
was followed by ovarian neuralgia, prolapsus, nervous 
headache, and very profuse menstruation, complicated 
with catarrh of the stomach. She wasted to a mere 
skeleton, became so nervous that she would cry and 
wring her hands, and was compelled to walk to get re- 
lief from the pain. The only hope offered was an opera- 
tion. Fortunately for her, she wrote, she learned of 
Viavi and what others had been able to do through its 
use. She furnished it to her recuperative power, and 
in a short time began to feel better. In less than a 
year she was able to do all her housework, and eight 
years afterwards wrote she remained well. 
Profuse 
from Puberty 
This sufferer did not regard Viavi as 
possessing some mysterious power, 
such as many ascribe to things which 
they use. She realized that the re- 
cuperative power in her body was the active agent in 
restoration, but that it needed to be supplied with a 
means it could use to bring about restoration. When 
these means are supplied, this power knows how to 
use them because it has been building and repairing 
bodies for ages and ages. Reparation in the body goes 
on with few outward signs at first, and then the suf- 
ferer . begins to notice that she sleeps and eats better, 
is happier, enjoys her home and the social environment 
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Conception 210 
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in which she moves. Others notice the change and speak 
of it. The miracle of getting well is a personal, individ- 
ual experience, and faith in the recuperative power 
must precede action. That faith comes to the sufferer 
when she is led to appreciate what others have been 
able to accomplish through the use of Viavi. The action 
is shown when the sufferer actually supplies Viavi to 
her recuperative forces to use. 
We could fill this volume with letters from those 
who suffered from menstrual troubles and overcame 
them through the use of Viavi. If you are interested, 
write us and we will send you letters from such suf- 
ferers. These letters show the possibility of your be- 
coming well as they have done. No matter how hopeless 
you may feel, if you suffer, do not fail to write, as 
there may be no more cause for you to continue suf- 
fering than there was for these other sufferers. When 
they furnished Viavi to their recuperative power, that 
power used it and they became well. There is the same 
hope for you. 
VICARIOUS MENSTRUATION 
Vicarious menstruation is a discharge of blood, at 
the time of the menses, from some part of the body 
other than the vagina. There may be a flow from the 
vagina at the same time, but if so, it is usually scanty. 
The flow may come from some mucous membrane as 
of the nose, gums, stomach, lungs, rectum, some por- 
tions of the skin, fingers, breasts, or from ulcers. With 
some, the flow may be serum, or colorless discharge, in- 
stead of blood, the discharge being a profuse watery 
diarrhea. Vicarious menstruation is a rare and serious 
condition, usually following a low condition of the nerv- 
ous system, faulty nutrition, or high arterial tension. 
A woman, in Alabama (2152), wrote that at thirteen 
years of age she had so many hemorrhages from the 
nose that the shape of it began to be altered. Men- 
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211 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and from a 
bloodless, sickly girl, became healthy and strong. 
A woman, in Missouri (4386), wrote 
that she began to menstruate at thir- 
teen years of age, but because of a 
severe fright, her menses were retarded 
for a year. When they re-appeared, the flow came 
vicariously in gushes of blood from the mouth and nose 
at the time of the regular period, accompanied by terri- 
ble suffering. After the birth of her two children she 
menstruated so profusely that she had to remain in bed 
for several days at each period. She kept growing 
worse, suffering from constant headaches, and a dull 
aching in the womb. She had sinking spells and a 
peculiar feeling in her limbs of a floating sensation, 
when sitting or lying down. Nervous prostration oc- 
curred every year or so, and she suffered with indiges- 
tion and constipation, and large protruding piles. 
While in this condition, she was led to furnish Viavi 
to her recuperative power. In a comparatively short 
time a fibroid tumor passed from the womb, and from 
that time her recovery was remarkable. She wrote, "I 
am in better health than at any time since coming into 
womanhood." 
Eject of a 
Fright 
Amenorrhea is the name given to scanty or sup- 
pressed menstruation due to any cause other than 
pregnancy or the change of life. It is a very serious 
condition, and may lead to detrimental and fatal re- 
sults. Suppression of the menstrual flow either partial 
or complete, leaves matter within the body which should 
be eliminated. It is like damming a rivulet. Some of 
the water escapes by percolation, and some by evapora- 
tion, but if the supply is greater than the loss, it will 
accumulate. The only way to stop it is either to dry 
up the spring feeding it, or remove the dam. The 
natural way to overcome suppression of the menses 
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VIAVI HYGIENE 
with its disastrous results is to help Nature remove the 
cause. 
The sufferer becomes languid and 
mentally depressed; the skin has a 
peculiar sallowness, a dropsical condi- 
tion may exist, with swelling of the 
limbs, and indentations made on them with the finger 
remain for some time. Diseases, such as consumption or 
Bright's disease, may appear and death may ensue. 
Death is attributed to the immediate cause, whereas the 
real cause may be suppression of the menses. 
Some Signs of 
Amenorrhea 
Menstruation is the result of a num- 
ber of forces and conditions acting in 
harmony. A loss of this harmony im- 
pairs or destroys the function. Thus, 
any serious disease, a violent nervous shock, fright, 
grief, or anxiety, may temporarily suspend the function. 
It often accompanies pulmonary tuberculosis, pneu- 
monia, Bright's disease, diabetes, alcoholism, morphin- 
ism, cancer, malaria, or chronic inflammation of the 
uterine organs. All the uterine organs with their com- 
plex nervous relation to every other part of the body 
are involved, and affected reflexly. 
Many sufferers have written of how they restored 
their normal menstrual function by furnishing Viavi to 
their recuperative power. The nervous system regained 
harmonious control of all the processes involved in the 
menstrual function, thus removing the cause of the de- 
rangement. 
Causes of 
Amenorrhea 
A woman, in Canada (2279), wrote 
that she first menstruated scantily 
when thirteen. Abscesses formed in 
the lower part of the back which were 
lanced from time to time. She suffered much pain in 
the right ovary and the right leg, and with rheumatism 
in the joints of both hands and right knee. Her throat 
became sore about every three weeks, and this was 
diagnosed as tonsilitis. Some of these conditions were 
Effects of 
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213 
probably the effects of the abnormalities of the men- 
strual function. The ovaries and other important glands 
in the body, known as the endocrine glands, are inti- 
mately related; hence effects in distant parts of the 
body. 
The results which others had secured through the 
use of Viavi led her to furnish it to her recuperative 
power. In time she menstruated normally, the rheu- 
matic pains passed, the throat became less sensitive, 
and she became entirely well. Nineteen years later she 
wrote: "I have never had any return of my former 
troubles. T am strong and well, and was very fortunate 
to learn of Viavi." 
A woman, in Illinois (2727), suffered 
with irregular menstruation, caused, 
she thinks, by getting her feet wet. 
For a period of two years she men- 
struated a little every three or four months. Following 
this the limbs bloated, she had leucorrhea and fainting 
spells, and was in misery from pains in the throat and 
eyes. She was led to use Viavi, and although it was 
several months before she saw indications of improve- 
ment, in time she had no pain, menstruated regularly, 
and felt entirely well. 
Dueto 
Wet Feet 
A woman, in New Jersey (4338), wrote 
that she had suffered greatly from 
scanty menstruation. Her nervous 
condition made life almost unbearable. 
She was anemic, had a hacking cough, indigestion, pro- 
fuse leucorrhea, and suffered intensely at each period. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power, 
and two years later wrote that all these conditions had 
been entirely overcome, for which she was very thankful. 
Thankful for 
Health 
A woman, in Louisiana (829), wrote 
of suffering from scanty menstruation, 
becoming so nervous that at seventeen 
the right hand and arm became par- 
tially paralyzed. The flesh was bad in color and the 
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Menstruation 214 
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fingers were contracted. Her physician gave no hope of 
even staying the progress of the disease. At twenty- 
three she furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, 
and two years afterwards wrote that menstruation had 
become normal, the pain in the arm relieved, the tissues 
healthy in color, the ligaments of the hand noticeably 
relaxed, the circulation good, and the hand no longer 
cold and clammy. She later became the mother of four 
healthy boys, and fifteen years after she restored her- 
self she wrote that she was very grateful for the per- 
manent benefits obtained. 
Usually, menstruation is suspended 
during pregnancy. The exceptions are 
infrequent. Suspension of the men- 
strual function by reason of preg- 
nancy or change of life is a natural condition, indicat- 
ing good health; while suppression of the menses from 
any other cause is unnatural and indicates an abnormal 
condition of health. As the two are so different, great 
differences in the conditions are generally found. 
Function 
Suspended 
Other causes of suppression are cystic 
degeneration of the ovaries, tumors in 
the uterus, displacements, flexions, and 
enlargement and hardening of the 
womb. A change of climate or a radical change in the 
mode of living may bring it on. Taking cold during the 
menstrual period is a very common cause. Non-evacua- 
tion of the bowels and bladder may also cause suppres- 
sion. 
Causes of 
Suppression 
A woman, in Kansas (4029), wrote 
that she suffered with suppressed men- 
struation for almost two years, follow- 
ing a period of many years of suffer- 
ing with uterine troubles. She became so nervous that 
she could not stay alone at all. She was so bloated that 
she could scarcely walk; could not sleep at night; and 
got up in the morning feeling more tired and nervous 
than when she retired. A number of physicians treated 
Suppressed Two 
Years PAI NF UL IE NST R UATION 
215 
her, and all suggested an operation as the only means 
of recovery. 
It was while she was in this condition of suffering 
and discouragement that she was led to use Viavi. In a 
few months she noticed signs of improvement; menstrua- 
tion occurred, she was less nervous, and slept better. 
The periods eventually became normal, and she felt 
like a n'ew woman. 
A woman, in England (2453), wrote 
that she suffered from suppressed men- 
struation for eighteen months, becom- 
ing exceedingly thin, and low spirited. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power. 
In a short time she grew stouter, became less nervous, 
and at the end of six months menstruation was re- 
established. Her friends remarked how splendidly she 
looked-how full of life and energy. 
Friends See 
Improvement 
A woman, in Kansas (4110), wrote 
that she had not menstruated for 
eighteen months and was a nervous 
wreck. An operation for removal of 
the uterine organs was advised as the only means of 
relief, but as both husband and wife were anxious for 
children, this was not considered. She began the use 
of Viavi. During the early months of its use, although 
the recuperative forces of the body were doubtless doing 
all that was necessary, improvement could not be seen; 
but she persistently continued although it was dis- 
couraging at times. Sufferers want to get well quickly. 
They do not realize how much the recuperative power 
has to do, nor do they even think of that power doing 
anything. They think of the means used as having some 
magical power to do that which only the recuperative 
power can do in its own way, and in its own time. When 
they realize that restoration is a natural process, and re- 
quires time, they become more patient and are en- 
couraged as evidences of improvement, even slight, are 
seen. 
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Takes Time 216 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Among the first signs of improvement, this sufferer 
noticed less bloating, less nervousness, and more strength. 
The menses reappeared, and about a year later she be- 
came pregnant. She continued furnishing Viavi to her 
recuperative power, and suffered none of the discom- 
forts so frequent during pregnancy. A baby boy was 
born, whom the specialist pronounced to be a perfect 
specimen of a healthy child. She later wrote that she 
had remained well. 
In suppressed menstruation from 
causes other than pregnancy or the 
change of life, there is usually head- 
ache on the top or side of the head, a 
dropsical condition, heaviness of the feet, dyspepsia, 
lassitude, drowsiness in the daytime, palpitation of the 
heart, bleeding at the nose, and swelling of the veins of 
the legs. The meaning of all these conditions can be 
easily understood. -The drowsiness comes from an im- 
pure condition of the blood, affecting the brain, organs, 
and tissues of the body. The nose bleeding indicates 
Nature's effort to get rid of some of the blood that 
should escape in the natural way. The distension of the 
veins of the legs shows a superabundance of fluid in the 
system and its escape into the tissues. 
Signs of 
Suppression 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(2179), wrote that her troubles began 
with severe winter colds which forced 
her to give up school. She went to 
the country where she rode horse-back, ate nourishing 
food, and had abundant rest, but without benefit. Hot 
sitz baths, and heavy doses of pennyroyal were given to 
increase the menses, which had decreased to a few drops 
of brick colored flow. She spent half of her time in bed 
and the other half dragging around. She had no appe- 
tite, could not sleep, was fretful, nervous, irritable, and 
cared little whether she lived or died. She learned of 
Viavi seemingly by accident, but now believes she was 
divinely led to know of it. Appreciating the principle 
Viavi as a 
Means PAINFUL MENSTRUATION 
217 
of furnishing Viavi to the recuperative power as a 
means which it may use, she recognized a truth for 
which she had been searching, and began to use Viavi 
faithfully. In a few weeks she menstruated naturally, 
more than she had for years. In five months she was 
well again, her cheeks were rosy, she gained ten pounds, 
worked early and late, and enjoyed it. 
While she was thus improving so 
splendidly, she suffered a great nerv- 
ous shock which proved a great set- 
back. Her nerves were again shat- 
tered, indigestion followed, she had fainting spells, ter- 
rifying nightmares, and could scarcely sleep. She con- 
tinued using Viavi faithfully, and although improve- 
ment was slow, the comparisons from month to month 
clearly indicated that she was, for the second time, re- 
gaining her health. At the end of a year and a half she 
had fully restored her health, and seven years later 
wrote that the restoration was permanent. 
Restoration 
Permanent 
What is the application of these 
truths to you, as a sufferer? Just this: 
The recuperative power, through which 
alone, you can get well, is in your 
own body, and no one can use that power but you. You 
must furnish a means which it can use; and these letters 
which we have quoted, from others who have suffered, 
tell the means they used through which they restored 
their health. Your recuperative power has been caring 
for your body always, and for other bodies for ages. It 
has the wisdom gathered through those ages. It cares for 
you while asleep or awake, and if restoration is possi- 
ble, it will restore you to health when you furnish a 
means which it can use. Viavi has been the means which 
the recuperative power of thousands upon thousands of 
others used. Why may it not be the means for your 
restoration if you will furnish it to your recuperative 
power? The responsibility for furnishing a means your 
recuperative power can use is wholly yours. 
Yours is the 
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We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from menstrual de- 
rangements and restored themselves through the use of 
Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these, or others, 
if you are interested or desire them. Address any Viavi 
office. CHAPTER XXVII 
SOMETHING ABOUT CURETTEMENT 
CURETTING the womb is the scraping away of its 
lining with a spoon-like instrument which may 
have either a sharp or dull edge. A sharp hook is 
fastened into the neck of the womb to drag it into the 
vaginal orifice. The curette is introduced into the womb, 
and repeatedly drawn outward, scraping or cutting 
away the lining. The womb is then washed out and 
packed. 
Dragging the womb downward the 
length of the vagina is a serious pro- 
cedure. It stretches the ligaments and 
other parts, and if adhesions are pres- 
ent they may be torn, and internal hemorrhage occur. 
Dilatation of the mouth of the womb, especially if the 
womb is hard or indurated, is a serious operation in 
itself, and laceration sometimes occurs. Rendering dila- 
tation painless by anesthetics does not prevent injury 
to the tissues. Not only is the mouth of the womb 
unnaturally opened, but the entire neck, or about one- 
third of the womb, is also opened. 
Injury Done 
to the Womb 
The neck of the womb with its ex- 
ternal and internal openings, acts as 
a double guard to the womb, showing 
Nature's extraordinary care to pre- 
vent any unnatural invasion. When a diseased lining 
exists, the whole organ is involved more or less, it 
would be as sensible to scrape away the lining of the 
stomach to establish a healthy condition of that organ 
as to scrape away the lining of the womb for the same 
purpose. You can imagine what injury must be done to 
the delicate cells forming the lining of the womb by 
the barbarous scraping of the curette. 
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of the Womb 220 
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The openings of the Fallopian tubes 
into the womb are only large enough 
to admit a very small bristle. In 
curettement they frequently become 
raw, bruised, and bleeding. This leads to diseases of the 
tubes and ovaries, to painful, menstrual difficulties and 
to other complications. Through carelessness or ignor- 
ance, infection may be carried into the womb. Some- 
times the diseased tissues are so fragile that the curette 
is pushed through the walls of the womb. Because of 
such dangers, and its uselessness, many surgeons have 
discarded this form of treatment. 
Other Damage 
May be Done 
A woman, in Missouri (3666), wrote 
that she suffered with inflammation 
of the womb from puberty. She was 
married at nineteen, and at twenty- 
two a specialist discovered a growth. A curettement 
was advised to obviate a more serious operation later. 
However, after the curettement she did not menstruate, 
and was kept in bed for two months, gradually grow- 
ing weaker. A year later she was examined by several 
physicians, and while none could say why she did not 
menstruate, they advised the removal of all the organs. 
At that time a cousin led her to use Viavi. She be- 
came much better, but discontinued using it before 
she was entirely well. Ten years later she again suf- 
fered so badly that she could hardly lie or sit down 
because of the pain in the uterine organs. She was 
nervous, had headaches at the base of the brain most 
of the time, and life was almost a torture. The womb 
was three times its normal size and bound by adhe- 
sions to the rectum. Her husband encouraged her to 
use Viavi faithfully. All these conditions were over- 
come, and she became a well woman. 
Menstruation 
Stopped 
A woman, in Georgia (4531), began 
menstruating at twelve, suffering with 
Convulsions so severely that she often 
fell in a faint. Each period her body 
drew up in knots, for two days at a time. She was 
Adhesions 
Followed CURETTEMENT 
221 
treated by the best physicians, the womb was dilated 
and curetted. Adhesions followed the curetting, and 
she suffered very severely. When she dragged herself 
to her physician's office, she fainted there. He said that 
everything possible had been done with the exception 
of another operation. She furnished Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power for several weeks, and was again 
examined by her physician who still advised an opera- 
tion. believing that the relief obtained through the use 
of Viavi would be temporary. He also said that she 
could never become a mother in her condition. 
Refusing the operation, she continued the use of 
Viavi. She became pregnant and continued its use dur- 
ing her entire pregnancy, and bore a fine, healthy baby. 
Four years and a half afterwards she wrote, thankful 
for what she had been able to do through the use of 
Viavi, and believing that without it she would have 
been a pitiful nervous wreck, of little help to herself 
or her family. 
A woman, in England (2468), wrote 
that five years previously she had had 
a very severe illness following inflam- 
mation of the womb from which she 
had suffered for two years. Her physician and specialist 
advised an immediate curettement. Being assured of 
health and no return of her trouble, she consented, but 
was bitterly disappointed, for afterwards she suffered 
more pain than before. She then began furnishing 
Viavi to her recuperative power, continuing for a long 
time, and such improvement followed that her friends 
scarcely recognized her for the same person. She ex- 
presses earnest thankfulness for the benefits she se- 
cured. 
In health the lining of the womb is thrown off be- 
fore the menses appear, but Nature prepares the organ 
for shedding this membrane. But if the lining is 
thickened and hard, it becomes exceedingly difficult 
to shed. 
A Bitter 
Disappointment 222 
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A letter from a woman, in Nova Scotia 
(742), tells how useless curettement 
was in her case. She suffered for 
years, gradually growing worse, until 
death would have been a welcome relief. She was taken 
to a hospital and curetted by one of the best surgeons 
there. After six weeks she was sent home, and six 
months later had another curettement. Relief followed 
for a few weeks, then she became very ill, having a 
trained nurse and two doctors in attendance nearly 
all summer. Even afterwards she was confined to bed 
one or two weeks at each period, and kept under mor- 
phine all the time. The use of Viavi was suggested, 
but having such good physicians and surgeons, and not 
realizing that the restorative power was in her own 
body, she did not use it. She suffered another attack 
of illness, and had another operation, followed by 
thirteen weeks in bed. 
She began furnishing Viavi to her recuperative 
power, and became so much better that she could walk 
or drive on the first day of the period, which was a 
wonderful experience for her. Four years later she 
wrote that she had continued perfectly well, and gives 
the use of Viavi her hearty endorsement. 
Two Unsuccessful 
Curettements 
This woman's recuperative power was 
able to restore health when furnished 
with a means it could use. It had not 
been able to use the curettements or 
other means which her physicians prescribed. It was 
not Viavi that was being tried, as her physician sug- 
gested, but her recuperative power. Her experience 
proved that her recuperative power could produce 
health when it was furnished a means which it could 
use. It had not done this before because it had not 
been supplied with a means it could use. Restoration 
does not come from someone or some thing outside of 
ourselves, but through the recuperative power within 
us. This is proven by many thousands, who failing to 
restore themselves by other means, did restore them- 
Recuperative 
Truths CURETTEMENT 
223 
selves when they supplied Viavi to their recuperative 
power. 
The experience of another sufferer, in 
Ontario (935), illustrates these truths. 
She was placed on the operating table 
to have the womb curetted and stitched 
to the abdominal wall. But the specialist, believing she 
could not live through the ordeal, dismissed her as be- 
ing incurable. Her heart was in such bad condition 
that for months she could not lie on her left side. Her 
kidneys were in a serious condition, her limbs were 
affected; she had stomach trouble, and was anaemic. 
She used Viavi persistently until her health was re- 
stored. Four years later she wrote that she continued 
well, doing dressmaking as well as housework. 
This illustrates how unnecessary the proposed opera- 
tions were, and that Nature can restore health when 
given the right; assistance, even though the sufferer may 
not be strong enough to be operated upon. 
Curetting 
Impossible 
A woman, in Massachusetts (3785), 
wrote that she had not been well for 
twenty years, suffering with profuse 
menstrual flooding. At one time she 
flowed steadily for two months, becoming so weak that 
she had to be carried from her bedroom to the living 
room each day. She was finally taken to the hospital 
for curettement. She expected her troubles would be 
over after this, but in a few weeks the terrible flooding 
spells started again. Her physician made effort to stop 
the flow, but without success, and told her that she 
could not live unless the uterine organs were all re- 
moved. As the first operation had been a failure, both 
husband and wife refused a second. 
Trouble 
Returned 
Learning that others had obtained 
health through the use of Viavi, she 
began its use. In two weeks her re- 
cuperative forces had so far overcome 
the conditions that the Hooding stopped. Her physicians 
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of Others 224 
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discovered an ovarian abscess, which the recuperative 
power eliminated through sores resembling boils, near 
the ovary. Later, she passed a growth from the womb. 
She gradually grew stronger until she was so improved 
that her friends hardly recognized her. Two years 
later she was in perfect health, weighed 135 pounds, 
and did all her own housework for three people. 
She says that she owes her life to the use of Viavi. 
A more exact statement would be that she owes her 
life to the fact that her recuperative power used Viavi, 
and was enabled to do the repair work necessary to be 
done. We do not know how the recuperative power uses 
the food we eat to build the cells of the body, nor do 
we know the minute processes required to restore health. 
The recuperative power does, and while these sufferers 
did not get well when they offered other means to their 
recuperative power, they did get well when they fur- 
nished Viavi to it, as you may, also. 
Another sufferer, in Oregon (3155), 
wrote that twenty-seven years before 
she had overcome painful menstrua- 
tion, which had caused her limbs to 
cramp at each period. Between periods there was a 
weight and bearing down pains through the hips and 
abdomen. The womb had been dilated and curetted four 
different times, and more serious operations were ad- 
vised which she wanted to avoid if possible. What 
others had accomplished through the use of Viavi sug- 
gested a possible way to health without the knife. The 
results which followed her use of Viavi were splendid^ 
She became entirely well, and for twenty-seven years, 
at the time she wrote, there had been no return of the 
trouble. 
Four Curettements 
Failed 
Another user, in California (2074), 
wrote that she suffered for fifteen 
years before learning of, and using 
Viavi. Beginning with a miscarriage, 
she had profuse hemorrhages each month, compelling 
her to lie on her back for several days each period. She 
Curettement 
Failed CURETTEMENT 
225 
was treated for years by the best physicians at her com- 
mand, and was finally assured that all she needed to 
become a well woman was a curettement, to which she 
consented. The curettement neither checked the flow nor 
relieved the pain, but added a miserable backache. An- 
other physician insisted upon removing: the ovary and 
also suggested another curettement, but as the first 
was a disappointment, she declined. After fifteen years 
of constant suffering and of urgings to have the ovary 
removed, she consented, but while preparing herself, a 
friend told her that she had suffered for ten years in a 
similar way, and had restored her health through the 
use of Viavi. 
This sufferer thereupon began using Viavi, and after 
a comparatively short time her recuperative forces be- 
gan eliminating lumps of tissue, about the size of a 
lemon, daily for thirteen days. Each elimination was 
accompanied with regular labor-like pains, and it proved 
to be parts of a fibroid tumor. She improved, gradually, 
gained in weight, the flowing ceased, there was no more 
pain, and she felt perfectly well. 
Besides the dangers accompanying 
curetting, is the patent fact that it 
does not remove the cause. Instead 
of toning and strengthening, it irri- 
tates. It does not help Nature to do the restorative 
things that she would do if given the assistance she 
demands. The purpose in using Viavi is to give Na- 
ture just that assistance. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from conditions for 
which curettement was advised or performed, but who 
restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we 
shall be glad to send you these and others if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
Does Not Remove 
Cause CHAPTER XXVIII 
SOMETHING ABOUT INFLAMMATION 
AND ENLARGEMENT OF 
THE WOMB 
1NFLAMMATI0N of the womb (metritis) may be 
either acute or chronic. Acute inflammation is that 
of recent occurrence; chronic inflammation is that 
which has become established. While in acute stages 
Nature protests in her language of pain, in chronic con- 
ditions she gradually accustoms herself to those ab- 
normalities which she cannot overcome. That is why 
such acute pain may not continue: yet the exhaustion 
of nervous vitality goes on. 
Inflammation of the womb follows con- 
gestion, general causes of which are 
discussed in the chapter on Inflamma- 
tion and Congestion, which please re- 
read. The extreme sensitiveness of the uterine nerves to 
abnormal conditions of the system, such as impaired 
nutrition, overwrought nerves, unwise living, excesses, 
improper food, insufficient rest, sleep and exercise, 
seems to invite the localization of congestion within the 
uterine organs. "When the nervous vitality is lowered, 
the nerve control of the arteries is diminished, permit- 
ting congestion in the uterine organs. To overcome the 
conditions resulting from this congestion the cause must 
be removed and the nervous system built up by furnish- 
ing the recuperative power the means which it can use 
to do so. 
General Causes of 
Metritis 
A woman, writing from Illinois (4501), 
emphasized the effect of inflammation 
of the womb upon the nervous system, 
and other organs, and functions. She 
suffered from inflammation, congestion, and enlarge- 
Inflammation of 
the Womb INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
227 
ment of the womb and ovaries, leucorrhea, constipation, 
and extreme nervousness, crying at the slightest provo- 
cation. It can be easily understood why she should be 
so nervous and suffer with remote conditions, following 
the inflammation of the womb. An inflamed finger for 
instance, may not only involve the whole hand, but the 
arm as well. Uterine and abdominal inflammation 
spreads to the adjoining ovaries and other tissues. The 
lowered nervous vitality, diminished nerve control of 
the arteries, irritation of the nerve centers, affect the 
nerve centers in the spine, causing backache, and the 
part of the brain governing the uterine organs, causing 
headaches. 
This sufferer was led to see what others had accom- 
plished through the use of Viavi, and she began its use. 
She was much discouraged because she did not get 
well as fast as she thought she should. Indeed, for a 
time she seemed to suffer more pain than before. The 
beginnings of restoration often affect the whole body 
and may seem to add to the disturbed function. Realiz- 
ing how much the recuperative forces had to do, this 
woman persevered in the use of Viavi, and became a 
well woman, able to enjoy health, and appreciate her 
family and her friends. 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(4161), wrote that she suffered with 
a congested and inflamed womb. She 
could not stand upright, nor would 
the womb stay in place. The least work or misstep 
would cause it to fall backward upon the rectum, and it 
had been in this condition ever since her child,-then 
11 years old, was born. Iler physician had said that 
she would never be well until operated upon. Learning 
what others had been able to do through the use of 
Viavi, she determined to furnish Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power. The congestion and inflammation were over- 
come, and with them the displacement; the adhesions 
were entirely absorbed, and she feels that she was 
saved from the knife. 
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Displacement 228 
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Another woman, in Kansas (3794), 
wrote that she suffered with an ex- 
ternal and internal laceration follow- 
ing childbirth. The womb and left 
ovary were inflamed, and the womb was enlarged and 
out of place. The external laceration had been repaired, 
but the stitches did not hold. She became very nervous, 
;tnd suffered intense pain. Having been treated by six 
physicians, without any relief, she was in despair. 
Learning of Viavi from friends who had restored them- 
selves through its use, she supplied it to her recupera- 
tive power. The inflammation was reduced, the enlarge- 
ment decreased, and the womb was gradually lifted into 
its proper position. Her physician's examination re- 
vealed the improved conditions to be just as she had 
felt them. She is grateful for what she has been able 
to accomplish through the use of Viavi. 
Laceration, 
Inflammation 
A woman, in South Africa (2535), 
writes that she suffered for years from 
inflammation and ulceration of the 
womb, accompanied by that life drain- 
ing complaint, leucorrhea. Medical aid gave her only 
temporary relief. Learning of Viavi. she furnished it 
to her recuperative forces and at the end of a year, 
was, as she expressed it, "a new woman." 
Is a New 
Woman 
Inflammation of the womb is called 
metritis. Endometritis is inflamma- 
tion of the lining within the womb, 
perimetritis is inflammation of the 
outer covering of the womb, cervicitis is inflammation 
of the cervix, endocervicitis is inflammation of the lining 
of the cervix. 
Some of the 
Names Given 
Aside from the general causes which 
produce inflammation of the womb, 
there are many of a local character. 
Among these are non-development; a 
sudden suppression of the menses; injury from the use 
of the sound, the curette, pessary, tents and medica- 
Local 
Causes INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
229 
tions; inflammations following delivery (generally asso- 
ciated with blood poisoning-septicemia); laceration; 
displacement; abortion; surgical operations; miscar- 
riage and excesses. 
Because inHammation follows conges- 
tion of blood, enlargement of the 
womb always occurs when it is in- 
flamed. Enlargement causes displace- 
ment ; hence the symptoms peculiar to the displacement, 
backward, forward, or downward; pain in the back; a 
sense of weight and bearing down in the pelvis, in- 
creased when standing; pain in the uterine region when 
sitting; leucorrhea; menstrual anomalies, aggravated 
during the periods; heat with a burning sensation of 
the cervix and vagina; pain and lameness in the lower 
extremities; and when complicated with inflammation 
of the tubes, ovaries and surrounding tissues, the whole 
body from the waist to the feet is hardly free from 
pain. 
Physical 
Symptoms 
Mental symptoms also arise, such as 
forgetfulness, crying spells, peevish- 
ness, despondency, melancholia, mental 
derangement, sleeplessness, intense 
headaches on the top and at the base of the brain, 
backache, and peculiar pains between the shoulders, 
with rubber-like pains in the spine, and tenderness in 
the breasts. By overcoming congestion and inflamma- 
tion in the pelvic region, all distressing symptoms, even 
in remote parts of the body, disappear. 
Mental 
Symptoms 
A woman, in Georgia (4499), was 
lacerated at childbirth, and for thirty- 
five years suffered from ovarian con- 
gestion and ulceration of the womb. 
For five months she visited a hospital daily for treat- 
ment. Later, while in the hospital for three months, 
not expected to live, she was urged to have an ovary 
removed, the doctor believing it caused her trouble. 
A growth in the rectum formed, said to be from the 
Inflammation, 
Growths 230 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
constant pressure of packing placed to keep the womb 
in position, from which a daily hemorrhage developed. 
Instead of submitting to the proposed operation, she 
began the use of Viavi, and five years later wrote that 
the growth had steadily diminished, the hemorrhage 
ceased, and at seventy-five years of age she was well, 
active, and felt that she owed her life and health to 
the use of Viavi. 
As one reviews the thousands of let- 
ters from sufferers from very many 
different conditions one is appalled at 
the seeming lack of professional re- 
sources to meet these conditions, because usually, an 
operation is offered as the only hope. Yet, many of 
those who submit are not only not restored, but made 
worse! Many, refusing to submit, have supplied Viavi 
to their recuperative power and have become gloriously 
well. Many of those made worse by operations, by sup- 
plying Viavi to their recuperative power, have over- 
come both the suffering for which the operation was 
undertaken and the results from the operation. 
Appalling 
Revelations 
For instance, a woman in Canada, 
(1045), wrote that her condition was 
diagnosed by physicians as inflamma- 
tion of the womb, ovaries and Fallo- 
pian tubes, causing severe pain in the right side. The 
right ovary was removed, thinking that would relieve 
her; but she grew worse. Another operation was 
proposed, but although she suffered almost constantly, 
she would not consent. She had been in a hospital 
three times, in a private home for three months, and in 
bed for ten weeks. Her experiences led her to believe 
that she would not get well by the means she was using, 
so she furnished Viavi to her recuperative power for 
nearly a year and a half, and regained her health. She 
wrote two years later that she had not, since then, been 
sick in bed a single day. 
Uterine 
Inflammation INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
231 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4ol0), 
wrote that at twenty years of age she 
was thrown from a wagon, which 
caused weakness, displacement of the 
womb, and severe chronic inflammation. Her father 
spared no expense, and a number of physicians were 
employed in succession. An operation was performed, 
in which the neck of the womb was amputated, which 
she believes was most cruel as it rendered her unable 
to carry a child the full term. Although treated con- 
stantly. she collapsed at the age of forty-six during the 
change of life. She could not see any one nor even 
bear the slightest noise. The house was hushed be- 
cause of the terrible mental strain. She could not eat 
the most simple diet without severe distress, and was 
nearly starved. 
Severe 
Metritis 
Her physician discovered a good sized 
fibroid tumor which pressed upon the 
bladder, causing intense inflammation 
with frequent urination. Having seen 
results following the use of Viavi, he advised that she 
either have another operation or use Viavi - but favored 
the operation. She would consent to neither, and became 
so helpless that she could not feed herself nor be on 
her feet for nine months. Her husband then insisted that 
she use Viavi, and in a few weeks she was much grati- 
fied and surprised to realize that the bladder was some 
better. After five months' use of Viavi she was able to 
sit up a little and feed herself. After seven months she 
was able to stand alone and take a few steps with help. 
In one year she could get up from a chair, walk and 
sit down alone, and in three years she was able to do 
her housework, including washing and ironing, and often 
walked a mile to church. 
After thirty years of suffering she became thorough- 
ly well, and believes her life was saved through the 
use of Viavi. Writing three years later she says, "My 
old troubles have never returned. I am still walking 
a mile to church, doing all of my housework, washing 
Viavi or 
An Operation 232 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
and ironing included." What would it not have meant 
had she been led to use Viavi twenty-five years earlier? 
What may it not mean to you to use Viavi now? 
A husband, in Nova Scotia (643), 
wrote that his wife suffered very 
severely with inflammation of the 
womb and left ovary, and prolapsus. 
She gradually declined, until her physicians gave up all 
hope of recovery. The husband, learning of Viavi, in- 
vestigated the results obtained, and began furnishing 
it to his wife's recuperative power. There had not been 
a natural bowel movement for several weeks without 
extreme pain. Soon, the recuperative power began 
eliminating large amounts of corruption. Afterwards, 
the bowels moved regularly, but each movement was 
composed largely of poisonous matter. The medical men 
told the husband that had this condition continued 
longer, blood poisoning would have set in. Improvement 
continued, and at Christmas the sufferer was able to 
sit up and joyfully cast her eyes over the numerous 
presents sent. her. 
Her recovery, with some setbacks, continued, and 
the following September she weighed eight pounds more 
than she did before taken ill, and was entirely well in 
every particular. Writing four years later, the husband 
says: "You will be glad to know that the restoration 
seems permanent. She is stronger and weighs more than 
she has since she was a girl." 
Gave Up all 
Hope 
ENLARGEMENT OF THE WOMB 
The Chapter on the Reproductive Organs of Women 
explains why congestion and inflammation of the womb 
causes its enlargement. The blood vessels of the womb 
are exceedingly tortuous, or kinky, resembling a strand 
of wool which has been knitted and unraveled. This 
wise provision prevents their rupture from the enorm- 
ous stretching during pregnancy. Like blood vessels 
throughout the entire body, they have their particular INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
233 
nerve centers and nerves whose function it is to main- 
tain the tonicity of the vessels. When the nerves lose 
their tone they cannot perform this function, and the 
walls of the blood vessels become relaxed, rendering 
them distensible. Congestion in so large a number in- 
creases the size of the womb. Congestion tends to pro- 
duce inflammation, and later, ulceration. Restoration 
of nerve control of the circulation and blood supply to 
the tissues is necessary to remove congestion and en- 
largement. 
The causes of enlargement are, inflam- 
mation of the womb and ovaries, ad- 
hesions, laceration, curetting, adhered 
placenta at childbirth, subinvolution 
or failure of the womb to return to its natural size 
after childbirth, tumors, and other abnormal growths, 
menstrual abnormalities, and diminished nervous vitality 
from various causes. The enlargement may not be uni- 
form; one part of the womb may be much more en- 
larged than another. The womb may be large and soft, 
or large, hard and sensitive to touch, or it may be de- 
void of sensation. 
Causes of 
Enlargement 
Enlargement causes much distress by 
pressure upon surrounding parts, 
placing a greater strain upon the liga- 
ments. In health, the ligaments are 
elastic; under undue strain from the increased weight 
of the enlarged womb they bear up as long as possible, 
but eventually stretch and give way, allowing the womb 
to fall out of position. 
Effects of 
Enlargement 
The pelvic cavity is small, and the 
uterine organs are snugly packed 
within it, each designed to occupy a 
certain amount of room. Unnatural 
enlargement of any one distresses all the others, and 
interferes with their function. In pregnancy the womb 
rises out of the true pelvis into the false, as it enlarges, 
and does not interfere; but an enlarged womb or a 
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and Pregnancy 234 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
tumor of the same size as the pregnant womb, being 
unnatural, interferes with every vital organ. No provi- 
sion is made for lifting the womb upward when it be- 
comes enlarged from disease. Its increased weight tends 
to drag it downward, stretching and weakening the sup- 
porting ligaments, with the almost inevitable result of 
misplacement. 
Operations to shorten the ligaments 
neither reduce the enlargement nor 
strengthen the ligaments. But when 
the causes of the congestion and in- 
flammation can be overcome, the womb returns to its 
normal size and weight, the ligaments regain their tone 
and elasticity, and are then able to lift the womb into 
its natural position and maintain it there. 
Shortening 
Ligaments 
A woman, in Kansas (3927), wrote 
that she suffered for years from pro- 
lapsus, inflammation and ulceration 
of the womb; and inflammation is in- 
variably accompanied with some degree of enlargement. 
The womb was so heavy it would protrude from the 
body, and she was not able to be on her feet. She had 
been treated, but obtained no relief, and was about to 
give up in despair when she learned of Viavi and be- 
gan its use. Her health was entirely restored, and at 
sixty-eight years she wrote that she had had no return 
of these troubles, was in the best of health, doing all 
her own housework and helping her daughter too. 
Womb Very 
Heavy 
The womb had become infiamed be- 
cause a lowered nervous vitality had 
diminished the nerve control of the 
arteries, permitting congestion of the 
blood, and enlargement of the womb. The ligaments be- 
came weak and stretched, allowing the womb to fall 
downward. When her recuperative power was furnished 
with a means it.could use, it aroused the nervous vi- 
tality, increased the circulation, removed congestion, re- 
turned the womb to its normal size and weight, and the 
Steps in 
Her Restoration INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
235 
ligaments, regaining their elasticity, were able to lift 
the womb back into position, thus removing the cause 
of pain and suffering. 
A woman, in England (2465), wrote that she suf- 
fered from painful menstruation and enlargement of 
the womb and was led by a friend to furnish Viavi to 
her recuperative power. As a result she was able to 
write that she was in very good health, better than 
she had been for several years. 
Chronic enlargement of the womb is 
frequently due to subinvolution, a 
failure of the womb to return to its 
natural size after childbirth, abortion 
or miscarriage. Return of the womb to its natural size 
after childbirth is not completed even under the 
most favorable circumstances, in less than forty-five 
days, and many things may occur to delay the pro- 
cess. Mental shocks, suppression of milk through its 
non-use, laceration, retention of pieces of the placenta, 
and commonest of all, leaving the bed too soon, inter- 
feres with normal involution. Subinvolution almost 
invariably follows childbirth when conception has taken 
place with the womb in unhealthy condition. It fre- 
quently follows neglect after an abortion or a mis- 
carriage. Women of all classes overlook the fact that 
these abnormal events are more serious than normal 
labor. Repetitions of subinvolution gradually leave the 
uterus larger than it should be, and usually, with a 
copious leucorrheal discharge. .Lacerations, wearing 
steadily on the nervous vitality, are a frequent cause of 
enlargement. 
Subinvolution and 
Enlargement 
A woman, in Utah (2314), suffered 
severely after the birth of her baby. 
The womb was enlarged and inflamed, 
and pressed on the bladder which 
caused pain and annoyance because the urine dripped 
all the time. She menstruated nearly eighteen months 
until she was very weak, and scarcely able to walk. An 
Scarcely Able to 
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operation was advised as the only hope; but this she 
was anxious to avoid. A friend led her to realize what 
other sufferers had accomplished through the use of 
Viavi, and she began its use. She felt worse for a few 
weeks, then improvement began and continued steadily 
until she was in perfect health. She was able to enjoy 
life, do her housework, gained forty-five pounds, and 
wrote some years later that her good health continued. 
A woman, in Ireland (2514), wrote 
that she suffered from enlargement 
and inflammation of the womb, ac- 
companied by severe and continuous 
hemorrhages, finally going to the hospital for treat- 
ment, but grew worse. While she was in the hospital, 
her husband learned of Viavi, and upon his wife's re- 
turn supplied it to her recuperative power. At first 
the discharge and hemorrhages seemed to increase, and 
the sufferer felt it would be wise to have an examina- 
tion by her doctor. He reported that he had never 
found her so well before; there were only a few small 
polypi left, and the large growth which had given much 
anxiety, was shriveling up. With this encouragement 
she used Viavi in larger quantities and more con- 
fidently than before. She wrote later that she had 
passed through the change of life and her health was 
established, although she had never expected to be so 
well. 
Enlargement and 
Hemorrhages 
In chronic enlargement every men- 
strual period becomes almost a men- 
ace to life. If the hand, foot, or any 
visible part of the body remained ab- 
normally enlarged for several years, would not its 
functions become impaired, making it a burden? So it 
is with the enlarged and heavy uterus, and much more 
so, because it cannot be put to rest as some members 
of the body, for it has a monthly function to perform 
which is of vital necessity to health. 
In chronic inflammation the womb remains large 
and hard, often tender to the touch. Enlargement and 
Chronic 
Enlargement INFLAMMATION OF THE WOMB 
237 
tenderness of the ovaries will generally be found pres- 
ent because of the close sympathy existing between 
these organs. 
As the cause of chronic enlargement 
and inflammation of the womb is the 
same, Nature must be assisted in the 
same way-that is, the recuperative 
power must be furnished with a means it can use to 
overcome the cause, and these letters from sufferers 
tell you how they have succeeded in doing this. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from congestion, in- 
flammation and enlargement of the womb and their con- 
sequences, and restored themselves through the use of 
Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these and 
others if you are interested or desire them. Address 
any Viavi office. 
Overcome the 
Cause CHAPTER XXIX 
SOMETHING ABOUT DISPLACEMENTS 
OP THE WOMB 
MOST women suffer at some time from displace- 
ment of the womb. A displacement other than 
from an accident or injury indicates a lowering 
of nervous vitality with a consequent derangement of 
the blood supply. If these conditions are from some 
temporary stress, or over-exertion, the resilience of the 
body usually overcomes them quickly. When the cause 
is constant, the displacement is almost certain to be- 
come chronic, and the results far-reaching. This is in 
part due to the position, structure, and relation of the 
womb to other uterine organs. The pelvic cavity is 
small but so wonderfully are the organs adapted and 
adjusted in relation to each other that only accident 
or ill health causes misplacement. 
The womb is suspended or swung in 
muscular ligaments and hence has 
much freedom of movement. It is 
deemed displaced when put out of 
position by abnormal conditions within itself or the 
surrounding organs or tissues. The natural pushing of 
the womb backward as the bladder fills, or forward as 
the rectum fills, are natural movements, as are those 
occurring in walking and in deep breathing. These 
changes of position are beneficial both to the womb and 
the ligaments supporting it, giving them wholesome 
exercise. In displacement these natural movements can 
no longer take place and the circulation is impeded. 
This congestion of blood makes the womb larger and 
heavier, causing it to fall more and more out of place. 
Natural 
Movements DISPLACEMENTS 
239 
The womb is connected with the out- 
side of the body by the muscular tube, 
the vagina, which is attached to the 
neck of the womb at the upper end, 
and, when healthy, affords the womb considerable sup- 
port. The bladder is in front, and the rectum passes 
from the left downward behind the womb. The broad 
ligaments, formed out of the peritoneum, leaving the 
front surface of the spine, hold the womb and ovaries 
as in a swing, and pass upward, forming the lining of 
the abdominal walls. 
Position of Pelvic 
Organs 
The ligaments which support and hold 
the womb are composed of millions of 
microscopic cells. Each one is an in- 
dividual being with the ability to do 
certain work. They receive vitality from the blood; 
therefore, the blood, carrying nourishment, must flow 
freely to, and, laden with waste, from, these cells. The 
circulation of the blood is under the direction of cer- 
tain nerve centers which in turn, are nourished by the 
blood which the vessels carry to them. Thus, one can 
understand why the womb falls out of place when the 
cells composing these ligaments become weak and elong- 
ated; how it is lifted into place by these wonderful 
cells when they are restored to tone and elasticity, as 
is told later. 
Cell 
Construction 
Anything that weakens these liga- 
ments or lowers their tone, as over- 
work, general debility, frequent preg- 
nancies, indigestion, falls, or men- 
strual derangements, may bring about displacement. 
When the cells composing these ligaments lose their 
tone, strength, and elasticity, the womb, being con- 
gested, inflamed, and heavy, almost invariably falls 
backward, downward, or forward, out of place. When 
Nature is assisted to restore the elasticity of the cells 
in these ligaments, they gradually lift the displaced 
womb into position without the aid of mechanical ap- 
pliances. 
Weakened 
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The largest man you ever saw was 
once a single cell so small that it 
would take a microscope to see it. 
His whole body now is but an aggre- 
gation of groups or communities of these cells. He 
builds houses, railroads, ships, and lifts heavy weights, 
but it is these microscopic cells which do all these 
things. The smallest plant, and the most gigantic tree, 
are composed of cells. A simple illustration of the 
combined strength of these cells is afforded by that 
humble household appliance, the clothes line. When 
it becomes dry it sags, and the clothes touch the 
ground; but getting wet from the rain makes it taut 
and straight. We say it ''shrinks," but what really 
takes place is this: Each minute cell in each fibre 
shortens a little as it becomes wet. This shortens the 
line, and enough power is exerted to lift the weight of 
the line and the wet, heavy clothes which are upon it. 
The Wonderful 
Cell 
Then again, is the common experience 
of splitting rocks by wetting wooden 
pegs. Holes are drilled in the rock 
along the line at which the fracture 
is desired, and pegs of wood are driven tightly into the 
holes. The pegs are soaked with water, and each cell 
composing them expands a little, and sufficient power is 
exerted to split the rock. In the same way the cells in 
the ligaments, having lost their tone and elasticity, be- 
come stretched or elongated. Regaining their tone and 
elasticity, the cells become shorter and rounder, and 
lift the womb into position. As congestion is removed, 
the womb also becomes less in size and lighter in weight 
making it easier for the ligaments to lift and hold it in 
place. 
That is Nature's way of restoring the womb to its 
normal size and weight and lifting it into position. 
Many sufferers, by supplying Viavi to their recupera- 
tive power, have given the assistance Nature needed, 
and thus have overcome displacements. 
Its Dynamic 
Power DISPLACEMENTS 
241 
For example, a woman, in Spain 
(2511), wrote that she suffered for 
twenty years, following a fall. An 
examination disclosed a backward dis- 
placement of the womb, and an operation was advised 
which she declined. Six years later, still suffering, she 
went under treatment of an eminent Glasgow physician, 
for a year or more. She was kept in bed for three 
months, and was twenty-four days on her back with- 
out getting up or even turning in bed. She afterwards 
wore a support several months; but all to no avail. 
Learning of Viavi through a friend in Switzerland, she 
later began its use. 
Although she continued to suffer, she persevered in 
its use. A year later an examination was made by the 
Glasgow physician who had previously treated her, and 
he was surprised to find her so much improved. He 
said the congestion was all gone, the womb reduced to 
its normal size, but still somewhat out of place. She 
continued using Viavi and three years later when preg- 
nant, was again examined by her Glasgow physician 
who found the womb in place and in perfect condition, 
but was surprised that she was pregnant as he had told 
her she could never have children. She had a comfort- 
able pregnancy and a safe delivery. The child was 
a strong, healthy boy, seven months old at the time 
she wrote. She closed her letter by saying: "Twenty 
years of suffering with retroversion of the womb, ten 
years married and having a lovely boy at the age of 
forty-two years is a result one does not hear of every 
day." 
Displacement 
Twenty Years 
ANTEVERSION AND ANTEFLEXION 
In anteversion, the womb as a whole, falls forward 
out of position; in anteflexion the womb bends forward 
upon itself much like a half closed jack-knife. In either 
condition the womb rests more or less upon the bladder, 
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urinate frequently. If the displacement is permitted 
to continue, cystitis, or an inflamed condition of the 
bladder results. (See Chapter on Bladder and Urethra.) 
If anteversion or anteflexion con- 
tinues, the sphincter muscles that con- 
trol the flow of urine may lose their 
function through constant irritation, 
causing incontinence of urine. Frequently, there is 
constant dribbling, and voiding the urine does not re- 
lieve the desire to urinate. Inflammation of the bladder 
in time involves the ureters, the tubes which convey the 
urine from the kidneys to the bladder, along which in- 
flammation may extend to the kidneys, producing seri- 
ous diseases. Inflammation of the bladder often ex- 
tends to the urethra, the duct that conveys the urine 
from the bladder, producing urethritis. 
Other symptoms of anteversion are backache, dis- 
tress in walking, nervousness, painful, clotted menstrua- 
tion, leucorrhea, sterility, and a heavy bearing-down 
pain in the pelvis. 
When the womb is inflamed, enlarged, and displaced 
forward, effort should be made to assist Nature to re- 
move the cause of its congestion and inflammation, and 
thus restore it to its normal size and weight. The fol- 
lowing letters illustrate how sufferers have done this. 
Effects Upon the 
Bladder 
A woman, in Idaho (2278), wrote how 
wonderfully she had restored herself 
from this distressing condition, ante- 
version, through the use of Viavi. She 
had suffered chiefly with forward displacement of the 
womb since she was a girl of twenty. The womb rested 
upon the bladder, causing much suffering. This can 
be more easily understood when the position of the 
bladder is visualized. It lies just forward of, and under 
the womb, and when empty, folds upon itself like an 
empty purse, as urine accumulates in it, it fills out, in- 
flates, and the weight of the anteverted womb has to 
be lifted up. Hence, the frequent urination, or the con- 
Forward 
Displacement DISPLACEMENTS 
243 
stant dripping of the urine with its attendant irritation 
of the skin and the foul odor which clings to the body 
and clothes. The knowledge of this odor by the sufferer 
makes her nervous and self conscious, and keeps her 
"shut-in," as she will not go among others. With these 
local symptoms there is usually headache on top of the 
head, in the temples, and at the back of the head, all of 
which were present in the case of this sufferer. She 
treated with many physicians without benefit, and was 
finally led to use Viavi and became entirely well; and 
writing fourteen years later she said that her good 
health continued. 
A sufferer, in Colorado (713), wrote: 
' ' For years I suffered with severe 
bladder trouble following anteversion, 
but thought little of that in compari- 
son to what 1 suffered with my feet. I treated for 
broken down arches, used everything I could hear of 
to relieve the pain in my feet, but nothing did much 
good. At times water would ooze from my heels until 
the counters of my shoes were wet, and walking was 
torture. One day I heard a Viavi health talk and learned 
how one could suffer from pains in the limbs and feet 
as the result of displacement, and was thus led to use 
Viavi. Adhesions had formed which were hard to over- 
come. I began to improve slowly, and now walk any 
distance, unconscious that I have feet, while before 
using Viavi my one cry was, 'Oh, my feet.' As the ad- 
hesions were absorbed and the womb lifted into position, 
the bladder trouble disappeared, and I became perfectly 
well." 
Her Feet 
Affected 
A woman, in Texas (1218), wrote that 
she was confined to her bed for fifteen 
years following childbirth, suffering 
torture from pressure of the womb 
upon the bladder. Although treated by many splendid 
physicians, they gave no hope of restoration except by 
removing the womb, ovaries, and Fallopian tubes, and 
she finally consented to be operated upon. But as she be- 
Bedridden for 
Fifteen Year VIAVI HYGIENE 
244 
came worse, the operation could not be performed. Be- 
cause of what others had accomplished through the 
use of Viavi she decided to furnish it to her recupera- 
tive power. For several days, she felt worse; the in- 
flammation seemed to increase; the hemorrhages were 
more profuse. But gradually, the inflammation in the 
ovaries and bladder subsided, the hemorrhages ceased, 
the pain lessened and she felt more like living. She 
became able to do her own housework, run the sewing 
machine, and gained fifteen pounds in weight. Four- 
teen years later, she wrote, "I am thankful to say I 
have never been bothered with any of mv old troubles. 
So you can see I am a well woman still." 
A particularly interesting incident 
occurred in the experience of a suf- 
ferer who lived in Oregon (2794). 
Motherhood was advised as a relief 
for her trouble, but although she bore two girls, her 
sufferings were increased. The womb tipped forward 
and pressed upon the bladder, causing intense pain and 
frequent urination. The right ovary was inflamed and 
congested, and she became very nervous. As inflamma- 
tion in one organ generally affects the adjacent organs 
or tissues, inflammation in the right ovary was followed 
by a cystic condition. (See chapter about Tumors.) 
Three physicians advised that she could not live through 
an operation because of the condition of her heart. In 
fact, the husband was told she could not live forty- 
eight hours, and her little girls were brought to her 
bedside to say good-bye. 
Just at this time her sister arrived and told of others 
who had restored themselves through the use of Viavi; 
and though the sufferer was not expected to live forty- 
eight hours, and the manager from whom the husband 
purchased Viavi, feared her condition was hopeless, the 
use of Viavi was begun. We do not always realize the 
resources which the recuperative power has at its com- 
mand and direction to use in restoration. The writer, 
one of the founders of Viavi, has known many such 
Hope Had Been 
Abandoned DISPLACEMENTS 
245 
incidents where the conditions seemed to leave no hope, 
yet the recuperative power which has at its command 
and direction the processes of w'hich we know little, 
brought about restoration when furnished with a 
means which it could use. 
The doctor was surprised to see this sufferer alive 
on the third day, and advised nourishing food that she 
might gain strength for the operation which he thought 
necessary. Ten days later he stopped calling, saying she 
could soon stand the operation. The cyst upon the 
ovary broke and the contents passed through the Fallo- 
pian tubes into the womb and out through the vagina. 
She began to improve and health gradually returned. 
Fifteen years later she wrote that her excellent health 
had continued. 
Another sufferer, in Canada (2388), 
wrote that she had suffered for seven 
years with falling of the womb and 
inflammation of the bladder, and had 
given up hope of ever becoming well. But by furnish- 
ing Viavi to her recuperative power faithfully, she 
became well, strong, and able to enjoy life. 
Suffered 
Seven Years 
A woman, in England (2457), wrote 
that she suffered with inflammation 
of the uterine organs following dis- 
placement, and for five years wore 
instruments to hold the womb in place. She was led to 
furnish Viavi to her recuperative power and regained 
her health. Eight years later she wrote telling how well 
she was, the satisfaction she felt in not being obliged to 
wear those torturing instruments. Only those who have 
worn such supports can fully appreciate what such re- 
lief means. 
Instruments 
Failed 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4522), 
wrote that she suffered with antever- 
sion, leueorrhea, and painful men- 
struation. Although she knew some- 
thing of what others had accomplished through the use 
of Viavi, it was a long time before she decided to use 
Anteversion, 
Leucorrhea 246 
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it. Eventually she began its use, and is glad that she 
did. It was months before she could notice improve- 
ment, but she continued its use for two years, became 
entirely well, and later gave birth to an eleven pound 
baby boy. Thirteen years later she wrote. "I have re- 
mained well." 
When you read the letters from the 
many who have suffered, telling of the 
things done in the effort to regain 
health, the treatments endured, the 
medicines taken, the operations undergone, and the sad 
failures experienced, then you will realize with how 
little confidence such sufferers often begin the use of 
Viavi. As you read you will notice how hope grows 
with each little sign of improvement, and how that 
hope wavers when the process of recuperation is so 
slow that sometimes weeks or months pass before signs 
of improvement are seen. Yet it cannot be known in ad- 
vance how much, repair work is to be done within the 
body before improvement begins to show in lessened 
pain, better sleep, more energy. As the process of re- 
storation goes on it manifests itself in improved appear- 
ance. The face loses its imprint of pain and takes on 
the stamp of health and happiness. Finally comes the 
realization of complete health throughout the whole be- 
ing, and the joy of living as experienced before the 
suffering began. 
From Failure to 
Success 
RETROVERSION AND RETROFLEXION 
Retroversion is a tipping backward of the womb as 
a whole. Retroflexion is the bending back of the womb 
upon itself like a shutting jack-knife. A congested, 
enlarged, heavy, back-tilted womb rests upon the rec- 
tum, causing the fecal matter to gather in a mass 
above the point of pressure. The feces dry and harden, 
and some of their deleterious elements are absorbed 
into the circulation and carried to all parts of the body. 
The packed feces injure the lower part of the rectum DISPLACEMENTS 
247 
and the anus, and by their hardness and severe pressure 
interfere with the circulation in the rectum, often giv- 
ing rise to fistula, hemorrhage, inflammation, and ulcera- 
tion of the rectum with the various forms of tumors or 
piles which so often accompany this condition in women. 
(See chapter on the Bowels.) 
The injurious effects of retroversion 
are not confined to the rectum, as 
the organs in this region are attached, 
so that a backward falling of the 
womb makes traction on the bladder, which, in turn, 
affects the urethra. 
Injurious 
Effects 
A large number of nerves are located 
in the part of the pelvic cavity where 
the top of the retroverted womb may 
rest. Hence, the most prominent symp- 
toms of retroversion are backaches with an opening and 
shutting sensation; a pressing down sensation in the 
pelvis which greatly interferes with walking; pains run 
down the front of the thighs; an irritable spine, and a 
burning sensation on the top of the head. There may 
be melancholia and hysteria, with a fear of insanity; 
loss of memory, impaired eyesight, palpitation of the 
heart, and stomach troubles. 
From poor drainage the lining membrane of the 
womb becomes inflamed, in time involving the whole 
womb. There is often erosion of the cervix, and leucor- 
rhea. The altered position is such that the circula- 
tion is impeded in the womb and ovaries and also in 
the broad ligaments, causing congestion, inflammation, 
and adhesions. 
Reflex 
Symptoms 
Many women suffering from retrover- 
sion have supplied Viavi to their re- 
cuperative power, and restored them- 
selves to health, as you may do. To 
illustrate, a woman, in Ohio (1876), had retroversion, 
ovarian trouble, leucorrhea, and nervousness in severe 
forms. She was treated by eight physicians, but grew 
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Herself 248 
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worse, and feared that she was going insane. She sup- 
plied Viavi to her recuperative power for fifteen months, 
and wrote, "I am a well woman, and since I have used 
Viavi I think life is worth living, which I did not think 
before, as I had often wished to die." Eleven years 
later she wrote of her continued joy and satisfaction in 
her good health. 
A woman, in London (2467), because 
of her experience, wishes that every 
suffering woman might use Viavi. She 
had neuralgia, indigestion, wore a 
pessary for many years because of her displacements, 
and had had two operations without benefit, though as- 
sured before each that she would be well and strong 
afterwards. Since using Viavi, she enjoys life, needs 
no pessary, and is grateful for her restoration. 
Grateful for 
Restoration 
Another sufferer, in Canada (1046), 
wrote that she was a wreck from nerv- 
ous prostration following retroversion. 
She also had ulceration of the stom- 
ach and constipation, which conditions often follow re- 
troversion because of the pressure upon, and irritation 
of, the rectum. An operation was advised, to which 
she would not consent. Discouraged and hopeless, she 
began the use of Viavi, continuing faithfully for two 
years until she became well. She used it again during 
a later pregnancy, had a short and easy confinement, 
giving birth to a healthy baby. When the baby was 
three years old she wrote that her good health had con- 
tinued. 
Retroversion, 
Nervous Wreck 
A teacher, in Oregon (2779), wrote 
of her experience with the use of 
Viavi, in the hope of helping suf- 
ferers discouraged because the pro- 
gress of restoration seems slow. She suffered from 
retroversion, adhesions, and constipation. During her 
early menstrual periods she usually spent every fourth 
week in bed. When teaching, she remained at home 
Suffered 
for Years DISPLACEMENTS 
249 
every month from one to three days, suffering agony 
with backache, headache, and nervousness. During all 
these years she continuously received the best treat- 
ment available, but steadily grew worse. 
She began using Viavi, but improvement was slow 
and discouraging, because, her responsibilities being 
heavy, she overworked, and did not give her recupera- 
tive power the help it needed. However, she slowly 
grew stronger, less nervous, and in time eliminated a 
tumorous growth. She became entirely well, joyfully 
able to be what she wished-of some service in the 
world. She urges sufferers to try to realize the changes 
their recuperative power has to make to restore health, 
and not to become discouraged and give up; for by 
being patient and persevering they may secure splendid 
results. 
A user, in Missouri (3720), wrote 
that when a girl she fell upon the end 
of her spine. She suffered intensely, 
but was too modest to go to a physi- 
cian, and continued to suffer for ten years. She finally 
consented to be examined, and the doctor discovered 
that the womb was retroverted. which caused the pull- 
ing down feeling and cramping of the legs. She was 
unable to stand long enough to comb her hair, and 
was in bed most of the time. She was examined by dif- 
ferent physicians, but all advised an operation, to which 
she objected. 
Knowing of. others who had regained their health 
through the use of Viavi, she decided to furnish it to 
her recuperative power. After a number of months 
she was able to resume her music teaching, finally 
overcoming all her distressing symptoms. 
In Bed Most of 
the Time 
A woman, in Kansas (3646), wrote 
that for three years she had retro- 
version so badly that an ulcer formed 
in the rectum as large as a dollar. 
She had backache, severe headache, was very nervous, 
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Ulcer 250 
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had serious kidney trouble, and leucorrhea in its worst 
form. At times, although conscious, she was powerless 
to move. Her physicians believed an operation was im- 
perative ; but instead, she supplied Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power for a year, and wrote: ' ' All my trou- 
bles are on the records of the past." She and her hus- 
band feel that they have gotten splendid returns for 
the money spent for Viavi. 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3433), 
wrote that about eighteen years be- 
fore she had a miscarriage following a 
fall. The womb tipped against the rec- 
tum, the ligaments became weak and stretched, and 
backache, headache, and nervousness followed. She had 
painful menstruation, but because she had always suf- 
fered at her periods, she thought it natural. After a 
consultation she was informed that unless an operation 
was performed, she had many years of suffering before 
her. She delayed the operation and took local treat- 
ments for almost a year, but the ligaments were not 
strengthened nor the womb lifted into position, and an 
operation was still the only hope offered. 
A Gloomy 
Outlook 
Learning how the daughter of a for- 
mer Sunday School teacher had re- 
gained health through the use of 
Viavi, she began its use; and in a 
short time the headaches disappeared, the pain in the 
back grew less, and in a few months menstruation was 
normal. Eventually, the congestion of the womb was 
overcome, its size and weight lessened, and the liga- 
ments supporting it became stronger so that they lifted 
the womb into its proper position. Thousands of suf- 
ferers have been told that the womb can not be lifted 
into position in this natural way, and that an opera- 
tion is the only means of doing it. Yet many such suf- 
ferers have experienced the restoration of the womb to 
position without an operation, in this perfectly na- 
tural way. This sufferer wrote: "My gratitude for 
A Happy 
Experience DISPLACEMENTS 
251 
what I have been able to accomplish through the use 
of Viavi has prompted me to lead many other suf- 
ferers into this way to health. I love the very word 
Viavi because such wonderful things have come to me 
and my family through its use." 
A sufferer, in Illinois (4372), writes of 
suffering with inflammation through- 
out the pelvic region. At first the 
womb tipped backward, pressing upon 
the rectum; then it gradually fell downward, pressing 
upon both bladder and rectum, causing intense suf- 
fering with the bladder. There was a constant desire 
to urinate, followed by a burning sensation. The bowels 
seemed almost paralyzed. These conditions were fol- 
lowed by extreme nervousness, constant backache, and 
with such • intense suffering that this user hopes no 
other woman will be called upon to suffer such torture 
as she endured. 
The only hope for relief offered was an operation 
for the shortening of the ligaments, which operation the 
sufferer refused. At this time she attended a Viavi talk 
and there learned what other sufferers had been able 
to do when they furnished Viavi to their recuperative 
power. This way of getting well seemed so reasonable 
that this sufferer decided to make a conscious effort, 
and began furnishing Viavi to her recuperative power. 
To restore her health there was so much for the re- 
cuperative power to do that she suffered ever so much 
worse until the recuperative power began a process of 
elimination during which was passed quantities of 
mucus from the bowels, bladder and vagina, also some 
tumorous growths which she did not know existed, fol- 
lowing which there was splendid relief. 
She continued furnishing Viavi persistently to her 
recuperative power until she became a well woman, and 
for twenty-five years has remained well, which is proof 
of the permanency of her restoration. Her letter was 
written as a token of gratitude and with the hope that 
it might be the means of helping some other sufferer. 
Twenty-five Years 
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A woman, in Canada (1096), wrote 
that she had suffered with ovarian 
trouble and painful menstruation for 
some years. She was throwm from a 
street car, landing on her back, causing both retrover- 
sion and prolapsus of the womb. She suffered intensely 
with backache and violent headaches at the base of the 
brain and on top of the head, and was unable to eat 
solid food for weeks. Menstruation ceased, she became 
nervous, and very much discouraged. Although her 
splendid physician did all that he could, she did not 
improve, and was finally sent for a rest, with the sug- 
gestion that if she did not improve, there was nothing 
left but an operation. 
Operation 
Suggested 
Is not the frequent suggestion of an 
operation as the only hope for restora- 
tion significant? The removal of an 
organ is not restorative; it is only an 
expedient. It does not remove the cause of the condi- 
tions suffered. It does not restore the organ to health 
and normal function. Are bodily tissues which will 
renew themselves in Nature's way, to be removed, no 
matter what harm may be done? 
This sufferer learned of others who had been ad- 
vised that an operation was necessary, but through the 
use of Viavi, their recuperative power had restored 
diseased organs to health and normal function. This 
appealed so much to her that she furnished Viavi to 
her recuperative power. Although she had been able to 
sleep only four or five hours out of the twenty-four, 
she soon began to sleep better, and was more rested in 
the morning. The recuperative power eliminated im- 
purities from her body, and while that was not always 
done without pain, she was never discouraged, believing 
that her recuperative power knew what was to be done 
and would do it when it was furnished with the means, 
as she believed Viavi was, which it could use. In a 
few months she was able to walk ten miles in one day 
without injury to herself. She feels she cannot be 
A Significant 
Suggestion DISPLACEMENTS 
253 
sutficiently thankful for the health which was restored 
to her through the use of Viavi. 
A woman, in Arkansas (3776), wrote 
that she suffered very badly with re- 
troversion and extreme nervousness 
for years. She was attacked suddenly 
with sharp excruciating pains in the region of the rec- 
tum, due to a fistula which had formed, and she lay 
in anguish for days. The fistula was opened and 
drained, causing excruciating suffering. In spite of the 
hypodermics, she was distracted with increasing misery, 
and insisted upon being taken home. She was led to 
use Viavi, but as another operation was proposed, her 
husband suggested that its use be deferred until after 
the operation. The sufferer felt so strongly that she 
could not live through another operation, that the hus- 
band decided it would be better to postpone it and use 
Viavi. The packing was removed from the fistula and 
Viavi used instead. The sufferer says the relief was re- 
markable, and for the first time in weeks she enjoyed a 
satisfying rest. 
Furnishing Viavi to her recuperative power in as 
large amounts as it could use, she made rapid progress, 
and a year later was entirely well. Four years after- 
wards she wrote there had been no return of the trou- 
ble and that both she and her husband go out of their 
way to tell about the use of Viavi. 
From Pain to 
Rest 
Prolapsus uteri, (falling of the womb) is a falling of 
the womb into the vagina, often protruding from the 
vaginal orifice. The immediate cause is an unnatural 
enlargement and heaviness of the womb following con- 
gestion and inflammation, which stretches the support- 
ing ligaments. 
PROLAPSUS, OR FALLING OF THE WOMB 
Some Effects of 
Prolapsus 
As the vaginal walls are dragged down 
with the womb, it is not unusual to 
find the bladder protruding in front 
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urine, it is prominent, varying in size from an egg to 
a large cup. It is often necessary to push the bladder 
upward with the fingers before it can be emptied. 
Because of the pressure of the womb upon the 
nerves and nerve centers, pain and lameness, which is 
often mistaken for rheumatism, and sometimes partial 
paralysis, are experienced. 
The dragging-down sensation is more pronounced 
than in other displacements. The constant strain 
causes a dull, heavy pain, especially across the back, 
and at the base of the brain where the central nerve 
centers having charere of these organs are located. 
The ovaries and Fallopian tubes are dragged down- 
ward, causing indescribable pains throughout the whole 
pelvic and abdominal regions. All symptoms of ante- 
version and retroversion may be present, with many 
more in an exaggerated form. 
A woman, in Illinois (4500), follow- 
ing childbirth, suffered with protru- 
sion of the womb, constipation, itch- 
ing piles, bladder trouble, backache, 
headache, and nervousness. After twenty-eight years 
of continuous suffering and treatment, she was told an 
operation offered the only hope. To this she would not 
consent as life and her babies were too sweet to her to 
take the risk. A friend who had restored herself 
through the use of Viavi told her about it. This gave 
her the hope that she too might become well; and using 
Viavi she entirely regained her health. Ten years later 
she wrote that her good health continued. 
Suffered Twenty- 
eight Years 
A woman, in England (901), who 
suffered with prolapsus and nervous 
exhaustion, wrote how pleased she is 
because of the health that came to 
her through the use of Viavi. She had nervous debility 
following prolapsus of five years standing, and had used 
various treatments without deriving any permanent 
benefit. After the first month's use of Viavi she began 
to "pick up" which greatly encouraged her to con-. 
Her Health 
Perfect DISPLACEMENTS 
255 
tinue. She supplied Viavi faithfully to her recupera- 
tive power for over two years. Ten years later she 
wrote: "I never know that I have a womb, never any 
pain, in fact, nothing but perfect health." She later 
became the mother of two lovely children, although her 
physician had said her condition was hopeless, and 
that it was an impossibility for her to become a mother. 
A woman, in Delaware (4345), wrote 
that she had been a sufferer for 
twenty-seven years, with laceration 
and prolapsus of the womb following 
the birth of her second child. She had been under many 
physicians in her home, town as well as specialists in 
Philadelphia. Catarrh of the head and stomach fol- 
lowed an attack of La grippe. She could not retain 
food, and when she swallowed food the stomach would 
chug and churn and collapse. She coughed and ex- 
pectorated constantly, and wasted to a mere skeleton. 
After being treated at a large hospital in Philadelphia, 
she was finally told that she could live but a few days. 
Learning of others who had restored themselves, she 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, persisting 
patiently and faithfully in its use for eighteen months. 
Health was completely restored, and writing eleven 
years later she said her health had continued perfect. 
Laceration, 
Prolapsus 
A Viavi user, in Idaho (3777), tells 
how she suffered for two and a half 
years, though constantly under medi- 
cal care, with a prolapsed condition 
of the womb. A nervous breakdown followed the change 
of life. The womb was so enlarged, congested and in- 
flamed, and the ligaments so weak, that the womb pro- 
lapsed and became exposed. Treatments of various 
kinds were given, among them the X-ray, which sud- 
denly stopped the flow. But the nervousness became so 
much worse that in desperation, she consented to an 
operation for the removal of the appendix, shortening 
the ligaments, and repairing the laceration. But instead 
of getting the expected relief, her entire body ached and 
Prolapsus, 
Nervousness VIAVI HYGIENE 
256 
pained. The stomach was in such a condition that she 
could scarcely eat anything for months. She finally took 
the rest cure, under which her stomach improved, she 
gained in weight, but became nervously prostrated and 
practically helpless for eighteen months. One may 
realize how discouraged this sufferer and her husband 
were. Her illness had cost them a small fortune, and 
all hope of getting well was gone. 
One day the husband saw the Viavi 
sign on a window, and as his wife had 
used it some years before, with bene- 
fit, he suggested that she do so again. 
Some improvement followed a few months' use of it, and 
after two years she became entirely well. A year and 
a half later she wrote that she was enjoying splendid 
health, and was able to care for a big house, adding, 
"This seems all the more wonderful to me when I think 
how helpless I was." Do you wonder that she is glad to 
tell others who suffer about her use of Viavi? Two years 
later she wrote, "I am glad to say I still enjoy good 
health, and have felt better this summer than for 
years. ' ' 
A Joyful 
Success 
A woman, in Ontario (1074), wrote 
telling how much she suffered for 
years with stomach trouble and sup- 
posed inflammation of the bowels, fol- 
lowed by nervous spasms in which the arms and legs 
became entirely cold, she suffered with prolapsus and 
wore a pessary to support the womb. Two growths were 
removed from the neck of the womb which gave a little 
relief. A year later the womb was curetted every four 
or five weeks. A friend sent Viavi to her, telling her 
what other sufferers had been able to do, and she be- 
gan its use. At times she became discouraged, as her 
recuperative power had much to do and restoration 
seemed slow. Gradually she improved, and friends re- 
marked how well she was looking. Eventually, health 
was restored, and her life became one of usefulness 
and happiness. Nine years later she wrote, "I still 
Prolapsus, 
Curettement DISPLACEMENTS 
257 
have good health," and seventeen years later, "I have 
much pleasure in letting you know that I have enjoyed 
a good measure of health and still gladly recommend 
the use of Viavi." 
A woman, writing from Missouri 
(3580), tells of suffering with prolap- 
sus, retroversion, and ovarian trouble 
for twelve years, following childbirth. 
She had two miscarriages, and afterwards suffered with 
indigestion, constipation, and piles, becoming a nerv- 
ous wreck. She tried various treatments with little 
relief, and was finally told that she would have to be 
operated upon. Iler husband, a druggist, did not be- 
lieve an operation would benefit, and opposed it. Learn- 
ing of Viavi, she furnished it to her recuperative power, 
and in a short time was relieved of the miserable 
feeling that she would fall to pieces when she walked, 
and of a sickening backache. She gradually grew back 
to health in a perfectly natural, normal way. 
Sixteen years later she wrote: 4'If you could step 
in and see how much work I have done on the farm 
for the last ten years you would not think that I had 
ever been an invalid. I have been a widow for several 
years and have much depending upon me. I wish I 
could lead all who are suffering to use Viavi. I thank 
you dear people for the good work which you are 
doing." 
Grew Back to 
Health 
A woman, in Kansas (4293), is so 
happy to be well again that she wants 
every sufferer to hear about her use 
of Viavi. She suffered with a com- 
pletely prolapsed womb, accompanied by awful cutting, 
burning, and stinging pains in the bladder and urethra 
when urinating, highly inflamed ovary and tubes, a 
mass of adhesions, and leucorrhea. One nervous chill 
followed another. She wrote: " To have died would have 
been a relief. Yet, life was sweet to me for I have a 
most wonderful husband and a precious little girl." 
All that could be was being done for her relief, so far 
Bladder Trouble, 
Prolapsus 258 
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as they knew; but she rapidly grew worse. Arrange- 
ments were made for an operation when one night a 
friend told what she had accomplished through the use 
of Viavi, and she began its use. Some discouraging 
days followed. In about three months dark, putrid mat- 
ter passed from the bowels. Later a fibroid tumor 
passed, followed by a persistent discharge from the 
vagina. The recuperative power must cleanse the body 
of all impurities before restoration begins, and this 
process is not always painless nor without disturbance. 
She had a fall which set her back. She also nursed her 
invalid mother for seven months which took her strength. 
Gradually, she began to feel better, grew stronger, 
and after sixteen months felt herself well, happy in 
doing her own work. She wrote: "Think of it! Oh, we 
find words inadequate to express our feeling of grati- 
tude. My husband joins me in this, our expression of 
sincere gratefulness. We embrace every opportunity to 
tell those who suffer, and are having the pleasure of 
seeing many of our friends grow back to health." 
A woman, in Ohio (4491), wrote of 
restoring her health through the use 
of Viavi after being an invalid for 
eighteen months, suffering with pain- 
ful menstruation and extreme nervousness. Her phy- 
sician advised an operation and the specialist who was 
called gave her the choice of an operation or wearing 
a pessary permanently. 
A pessary is a hard or soft rubber, ring-like instru- 
ment which is placed about the neck of the womb in 
such a way that the womb is given support from the 
pressure of the walls of the vagina upon the pessary. 
This, of course, relieves the ligaments of their natural 
function, making them weak and inelastic. The pessary 
itself sometimes becomes imbedded in the tissues and 
when neglected becomes a source of irritation. At best, 
it is a makeshift. 
This sufferer chose neither the operation nor the 
pessary. Learning what others had done for themselves 
Operation or 
Pessary? DISPLACEMENTS 
259 
through the use of Viavi when all else had failed, 
she began its use. It was six months before she felt 
much change, but she persisted, realizing that she was 
depending upon the only power that could restore her 
health, namely, the recuperative power within her own 
body. She continued until she was able to write: "I 
felt I had fully regained my health, and at present I can 
say that it is perfect. ' ' 
"Twenty-three years ago," writes a 
Pennsylvania woman (3932), "I had 
the good fortune to learn of Viavi." 
After suffering for twenty-six years 
from prolapsus with adhesions, her physician told her 
there was no help except through an operation, but 
did not think an operation advisable for her. You can 
appreciate how glad she was to learn what others had 
been able to do through the use of Viavi. She began 
its use, but there was very little improvement for the 
first three months, so much had to be done by the re- 
cuperative forces. However, her recovery progressed 
steadily, and in eighteen months she was completely 
well. There had been no return of the difficulties dur- 
ing the twenty-three years intervening. Could one put 
the recuperative forces to any greater test than this? 
Suffered 
Twenty-six Years 
The recuperative process may take 
time. Restoration cannot come any 
quicker than the recuperative forces 
are able to bring it about. Getting 
well is a personal, individual experience, and the length 
of time required depends on the recuperative power and 
the conditions it has to overcome. Getting well is always 
a slower process than we would like it to be; Nature 
takes her own time. She cannot be hurried; she can 
only be helped. These letters show how she has been 
helped by patience-patient confidence in one's re- 
cuperative power,-and faithfulness in supplying the 
means it used. 
Takes Her Own 
Time 260 
VIAV1 HYGIENE 
The gentle encouragement of mem- 
bers of the family, and particularly of 
the husband, have been most helpful 
in keeping up the hope, confidence, 
and surety of purpose and faithfulness in the use of 
Viavi on the part of the sufferer. In many of these 
letters there is the highest tribute to the husband's 
loving, earnest, continued helpfulness which meant so 
much to the sufferer's progress toward restoration. 
Although he did not fully understand what really was 
the matter, nor how much the recuperative power in 
his wife's body had to do to overcome wrong condi- 
tions and restore natural ones, he never failed in help- 
fulness and encouragement. Working day in and out, 
often spending all that he earned and even going into 
debt to do all that his love and loyalty prompted him 
to do for his wife, it would be no wonder if even such 
a husband felt discouraged when improvement seemed 
slow. 
The Husband's 
Loving Loyalty 
The great steadying influence that 
helped these sufferers and their hus- 
bands over such discouragements and 
depression were the convincing truths 
of what other sufferers had accomplished, who also had 
their periods of discouragement and depression. Realiz- 
ing that, if at all, health must come through their own 
recuperative power, they continued to supply Viavi to 
that power steadfastly and faithfully; and they became 
well. Each sufferer realizing these truths, of actual 
experience, was helped by them to achieve their own 
health. 
The appeal to your confidence is in the convincing 
thought of the recuperative power, that power which 
was bequeathed to you with life, and the actual experi- 
ence of the many sufferers who, through the use of 
Viavi, supplied their recuperative power the means it 
used to restore them to health. This is the thought that 
each sufferer must grasp for herself, each parent for 
the suffering child, and with which the loyal husband 
can help his suffering wife to work out her restoration. 
These Convincing 
Truths CHAPTER XXX 
SOMETHING ABOUT OPERATIONS 
AND THE USE OF MECHANICAL 
MAKESHIFTS 
THERE is no part of the body in which the re- 
cuperative forces are more responsive to intelli- 
gent aid than the uterine tract; and no part re- 
sents mechanical or surgical interference so stubbornly, 
because neither of these afford the recuperative power 
the required help. Their use is to prop the displaced 
womb into position, and no prop can take the place of 
the natural supporting ligaments for any length of time, 
without doing injury. 
Pessaries are of various designs. The 
stem of one kind is inserted into the 
uterus, often piercing the soft walls. 
King-like pessaries, of hard or soft 
rubber, distend the vaginal walls so that ulceration 
frequently results. The cup pessary allows the neck 
of the womb to rest in a receptacle resembling a cup, 
but few can wear any kind of a pessary for any 
length of time because of irritation following its use. 
A pessary does not establish the normal circulation or 
reduce the enlargement of the womb, nor does it 
strengthen the ligaments supporting the womb. In fact, 
they grow weaker through these unnatural helps. 
Vaginal secretions corrode the metal pessaries, and 
accumulations gather about the rubber ones. Pessaries 
often become imbedded in the vaginal walls, with seri- 
ous results. 
What is a 
Pessary? 
A woman, in Ireland (2520), wrote 
that she suffered from retroversion 
and relaxation of the vaginal walls. 
She wore a pessary for fourteen months 
Pessary 
Unnecessary 262 
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until an operation was thought necessary. Being a 
maternity nurse, and knowing the results often follow- 
ing operations, she declined to undergo the operation, 
and instead furnished Viavi to her recuperative power. 
She became well. The womb reduced in size, the liga- 
ments became healthy and elastic, and neither pessary 
nor an operation were necessary. 
Tried to Use 
a Pessary 
A Viavi user, in Missouri (3141), 
wrote that she had an operation for 
appendicitis, which was followed by 
prolapsus, backache, and a nervous, 
exhausted feeling. A pessary was tried but the parts 
so relaxed that the support was pushed out of the body. 
Then an operation was advised to shorten the ligaments. 
She was led to see two important things, that short- 
ening the ligaments would not reduce the size or weight 
of the womb, which caused the stretching of the liga- 
ments, allowing the womb to fall into the vagina, and 
that when the circulation became normal and conges- 
tion and inflammation were overcome, the size and 
weight of the womb would lessen, and the ligaments 
could then lift the womb into position. 
Desiring to avoid another operation, she furnished 
Viavi to her recuperative power. Being young, she re- 
cuperated quickly, soon seeing improvement which con- 
tinued until she was entirely free from all uterine trou- 
ble. Iler advice is, if you want to avoid an operation as 
she did, use Viavi. 
The surgical expedients in misplace- 
ments are, shortening of the liga- 
ments, and, ventral fixation, that is, 
sewing the womb to the abdominal 
walls. Only the woman who has submitted to the latter 
can know the pulling, burning pain, and the intense 
nervousness that often follows. Ventral fixation is an 
attempt to overcome temporary displacements by a mis- 
placement which is intended to be permanent. In this 
operation, the womb is stitched forward and upward 
Ventral 
Fixation MECHANICAL MAKESHIFTS 
263 
some inches out of place, thereby putting nerves, mus- 
cular walls, and even the bladder on a constant strain. 
The abdominal walls were never intended to have these 
organs tacked to them for support. 
Shortening the weakened and stretched ligaments 
impairs them, and does nothing to overcome the cause 
of displacements. 
The uterine organs perform the im- 
portant function of bringing a new 
being into existence, and are there- 
fore bountifully supplied with nerves 
and blood vessels. Because the blood of one organ 
mingles so freely with that of another, they are all 
peculiarly susceptible to congestion and inflammation 
when the nervous vitality is lowered. As the womb be- 
comes congested, it becomes enlarged and heavy, and 
the ligaments, also weakened by the congestion, are 
stretched, allowing the womb to fall out of place. 
Why Displace- 
ment Occurs 
When properly assisted, the recupera- 
tive power may in its own way, arouse 
the nervous vitality, that mysterious 
manifestation in our bodies by which, 
among other things, the circulation of the blood is so 
controlled as to bring to every part of the body the 
right amount of blood for its ever changing needs. 
When the nervous vitality is aroused, the circulation 
is restored, and congestion removed. The womb becomes 
smaller and lighter. The cells of which the ligaments 
are composed regain their normal size and elasticity. 
They lift the womb, now normal in size and weight, in- 
to its proper position and maintain it there. The 
process is natural, constantly demonstrated by suf- 
ferers as they regain their health. 
The Steps in 
Restoration 
We have quoted from only a few of 
the many letters received from suf- 
ferers, who, told that only an opera- 
tion would bring relief, restored them- 
selves through the use of Viavi. Some of these under- 
Operations 
Advised 264 
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went the operation advised, but not only failed to get 
relief, but suffered worse; however, when they realized 
that relief or restoration could come only through the 
recuperative forces in their own bodies, they supplied 
Viavi to their recuperative power, and regained some 
measure of health-many of them complete health. 
For instance, a woman, in Saskat- 
chewan (3825), suffered from her first 
menstruation. Examination revealed 
retroversion and diseased appendix. 
At the age of twenty she was operated on for the re- 
moval of the appendix and a portion of the right ovary. 
She rested for a few months, and returned to her work 
of teaching, but at the end of six months was a nervous 
wreck. She went to a specialist, who, after a thorough 
examination by his staff, operated for the removal of 
the tonsils and adenoids, replaced the womb, and in- 
serted a pessary, which she could only wear a month 
because it caused such pain. She returned to the hos- 
pital and was given tampon treatments, but with no 
relief. A third operation within the year was per- 
formed, in which the ligaments were shortened, the re- 
mainder of the right ovary removed, adhesions broken, 
a tumor removed, and three cysts on the left ovary 
drained. She regained sufficient strength to return to 
her school work, taught for four months, when she was 
obliged to be treated again. A fourth operation for re- 
moval of all the organs was suggested as the only 
chance of regaining health. 
By mere accident, she learned what other sufferers 
accomplished by furnishing Viavi to their recuperative 
power. Having undergone three operations which the 
doctors admitted were failures, she refused the fourth, 
and began using Viavi. 
Futile 
Operations 
Specialist 
Astonished 
Her recuperative power used three 
times the amount of Viavi that suf- 
ferers usually do in a given period. In 
six months she w'as able to be mar- MECHANICAL MAKESHIFTS 
265 
ried, and became pregnant. The specialist who had 
operated refused to believe she was pregnant, and 
thought it was a cystic tumor. She used Viavi through- 
out her pregnancy and gave birth to an eight pound 
baby girl, having a short and easy confinement. 
Two years later she wrote with the hope of helping 
other sufferers. She had had no return of her trouble, 
and her little girl was as bright and as well as could be. 
A sufferer, in South Dakota (3761), 
wrote that her trouble began with pro- 
fuse menstruation and nervousness 
when she was sixteen years old. Fol- 
lowing the birth of her baby, she had prolapsus, blad- 
der trouble, and sick headaches which some times lasted 
a week. After suffering this way for years, she sub- 
mitted to an operation for shortening of the ligaments, 
removal of the appendix and parts of each ovary. Re- 
moving a part only of an ovary is on the theory that 
the part left will supply the body with some of the 
hormones necessary, and will also allow the ovum in the 
remaining part to develop. 
Operations a 
F ailure 
There was apparent improvement for 
a short time, then she became much 
worse. She was again taken to the 
hospital for observation and treatment 
of ovarian congestion, pus tubes, and peritonitis, and 
was advised that she could not live unless all the organs 
were removed. Because she had continuous hemorrhages 
and fainting spells, the operation could not be per- 
formed. Her condition was such that she was not 
expected to live. But she learned how others had re- 
stored themselves through the use of Viavi, and with 
little or no hope supplied it to her recuperative power. 
Gradually the hemorrhages ceased and slight gains 
were noticed. She used Viavi two years, although 
she was able to do all her housework at the end of the 
first year. Five years later she wrote that her good 
health has continued. 
Again to the 
Hospital 266 
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A woman, in Montana (3851), writing 
with the hope of encouraging some 
other sufferer, said she had had an 
attack of peritonitis and was in the 
hospital three weeks. At the second attack she was 
there two weeks; and was later rushed to the hospital 
and operated upon. A piece of each ovary, the ap- 
pendix, and the right Fallopian tube were removed. 
Instead of becoming well as she expected, her suffering 
continued. Several years later, she had a miscarriage, 
and while under treatment the doctor discovered a pus 
sac in the left side, the size of a man's fist. The womb 
was congested and enlarged, and very low in the vagina. 
She was bedridden because of the terrific pain, and 
as the doctor feared that the pus sac might rupture in 
the abdominal cavity and produce blood poisoning, pos- 
sibly death, he advised an operation. Arrangements 
were made for it when she learned of Viavi and began 
its use. 
Operation 
Failed 
Apparently there was much to be done 
by the recuperative power for the 
sufferer passed quantities of impuri- 
ties from the body for weeks. Being- 
very weak, she was in bed most of the time, and not 
realizing what the recuperative power was doing, grew 
discouraged at times. She would have discontinued 
using Viavi had it not been for the encouragement of 
her husband. He saw the little changes which were tak- 
ing place, and realized that while eliminating impurities, 
Nature was gradually restoring the normal conditions. 
After the discharges stopped, she gradually regained 
strength and weight. The periods became regular and 
painless. She became able to do all of her housework 
and indulge in recreation once or twice a week. Later, 
she wrote that her menstrual period lasted naturally 
only three days instead of eight or nine, the crying 
spells which lasted hours at a time had also passed 
away. She feels that she owes her life to the use of 
Viavi. 
The Natural 
Method MECHANICAL MAKESHIFTS 
267 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3446), 
wrote that a growth formed at the 
end of the spine caused by a fall. 
Five years afterwards she had an 
operation for removal of the ovary. Years later she 
had a nervous breakdown and went to a hospital where 
the specialists discovered a cystic tube, floating kidney, 
and a mass of adhesions. Her physicians advised an 
immediate operation as they did not feel she could 
live many days; but she refused. 
Given Up to 
Die 
While in this serious condition, she 
was led to furnish Viavi to her re- 
cuperative forces. After six weeks' 
use she began to improve. The cystic 
condition gradually passed away, the adhesions were ab- 
sorbed, and she became so well that one of the physi- 
cians who had attended her, meeting her on the street, 
was dumbfounded and said, "What on earth are you 
doing, looking so well; and what is keeping you in the 
world? I thought you would never live." The sufferer 
laughed and said: "I have been using Viavi." He asked 
her what Viavi was, how it was used, and all about .it, 
and then remarked that the day was near at hand 
when other means would absolutely do away with the 
knife. 
She gained in strength and flesh, and the color came 
back to her cheeks. She looked so well that friends 
often remarked on her appearance. She wrote: "I only 
wish I could be instrumental in leading every sufferer 
to use Viavi. I feel I owe my life to the use of it." 
These are only a few of the many sufferers who 
were told by good, able physicians that they could not 
get well without an operation, and who restored them- 
selves by furnishing Viavi to their recuperative power. 
We have other letters from such sufferers which we 
shall be glad to send you if you are interested. There 
is the same hope for you as there was for them. Getting 
well is a personal, individual experience. 
Used Viavi and 
Lived CHAPTER XXXI 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE OVARIES 
AND THE FALLOPIAN TUBES, AND 
SOME OF THEIR DISORDERS 
THE ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, and the womb 
are so closely related in their functions and posi- 
tion, that inflammation of one is likely to involve 
the other. 
The ovaries are the center of a woman's reproduc- 
tive system. They not only contain and develop the 
ovum, but are believed to secrete substances which are 
of vital importance to health. These organs express the 
complex and mysterious forces that permeate a woman's 
being, and without these organs these forces become 
crippled or powerless. One cannot talk when the tongue 
is out, nor see when the eyes are removed. So a woman 
cannot give full expression to her womanliness if her 
ovaries are diseased or removed. 
Inflammation of the ovaries is called 
ovaritis, and may be acute or chronic. 
Because of the generous blood sup- 
ply of the ovaries they become easily 
congested and inflamed. The left ovary is more often 
affected than the right because the descending colon 
merges into the rectum on that side. Pressure on a 
congested ovary by gas or fecal matter, particularly in 
constipation, produces very severe knife-like pains. 
Nature of 
Ovaritis 
The causes of ovaritis are many. 
Among them are colds, a sudden sup- 
pression of the menses, extension of 
inflammation from surrounding parts, 
infection, excesses, astringent or cold-water injections, 
abortions, miscarriages, displacements of the pelvic 
Causes of 
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269 
organs, impeded circulation, the improper use ot pes- 
saries and instruments, and cauterization of the cervix. 
The close relation of the pelvic organs causes the ovaries 
to be impaired and affected when the other organs are 
diseased. Being the center of a woman's reproductive 
system, the ovaries demand the utmost care and the 
most jealous preservation. When their importance is 
fully appreciated the suggestion of removal can hardly 
fail to be given the most serious consideration before 
acquiescing. 
Ovaritis being generally complicated 
with other inflammatory processes, 
the symptoms are many and varied. 
The affected ovary or ovaries may be 
enlarged and tender, with pains radiating at intervals, 
or continually, to the sides and down the lower part of 
the back and legs. Pain in the ovarian region and groin, 
of a dull, aching, or burning character, aggravated by 
walking or by jarring is characteristic, a little excite- 
ment often causing the ovary to throb and burn. Con- 
siderable pain may be experienced at stool or urination. 
Nervous and hysterical symptoms are often developed. 
Leucorrhea is generally profuse. All conditions are 
aggravated as the menstrual period approaches. The 
flow may be painful and profuse, the pain generally 
ceasing when fully established. 
Symptoms of 
Ovaritis 
A diseased cervix, anteversion, and 
neuralgic conditions may cause similar 
symptoms, which frequently leads to a 
wrong diagnosis and operations, the 
mistake being discovered when the abdomen has been 
cut open and healthy ovaries exposed. In such cases 
the ovaries are sometimes removed on the theory that if 
they are out they will give no future trouble! The 
ovaries not causing the pains, no relief is experienced 
from their removal. On the contrary, painful symp- 
toms may become intensified or new ones added. 
Inflammation of the ovaries is fundamentally the 
same as elsewhere, and can be overcome in the same 
Wrong 
Diagnosis 270 
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way. The recuperative power strives to overcome in- 
flammation of the ovaries just as it strives to overcome 
disordered conditions elsewhere in the body. 
The purpose in furnishing Viavi to the recuperative 
power is to supply Nature with the assistance necessary 
to restore healthy conditions. Many women who have 
been advised that only the removal of the ovaries (ovari- 
otomy) would bring about a recovery, have restored 
themselves without an operation through the use of 
Viavi. Here are examples. 
A woman, in Connecticut (4284), 
wrote that she suffered with ovarian 
and uterine trouble. An operation was 
advised, and refused. Instead, she 
supplied Viavi to her recuperative power, and has 
never had a return of these troubles. About seventeen 
years later she discovered a lump in her left breast, 
which grew to the size of a medium potato. The breast 
was examined by her splendid physician and an im- 
mediate operation advised. Recalling her previous ex- 
perience she used Viavi again, and in spite of the fact 
that she was nursing a tubercular patient, with all the 
strain this involved, she became well. The lump gradu- 
ally disappeared, and she felt better in every way. Thus, 
on two occasions her recuperative power used Viavi to 
bring about splendid results, avoiding an operation each 
time. 
Restored Without 
an Operation 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (4269), 
wrote of years of suffering with ovar- 
ian troubles, prolapsus, cystitis, and 
nervousness. All her splendid physi- 
cians told her she could not get well without an operation. 
A friend who had restored herself through the use of 
Viavi led her to supply it to her recuperative power. 
Signs of improvement soon appeared, and her health 
was gradually restored. Fifteen years later her daugh- 
ter suffered with abscessed ovaries, and she too, sup- 
plied Viavi to her recuperative forces. The results were 
as wonderful as in her mother's case. Both mother and 
Mother and 
Daughter OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
271 
daughter are very enthusiastic about the use of Viavi. 
Would you not be too, with such results? 
A woman, in New Zealand (2530), 
wrote that some years before she suf- 
fered from ovarian and uterine trou- 
ble, and was very sorry that she did 
not know of Viavi then, as an operation which 4 4 did 
little or no good'' might have been avoided. Learning 
of Viavi, she supplied it to her recuperative power and 
completely restored her health. Her trouble has never 
returned, and several of her friends, seeing the bene- 
fit which came to her through the use of Viavi, fur- 
nished it to their recuperative power, with most grati- 
fying results. 
Operation 
Useless 
A woman, in Scotland (2505), wrote 
of suffering from pain in the back for 
twelve years. It became almost un- 
bearable, ultimately affecting her men- 
tally and physically. Iler condition was diagnosed as 
inflammation of the ovaries, accompanied with catarrh. 
As a last resource she used Viavi, and entirely re- 
stored herself. A year later she wrote, "For over a year 
I have enjoyed health such as I never experienced 
before. ' ' 
Pain in Back 
Twelve Years 
The best hope of restoration, of course, 
is where conditions have not become 
chronic. The nervous wear and tear 
on the system from ovarian troubles 
is rapid and exhausting; and may reach the point where 
an operation, with all its uncertainty, especially as to 
the irretrievable effect on the nervous system, may 
seem to be the only alternative. 
The advance of surgical skill has so much reduced 
the danger of operations that the psychological and 
nervous results are overlooked or unduly minimized. 
Many have experienced a life of suffering following 
such an operation. On the other hand, although advised 
that such an operation was necessary, many women, fol- 
Danger 
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lowing the intuitive aversion to mutilation of the repro- 
ductive organs, have been restored to a life of health 
and usefulness without an operation. 
Generally, much persuasion and argu- 
ment are required to lead a woman to 
submit to an operation. Perhaps it is 
meant as a kindness-that she is not 
informed of the full effect it may have on the remainder 
of her life. On the contrary, she may think of it as a 
short cut to perfect restoration or relief. Many, sub- 
mitting to castration, which is the truly descriptive name 
for the removal of a woman's ovaries, are no better-and 
often much worse. It is only afterwards that a woman 
realizes the mental injury and the influence upon her 
womanly characteristics. 
Effects of 
Castration 
Here is an illustration. A woman, in 
Canada (3824), wrote that she was 
operated upon for appendicitis and 
removal of the right ovary when 
eighteen years old. She had always suffered during 
menstruation, but the operation did not benefit in that 
way at all. Her physician told her that the remaining 
ovary was badly diseased and might have to be re- 
moved. Three years later she married and grew from 
bad to worse. The specialists offered no hope other 
than an operation, but as husband and wife realized it 
would end all their hopes for children, put off the 
operation. They learned of Viavi, but felt unable to 
purchase it for a year. But how much better it would 
have been to have borrowed the money and saved a 
year's suffering by paying a few dollars in interest! 
Ovary Removed 
Without Benefit 
After several months' use of Viavi, 
menstruation came painlessly and she 
gained in every way. She became 
pregnant and was well all through her 
pregnancy. Her confinement lasted but two hours and 
twenty minutes, when she became the happy mother of 
twin boys. The tissues were so healthy and elastic that 
Pay Interest; 
Don't Suffer OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
she was not torn. In a short time she was able to take 
full care of her babies and later do her housework. The 
twins were rubbed daily with Cerate, and the parents 
feel that the recuperative' power used Viavi to develop 
them. 
273 
The effect upon the millions of nerves 
severed by an operation is profound. 
The removal of the organs which they 
were designed to serve deprives them 
of the work that they were created to do. Besides, cut- 
ting them is a direct violence. The integrity of the 
nervous and mental system is impaired. Shock, a 
dreaded accompaniment of operations, depends partly 
on the number of nerves injured, and partly on the 
general nervous conditions. This condition introduces 
the element of uncertainty, and is responsible for some 
of the deaths that occur from, or under operations. 
Large numbers of blood vessels are also severed. The 
larger ones are tied and the smaller ones are ultimately 
caught within the stumps or scar tissue which forms. 
Peritoneal adhesions frequently follow, and it is in such 
scar tissue that cancer often develops. The beautiful 
mechanism of the abdominal circulation is badly in- 
jured, and the blood-current impeded. 
Other Results of 
Castration 
Each organ .needs exactly its own 
natural space, and if this is increased 
or diminished, harmony is destroyed. 
If the suspensory ligaments are par- 
tially or wholly severed, some of the viscera just above 
the removed organs sags down until all the viscera be- 
come displaced more or less. 
Castrated women are forced prematurely into the 
change of life, giving rise to many ills. When the 
change occurs naturally, a gradual re-adjustment of all 
the functions takes place. 
Harmony 
Destroyed 
Proved by 
Statistics 
An eminent physician followed' up one 
hundred cases of ovariotomy per- 
formed in the Broca and St. Louis 
Hospitals, Paris. The result of his 274 
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investigations, published in 1897, were as follows: "Of 
castrated women, 78 per cent subsequently suffered a 
notable loss of memory; 60 per cent were troubled with 
flashes of heat and vertigo; 50 per cent confessed to a 
change in their character, having become more irritable, 
less patient, and some of them so changed as to give 
way to violent and irresponsible fits of temper; 42 per 
cent suffered more or less from mental depression : and 
10 per cent were so depressed as to verge upon melan- 
cholia. In 75 per cent there was a diminution in sexual 
desire, and some of these explained that they were 
sexually dead; 13 per cent were not relieved from the 
pain from which they suffered; 30 per cent increased 
in weight, and some became abnormally fat; 12 per 
cent noted a change in the tone of their voice to a 
heavier, more masculine quality; 25 per cent had severe 
headaches, as a rule increased in intensity at the time 
for the menstrual period, and about 5 per cent suffered 
from insomnia. In a few cases there existed a sexual 
hyper-excitability not present prior to castration. A few 
cases presented gastric reflexes-the stomach rejecting 
food or refusing to prepare it for intestinal digestion, 
and the subsequent distress following the fermenta- 
tion compelled the patient to seek relief. These troubles 
were more marked in women under thirty or thirty-three 
years of age." 
This showing is discouraging enough, 
but it will be noted that some very 
important things are omitted. The 
record fails to show that a single one 
of these cases escaped one or more of the troubles enu- 
merated; and the presumption is that not one of them 
did. Thus, of the 50 who did not "confess" to having 
"suffered a change of character, becoming irritable and 
giving way to violent fits of temper," we may be cer- 
tain that 39 suffered a "notable loss of memory," that 
5 "were so depressed as to verge upon melancholia," 
and so on. In other words, if one of these unfortunate 
Injuries 
Inflicted OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
275 
women escaped one affliction, we may conclude that she 
did not escape one or more of the others. 
Many women advised to undergo opera- 
tions for removal of the ovaries as 
the only means of restoration, have 
deelined, and instead, have restored 
themselves through the use of Viavi. For instance, a 
woman, in Oregon (1013), wrote that she was a strong, 
healthy girl until she took cold at a menstrual period. 
This was followed by suppressed menstruation for three 
months, and fifteen years of painful menstruation. The 
ovaries were so badly affected that abscesses formed 
whenever she took cold or overworked. After days of 
excruciating pain the abscesses broke and discharged 
through the vagina. For seven of these years the ovar- 
ian suffering was so bad that shd could not walk with- 
out severe pain in the left ovary. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power, and restoration came gradually. Seven years 
later she wrote that she had had no return of her 
trouble, and thirteen years later she wrote that her good 
health continued. Twenty-five years later she wrote that 
she had enjoyed excellent health all those years. 
Operations 
Avoided 
A woman, in Maine (4199), wrote that 
she suffered from an ovarian tumor. 
She was told that nothing but the 
knife would save her life, but instead 
she furnished Viavi to her recuperative forces. They 
eliminated the tumor in a natural way and she en- 
tirely restored her health. Since then she has passed 
through the change of life without any inconvenience. 
Years after her restoration she wrote that she was a 
healthy woman, and thanked God that the use of Viavi 
was brought to her knowledge. 
Ovarian 
Tumor 
Twenty-seven 
Years After 
A woman, in Quebec (2280), wrote 
that she suffered from enlargement of 
the right ovary for over fifteen years. 
Although under a splendid doctor's 276 
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care, she achieved no perceptible benefit. Through the 
use of Viavi this condition was overcome. Twenty-seven 
years later she wrote of continued health and happiness, 
and endorsed the use of Viavi more strongly than ever. 
A man, in Missouri (3466), wrote 
about the results which his wife ob- 
tained through the use of Viavi. She 
had suffered eight years with ovarian 
disorders, catarrh, constipation and headache. Follow- 
ing the advice of a physician friend, she supplied 
Viavi to her recuperative power, and after sixteen 
months' use of Viavi became a well, contented woman, 
without the least sign of past ailments. 
His Wife's Use 
of Viavi 
A woman, in New York (4350), suf- 
fered from ovarian and nervous trou- 
bles. She could not sleep well, and her 
back ached so much when she stooped, 
that it seemed as though she could not straighten up 
again. In fifteen months she completely restored her 
health through the use of Viavi, and wrote: "Now I 
would not know I had a back. ' ' 
Could Not 
Straighten Up 
A sufferer, in Ohio (4489), wrote that 
she suffered for nine weeks witli great 
pain, caused by an ovarian abscess. 
One of the best consultant surgeons 
from a neighboring city advised an operation for re- 
moval of the ovaries, womb, and probably one kidney. 
But because of her condition, the operation was post- 
poned. Meanwhile, her physician told her that Viavi 
"might do as much for her" as it had done for another 
patient. She used it and instead of going to the operat- 
ing table, in twenty days she went to the office of the 
operating surgeon, who exclaimed to the physician, 
"What have you been doing to this woman?" She 
continued to use Viavi and completely restored her 
health. Twenty-two years afterwards she wrote that 
she had never had a return of the trouble. 
Surprised the 
Surgeon OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
277 
Among some physicians doubt is grow- 
ing as to the usefulness of many opera- 
tions. Some sufferers get well without 
undergoing advised operations, while 
others are worse after the operation. Increasing knowl- 
edge of the ductless glands and the part their secretions 
play in the vital processes, has also had its influence in 
changing the professional attitude toward operations. 
The ductless glands pour their secretions,. called hor- 
mones, necessary for the growth and development of the 
body, directly into the blood. Among the ductless glands 
are the spleen, the suprarenals, the thyroid and thymus 
glands, and the gonads. Some glands produce more than 
one substance, for instance, the ovaries which produce 
the ova are now known to produce a very important 
secretion which is very necessary to health. 
The Ductless 
Glands 
The growing realization of the pro- 
found importance of these secretions 
has naturally created a cautious hesi- 
tancy to remove the glands or organs 
that secrete them. The importance of these secretions 
to life and health doubtless accounts for the seemingly 
instinctive opposition to an operation which many suf- 
ferers manifest. It seems as though the recuperative 
intelligence itself, implants an instinctive recognition 
of the importance of these organs and a strong repug- 
nance to their removal. Who, then, in the light of the 
results of recent research, and not knowing what dis- 
turbance of the hormones might create, would willingly 
undergo an operation affecting a ductless gland? 
Instinctive 
Repugnance 
THE FALLOPIAN TUBES 
Inflammation of the Fallopian tubes is called salpin- 
gitis. In severe inflammation the tubes become closed, 
and secretions or pus accumulate within them, produc- 
ing distention and elongation, often causing them to 
become convoluted, twisted or bent into "knuckles," 
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VIAVI HYGIENE 
body. They are called "pus tubes" if they are ab- 
scessed. Stricture and adhesions to adjacent parts some- 
times result from salpingitis. 
The causes are much the same as those 
producing inflammation of the womb 
and ovaries, with similar symptoms. 
The onset of salpingitis may be very 
severe, or mild. In tubal distention there is a danger of 
rupture followed by peritonitis. Recovery from chronic 
salpingitis is usually slow. It is a matter of supplying 
the recuperative power with the means which that 
power can use to increase the vital strength by which 
Nature brings about restoration. 
Causes of 
Salpingitis . 
For instance, a woman, in Manitoba 
(1072), wrote that she suffered years 
with inflammation of the Fallopian 
tubes. They were as large as her 
wrist, filled with pus. Normally, the tubes are not 
larger than lead pencils, with a small canal large enough 
to admit a fine bristle. The eggs are carried through 
this canal from the ovaries to the womb. The pus passed 
through the loose fringed ends of the tubes into the 
peritoneal cavity causing repeated attacks of peritonitis, 
with which she was confined to her bed for over two 
years, suffering extremely. A Toronto specialist dis- 
covered that the tubes, bowels, ovaries, and uterus were 
bound down by extensive adhesions. Later, she was 
placed in a sanitarium under splendid medical men in 
New York City. Their decision was, "The woman can- 
not live without an operation, and most likely will die 
under it." That was her condition when she began the 
use of Viavi. She had been treated faithfully, submit- 
ting to blistering, leeches, and having the spine burnt, 
but all these efforts were failures. She supplied Viavi to 
her recuperative forces three years, but it was worth 
while, as eleven years later she wrote: "I am happy to 
state that I have had no return whatever of my old 
troubles." 
Pus Tubes for 
Years OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
279 
A user, in Minnesota (4490), wrote 
of suffering with inflammation and 
pus in the Fallopian tubes, rendering 
her unable to move for six weeks. Her 
physician advised their removal as the only means of 
restoration, but instead, she supplied Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power. Improvement soon began, the con- 
gestion and inflammation gradually disappeared, and 
she reports herself in perfect health. 
Removal 
Advised 
It takes the recuperative power a 
longer period of time to restore some 
to health than others. All persons 
have the recuperative power upon 
which restoration depends, but the bodies or instru- 
ments through which this power works are different; 
hence, the time and effort required to restore health is 
different in each person. These letters tell what others 
have accomplished through the use of Viavi, giving 
hope to other sufferers as to what they may accomplish 
through the same means. 
The Time 
Required 
A woman, in Idaho (4028), wrote 
that her splendid physician informed 
her that she wou|d have to have an 
operation or be a confirmed invalid 
for life. She submitted, and two years later, while away 
from home, was suddenly taken seriously ill, had high 
temperature, chills, hot Hashes, and was very nervous. 
Her physician decided this was due to an abscess in 
the Fallopian tube, but because of her weak heart fol- 
lowing the last operation and later a shock, he could 
not operate. She was taken home, she says, 11 more 
dead than alive." Her stomach and bowels became so 
badly affected that food was like poison, causing diar- 
rhea, and a jelly-like substance passed from the bowels. 
The pain in her head and back, and the palpitation of 
the heart were so bad that she could see no one. She 
also suffered with bronchitis, and had to be propped 
up in bed to get breath. Her body was so thin and 
tender that it seemed the bones would protrude through 
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Abscesses 280 
VIAVI HYTHENE 
the flesh. Her physicians were puzzled, and no one 
thought she could possibly live. 
Such was her condition when she began furnishing 
Viavi to her recuperative power. In two weeks she was 
enjoying the most refreshing sleep she had had in two 
years; her body began to feel warm; the pain in the 
chest passed away; she was able to straighten up; pe- 
culiar looking growths passed from the body, and she 
gradually became well. Twelve years after her restora- 
tion to health she wrote that she was well and strong 
and doing her own housework besides social service and 
charitable work. 
Those who have been operated upon 
one or more times and still suiter, may 
take hope from this letter from a 
woman, in New York State (4526), 
who suffered from painful menstruation. The womb was 
dilated every month, she was curetted, and a pessary 
placed for support, which caused such suffering that it 
was removed. Becoming worse, she was taken to a hos- 
pital to be examined under ether because she could not 
endure the examination otherwise. An operation was 
performed, and an abscess drained, but she continued to 
grow worse. The discharge from the incision became 
profuse, offensive, dark green or almost black in color. 
A second operation was decided to be imperative. The 
left ovary, the Fallopian tube, and an abscess were re- 
moved. While the incision was healing she contracted a 
severe cold. The incision opened about five inches in 
length and nearly as wide, exposing the intestines. A 
cough or long breath forced fecal matter to escape 
through a puncture in the bowel and into the incision, 
necessitating constant care. 
The surgeon frankly told the husband that he had 
done everything in his power. The sufferer was taken 
home on a stretcher, and the home doctor told the 
husband there was absolutely no help for her; she 
could not live. She then weighed about sixty pounds, 
and was carried like a baby with the greatest care 
Ground for 
Hope OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
281 
because each jar caused agonizing pain. 
In this hopeless condition Viavi was 
supplied to her recuperative power. 
The recuperative power eliminated 
poisonous secretions, causing her to 
suffer much, but the cough ceased and the temperature 
gradually became normal. She began to supply Viavi 
to her recuperative power on August 13th, and on 
September 23rd, enjoyed an automobile ride of thirty- 
five miles. In October she menstruated naturally for 
the first time. In February of the following year she 
was doing light housework, grateful beyond words for 
what her recuperative power had been able to do 
through the use of Viavi. 
Failure to 
Success 
A woman, in Missouri (2959), wrote 
of ten years suffering with pus tubes 
following infected ovaries and retro- 
version. As local treatments failed, 
an operation was suggested as the only thing that would 
benefit. She had almost consented, when a friend led 
her to use Viavi. For three months, as her recuperative 
forces accomplished the necessary work, she felt worse, 
but she soon began to improve slowly, and was well 
at the end of eighteen months. She afterwards wrote: 
' ' I did not need to be told I was well; I knew it. '' 
Eight years later she wrote, saying that she had had 
no return of the trouble, looked the picture of health, 
did her own housework and enjoyed life to its fullest. 
Suffered With 
Pus Tubes 
A woman, in Kansas (4292), wrote: 
"Except for a courage born of a de- 
sire to be of help to my family, I 
could not have borne the years of suf- 
fering I did." Many, reading this will realize how 
closely she expresses their own feelings. At seventeen 
years she had pneumonia and at twenty-three developed 
very bad heart trouble. When she was startled or un- 
usually disturbed she became completely exhausted, un- 
able to move her body. She had serious displacement of 
Irritation of 
Suffering 282 
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the womb, and wore those awful instruments of torture, 
pessaries. The tubes were enlarged and full of pus. She 
was so thin and frail that they could be easily felt 
through the abdominal walls. Iler physical suffering 
and mental agony led her into a state of constant irrita- 
tion towards her husband and children. At times her 
weakness and pain were so intense that when away 
from the house she was compelled to crawl back-un- 
able to walk. Iler splendid physicians examined her 
thoroughly and advised removal of the tonsils, ovaries, 
and the Fallopian tubes, and stitching of the womb to 
the abdominal walls. 
She learned what other sufferers had been able to 
do through the use of Viavi, began its use, and health 
gradually returned. An eruption on her face which 
caused a deep scar of long standing, practically disap- 
peared writh restoration of health. She wrote: "I have 
always felt able to express my gratitude until now, 
when I really feel my inability to be able to tell what 
the use of Viavi has meant to me." 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3436), 
wrote that she was confined to her bed 
for five weeks, suffering untold agony. 
The physicians told the husband that 
they had done all they could. A specialist was called 
who diagnosed the condition as an abscess on the end of 
the tube which had grown fast to the large intestines, 
and advised an operation to save her life, to which the 
sufferer would not consent. Recalling her former bene- 
ficial use of Viavi, she again furnished it to her re- 
cuperative power. 
During the first two months, while the recuperative 
power was eliminating impurities, she became very much 
discouraged because she suffered so greatly, but the 
thought that she was furnishing her recuperative power 
a means which it was using in the process of reparation, 
and that this suffering was a part of that process, en- 
couraged her. After two months she was able to sit up 
a little each day, and after seven months did light 
Abscess in 
Fallopian Tube OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES 
283 
housework, ate and slept well, and. felt as though life 
was worth living. 
This experience is a striking illustra- 
tion of the intelligence and resource- 
fulness of the recuperative power in 
the processes it uses to accomplish its 
purposes. Here was an abscess on the end of the Fallo- 
pian tube, which, unless the pus could be discharged 
through the tube, into the womb and out through the 
vagina, would be discharged into the peritoneal cavity, 
and cause peritonitis and perhaps death. But as the 
opening through the Fallopian tube is small, it would 
hardly be possible to discharge the quantity of pus that 
formed, in this way. The recuperative power therefore 
adopted another expedient. It adhered the end of the 
Fallopian tube to the large intestine, making a passage- 
way through the adhesion into the bowel; and through 
this the pus was discharged, and eliminated with the 
bowel contents. When the pus was all discharged, the 
inflammation subsided, and the recuperative power 
closed the temporary passage into the bowel and ab- 
sorbed the adhesion. The specialist, when advising an 
operation, had recognized the adhesion of the tube to 
the bowel, but did not recognize Nature's wise pur- 
pose in forming the adhesion. 
Eleven years later this woman wrote: "It is now 
twelve years since I was taken sick. I have never had 
any return of my old trouble and work hard every 
day." Eight years still later she wrote: "I have re- 
mained well and gladly add this endorsement to my 
former letter. I am now fifty years old, have passed 
through the change of life, which I always dreaded, 
without any trouble." 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from ovarian and 
Fallopian conditions and restored themselves through 
the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send you these 
and others if you are interested or desire them. Ad- 
dress any Viavi office. 
The Recuperative 
Intelligence CHAPTER XXXII 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PERITO- 
NEUM AND PERITONITIS 
THE peritoneum is a closed sac lining the abdomen 
and pelvis. In the pelvic basin it lies between 
the rectum and the womb, and between the womb 
and the bladder. It also forms a part of the ligaments 
that support the womb, ovaries, etc., which would lie 
helpless on the floor of the pelvis were it not for an 
ingenious arrangement of these ligaments to hold them 
in place and give them the freedom and ease they 
require. 
Inflammation of any part of this extensive mem- 
brane is called peritonitis, and often results disastrously, 
and even fatally. It may be either acute or chronic. 
Acute peritonitis may be caused by an 
external injury, a blow, a fall, a pene- 
trating wound, exposure to cold and 
wet, abortions, infection, unclean in- 
struments in making examinations, and surgical opera- 
tions. Inflammation may extend from the womb, Fallo- 
pian tubes, ovaries, bowels, bladder, liver or spleen. 
Causes of 
Peritonitis 
Severe, stabbing pain is always pres- 
ent in peritonitis, and is increased by 
the slightest motion or touch. The 
sufferer lies on her back with legs 
drawn up, using only the chest muscles in breathing, 
and avoiding all action of the abdominal muscles. Even 
the weight of the bedclothing may not be borne. No in- 
flammation can exist in the abdominal and pelvic cavi- 
ties without involving the adjacent parts of the periton- 
eum. The peritoneum possesses wonderful powers of ab- 
sorption, and heals rapidly under proper conditions. Its 
Symptomsof 
Peritonitis 285 
THE PERITONEUM 
extreme sensitiveness is a frequent cause of death from 
shock. 
Acute peritonitis is dangerous, the 
danger varying according to the cause, 
complication, and extent. The minute 
vessels become filled with fluids vary- 
ing in quantity and character, which ooze through the 
membrane. Sometimes the oozing is very extensive, and 
in consequence, the abdomen becomes greatly distended; 
but owing to the fact that the fluid is composed largely 
of serum, it is easily absorbed. 
When the fluid is sticky and gluey the surfaces of the 
peritoneum may adhere, and sacs may form in which 
some fluid is retained. Strings or bands of adhesions 
may fasten the intestines together, sometimes causing 
strangulation of the bowels. The womb, Fallopian tubes, 
and ovaries also may be bound down by adhesions. (See 
the chapter about Adhesions.) 
Acute 
Peritonitis 
Chronic peritonitis has much milder 
symptoms than the acute. It is a pro- 
lific cause of adhesions, and at any 
time may light up into the acute form, 
proving highly dangerous. The pain is somewhat similar 
to severe inflammation elsewhere, but may be distin- 
guished by a constant binding sensation with certain 
movements of the body. 
Chronic 
Peritonitis 
A woman, in Ohio (4535), wrote that 
Viavi came to her like an angel of 
mercy when her life was despaired of. 
Her trouble dated from a uterine 
laceration eighteen years before. As she neared the 
change, her whole system broke down. She suffered 
with stomach trouble, extreme palpitation of the heart, 
and peritonitis finally developed, causing almost un- 
bearable suffering. She was bed-fast from October to 
March, at the end of which time three physicians said 
nothing but an operation could save her life. 
While in this condition a friend who had restored 
Her Life 
Despaired of 286 
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herself through the use of Viavi, led her to furnish it 
to her recuperative power. During the first six weeks 
she could see little change, and was disheartened; but 
with her husband's encouragement, she continued. After 
three months the recuperative forces caused a copious 
discharge of poisonous matter. Then the building process 
began. She continued the use of Viavi faithfully until 
her restoration was complete, and she wrote that it had 
been permanent. 
A woman, in New Hampshire (4168), 
wrote of suffering with peritonitis 
and adhesions following the growth of 
a large fibroid tumor. Removal of all 
the organs was urged as the only hope of relief, but 
with no promise of restoration. Failing to obtain re- 
lief from the many means she had used, she was greatly 
discouraged. Learning of what others had accomplished 
through the use of Viavi, she began its use and restored 
her health. Later, she wrote: "I thank God every day 
of my life that I decided then, the question which 
meant life and health to me." Four years later she 
wrote: "My health is good. I have never had a recur- 
rence of the old trouble." 
Peritonitis, 
Adhesions 
A woman, in Missouri (2726), wrote 
that following a fall she had inflam- 
mation of the womb with terrible 
soreness through the abdomen, and 
abscesses in the vagina. Later she had general peritoni- 
tis, with severe pain in the appendix, followed by ex- 
ternal piles and soreness in the rectum. She wras led 
to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power. During 
the first few weeks its processes caused severe pain and 
suffering, but improvement was soon noticed, and con- 
tinued until her health was entirely restored. She wrote 
that she is only too glad to tell others what she has 
accomplished through her use of Viavi. 
Peritonitis, 
Abscesses THE PERITONEUM 
287 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(3938), wrote of her wonderful re- 
storation to health through her use of 
Viavi. Twelve years before she was 
taken sick with what was called tubercular peritonitis. 
The real condition was not disclosed until an explora- 
tory incision had been made. Two days after the 
stitches were removed the wound broke open and pus 
discharged. The sufferer was given electrical treatments 
every day for eleven months. The wound healed with 
the exception of two small openings, which healed from 
time to time, but caused such pain that it was necessary 
to open them again to allow the pus to escape. This 
condition continued until the abdomen was very tender, 
and the sufferer's condition worse than before the opera- 
tion. Menstruation became excessive, and she lost greatly 
in weight. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power because of what others had accomplished through 
this means. Improvement soon began, and fifteen months 
afterwards the incision was entirely healed; there was 
no more pain in the abdomen, menstruation became 
normal, she gained twenty-five pounds, and was very, 
very grateful to be a well woman. 
Tubercular 
Peritonitis 
The reader .will notice in how many 
instances it was necessary for the re- 
cuperative processes to eliminate quan- 
tities of impurities from the body. 
This is a part of the building process. It is not a re- 
action, but an intelligent effort on the part of the re- 
cuperative forces. A woman furnishing or refur- 
nishing her house, first removes all accumulated dirt 
and dust, and then puts in the new furnishings or 
rearranges the old. So, Nature, in her way, eliminates 
impurities from the body as a part of the process of 
restoration. These letters describe the process. As the 
impurities are removed, improvement begins, continuing 
until restoration is complete. 
Necessary 
Eliminations 288 
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We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from peritonitis 
and restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But 
we shall be glad to send you these, or others if you 
are interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XXXITI 
SOMETHING ABOUT ADHESIONS 
IN health the peritoneum exudes a serum so that its 
slippery surfaces may rub against one another with 
frictionless ease. This free movement is essential to 
the health and proper function of the organs held in 
the folds of the peritoneum. Inflammation of the perito- 
neum often produces a glue-like lymph which causes 
the surfaces of the peritoneum that touch or rub to 
stick. Often this sticking becomes firm in a few hours, 
preventing free movement of the organs, and causing 
pain and discomfort. The adhesions here considered 
are those following inflammation of the peritoneum. 
These adhesions are considered ab- 
normal. But what might happen if 
Nature did not support the frail, in- 
flamed tissues of the bowels, reinforc- 
ing them, as it were, by these adhesions? Might they 
not break and their contents escape into the peritoneal 
cavity, causing death from infection? It is true there 
is less movement of the parts, yet this may be very 
necessary in the natural recuperative processes. We 
bind broken ribs with adhesive bandages to render them 
immovable. We hold limbs in splints or plaster casts 
when they are fractured. May not Nature use adhesions 
for similar purposes? Adhesions have been absorbed 
when Nature had finished with them, when the body 
was in a sufficiently healthy condition to do this. 
A Protective 
Measure 
As almost the entire length of the in- 
testines is covered with the perito- 
neum, they may, through adhesions, 
become a matted mass. The ends of 
the Fallopian tubes may adhere to the bowels; or the 
womb, tubes, and ovaries may all adhere to the adjacent 
Extent of 
Adhesions 290 
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surfaces. The more extensive the inflammation the 
greater the extent of the adhesions. 
As every uterine disease invites inflammation and 
adhesions, the wise course is to avert these before this 
complication arises. In addition to the usual inflamma- 
tory symptoms, adhesions cause a feeling of being 
bound. Pain is increased by motion. The arrest of any 
organ's movement interferes with its function, produc- 
ing nervousness: 
Adhesions depend upon the gravity, 
the character of the inflammation, 
and the depth to which it affects the 
tissues beneath the peritoneum. As 
soon as exudation begins, the absorptive processes of 
the system try to dispose of it. If these are sufficiently 
able, or the amount of lymph exuded is not too great, 
the lymph may be absorbed, and no adhesions result. 
If the amount exuded is in excess of that absorbed, ad- 
hesions may result, but often the adhesion is such that 
it may be absorbed or separated when assisted by a 
slight strain. 
Character of 
Adhesions 
The ordinary method of treating ad- 
hesions is to open the abdomen (see 
chapter on the Abdominal Walls), 
turn over and examine the organs, 
and if possible, loosen the adhesions forcibly. Such 
operations are often followed by deplorable conse- 
quences. Adhesions are being constantly absorbed in 
a natural way, without surgical interference, when the 
absorptive powers can be sufficiently aroused and aided. 
Adhesions are sometimes used wisely by the recuper- 
ative power for very useful purposes, as for instance, 
when an abscessed ovary is fixed to the rectum by ad- 
hesions through which an opening is made and the con- 
tents expelled into the rectum. The opening is closed 
and the adhesions are absorbed. (See letter 3934 in the 
chapter about Insomnia, letter 3436 in the chapter about 
the Ovaries and the Fallopian tubes, and letter 644 in 
the chapter about Tumors). 
Operations for 
Adhesions ADHESIONS 
291 
When adhesions are recent, the condition is more 
like the sticking of sheets of paper together with mucil- 
age, which, if pulled apart when the mucilage is soft, 
will only be united by stringy fibers. The fabric of the 
two sheets has in no sense united or amalgamated. In 
adhesions, an absorbable substance holds the surfaces to- 
gether. The longer the inflammatory process persists, 
the more the tendency of adhesions is to become organ- 
ized or transformed into low grade tissue. Hence, the 
dangers of neglecting conditions that may result in 
adhesions. 
As the nervous system and the circu- 
lation become normal, the substance 
artificially holding the peritoneal sur- 
faces together is absorbed. The rapid- 
ity of this process is proportionate to the activity of the 
recuperative forces and the duration and extent of the 
adhesions. Even without aid, the natural forces strive to 
absorb the adhesions, but when furnished a means they 
can use, do so more rapidly. The purpose of furnish- 
ing Viavi to the recuperative power is to give Nature 
a means she may use and some of the splendid results 
which have followed are told in letters we have received. 
The Natural 
Process 
For instance, a woman, in Texas (1036), 
underwent an operation for fibroid 
tumor. A few years later, while preg- 
nant, another tumor was discovered. 
Adhesions formed which bound her so that she could 
not lie on her right side. She became a nervous wreck, 
her heart troubled her, she could not sleep and was 
constantly nauseated. She suffered with backache and 
bearing down pains in her limbs. Menstruation occurred 
every two or three weeks, causing extreme suffering. 
The physicians who attended her advised an operation, 
but this she refused. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power. When the recuperative forces began restoration 
she felt much worse, and would have given up had not 
her husband insisted that she continue faithfully. In a 
Adhesions, 
Tumors 292 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
few months, tumorous matter in small pieces was elim- 
inated until the whole tumor passed away. The ad- 
hesions were absorbed, and she felt better and stronger 
in every way. Four years after restoration she wrote 
that there had been no return of her trouble, for which 
she feels exceedingly grateful. 
Another sufferer, in Nebraska (1700), 
wrote that she had suffered with a 
bad laceration of long standing. Her 
womb and ovaries were so enlarged 
that they had fallen backwards and were bound fast to 
the surrounding tissues by very extensive adhesions. 
One of the Fallopian tubes was filled with pus. She 
suffered with backache, nervousness, and headache. 
Menstruation was painful. She became a mental wreck, 
not caring whether she lived or died. Although treated 
locally for years, her condition grew worse. When an 
operation was suggested as the only means of relief, her 
good doctor would not operate, saying that she would 
be a corpse before it was through. 
Discouraged and hopeless, she furnished Viavi to 
her recuperative power, and after a year and a half she 
had no backache, no headache, and no menstrual pains, 
her circulation was good, and slw was healthy and nor- 
mal in every way. Nine years later she wrote that her 
good health continued, and added that her daughter, in 
the meantime, had restored herself from painful men- 
struation through the use of Viavi. 
Extensive 
Adhesions 
Another sufferer, in Quebec (2287), 
wrote that after a careful examina- 
tion, her doctor told her the womb 
had adhered to the rectum since her 
last confinement twelve years before. lie endeavored 
to replace the womb but could not do so. A support was 
inserted but was removed in two hours because of the 
intense suffering. She grew steadily worse. A well 
known specialist was consulted, who advised an opera- 
tion. He said the ovaries were greatly enlarged, and 
the womb retroverted and bound down by adhesions -, 
Adhesions 
for Twelve Years ADHESIONS 
293 
that to loosen them would be like tearing apart tissue 
paper which was glued fast. 
An operation was arranged for but 
she would not submit, much against 
the advice of the doctor and her hus- 
band's wishes. She continued suffer- 
ing. without much sympathy from either her physician 
or her husband. Learning through a neighbor of others 
who, having been advised to undergo an operation, had 
restored themselves without it through the use of Viavi, 
she told her husband about it. He was skeptical and 
said, "Nonsense," still urging the operation, but asked 
several doctors what they thought of Viavi. One replied 
that he had heard it was good. Another said he knew 
nothing about, it, but added, "Try anything before 
allowing your wife to go under an operation." 
Husband said, 
"Nonsense" 
The husband, you will note, asked the 
doctors, What they thought of Viavi. 
This was because he had the usual 
conception; that the means used is 
the active agent in restoration. The important ques- 
tion with each sufferer is, "Can my recuperative power 
use Viavi?" and the experience of others is the sound- 
est basis of its use. 
Skeptical as he was, this husband consented, and 
helped his wife to use Viavi faithfully. There was a de- 
cided improvement at the end of the first year, and 
from that time on improvement continued steadily until 
every symptom disappeared. The husband often told 
other men of this experience, with the hope that their 
suffering wives might, through the use of Viavi, make 
the miracle of getting well their personal, individual, 
experience. 
Fifteen years later this woman wrote: "My hus- 
band died four years ago, and through misfortune I 
was forced to earn my own living, which is not the 
easiest thing to do at the age of fifty-four. I am well 
and able to do much more work than when I last 
wrote. ' ' 
The Important 
Question 294 
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Because adhesions occur so frequently, 
and because you may not realize how 
they have been overcome without an 
operation, we give another illustration. 
A woman, in Washington, D. C. (4176), had a severe 
fall eighteen years before, apparently injuring her 
spine. Her physicians thought the lower part of the 
spine wrould have to be removed. Another physician 
diagnosed displacement with adhesions to the rectum. 
And the operation of stitching the womb to the ab- 
dominal wralls was performed. The first time she stood 
up after the operation, violent pains occurred in the 
right side of the abdomen. Later, she was told a tumor 
had grown on the right ovary, and another operation 
was performed in v^hich the tumor, the right ovary, and 
three inches of the intestine were removed. The wound 
did not heal and she was told the stitches in the intes- 
tine would have to be removed. She submitted to this 
third operation, and afterwards, wras seemingly more 
dead than alive. 
Womb Stitched 
to Abdomen 
A sister urged her to furnish Viavi to 
her recuperative forces, but having 
lost all confidence, she would not even 
listen, saying, "If all the physicians 
could not cure, what could be expected from Viavi?'' 
It is misleading to speak of physicians, remedies, or 
other means curing. They do not. The recuperative 
power in the body does the restoring. We can help it 
by creating the conditions it needs, and supplying the 
means it can use. The thousands who have regained 
their health through the use of Viavi did this. 
Sister Urged Use 
of Viavi 
Sister Was in 
Earnest 
This sufferer's sister was in earnest. 
She furnished the Viavi and the suf- 
ferer used it. For several months she 
was more discouraged than ever, for 
she seemed worse, and was given up to die. But those 
who loved her persevered in furnishing Viavi to her re- 
cuperative forces. After a time she began to gain, and ADHESIONS 
295 
realizing this, used Viavi more faithfully, continuing 
until she was entirely restored. Writing seven years 
later she said she had remained well, and was so thank- 
ful that she wrote with the hope of helping other dis- 
couraged sufferers. 
A sufferer, in Alberta (2757), wrote 
that she was delicate from childhood. 
Menstruation began at twelve years of 
age, causing intense suffering. This 
condition went from bad to worse. She married, but in- 
stead of being benefited as three of her physicians 
thought she would be, became worse, and an abscess de- 
veloped on the right ovary. She was led to furnish 
Viavi to her recuperative power. For three months 
little difference could be seen except that she ate and 
slept better. Later, the abscess on the ovary which had 
enlarged and adhered to the bowel, broke through that 
adhesion into the bowel. This sufferer says, "All the 
surgeons in the world could not have performed the 
operation Nature did then, when these impurities were 
separated from that tender ovary and sent out of the 
body without any mutilation." From that time on her 
recovery was steady, and at the end of the year she 
weighed 132 pounds, and had gained one inch in height. 
Later she wrote, "Although it is almost twelve years 
since I regained my health there has not been the least 
return of the trouble, and I have been a busy woman 
during that time." Still later, she wrote, "I am very 
thankful that I can say another five years have been 
happy and healthy ones for me. Although it is sixteen 
years since I used Viavi there has been no return of 
any of these troubles." 
Nature 
Operates 
Adhesions are products of the organ- 
ism, which, having the power to pro- 
duce, must also have the power to re- 
move. When the absorptive powers of 
the body are sufficiently aroused the adhesive substance 
may gradually and naturally be absorbed. As a conse- 
Adhesions a 
Bodily Product 296 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
quence, pain disappears, comfort is secured, and the 
organs hitherto bound down and cramped, find their 
natural places. Many a sufferer whose womb was held 
down by adhesions, producing distress and painful 
menstruation has restored its freedom, and the dis- 
tress and pain have disappeared. Through the use of 
Viavi by the recuperative power, these disabled organs 
have been so completely restored that they perform 
their functions normally. If these sufferers have suc- 
ceeded in doing this, why may not you do the same 
for yourself? CHAPTER XXXIV 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ABDOMINAL 
WALLS, THEIR IMPORTANCE 
AND FUNCTION 
FIRM, taut abdominal walls, are essential to health. 
The flabby abdominal walls, so often found in 
women, are often traceable to tight lacing, clothing 
improperly supported, frequent pregnancies or lack of 
proper exercise. When the abdominal walls are weak, 
the abdominal and pelvic contents are imperfectly sup- 
ported, and sag out of position. 
Restoration of their tone and use should be earnestly 
sought; for tense, firm abdominal walls are just as 
necessary to health as a strong spinal column. 
The muscles of the abdomen are won- 
derfully and beautifully arranged for 
the purpose of securing strength and 
harmony in the work done by them in 
holding the internal organs. They are powerfully exer- 
cised in all expulsive efforts, such as expelling the child 
during labor, the feces from the rectum, the urine from 
the bladder, and the contents of the stomach in vomit- 
ing. They are also largely used in breathing, laughing, 
coughing, sneezing, singing, talking, and in all move- 
ments of the trunk. 
Vital Uses of the 
Walls 
Displacement of the womb and ovaries 
seldom exists alone; a sagging of the 
abdominal contents is generally pres- 
ent also, because the pelvic and ab- 
dominal cavities are not separated by a partition, but 
constitute one cavity; hence, what affects the contents of 
one affects the other. The X-ray and the fluoroscope 
enable one to actually see the abnormal depression of 
the abdominal and pelvic contents, commonly called 
Benefits of 
Strong Walls 298 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
ptosis; and through these the necessity of strong ab- 
dominal walls and unimpaired ligaments to hold the 
uterine organs and bowels in their natural position is 
more fully and vividly realized. 
Lax abdominal walls, ptosis of the bowels, and weak 
uterine ligaments contribute to constipation, dyspepsia, 
palpitation of the heart, impeded respiration, kidney 
trouble, nervousness, and other disturbances. 
Every one is familiar with the great 
weakness that exists when the walls of 
the abdomen break, known as ab- 
dominal hernia or rupture, which often 
necessitates the wearing of a truss to keep the viscera in 
place. In operations, an incision in the abdominal walls 
is usually made in the region of the groins, or down the 
center of the abdomen along what is known as the linea 
alba, meaning a white line, which is somewhat tougher 
than muscle-tissue. The abdominal walls include several 
muscular layers which cross in various ways so as to 
give additional strength, terminating in this white line. 
When an incision is closed by stitches, in the most skill- 
ful and cleanly manner, the recuperative power must 
do the most necessary thing of all, namely, heal the 
wound. Often, the abdominal wall is left in a pitiably 
weakened condition, necessitating the wearing of an ab- 
dominal bandage for years. Sometimes large festering 
holes remain, a constant menace. Physical degeneration 
results-every function is more or less disordered, and 
the nutritive process deranged. Functions thus im- 
paired are not irreparably suspended or lost. They have 
been regained and the normal functions of the abdomen 
resumed by the recuperative forces when furnished with 
Viavi, as will be seen in the following letters. 
Injury to the 
Abdomen 
A woman, in Arizona (892), wrote 
that she had an operation for a thirty- 
eight-pound cyst which had adhered 
to the right side of the abdominal 
walls. Three years later, during child-birth, a fibroid 
Rupture from 
Operation THE ABDOMINAL WALLS 
299 
tumor was found in the womb, but she would not con- 
sent to another operation as she was still suffering from 
a rupture in the right side following the former one. She 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power for a period 
of nearly three years. Eleven years later she wrote that 
the tumor had been absorbed and eliminated, and that 
she had never had any return of her trouble. 
Rupture, or hernia in the abdominal 
walls comes when the muscular tissues 
do not grow together at birth, or, 
afterwards when separated by some 
strain upon the abdominal walls as in pregnancy, child- 
birth, or lifting something heavy. When the muscular 
walls separate, the opening can be felt through the 
skin, which forms the outside covering. Through these 
openings the bowels protrude, the lump being covered 
by the peritoneum or lining of the abdomen, and the 
superficial tissues and skin. 
Hernia or 
Rupture 
This lump, containing a portion of 
the bowels, can usually be pushed 
back into the abdomen when one is in 
a recumbent position. When a loop 
of the bowel is pushed out and filled so full with fecal 
matter that it cannot be replaced, it is then called a 
strangulated hernia. The more common forms are 
hernias about the navel, in the middle of the abdomen 
between the navel and pubic bone, and in the groins. 
Femoral hernia is one which forms in the femoral canal 
just below the crease between the abdomen and leg; 
usually it is very painful and annoying. 
Strangulated 
Hernia 
A man, in England (920), wrote that 
he had been unable to follow his oc- 
cupation for over three years because 
of suffering from abdominal rupture, 
pains in the region of the heart, and collapse at night. 
He was unable to raise his left arm or walk more than 
a few yards. During the three year period of his illness 
he had taken a sea voyage, had been treated at Hydros, 
Abdominal 
Rupture 300 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
and by splendid physicians, who finally informed his 
nurse that he could not live six months. 
He was led to supply Viavi to his recuperative 
power. His heart being very painful, he was confined to 
bed for the first few days, but in about two weeks 
normal movements were established, and a gradual im- 
provement followed. He wrote, "The use of Viavi saved 
my life." 
A woman, in Illinois (881), wrote 
that she suffered with a very bad rup- 
ture, severe headaches, and indiges- 
tion. She learned what others had ac- 
complished, and not wishing to undergo an operation, 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and grew 
stronger in every way. Becoming pregnant, she enjoyed 
good health, did all her housework the entire term, 
and gave birth to a tine baby boy. One month after the 
baby's birth she was doing all her housework. 
Childbirth is one of the severest tests that can be 
given to the thoroughness of restoration from hernia. 
This sufferer has had no indication of the rupture since 
the baby's birth. She is happy and glad that she was 
able to restore herself in a natural way, instead of sub- 
mitting to an operation. 
Nervous 
Wreck 
A mother, in Iowa (2920), tells about 
her baby who was ruptured, upon 
whom she used Viavi. Speaking of the 
baby she says: "She is just fine. Her 
rupture has healed nicely, her digestion is now splendid, 
and of course, we are happy over the results." 
Baby's 
Rupture 
Another woman, in Ontario (1116), 
suffered with hernia, wearing a truss 
sixteen years. She also wore a pessary 
two years for prolapsus. She was led 
to furnish Viavi to her recuperative power and soon 
after, removed the pessary. Continuing the use of Viavi, 
her health was perfectly restored, she entirely overcame 
the hernia, and discontinued the use of the truss. Ten 
Removed Truss 
and Pessary THE ABDOMINAL WALLS 
301 
years later she wrote that although she was passing 
through the change of life, she did not have any of the 
usual discomforts; and that Viavi has been worth its 
weight in diamonds to her because of the splendid health 
she obtained through its use. 
A man, in California (3023), wrote 
that he suffered hernia for thirty 
years. A friend, having known a man 
who had restored himself through the 
use of Viavi, led him to use it. He restored his condi- 
tion completely, and three years later wrote that he had 
had no return of the trouble since, and feels that his 
money had been well spent. 
Babies are sometimes born with a rupture. A 
mother, in Canada (1201), wrote of her baby having a 
navel rupture from birth. She used Viavi until the 
rupture healed entirely. 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from men and 'women who suffered from hernia 
or weak abdominal walls and restored themselves 
through the use of Viavi. But we shall be glad to send 
you these, or others, if you are interested or desire 
them. Address any Viavi office. 
Hernia for Thirty 
Years CHAPTER XXXV 
SOMETHING ABOUT PREGNANCY, 
THE PROCESSES INVOLVED, AND 
THE CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED 
IN becoming a mother a woman experiences the crowm- 
ing privilege of her life. It is then that she accepts 
partnership with God. Upon a woman's conduct and 
health during pregnancy depends largely whether the 
child shall be a blessing and comfort, or a burden and 
reproach to her. 
The processes involved in pregnancy 
are: Ovulation, or extrusion of the 
ovum (egg) from the ovary; impreg- 
nation, or the entering of the male 
germ into the ovum; gestation, or the development of 
the egg in the womb; and parturition, or the birth of 
the child. Mystery surrounds the processes of ovulation 
and the time and place of conception. During preg- 
nancy menstruation generally ceases, although there are 
exceptions. The ovaries are relieved of their monthly 
function, and all the activities of the reproductive sys- 
tem are centered in the development of the new life. 
Processes of 
Pregnancy 
The duration of normal pregnancy is 
nine calendar months, ten lunar months 
or about two hundred and seventy- 
five days. To foretell the exact date of 
parturition is very difficult and uncertain. The best rule, 
although uncertain, is as follows: First determine the 
exact day when the last menstruation appeared; then 
count backwards three months and add seven days. For 
instance, a woman's last menstruation appeared on the 
twentieth of August. Counting backwards three months 
would take her to the twentieth of May, and adding 
seven days would make the date of delivery the twenty- 
Reckoning Time 
of Delivery PREGNANCY 
303 
seventh of May, or very close to it. As a rule, the 
shorter the period of gestation, the less the vitality of 
the child. 
When the impregnated ovum lodges 
and develops in the womb, it is a 
normal or uterine pregnancy. It is 
single when the uterus contains one 
fetus; double when it contains two. It is a complicated 
pregnancy when a tumor or dropsy or other abnormal 
condition exists in addition to the pregnancy. 
There are four varieties of extra-uterine pregnancy; 
ovarian pregnancy, or development of the ovum within 
the ovary; peritoneal pregnancy or development of the 
ovum in the folds of the peritoneum due to failure of 
the ovum to pass into the tube; tubal pregnancy, or de- 
velopment of the ovum in the Fallopian tube; and in- 
terstitial pregnancy, or development of the ovum in the 
wall of the womb instead of within its cavity. False 
pregnancy means an enlargement of the abdomen when 
no living fetus is present. 
Kinds of 
Pregnancies 
From the time of impregnation, the 
womb begins to prepare for its guest. 
By the time that the egg enters the 
womb, the lining is arranged in soft 
velvety folds to serve as a bed for the honored guest. 
The ovum throws out villi, or hair-like rootlets, which 
grow into the uterine lining. During the first three 
months the womb remains in the pelvic cavity, a little 
lower than usual. It gradually rises into the false pel- 
vis, which is more commodious, and at four and a half 
months lies entirely there. Then a "quickening," or 
life is felt, which, as a rule, indicates that half the 
period has passed. 
Changes in the 
Womb 
As pregnancy requires the mother to 
nourish two lives, important changes 
occur in the systems and organs of 
her body. The new life must live as 
she does. Its growth involves nourishment, circulation, 
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Mother 304 
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repair, waste and a kind of respiration, and the man- 
ner in which these functions are performed determines 
the health of the child. 
The quantity of the mother's blood is increased and 
changed. As the heart has more work to do, it increases 
in size about one-fifth. If the mother nurses the child 
after birth, the heart still remains enlarged, for the 
work of preparing milk requires more blood and a 
stronger heart to keep it moving properly. The spleen 
and liver increase in size. The power of the lungs is 
increased. The mother must furnish nutriment for two, 
and although the appetite is likely to be capricious in 
the earlier months, it later steadies itself, and increases. 
Her body gains ten to fifteen pounds in weight besides 
the increased weight of the womb. This gain is greatest 
in the last two months. The skin increases its elimina- 
tive powers, and the urine also increases, possibly for 
a similar reason. 
A pregnant woman is keenly impressionable as the 
nerves become highly keyed. She may become fretful, 
irritable, and unreasonable. Her whole nature demands 
the best consideration, care, and sympathy. If she is 
in poor health, depression, melancholia or mania may 
develop; and there is nothing sadder than a deranged 
woman in the act of child-bearing. 
In health the mother is able to un- 
dergo the wonderful changes that oc- 
cur, without distress. The nervous 
system is in normal control of all the 
functions so that these are performed properly. There 
is a nervous stability that promotes peace and strength 
of mind. The circulation is full and regular, that nutri- 
tion of both mother and child is complete. As preg- 
nancy progresses there is a healthy enlargement of the 
womb. At term, the womb is given strength to expel 
the child naturally, so that prolonged and exhausting 
labor and the use of instruments, dangerous to mother 
and child, are avoided. The tissues of the womb, in- 
cluding the cervix, are healthy and elastic, to avoid 
Normal 
Pregnancy PREGNANCY 
305 
laceration. The membrane uniting the placenta to the 
womb disintegrates normally so that the placenta is 
naturally expelled after birth, and does not have to be 
torn away with instruments. 
Following delivery, a healthy womb 
contracts normally so that the rup- 
tured blood vessels are promptly closed, 
and dangerous or fatal hemorrhages 
avoided. The womb returns to its proper size by the 
absorption of the extra amount of tissue taken on dur- 
ing pregnancy. All these processes and changes are 
natural. They are under the direction and control of 
a power wiser than we are. We speak of that power as 
the recuperative power. It is the testimonv of a very 
great number of women that the use of Viavi before 
and during pregnancy gave them a comfortable preg- 
nancy and a safe and easy delivery, at term. 
After 
Delivery 
For example, a mother, in Ireland 
(2517), wrote to tell about herself 
and what the nurse called "a very- 
forward baby,"-healthy, bright, and 
intelligent. This mother suffered from leucorrhea which 
was a drain on her strength. She mentioned it to her 
physician who replied, ''Ah, nearly every woman has 
that," giving the impression that this drain was not 
inconsistent with health; and so it was allowed to con- 
tinue. She had been married for nearly two years and 
had not been able to become pregnant, which both she 
and her husband desired. 
She furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and 
in a short time completely recovered her health. The 
leucorrhea ceased, and pregnancy occurred. She con- 
tinued the use of Viavi until the day of delivery and 
had an excellent time in every respect. Although this 
was her first experience of motherhood, the nurse told 
her that her suffering was slight compared with other 
women. She had no aches or pains during convalescence, 
and in writing said her splendid health continued. 
A Desired 
Pregnancy 306 
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A woman, in Canada (3153), wrote: 
"Few mothers passed through more 
agony than I did in bringing my first 
two children to birth." Having read 
of the benefits other mothers had secured, she used 
Viavi during her third pregnancy with the following re- 
sults : No sick headaches, no sick stomach, no bandag- 
ing of varicose veins as was necessary in former preg- 
nancies, and no discomforts of any kind. 
At delivery she felt a few slight cramps during the 
afternoon. She took a bath at 5 p.m. and at 7 p.m. tele- 
phoned for the doctor. She was in the hospital at 7 :30 
and kept on her feet until 8 :30 and was in bed possibly 
five minutes when a couple of pains severer than the 
others were experienced. The organs relaxed, and the 
babe was born. Doctor and nurse were amazed. Her 
recovery was just as wonderful; she had no tempera- 
ture, was home on the eleventh day, and was as strong 
at two weeks as she was at two months with her other 
children. She wants expectant mothers to know what 
the use of Viavi meant to her, in accordance with this 
motto, "Have you had a kindness shown, pass it on." 
A Normal 
Pregnancy 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3440), 
wrote that she had suffered with nerv- 
ousness all her life. She had four 
children, and the doctor said that she 
could not live through another childbirth. He advised 
an operation which she consented to undergo, but learn- 
ing of Viavi, supplied it to her recuperative power. Her 
general health improved greatly, and eighteen months 
later she gave birth to a baby girl, which she says, was 
the easiest birth of all. 
Easiest Birth 
of All 
A mother, in Kentucky (4494), wrote 
that she was in labor for eighteen 
hours during the birth of her first 
baby who later died. She was lacerated 
and the womb became prolapsed, causing intense suffer- 
ing. A friend led her to use Viavi. Her health gradu- 
Only Two Hours 
in Labor PREGNANCY 
307 
ally recovered, and desiring a baby, she became preg- 
nant again. She suffered very little, and was in labor 
only two hours, giving birth to a plump, healthy baby. 
Her physician said that the laceration of her first con- 
finement was completely healed. 
A mother, in Virginia (1202), wrote 
that she had been a nervous invalid 
for nearly ten years and did not ex- 
pect to be able to bear children. She 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative forces and became 
well. She later became pregnant, was in perfect health 
during the entire pregnancy, and although thirty-six 
years old at her first confinement, was in labor only six 
hours. She used Viavi during a later pregnancy, with 
even better results, as she was in labor just two hours. 
Despaired of 
Motherhood 
It is of the greatest importance for a 
mother to be in the best possible health 
when she bears children, not only for 
her own physical constitution, but bet- 
ter, for the sake of the children, because their whole 
lives reflect their physical start. While the use of Viavi 
has done much for the pregnant woman, it has helped 
to do even more for the unborn child, whose greatest 
right is to be born well. 11 Viavi babies" are well-de- 
veloped, healthy, and strong. This is especially notice- 
able in the firm muscles and strong spine of the child 
whose mother had a thought for its welfare as well as 
her own before its birth. 
The Right to be 
Well Bom 
For instance, a mother in California 
(4006), wrote that she used Viavi 
during pregnancy, and after the baby 
was born. Her baby is a most remark- 
able one. At two months he sat alone, at five months 
could "chin" himself on the bars. At six months he 
learned to swim, and the latter part of his seventh 
month started to walk, talk, and perform on the gym- 
nasium bars and rings. He turned somersaults, could 
walk on his hands, and had a wonderfully developed 
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back. At eight months he passed an eighteen months 
mentality test, and was one hundred per cent perfect. 
At eleven months he was appearing in motion pictures 
as the World's Champion Baby Acrobat and Perfect 
Child. Send for a printed copy of this letter with a 
picture of this little fellow. 
There is no time in which a mother may do more 
for her child than before and during pregnancy, by 
being well herself that her children may inherit a 
healthy body. 
A woman, in Georgia (4492), wrote 
that she had never been well since 
menstruation began. The flow was al- 
ways scanty, and she suffered terribly 
at each period with headaches, and pains in the ovaries 
and back. She treated with many splendid physicians 
but with no relief. Although married nine years, and 
anxious to become a mother, she had never conceived 
because she was undeveloped. Her aunt, who had used 
Viavi, and secured wonderful results through its use, 
led her to use it. 
She gradually improved and regained her health, and 
as she expresses it, "the most wonderful thing in the 
world happened to her. ' ' She became the mother of a 
little girl, labor was normal, she felt well and strong, 
and the baby was all a baby should be-well in every 
way. The use of Viavi has brought much happiness to 
that home. 
Pregnancy 
After Nine Years 
A mother, in Canada (2285), wrote 
that although she had been married 
several years, no little one came to 
bless their home. An operation had 
been suggested as the only means, but she would not 
consent to this. She had used other treatments which 
her physicians advised, but with only temporary relief. 
A friend led her to realize how the recuperative forces 
of other sufferers had used Viavi with good results, so 
she began its use. After two years a bright, lovely baby 
Blessed by 
Lovely Daughter PREGNANCY 
309 
came to bless their home, and the mother wrote that 
she had never felt better in her life. 
A woman, in Kansas (3135), wrote 
that she suffered a nervous breakdown 
resulting from overwork and study. 
While teaching she became nervous 
and irritable, and suffered with sick headaches and 
vomiting at the menstrual periods. The left ovary be- 
came painful, the left breast enlarged, and several 
lumps could be felt. The womb was tipped forward on 
the bladder, and the glands on the left side of the throat 
were badly enlarged. 
Removal of the breast was advised, but the thought 
of an operation was revolting to her, and she deter- 
mined to find another way. She furnished Viavi to her 
recuperative power and in a few months the congestion 
in the ovaries began to decrease. The pains in the 
ovaries and limbs ceased, the enlargement in the throat 
and the lump in the breast gradually disappeared, and 
in fifteen months she became a well woman. 
She later became pregnant, and furnished Viavi to 
her recuperative power throughout her pregnancy. Iler 
health was perfect during the entire time, she was able 
to walk many blocks daily, had no swelling of the legs 
or other discomforts. Her confinement was natural; 
there was no laceration or difficulties of any kind. Later 
she wrote: ' ' I have been twice blessed since then. I went 
through these confinements even better than my first 
one." 
Three Natural 
Confinements 
Child-Bearing Not 
a Disease 
If an unhealthy woman should become 
pregnant, effort should be made to re- 
store health. By far the better plan 
for a married woman is to be ready 
for pregnancy at all times. Childbearing is not a disease 
nor a thing to be dreaded; it is natural and brings hap- 
piness. It is capable of being experienced without undue 
distress, without risk to life, without apprehension or 
repugnance, and without surgical interference with its 
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Nature provides for the nourishment 
and respiration of the fetus by the de- 
velopment of the placenta, or after- 
birth. The maternal side is closely at- 
tached to the uterine walls. To the fetal side is at- 
tached the umbilical cord which arises in the placenta 
and terminates at the navel, or umbilicus of the child, 
where its blood vessels communicate directly with the 
blood vessels within the child's body. The average 
length of the cord is from twenty-one to twenty-three 
inches. The average size of the placenta is six inches in 
diameter, three-fourths of an inch thick at the center. 
It tapers to a thin edge. 
A short time before delivery, fatty degeneration of 
the tissues betwen the uterine walls and the placenta 
takes place. When this does not occur, the placenta 
adheres and the hand must be introduced to tear it 
loose. If the operating hand is unclean, or particles of 
the placenta are left adhering, blood poisoning may 
result. There is always danger of hemorrhage by delay 
of the contractions closing the blood vessels. 
As the child depends entirely upon the mother's 
blood for nourishment, it must not only contain suffi- 
cient nutriment, and be properly purified, but must cir- 
culate normally to bring forth a healthy, well-developed 
child. The purpose in using Viavi during pregnancy is 
to assist Nature to provide not only the best nourish- 
ment out of the food material furnished to the blood, 
but its normal circulation and purification. 
Uses of the 
Placenta 
The pregnant woman should be ex- 
amined carefully at frequent intervals 
by the one who is going to attend her 
at confinement. Many mistakes and 
much suffering may be thus avoided. All the intelli- 
gence that a woman and her husband can bring to bear 
are needed during her pregnancy. It is a time when 
every fine sentiment of manhood is appealed to, and 
when every resource of the woman's cheerfulness and 
hopefulness should be employed. Everything disagree- 
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Pregnancy PREGNANCY 
311 
able or burdensome should be removed as much as 
possible. Generous allowances should be made, as the 
direct happiness of two lives is involved in the care 
that a woman receives at this time. While a very strong- 
obligation rests upon the husband, the woman herself is 
in no sense relieved of the greater obligations that Na- 
ture has imposed upon her. It is her own conduct, more 
than any other, that determines the issue. 
Women are often advised to invite 
pregnancy as a cure for ovarian 
disease. It is true that the function 
of ovulation is suspended during preg- 
nancy, and its absence may be most helpful. But the 
reader will notice that following the use of Viavi dur- 
ing pregnancy, many women who had previously suf- 
fered with ovarian troubles, had normal pregnancies, 
normal births, and emerged with perfect health. The 
recuperative forces of the body, having the experi- 
ence of ages, know how to do what has to be done 
to restore health. You can trust them to do the best 
thing. But you must help by furnishing the means 
they need. That Viavi has been that means for thous- 
ands of sufferers is evidenced by the results these suf- 
ferers obtained. We have space for only a few of the 
letters we have received from such women. But we 
shall be glad to send you these and others if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
The Wiser 
Way CHAPTER XXXVI 
SOMETHING ABOUT LACERATION 
AND THE EFFECTS THAT FOLLOW 
A CERVICAL laceration is a tearing of the os, or 
mouth of the womb. The orifice of the womb 
is surrounded by muscular rings or bands, which 
when healthy, are capable of great distension. The 
mouth of the womb is so small that it feels like a 
dimple to an examining finger, and is abnormally large 
when the end of the finger can be inserted. If the os 
feels elongated or slit to the touch, a laceration exists. 
A good idea can be obtained of the 
expansion necessary to allow the pas- 
sage of the child by comparing an 
opening that would admit a small pea 
with one that would accommodate an infant's head. The 
os is opened outward from within by the gradual, dilat- 
ing pressure of the bag of waters which precedes the 
child's head. The tissues when rigid and unyielding, in- 
stead of expanding, are lacerated, at childbirth. If they 
are soft and flabby, they also may be easily torn. 
In the healthy os the muscular rings are elastic, and 
such a condition is the best protection against laceration 
at childbirth. 
Cause of 
Laceration 
At delivery the neck of the womb is 
merely a thin fleshy ring, but if these 
tissues do not stretch sufficiently as 
the child passes, they are torn. The 
torn portions of the womb become swollen and turn out- 
ward, exposing the ragged ends of thousands of sensi- 
tive nerves and tissues. A hard scar tissue gradually 
forms upon the torn surfaces, which irritates the ends 
of the lacerated nerves, causing backache, headache, and 
Effect of 
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313 
nervousness. This hard scar tissue prevents the womb 
from returning to its normal size. 
When conditions are normal, the 
womb, following delivery, decreases 
to a size a little larger than a virgin 
womb. Laceration interferes with this 
process. The delicate membrane lining the neck of the 
womb is more exposed to, and in contact with the va- 
ginal walls, which may prove a source of irritation and 
infection. The more extensive the laceration, the greater 
the amount of scar tissue causing the womb to remain 
enlarged and heavy; and being enlarged and heavy, it 
becomes displaced more easily, bringing a train of ills, 
among them, menstrual anomalies, ovarian, rectal, and 
bladder diseases, leucorrhea, headache, nervousness; and 
serious ulceration of the cervix may follow. 
Abnormal 
Changes 
Those who have been told that it is 
necessary to hold the torn surfaces 
of the lacerated womb together while 
healing, either by stitches or other 
mechanical means, often fail to realize that the lacerated 
womb is an enlarged one and that as the scar tissues are 
absorbed, the womb decreases in size, and the laceration 
and the womb both decrease proportionately. To illus- 
trate : A tear one inch in length in a womb four times 
its normal size, becomes one-fourth of an inch in length 
when the womb decreases to its normal size. The edges 
of the tear become rounded and the mouth or os is but 
slightly larger than normal. As you read the following 
experiences remember that the size of the tear decreases 
as the womb becomes smaller, and that the reduction 
and the healed laceration were seen by the attending 
physician. 
How the Tear 
Heals 
A mother, in California (817), writ- 
ing of her use of Viavi, says: " I was 
examined by my doctor in August. 
There was a laceration at the neck of 
the womb an inch in length. The womb was much 
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enlarged, and tipped backward. The tissues were terri- 
bly ulcerated, and the parts had lost all sensitiveness. 
I began using Viavi, and in October of the next year 
was again examined, and my doctor said my improve- 
ment was greater than he had thought possible in that 
length of time. The womb had decreased one half in 
size. The laceration was smaller and I was better in 
every way. I continued the use of Viavi, and fifteen 
months later was once more examined. My doctor found 
the laceration healed, the womb healthy, and in proper 
position. ' ' 
A minister's wife, in Prince Edward 
Island (978), wrote that she married 
very young, and enjoyed perfect 
health until her first confinement. For 
years after she never knew what it was to be wyell a 
single day. The mouth of the womb was torn so severely 
that her physicians declared she could never have an- 
other child as the uterus could not hold it. They also 
said that the perineum (that tissue between the vagina 
and rectum) was completely torn, the two passages 
(front and back) had become one, and the rectum was 
split upward nearly two inches. 
A later confinement was followed by an abscess in 
the right Fallopian tube, which eventually broke. This 
unhealthy condition gradually grew worse. Examina- 
tions by a specialist revealed the womb to be enlarged, 
and the Fallopian tubes and ovaries enveloped in ad- 
hesions. Two operations were said to be necessary; one 
to remove the womb and ovaries, and the other to re- 
pair the lacerated perineum. As her heart was very 
weak, the sufferer was ordered to bed for six or nine 
months that she might become strong enough for the 
operation. The local doctor daily replaced the womb 
which was bound to the back by adhesions. 
A Double 
Laceration 
The Steps to 
Restoration 
At the end of three months there were 
serious hemorrhages; another consult- 
ing physician ordered her to the hos- 
pital to have the organs removed as LACERATION 
315 
soon as possible. The family doctor and her mother, a 
nurse, decided she could not stand an operation, so she 
was kept in bed to gain more strength. 
A neighbor who knew of Viavi, led her to use it. 
The second night of its use she fell into a sweet, restor- 
ing sleep. Recovery began, and at the next period there 
was no hemorrhage. In six weeks she could sit up. Her 
dear old doctor watched her and encouraged her to con- 
tinue the use of Viavi as his examinations revealed that 
the local conditions were improving and the parts heal- 
ing. In six months she was able to travel sixty miles. 
Later her physician examined her again. He found the 
laceration so small that it was almost imperceptible, the 
adhesions gone, and the womb in its place. 
She later gave birth to a healthy, baby boy. The 
doctor then said the organs were in a perfect condition, 
except the lacerated perineum. In the spring she had 
fifteen stitches taken, and the surgeon stated that the 
laceration of the womb was almost closed. 
This woman, being a minister's wife, had many de- 
mands made upon her, but she continued well. She is 
thankful to possess all of her organs, and feels that she 
owes this to furnishing Viavi to her recuperative power. 
There is a distinction between lacera- 
tion of the perineum and laceration 
of the womb. The perineum is the 
tissue between the vagina and the rec- 
tum. Laceration here may vary from a mere slit to 
several inches, extending into the rectum. The two pass- 
ages become one, causing much discomfort. The differ- 
ence of conditions existing in laceration of the perineum 
and laceration of the womb must be clearly understood. 
The tissues of the perineum are not thick as in the 
womb. When the laceration of the perineum (usually 
spoken of as an external laceration) is small, it usually 
heals over and the tissues become thicker. When the 
tear is longer, nothing but an operation can hold the 
torn edges and surfaces of this muscular tissue together. 
Laceration of the 
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316 
The same conditions do not exist when 
the womb is torn. The lacerated womb 
is always enlarged, and as it decreases 
in size, the tear decreases in propor- 
tion, as has been explained. In the sufferer's experience 
just related, the laceration in the womb healed without 
an operation because it became smaller as the womb re- 
turned to its normal size. 
In the first perineal operation, the stitches, as they 
often do, tore out and it was necessary to have the 
second operation years later. Meanwhile, through the 
use of Viavi, the tissues became more healthy, the 
stitches held, and the parts grew together. The lacera- 
tion of the womb needed no stitching because as the 
womb and tear decreased, the edges became rounded 
and the opening so small that an operation was thought 
unnecessary by the doctor. 
Laceration 
of the Womb 
Another instance in which the physi- 
cian's examination showed a healed 
laceration, is told by a woman, in 
Pennsylvania (3890). She wrote of 
suffering for thirteen years from a laceration which oc- 
curred at the birth of her first child. The womb was 
greatly inflamed and bled at touch, and she suffered 
intensely with itching, and nervousness. She had no 
appetite, and grew very weak. Iler physician said an 
operation was absolutely necessary, but instead, she 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative forces.' 
After two years' use of Viavi she asked her physi- 
cian to examine her. After the examination he said, "I 
consider you a very well woman; the laceration is en- 
tirely healed, and all other troubles cured." Eighteen 
years later she wTrote that she had had no return of her 
troubles. 
Entirely 
Healed 
A sufferer, in Missouri (3650), wrote 
that her trouble dated from the birth 
of a twelve and a half pound baby. 
She sustained a bad laceration, fol- 
lowed by an enlarged condition of the womb which be- 
A Severe 
Laceration LACERATION 
317 
came displaced. She suffered intensely. Several physi- 
cians, making an examination, said it would require 
many stitches to repair the tear, and, because of the 
unhealthy conditions present, they might not hold. 
Like others, this sufferer did not want 
an operation if she could avoid it, and 
used Viavi with that hope. In a short 
time improvement began, friends re- 
marked about the change in appearance, and she gradu- 
ally became entirely well. After using Viavi a year and 
a half, she was examined by a physician who told her 
that there was no trace of the laceration. In fact, he 
said the womb was in such perfect condition it was al- 
most unbelievable that a tear had existed. Twenty-two 
years later she wrote that her good health had con- 
tinued. 
No Trace of 
Laceration 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(4136), wrote that she could scarcely 
walk, due to inflammation of the womb 
and bladder. She was so nervous that 
it was thought she would lose her mind. Failing to re- 
store her health through any other means used, she 
used Viavi, and in a year and a half felt herself com- 
pletely restored. Twenty years later, ten years after 
her fourth baby was born, a tumor was found to have 
grown upon the lacerated surfaces, for which an opera- 
tion was advised. 
Laceration 
Healed 
Knowing the benefit formerly secured 
through its use, the husband encour- 
aged her to use Viavi again before 
submitting to the operation. Being 
in such poor health, there was much for the recupera- 
tive power to do, and progress was slow. The tumor 
passed away at the menstrual periods, and health was 
gradually regained. 
After using Viavi for a year and a half, she went to 
her doctor for another examination. He said the lacera- 
tion had healed, and the tumor was gone. In closing her 
She Again Used 
Viavi VIAVI HYGIENE 
318 
letter this woman says: "No words of mine could make 
you know how much we owe to my use of Viavi. My 
husband believes its use saved my mind as well as my 
life." 
It will be noted that the recuperative 
power often eliminates impurities, af- 
ter the use of Viavi is begun, before 
other signs of improvement are seen. 
It must do this before the body can begin to get well. 
While this cleansing process may be accompanied with 
suffering, it should always be welcomed as an indication 
that progress is being made. 
A woman, in Georgia (4532), wrote that she was a 
strong, healthy girl until laceration occurred at the 
birth of her first child. A second childbirth made her 
condition worse, although under the care of splendid 
physicians. She underwent an operation for laceration, 
and removal of the appendix and a cyst from the right 
ovary. Severe flooding attacks followed every two weeks 
which greatly weakened her. She suffered with pains 
in the ovary and in the lower part of the spine, and, 
with headaches in the back of her head. She wyas ad- 
vised to undergo an operation, but instead furnished 
Viavi to her recuperative power. In a few' months the 
flooding decreased, she began to feel better, and health 
was gradually regained. On their tenth anniversary 
her husband remarked that she ''looked younger than 
she did when they were married." 
Why Nature 
Cleanses 
Five Operations 
Five Failures 
A woman, in California (2162), wrote 
that she was badly lacerated when her 
first child was born twenty-five years 
previously. She was operated upon 
at that time, and nine years later underwent five more 
operations, following which, she was practically an in- 
valid. Six years prior to the date of writing, some 
friend induced her to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power. Always having the thought of how much effort 
and money had been spent without deriving any benefit, 
her hope of improvement was not strong. After six LACERATION 
319 
weeks' use of Viavi, however, she began to improve, and 
in less than a year was enjoying better health than she 
had since girlhood. 
A woman, in Kentucky, (4486), wrote 
that she had an operation for lacera- 
tion of the womb. Her physician told 
her that she also had a tumor which 
was not removed at that operation. She grew very 
weak and nervous, and suffered severely at the men- 
strual period. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and restored her health. Two years later 
her doctor examined her and reported the tumor gone. 
Laceration, 
Nervousness 
Not every sufferer from laceration 
advised to have an operation as the 
only means and hope of restoration 
or relief, has followed such advice. 
Many such sufferers have furnished Viavi to their re- 
cuperative power and become entirely well, the lacera- 
tion healing without an operation. Among many who 
have written us is a woman, in Alabama (1346), who 
suffered from laceration of the uterus, ovarian trouble, 
and leucorrhea. Her physician advised an operation, 
but she furnished Viavi to her recuperative power in- 
stead. Her health was regained, and she later gave 
birth to a fine baby boy, the healthiest of six. Six years 
later she wrote that she continued well. 
Without 
Operation 
A woman, in England (2528), wrote 
that she suffered from extreme nerv- 
ousness, and had a continuous offen- 
sive discharge from the vagina. A 
specialist called in consultation, said the cervix was 
lacerated, caused by the use of instruments at her first 
confinement. For a time she submitted to cauterization, 
which made the parts black and hard like cinders, caus- 
ing great suffering. A year later the discharge and all 
the disagreeable symptoms returned, and she grew very 
disheartened. 
She was led to use Viavi. but as there was much 
Laceration Due 
to Instruments 320 
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for the recuperative power to do before the building 
process could begin, improvement was slow. However, 
she continued its use until health was restored, and 
later wrote: "I cannot be thankful enough I ever be- 
gan it. I am indeed a new creature. Instead of being 
yellow and wrinkled, I have a clear complexion, the 
lines have gone, and I feel bright and equal to any- 
thing. " 
A sufferer, in Texas (3409), who had 
scarcely known a well day for eighteen 
years, wrote that five physicians diag- 
nosed laceration, enlarged uterus, 
fibroid tumor, polypus growths, and inflamed ovary. She 
had always had a horror of operations, but being told 
it would make her a perfectly well woman, consented, 
in sheer desperation, to be operated upon. The opera- 
tion was considered a perfect success, and for two 
months afterwards she took the best care of herself. 
Then one flooding spell succeeded another. She had a 
constant discharge between the periods, and the burn- 
ing, throbbing pain in her side was so terrible that she 
thought she would lose her mind. Her physician sug- 
gested another operation for removal of all the uterine 
organs and the appendix, to which she would not con- 
sent, believing she would never leave the operating table 
alive. 
Feared Loss of 
Mind 
A woman whom she had previously 
nursed, and who had restored her 
health through the use of Viavi, led 
her to supply Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power. She was obliged to borrow money with 
which to purchase Viavi, and began its use with little 
hope other than she might prolong her life as five child- 
ren were dependent upon her for support. At first the 
recuperative forces discharged much impurities from the 
body, and she seemed worse; but little by little improve- 
ments were noticed. The flooding spells lessened, the 
pain in the head disappeared, and in about ten months 
a cystic tumor passed. Later a fibroid tumor passed 
Borrowed the 
Money 321 
LACERATION 
away in small pieces. After two years' use of Viavi 
she was completely restored. Twelve years later she 
wrote: "I am now fifty-two years of age and am still 
enjoying perfect health; have passed through the change 
of life without any trouble whatever. I consider it 
wonderful that I should be perfectly well after eighteen 
years of suffering." 
A woman, in Oregon (3968), wrote 
that her trouble began twenty-two 
years before with laceration at the 
birth of her second child. The womb 
was inflamed, enlarged, and prolapsed. A support was 
worn, but was discontinued, as it irritated her greatly. 
She became nervous, irritable, and melancholy. In spite 
of two years' local treatments she grew worse until an 
operation was urged as the only hope left. A neighbor 
suggested the use of Viavi, and she asked her physician 
about it. He told her it would do no good because it 
was necessary to cut away the scar tissue which had 
formed over the torn surfaces of the laceration, to sew 
the torn parts together, also necessary to shorten the 
ligaments, which had become badly stretched, several 
inches, to lift the womb into position. Since he dis- 
couraged the use of Viavi, the operation seemed the 
only possible way to restoration. 
Lacerated Twenty- 
two Years Before 
Meanwhile she became pregnant, and 
carried the child full time, but the 
baby died shortly afterwards. As her 
own physician had gone on a trip, she 
was confined by another physician who also urged an 
immediate operation, so the sufferer consented. The 
day before the operation was to have been performed, 
she was passing the door of her family doctor's office, 
and hearing his voice went in. He was shocked to see 
how much worse she had grown. He got in touch with 
her husband and told him not to allow an operation if 
he expected to bring her back from the hospital alive; 
so it was postponed. 
Discouraged 
Operation 322 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Her husband encouraged her to furnish Viavi to her 
recuperative power. As her condition was serious, it 
took time to restore normal conditions. Slight improve- 
ments were soon noticed, and she gradually grew back 
to health, notwithstanding the fact that another preg- 
nancy had occurred. 
Her confinement was easy, much to 
the doctor's surprise. The sufferer 
asked him to make a thorough ex- 
amination, and if necessary, stitch the 
laceration. He made the examination and said there 
was no laceration there, and thinking an operation had 
been performed, said: "You can't fool me, but whoever 
did the operation knew his business; it is the finest 
piece of work I have ever seen. There is not even a 
sign of a stitch." The woman could hardly believe what 
she heard, but smiled and said, "There never has been 
a stitch taken and that is why you cannot find any." 
When the doctor learned that these results had fol- 
lowed through the use of Viavi, he said: "Well, if 
Viavi did that, I must say it is all right. I shall cer- 
tainly speak a good word for it." He was still thinking 
of the means instead of the recuperative power, as be- 
ing the active agent in restoration. 
Doctor 
Astonished 
Done by the Best 
Workman 
Isn't it wonderful what the recupera- 
tive power did through the restora- 
tive processes in the body of this suf- 
ferer, when furnished with Viavi ? 
What this power did for this woman, it may do for you. 
The doctor's examination revealed the laceration healed 
in such a perfect way that he remarked: "Whoever 
did the operation knew his business; it is the finest 
piece of work I have ever seen." Yes, it was done by 
the best of workmen, the recuperative power. That 
power knows its business, because it has had ages and 
ages of experience. 
Seventeen years afterwards this woman wrote: "If 
I can be the means of saving one woman from the 
needless suffering I went through, I shall be happy." LACERATION 
323 
A woman, in Idaho (3011), wrote that 
she had been afflicted with severe uter- 
ine trouble while carrying her first 
baby. It was feared that she could not 
survive confinement. She was under chloroform for two 
hours, and the baby had to be taken with instruments. 
She was badly lacerated, and in a few days blood 
poisoning set in. For a week nothing passed but pus 
and matter, causing intense irritation of the vagina. 
Her physician said she must not have any more child- 
ren. and advised an operation. 
Her sufferings continued for two years, making her 
very dispirited; only the thought of her husband and 
baby whom she loved made her desire to get well. When 
about to go to the hospital for the proposed operation, 
she was led to use Viavi by a friend. Health gradually 
came back, and life seemed bright again. Later, she 
became pregnant again, and was in labor but two hours. 
Badly 
Lacerated 
In these instances as well as many 
others, laceration of the womb has 
been completely healed following the 
use of Viavi, without stitching or other 
surgical interference. Some of these women were 
operated upon for laceration by skillful surgeons, but 
instead of being benefited, and the laceration healing as 
a result of it, were worse after the operation than be- 
fore ; and became well only after they used Viavi. 
Others were advised that the laceration could not heal 
or the suffering caused by it be overcome without an 
operation. In many of the experiences related, the heal- 
ing and restoration was not only evidenced by the 
return of health, but attested by an examination, made, 
often, by the physician who had operated or advised 
the operation. So many women suffering from lacera- 
tion of the womb have overcome it and regained health 
through the use of Viavi that no sufferer ought to 
despair. 
Laceration Healed 
Without Stitching 324 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
We have space for only a few of the letters we have 
received from women who suffered from laceration and 
restored themselves through the use of Viavi. But we 
shall be glad to send you these, or others, if you are 
interested or desire them. Address any Viavi office. CHAPTER XXXVII 
SOMETHING ABOUT NOURISHING 
THE INFANT 
IN the great reproductive plan the recuperative power 
provides food for the child out of the material in the 
blood within the mother's body. After birth the ma- 
terial food which the recuperative power furnishes to 
further build the child's body flows from the mother's 
breasts. 
Nature also provides the strongest 
force-love of offspring-as the most 
powerful and persistent guard that 
can be thrown about a child. The 
mother's nursing of the child is her sweetest, most satis- 
fying expression of that finest of all human impulses, 
and it is the most beneficial thing to both mother and 
child that can exist in their mutual relations. 
Mother Love 
Arises 
As the breasts are a part of the repro- 
ductive system, disease or weakness 
of the uterine organs will impair their 
function. In lactation the breasts con- 
tinue the work begun in pregnancy. If there has been 
distress during pregnancy, absent or defective lactation 
after confinement may be expected. If Nature is intelli- 
gently helped to overcome abnormal conditions in preg- 
nancy and confinement, the breasts may be expected to 
function naturally. 
Breasts Affected 
in Disease 
One of the most deplorable acts is 
deliberate suppression of the milk. 
Nature resents this in the most sum- 
mary manner. Swollen and broken 
breasts, conditions which may lead to extensive harm, 
may result.. The entire system receives a shock. When 
Suppressed 
Lactation 326 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
the child dies during normal lactation, or in weakness, 
Nature meets these natural problems intelligently. 
Is it wise for a woman to deny herself 
the softening and expanding influence 
that conies from having the confiding 
and affectionate little life pressed 
close to her heart, drawing its nutriment from her? 
This sweet phase of maternity, more than all others, is 
the one that gives her a power over its destiny, and 
awakens the finest emotions of Her nature. 
It was the mother's blood that contained, and con- 
veyed to the unborn child the nutriment employed in 
its development; it is still the mother's blood that fur- 
nishes the nutriment designed by Nature in the form of 
milk. To change the character of the nutriment when it 
is suitable for the sustenance and development of the 
child, violates Nature's intention, and defeats her pur- 
pose. The milk of the mother who bore the child is its 
most natural food. 
Injury to the 
Affections 
The bowels of a new-born child con- 
tain a substance called meconium. 
This has a useful purpose in the fetal 
state, but must, be got rid of after 
birth. The first milk contains the laxative needed to 
move the infant's bowels. The mother's milk changes 
progressively, Nature thus furnishing the ingredients 
to the milk that the developing child requires. For this 
reason other milks are not as good, as they do not con- 
tain the exact ingredients demanded by the infant's 
needs. 
The child's first act of volition is to seek the 
mother's breast. If there is no milk for it, or if the 
breasts are too sore and tender to bear it, the baby can- 
not be made to understand that the gratification of its 
longing is impossible or undesirable. 
Child's First 
Necessities 
Poisoned 
Milk 
Just as a mother's conduct, the condi- 
tion of her health, and state of mind, 
affect the child while in her womb, so 
will similar conditions affect the milk NOURISHING TTIE INFANT 
327 
after birth. Children may be poisoned through the milk 
changed by intense excitement or the mother's violent 
passion. Innumerable children have starved to death 
because the milk, although sufficient in quantity, lacked 
the necessary nutritive elements. The mother should 
keep her mind and spirits cheerful, eat abundantly of 
all the nourishing food that she desires and that agrees 
with her, and guard her health in every possible way. 
Lying in wait for infants are numer- 
ous diseases that sweep them off in 
appalling numbers. Many deaths of 
children are unnecessary, often due to 
parental ignorance or negligence. Dysentery, due to im- 
proper nourishment, is a frequent cause. Many other 
diseases that infants have may be mitigated by intelli- 
gent feeding and care. Nature can be assisted by ap- 
propriate means to overcome morbid conditions in chil- 
dren, as in all of us. Many a mother has found this 
means in the personal use of Viavi. As children furnish 
the greatest of joys that life can bring, the deepest 
and most lasting grief comes from their death. 
Lyingin 
Wait CHAPTER XXXVIII 
SOMETHING ABOUT INFLAMMATION 
OF THE BREASTS 
INFLAMMATION of the breasts (mastitis) generally 
occurs during lactation (nursing), and is most fre- 
quent at the beginning of the function. It is a dis- 
tressing condition, and, when neglected, may lead to 
serious results. 
Inflammation may arise within the milk glands or 
in one of the milk tubes, generally induced by a sour 
or imperfect nipple, or any cause which prevents the 
breast from being thoroughly emptied. External inflam- 
mation begins on the surface or in the tissue just 
beneath, and extends inwardly, involving the substance 
of the breast, with its ducts, and producing caking 
which may result in abscess or even more serious condi- 
tions. It follows undue pressure of ill-fitting clothes, 
corsets, mechanical obstruction, injuries, fright, or colds. 
We have many letters from mothers who believe their 
babies were strong and healthy because they had used 
Viavi during pregnancy. We shall be glad to send 
copies to any one asking for them. 
A woman, in Minnesota (4496), wrote 
that she suffered with a lump in tliQ 
breast following a series of five mis- 
carriages which injured her health to 
such an extent that she was not expected to live. An 
operation for immediate removal of the breast was ad- 
vised, but refused. She used Viavi. her health was re- 
gained, the lump disappeared, and she later gave birth 
to four healthy children, experiencing no difficulty dur- 
ing pregnancy or confinement. Twenty-five years later 
she wrote that her good health continued, and the lump 
had not returned. 
Lump in 
Breast INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS 
329 
A woman, in Texas (3327), wrote that 
her ovaries became affected and a 
large lump formed in the right breast. 
Several very prominent physicians 
diagnosed a very serious condition, and advised amputa- 
tion of the breast with the glands under the right arm, 
as the only hope of relief. Having many friends who 
were worse after operations, she would not consent, and 
did the worst thing she could have done, namely, drifted 
along, hoping against hope, as it were, that she might 
get better. Instead, she grew steadily worse. But finally, 
learning what others had accomplished through the use 
of Viavi, she furnished it to her recuperative power. 
The lump in the breast disappeared, and has not re- 
turned since. She is entirely well, notwithstanding 
much sorrow and trouble which has come tb her through 
the loss of husband and child. She is very enthusiastic 
concerning the use of Viavi, and desires others who suf- 
fer to know how she succeeded in restoring her health. 
Tumor in 
Breast 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(2698), wrote that during a severe 
illness a small tumor was discovered 
under one breast. This was removed 
in November, but five tumors appeared the following 
March. The sufferer did not know which way to turn 
for relief, fearing another operation because of the re- 
sults following the first one. A friend who had restored 
her health through the use of Viavi, led the sufferer to 
furnish it to her recuperative power, and at the end of 
nine months the lumps disappeared, and her health was 
regained. Eight years later she wrote that she had 
had no return of the conditions. 
Tumors in the 
Breast 
A woman, in Oregon (2276), wrote 
that abscesses formed in the right 
breast following a cold, which caused 
intense suffering. Her physician lanced 
one abscess, but another soon formed, and she was 
told that the breast was thought to be tubercular, 
Abscesses of the 
Breast 330 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
and would have to be removed. She consented to have 
an operation, but before undergoing it, learned of Viavi 
and supplied it to her recuperative power. 
Soon after, slight improvements were noticed. The 
congestion was reduced, the pains gradually ceased, and 
the breast healed. She has had perfect health since, 
and is sincerely grateful to have been able to restore 
her health without the operation. She hopes that those 
who suffer may profit by her experience. 
A woman, in New Brunswick (1075), 
wrote that she discovered a lump in 
the lower part of the breast which 
seemed to be growing upon the ribs. 
It did not pain, but some months later began to grow 
rapidly. One of the best surgeons in the Dominion was 
consulted and an immediate operation advised, but in- 
stead, the sufferer supplied Viavi to her recuperative 
forces. Six months later the inflammation had disap- 
peared and the growth became loosened from the ribs. 
Large quantities of impurities passed from the bowels. 
Through the advice of a friend, she then yielded to an 
operation. Owing to her splendid healthy condition, it 
was considered a success; but in eight weeks another 
lump grew above the scar and the sufferer sadly realized 
that removal was not complete restoration. She again 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power, and in seven 
months the lump gradually disappeared. 
One Lump After 
Another 
The conditions producing tumors are 
not purely local, except when due to 
injury, and even then it becomes more 
than local. There is always much to 
be done by the recuperative forces before a lump can 
pass away, and restoration depends upon the recupera- 
tive forces using the means furnished to them. When 
this woman furnished Viavi to her recuperative forces, 
the lump gradually became less inflamed and more mov- 
able, two very splendid and encouraging signs. But, 
yielding to the advice of friends, she was operated upon, 
Conditions 
Remained INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS 
331 
and the lump was removed. In eight weeks another 
lump grew above the scar, showing that the condition 
causing the lumps still remained. When the sufferer 
realized this, she again furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power. It used Viavi, and not only eliminated the 
lump, but also the condition which caused the lump. 
How speedily restoration can be brought about de- 
pends wholly upon the ability of the recuperative forces 
to use the means offered. The recuperative forces have 
the power to restore, but they must have the means 
with which to do it, and no one can tell in advance how 
quickly these forces can use the means supplied. It is 
a matter of individual effort, of individual experience. 
That is why the experience of the many sufferers who 
have overcome these conditions through the use of Viavi 
is so important to you. We shall be glad to tell you of 
what others have done through their use of Viavi. CHAPTER XXXIX 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE USE OF 
VIAVI FOR CHILDREN 
IN a preceding chapter we have told what mothers have 
said concerning their use of Viavi during pregnancy, 
the safe and easy delivery they secured, and the fine, 
healthy babies they bore. In this chapter we let mothers 
tell the splendid benefits obtained by their children 
through the use of Viavi. Viavi is a household name in 
uncountable homes. Health has come to thousands of 
children of all ages following their use of Viavi. 
Remarkable is the experience of a 
mother and father, in Massachusetts 
(4318), with their baby who was born 
two months too soon, the premature 
birth being ascribed to the mother's poor health. The 
little baby was just alive, being so weak and feeble 
that he was unable to function in any way, or even 
take milk of his mother, who, though very weak, 
strangely had a supply for him. The attending physi- 
cian held out little hope, but did all that he could, and 
on the fourth morning announced that the baby could 
not possibly live more than an hour or so. 
The mother had used Viavi, and believed its use by 
her recuperative power had brought her safely through 
childbirth. As no hope was given by the doctors, she 
furnished Viavi to the child's body in several forms, in 
as large quantities as could be assimilated. In a.re- 
markably short time his entire appearance changed. The 
bowels moved for the first time, color came into his 
cheeks, and two days later he took the breast eagerly. 
He progressed steadily to a state of health, outgrowing 
the babies in their neighborhood, and at three and one- 
half years was a healthy little chap. 
Premature Baby 
Saved VIAVI FOR CHILDREN 
333 
A mother, in Missouri (3923), wrote 
that her little girl was born with feet 
turned upward on the ankles. The 
limbs were very small, lying crossed 
against the abdomen. When she was seven months old 
the physicians advised the mother that the child could 
not possibly live, and if she did, she would be dwarfed 
and imbecile. You can imagine how this mother felt 
and with what determination she did everything pos- 
sible to help her baby. 
Knowing what she had accomplished for herself 
through the use of Viavi years before, she supplied 
Viavi to her child's recuperative power for two years. 
This labor of love was well repaid. The feet and limbs 
grew straight, the child grew healthy and normal, and 
was mentally very bright, in spite of the doctor's pre- 
diction. It is wonderful what the recuperative power 
can accomplish when furnished a means it can use. 
Feet Turned 
Upward 
A mother, in Kansas (4013), wrote 
that her little daughter was very weak 
and listless, unlike other children. 
The parents supplied Viavi to her re- 
cuperative power, and in a comparatively short time 
the child became well, gained in weight, normal in every 
way. 
Weak and 
Listless 
A mother, in Nebraska (4016), wrote 
that her daughter was afflicted with 
what their physician diagnosed as 
rheumatism. Removal of the tonsils 
was advised, to which the parents consented, as no other 
hope was offered. This was followed by a complete 
nervous breakdown resulting in what was said to be 
St. Vitus dance. She was extremely nervous, could not 
walk, feed herself, or sit in a chair without falling to 
the floor as though she had lost entire control of her 
muscles. The parents supplied Viavi to the recupera- 
tive forces in the child's body, and her health was com- 
pletely regained. 
St. Vitus 
Dance 334 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
A mother, in Louisiana (2030), wrote 
that her two-year-old daughter was 
stricken with a condition which physi- 
cians diagnosed as infantile paralysis. 
She lost the use of her right leg and arm. After a num- 
ber of ineffectual attempts to restore the use of the limb, 
the parents furnished Viavi to the child's recuperative 
power. Improvement was noticed in a few months, 
which continued until her health was entirely restored. 
When the child was eleven years old, the mother wrote 
that the afflicted side was perfectly developed, and that 
there had been no return of the results of infantile 
paralysis. She adds: "Words cannot express my thank- 
fulness, nor the joy and comfort which my healthy, 
happy little girl affords me." 
Infantile 
Paralysis 
A mother, in Australia (81), wrote 
that her daughter fell fifteen feet to 
the ground, severely injuring and 
bruising her arms. The left arm was powerless for sev- 
eral days, being swollen from the fingers to the shoulder, 
causing excruciating pain. Viavi was applied three 
times daily, and by the end of the week the arm was 
sufficiently better to be kept out of sling, and gradually 
grew thoroughly well. 
A mother, in Canada (1195), wrote that her little 
boy suffered severely with eczema the first few weeks 
after his birth. Viavi was used, and in a few weeks 
the trouble passed away permanently. 
Girl Fell Fifteen 
Feet 
A mother, in the State of Washington 
(2697), wrote that she could not find 
any food that the recuperative power 
of her two months' child could use. 
As it is the recuperative power which utilizes food for 
carrying on the processes of building and repairing the 
body, the food furnished must be such that it can use. 
If the recuperative power cannot use it, nutrition is 
impaired and growth stops. This baby lost in weight; 
eczema broke out on his face. Although treated by a 
splendid physician, the relief was only temporary. 
Interesting 
Illustration VIAVI FOR CHILDREN 
335 
The mother was led by a neighbor to furnish Viavi 
to the baby's recuperative power. At first it Eliminated 
more impurities than before, and the mother, not under- 
standing that the recuperative power was preparing the 
little body for restoration by cleansing it, was dis- 
couraged. She would have discontinued the use of Viavi 
had she not been led to realize what was taking place, 
but understanding, continued. A year later she wrote 
that the eczema had been overcome, and the baby's 
stomach was in splendid condition. 
A mother, in Kentucky (1367), wrote 
that when her daughter was about 
nine years old it was discovered that 
she had curvature of the spine. She 
did not respond to the care and treatment given by her 
physicians, although everything that could be thought 
of was done; and as a "last resort" the mother was led 
to supply Viavi to the child's recuperative power. She 
began to improve from the first. In six weeks she could 
eat solid food, her rest was unbroken, and she gradu- 
ally became entirely well. Fifteen years later the 
mother wrote that her girl had remained permanently 
well, and was now a happy wife and mother. 
Curvature 
of Spine 
No children's troubles give mothers 
more perplexity than swollen glands 
in the throat and neck, enlarged ton- 
sils and adenoids. 
A mother, in Canada (2091), wrote that her little 
girl suffered with adenoids following catarrh. She 
was operated upon twice in nine months, but did not 
grow better. In disappointment and despair the mother 
asked the doctor how often it would be necessary to 
operate. He replied, "As long as she has catarrh, ade- 
noids will form;" and he was right. The mother fur- 
nished Viavi to her daughter's recuperative power, and 
the catarrh from which her daughter suffered was over- 
come. The adenoids disappeared, and the child became 
entirely well. 
Adenoids in 
Children 336 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
A mother, in Pennsylvania (3907), 
wrote that the glands in her baby's 
neck swelled, and abscesses formed. 
She also suffered with enlarged tonsils 
and adenoids. Knowing of Viavi, the mother used it 
on the little girl. Improvement appeared in a short 
time, and at twenty-two months of age the child was 
entirely well. 
Enlarged Glands, 
Abscesses 
A mother, in Colorado (2389), wrote 
that her fourteen-year-old daughter 
suffered with a severe attack of grip 
and later with St. Vitus dance. Part 
of the left side was paralyzed, so that she could not 
walk across the floor alone. The throat was affected so 
that she could not pronounce words plainly. The glands 
of the neck were so badly swollen that her neck measured 
three or four inches larger than normal. Iler physician 
did all that he could for her, but she gradually grew 
worse. Learning of Viavi, the mother suggested its use 
to the physician, and he readily assented. The first 
night the girl slept better than she had in weeks. In a 
few weeks she ate heartily, and in three months was 
perfectly normal in every way. The mother wrote: "It 
was amazing how rapidly she improved." 
Grip, St. Vitus 
Dance 
A most remarkable instance of the re- 
cuperative power's intelligent use of 
Viavi is related by the parents of a 
boy, in Texas (3842). The boy had a 
severe attack of influenza after which developed what 
was diagnosed as a tubercular condition of the spine. 
Abscesses formed along the spine, one under the left 
shoulder-blade and another above the hip joint near 
the spine. He was unable to walk without the aid of 
crutches as his left hip joint was drawn almost double. 
Pain constantly racked his little body, and although 
the parents had the best medical attendance procurable 
for more than a year, no relief was obtained. 
Learning of the results .other children had obtained 
through the use of Viavi, the parents supplied it to the 
Spinal 
Abscesses VIAVI FOR CHILDREN 
337 
recuperative power of the boy. At the end of the first 
month's use of Viavi the physician was called to lance 
the abscess through which the recuperative processes 
were evidently striving to eliminate impurities. Two 
quarts of pus were drained the first day. The incision 
remained open several weeks and a slight drainage con- 
tinued. Then rapid improvement began. His little body 
took on new life and strength, the limb gradually be- 
came normal, the spine and chest straightened, and at 
the end of six months he was able to walk, jump, and 
play just as any normal child. 
We have a photograph of him taken before he began 
using Viavi, and also one after he became well. We 
shall be glad to send you reproductions of them. 
We feel that we cannot close this chapter without 
giving one more instance of how intelligently the re- 
cuperative power restores health when furnished with 
the means which it can use. When it is fully realized 
that the recuperative power is an intelligent power, that 
it is the active agent in restoration, and that the food 
or other things furnished to it are only the means, 
parents will have a more intelligent basis for their 
efforts to restore their children or themselves to health. 
A father, in the State of Washington 
(3772), sent us two pictures of his 
little son, one taken when he was 
about two years old, and the other 
taken a year later. It wTas presumed the child was 
born with yellow jaundice. As his mother w'as unable 
to nurse him, he was put on a bottle. "None of the 
milk combinations or the prepared foods selected by 
the leading specialists seemed to agree with him," the 
father -wrote; meaning that the recuperative power was 
not able to use any of the foods supplied. The child was 
slowly starving. 
Ue was given the best medical attention, and thous- 
ands of dollars were spent. At times he seemed to be 
on the road to recovery; his weight increased to twenty- 
one pounds. Then almost instantly, he relapsed, a fever 
Seven 
Relapses 338 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
arose with a temperature of 103 to 106 for five or 
seven days, and his weight fell to fifteen or sixteen 
pounds. After the seventh relapse he fell into a stupor. 
The child was so lifeless that no hope was given for 
his life. Such was the condition the child was in when 
the use of Viavi was begun. 
The grandmother suggested the use of 
Viavi, as the child's mother had used 
it a few years before with splendid 
success; so its use was begun. lie 
slowly improved, gained a pound a week, and at the 
end of thirteen weeks was able to walk for the first 
time. The recuperative power expelled quantities of 
impurities, including thirty-seven small particles hav- 
ing the appearance of tumors. From then on he gained, 
and at the date of the letter was a sound, healthy 
child, as his picture shows. 
In closing his letter, the father wrote: ' ' Our second 
child is a Viavi baby. His mother used Viavi during 
pregnancy, and it is plain to be seen how both the 
mother and the child were benefited, for he is truly a 
wonderful specimen. We are grateful for what has 
been accomplished through the use of Viavi in our 
family. ' ' 
Malnutrition, 
Restoration 
We have given these instances of chil- 
dren's restoration from the many 
varying conditions with which they 
suffered to illustrate the splendid re- 
sults that have been obtained when the recuperative forces 
were furnished with Viavi. Children have their whole 
life before them, and if health is poor and neglected, a 
life of weakness and suffering confronts them. The re- 
cuperative forces seem to be more active in childhood 
and youth, and the efforts of parents are repaid with 
much greater results when the recuperative forces are 
given intelligent help. 
We do not claim anything marvelous for Viavi. It 
is fortunate that the recuperative power has used it so 
Their Life Before 
Them VIAVI FOR CHILDREN 
339 
successfully when other things had failed. How the 
recuperative forces use it, we are not able to tell you. 
We can only tell you how these users suffered before 
they furnished Viavi to the recuperative forces, and 
w'hat changes took place following its use. If you are 
interested, send for the letters from these parents wTho 
have helped their children to become well. CHAPTER XL 
SOMETHING ABOUT MISCARRIAGE; 
ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES 
A BORTION may be spontaneous, accidental, or in- 
/\ tentional. It commonly means the procurement of 
▲ X premature delivery. Under this definition there 
are two kinds: The non-criminal, or that which is done 
to save the mother's life; and the criminal, or that 
which is done to escape the burden or shame of ma- 
ternity. For criminal abortion we have nothing but 
condemnation. 
Expulsion from any cause during the first three 
months of pregnancy is generally termed abortion. If 
it occurs between the termination of that period and 
the viability (ability to live) of the fetus, it is gen- 
erally termed miscarriage. If it occurs between the ap- 
pearance of viability and the maturity of the fetus, it 
is called premature delivery. We shall speak of them all 
as miscarriage. 
Almost anything which affects a woman 
to a marked degree, whether from in- 
ternal or external source, may produce 
miscarriage at any time during preg- 
nancy. What will easily produce miscarriage in one will 
not in another. Much depends upon the strength of the 
individual woman, and her susceptibility to injuries 
and impressions. As disease of the uterine organs tends 
to cause miscarriage, women should make an effort to 
secure perfect health to safeguard against it. The fol- 
lowing letters show how those who wrote them did this. 
Causes of 
Miscarriage 
Had Several 
Miscarriages 
A woman, in California (3014), writes 
that she suffered from painful men- 
struation, and had several miscar- 
riages. She was led to use Viavi, and MISCARRIAGE 
341 
bore a fine eight pound boy. She has since become the 
mother of three healthy boys. 
A husband, in Canada (2883), wrote 
that following an accident, his wife 
had a miscarriage during her first 
pregnancy at about four and a half 
months. This was followed by four others at about the 
same time in each pregnancy. The attending doctor 
told them there was no hope of their desire for a child 
being gratified, as the womb tipped backward, and the 
miscarriage habit had been formed. However, the wife 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power; her health 
was restored so that she was able to carry the next 
child to full term, giving birth to a healthy baby boy 
who weighed eight and three-quarter pounds. 
Had Five 
Miscarriages 
A mother, in Massachusetts (1196), 
wrote that she had previously lost two 
babies through miscarriage, which also 
endangered her life. Her physician 
told the husband that she could never carry a child to 
maturity because of the weakened condition of the 
womb and ovaries, and strongly advised the removal of 
the ovaries, to which she consented. While building up 
her strength for the operation, she was led to use Viavi. 
She continued its use for a year, throughout a preg- 
nancy, and when the baby was born the doctor said it 
was the most natural birth he had ever attended. The 
mother became entirely well, and later wrote: " I know 
we could never have had a dear little daughter if it had 
not been for the use of Viavi." 
Motherhood 
Realized 
When a miscarriage is repeated, it is 
likely to occur about the same time in 
a subsequent pregnancy. For that 
reason, a woman who has suffered a 
miscarriage and again becomes pregnant, should be on 
her guard, and stay in bed at that time. The following 
letter illustrates this. A mother, in Iowa (3652), wrote 
that she miscarried three times: once at four, once at 
The Miscarriage 
Habit 342 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
three, and once at two months. She had the ligaments 
shortened, but they stretched again, allowing the womb 
to fall upon the bladder, causing all the attendant 
local and reflex symptoms. After several months' use of 
Viavi, she conceived and carried a child to maturity, 
but the baby was stillborn, as she had the influenza very 
severely during the pregnancy. The mother was broken- 
hearted and again used Viavi. She again became preg- 
nant and carried her baby to full time, giving birth to 
a healthy baby. She is very grateful for the blessing 
of motherhood, and the benefits secured through her 
use of Viavi. 
Another mother, in Pennsylvania 
(4181), wrote that she had one mis- 
carriage, and two births at seven 
months. She became pregnant again, 
but suffered from flooding which lasted three months. 
There seemed to be little hope of having a child, for 
which she was very anxious, as her two seven months 
children had passed over. During this severe flooding 
she was led to use Viavi. The flooding ceased within 
two weeks, and her health improved gradually. She 
fell pregnant again, and was able to carry a fine boy 
the full term. In twenty-two months another child 
was born, and later a little girl came to add to her 
happiness. Years later the mother wrote: "I have en- 
joyed good health ever since." 
There Seemed 
Little Hope 
A woman, in England (2481), wrote 
that during her first pregnancy she 
lifted something heavy which caused a 
miscarriage. Afterwards she became 
pregnant, and again miscarried. This pulled her down 
so that she had backaches and became very nervous and 
depressed. Her mother led her to use Viavi during a 
later pregnancy, and her little girl was born at full 
time, a strong, healthy child. She had a good confine- 
ment, and was able to nurse her baby. Since furnish- 
ing Viavi to her recuperative power she has had no 
backache, feels well and strong, and believes that the 
Lifting Caused 
Miscarriage .MISCARRIAGE 
343 
use of Viavi is a boon and blessing to suffering women. 
In habitual prolapsus the impreg- 
nated womb may become impacted in 
the true pelvis, thus preventing its 
rise into the roomy false one; and as 
the womb enlarges in this small space, it suffers irrita- 
tion, often causing miscarriage. Retroversion may be 
followed by the same results, as may anteversion, in 
which the bladder is greatly irritated. The following 
is an illustration of this. 
Habitual 
Displacements 
A woman, in Ohio (4533), suffered 
with prolapsus, and had over ten mis- 
carriages, never being able to carry a 
child more than a few weeks. She 
used Viavi for over two years, and later gave birth to 
a large healthy boy. Writing twelve years later, the 
mother said that his health is perfect, and she cannot 
be too thankful for what she accomplished through the 
use of Viavi. 
It is gratifying to be able to report that children 
born of mothers who used Viavi during pregnancy are 
usually exceptionally strong and healthy, so that the 
mother gains in two ways; her health is improved, and 
the child is strong and healthy. 
Had Ten 
Miscarriages 
There are many causes of miscarriage, 
some of which are inflammation, ul- 
ceration, cancer, leucorrhea, placenta 
previa, induration or hardening of the 
cervix, irritable uterus, etc. One of the most frequent 
causes is the failure of a rigid womb to expand prop- 
erly, which opposes the growth of the fetus, causing it 
to die. Thus, an unyielding womb may cause miscar- 
riage, until habitual miscarriage has been established. 
When the muscles of the womb can be restored to their 
normal tone and elasticity, gestation will be able to pro- 
ceed to its natural termination. 
Other 
Causes 344 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
A woman predisposed to miscarriage 
should take no vigorous exercise what- 
ever during pregnancy, avoid excite- 
ment, and live as quietly as circum- 
stance permit throughout the entire term. At the first 
indication of approaching miscarriage, the sufferer 
should go to bed, and remain perfectly quiet until all 
danger disappears. 
Complex and wonderful forces are brought into 
operation during pregnancy; very great modifications 
both in organs and functions take place. The entire 
nervous system undergoes important modifications, en- 
abling it to direct the new complex forces called into 
play. Failure of adjustment in any one of these com- 
plex changes may result in miscarriage, with the most 
serious physical consequence to the woman. 
Use Wise 
Care CHAPTER XLI 
SOMETHING ABOUT BARRENNESS 
AND ITS CAUSES 
BOTH men and women may be sterile, but it is 
generally accepted as a fact that for every un- 
sound man there are nine unsound women, ex- 
cluding the rare cases of congenital imperfection. This 
astonishing and unnatural difference indicates the pre- 
valence of diseases peculiar to women which are pre- 
ventable or removable. That which is here considered 
is the sterility, or barrenness, of women, and the causes 
discussed are those associated with the diseases peculiar 
to women which are preventable or removable. 
The healthy married woman, with a 
normal outlook on life, desires chil- 
dren as a natural expression of what is 
finest in her nature, and in yielding 
to it invites the highest forces that Nature can offer her 
for self-development and usefulness. The large number 
of married couples who desire, and are denied children, 
present a far more serious problem than is commonly 
realized, and the fact that the wife's condition accounts 
for so much of the trouble invests the subject with an 
added gravity. Childbearing is a woman's right, the 
foundation of womanly lovableness. Health is the best 
assurance a woman can have of child-bearing capacity, 
and every effort should be made to secure it. 
Significance of 
Barrenness 
Sterility in many women is due to 
non-development at time of puberty, 
which, in turn, is due in many in- 
stances to unwise neglect on the part 
of mothers. (See the chapter about the Development of 
Girls). A general weakness or nervousness may cause 
sterility in fully developed women. The chapter about 
Some Causes of 
Barrenness 346 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Nervous Debility indirectly throws much light on this 
subject. 
A woman, in Massachusetts (4188), 
had been married ten years. She had 
suffered from ovarian trouble, painful 
menstruation, and extreme nervous- 
ness. She was led to use Viavi, and later, becoming 
pregnant, gave birth to a strong, healthy baby. 
A mother, in Texas (3264), wrote that she had been 
in poor health for a long time, and was unable to be- 
come pregnant. She used Viavi and restored her health, 
and later realized the happiness of being the mother of 
a fine baby boy. 
Motherhood 
Long Denied 
A woman, in Illinois (1971), wrote 
that she had been married eight years, 
but without the happiness of mother- 
hood. She suffered throughout this 
time from painful menstruation. She furnished Viavi 
to her recuperative power, became pregnant, and gave 
birth to a twelve-pound boy. Writing two and a half 
years later, this mother said her baby was strong and 
healthy, bright as a dollar. 
A Happy 
Mother 
A sufferer, in Pennsylvania (3437), 
wrote that her physicians diagnosed 
inflammation of the ovaries, badly 
ulcerated cervix, and an enlarged and 
displaced uterus. She was barren for over two years, 
and although she treated with several good physicians, 
did not seem to get better. A friend led her to use 
Viavi, and becoming pregnant, she used it until the 
baby was born, and even afterwards. She is very grate- 
ful for the results she accomplished through the use of 
Viavi. 
Sterility 
Overcome 
A woman, in Maine (2101), bore three 
children, and suffering with inflamma- 
tion of the womb and ovaries and leu- 
corrhea, was barren for eleven years. 
After treating for nine years her physician advised an 
operation, but instead, she used Viavi. After a few 
Child Bom at 
Forty-six BARRENNESS 
347 
months a tumor-like substance was expelled, and from 
that time on her recovery was rapid. She afterwards 
gave birth to two children, one after she had reached 
the age of forty-six. Fifteen years later she wrote that 
she has had no return of the tumor or ovarian inflam- 
mation. 
Inflammation of the womb, and thick- 
ening of the lining from curetting, 
may destroy the ability of the womb 
to form the placenta. (See chapters 
about Pregnancy and Curettement.) Enlargement, flex- 
ion, or displacement of the womb may also be a cause. 
Leucorrhea and diseases of the vagina may cause sterility. 
No woman should take it for granted that her barren- 
ness is irremediable. Many women denied motherhood 
for years, have, through the use of Viavi, overcome the 
conditions that prevented maternity, and become the 
happy mothers of healthy children. 
There May Be 
Hope 
For instance, a woman, in California 
(3905), the mother of a nine-year-old 
daughter, wanted other children, but 
was sterile because the womb was dis- 
placed backward. She had submitted to an operation 
to replace it, thinking this would enable her to realize 
her hope, but it did not. Two years afterwards she 
was curetted, being assured that she would be able to 
become pregnant, but she was again disappointed. A 
third operation was proposed, but being disappointed 
twice, she refused. She was led to use Viavi, and later 
her desire was realized. She felt well all during preg- 
nancy, and gave birth to a healthy baby, having an easy 
childbirth. Eight months later she wrote: "If ever 
there was a good, sweet baby, she is the one." 
A woman, in Kansas (3239), suffered with ulcera- 
tion of the uterus, and was told by her physicians she 
was not strong enough to bear children. She used 
Viavi, became strong and well, and later gave birth to 
a lovely baby. 
Obtained Her 
Desire 348 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
A Canadian woman (2384), wrote 
that she bore a child after being bar- 
ren for twenty years. She had been 
in poor health, and although treated 
by different physicians, did not improve. She used 
Viavi, regained her health, and at forty years of age, 
when her first child was almost twenty, became a mother 
to a second child. She wrote eight years afterwards 
that she was still in excellent health, and very proud 
of her bright, sturdy little chap. 
The recuperative power of the body is still shrouded 
in mystery; but for your use it is in your body, and no 
one can use it but you. We call it wonderful because 
we are unable to fully comprehend its processes. But 
through these processes these women were enabled, 
through the use of Viavi, to experience the happiness of 
motherhood for which their hearts yearned. Their ex- 
perience may be yours. 
Barren Twenty 
Years CHAPTER XLII 
SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHANGE OF 
LIFE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 
THE change of life (menopause) indicates that the 
child-bearing period has passed. The monthly 
nervous influence upon the reproductive tract is 
suspended, menstruation ceases, and the organs atrophy. 
As menstruation is looked upon as a sickness by un- 
healthy women, so is the change of life likewise re- 
garded by those whose health is imperfect before the 
change. 
The painful and sometimes fatal diseases which 
follow the menopause have long been lurking in the 
body, and develop at this time. There may be hot 
flashes, growths in various parts of the body, hemor- 
rhages, cancer, painful enlargements of the joints, par- 
ticularly those of the fingers, high blood pressure, pruri- 
tus, etc. 
The change of life is a normal process, 
usually occurring at from forty-five to 
fifty years of age, but often occurring 
earlier or later. If a woman's health 
is good, especially if the menses are normal in quantity 
and regular in occurrence, she may expect to pass 
through the change of life with little or no discom- 
fort or suffering; while the woman whose health has 
been poor, who suffered menstrual difficulties, had leu- 
corrhea, or misplacement, will have reason to appre- 
hend that the change of life will prove a critical period. 
Change Should 
be Normal 
For instance, a woman, in Cape Bre- 
ton (2760), wrote that she was about 
to enter the hospital for removal of the 
left ovary, when a trained nurse who 
had seen the unsatisfactory results following so many 
Used Viavi to Pre- 
pare for Change 350 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
such operations, led her to use Viavi. Some months 
afterwards the pain left the ovary and never returned. 
Years later, her doctor advised her that the change was 
approaching, so she used Viavi again that she might put 
her body in the most healthy condition possible. She 
wrote that she could not be thankful enough for what 
she was able to do through the use of Viavi. 
The change does not come suddenly. 
The organism prepares for its appear- 
ance gradually, and if not hampered 
by disease, a woman is scarcely aware 
that the change is going on. In a healthy woman the 
menses simply stop. But the unwell woman is not so 
fortunate. If she has suffered with an ulcerated cervix, 
or has suppressed leucorrhea by astringent washes, she 
may expect a stormy menopause. The breasts often- 
times become lumpy and painful during the change. 
The woman who has bled profusely at her periods 
may become hemorrhagic. When the nervous vitality 
which governs the uterine organs is exhausted, the 
blood vessels remain relaxed and overdistended; the 
very substance of the womb is abnormal. This woman's 
life goes out when she has but half lived it, or her 
health is so crippled that chronic invalidism darkens 
her life and home, unless her recuperative power is able 
to overcome these conditions. 
Preparation 
for Change 
A woman, in Kansas (3925), wrote 
that she flowed profusely at each 
period for five or six years before the 
change. Her health grew so bad that 
she did not care whether she lived or died. She sup- 
plied Viavi to her recuperative forces, and in a com- 
paratively short time passed what her physician said 
was a cystic tumor. Iler health was greatly improved, 
and she passed safely through the change of life. Three 
years later she wrote that she was in the best of health. 
Change Safely 
Passed THE CHANGE OF LIFE 
351 
A woman, in Oregon (3967), suffered 
for a quarter of a century, beginning 
with varicose veins at her first preg- 
nancy, which developed into varicose 
ulcers at later pregnancies. She began the use of Viavi. 
Her health gradually improved, she was able to discard 
the elastic stocking which she had worn for years, and 
the ulcers healed completely. After twenty-six years 
of suffering she wrote that she was happy and well, and 
had passed safely through the menopause. 
A woman, in England (911), wrote that it was 
rather strange how Viavi came into their house. A 
neighbor, whose wife had been suffering from a malig- 
nant growth, asked her to make inquiries concerning 
Viavi for his wife's condition. The manager upon whom 
she called, addressing the caller and her sister who had 
accompanied her, and who was also suffering badly, 
pointed out what good health would mean to them. The 
result of this candid interview was that both furnished 
Viavi to their recuperative power, and in due time 
both regained their health. 
Five years later she wrote that although sixty years 
old, she was still a good cyclist, and that her sister, 
although nearing fifty years, could ride fifty miles 
without being tired. 
Suffered 
Twenty-six Years 
A woman, m Missouri (3848), wrote 
that she suffered for two years with 
prolapsus, ulceration of the uterus, 
and piles. After two years of tampon 
treatment the womb was still heavy and prolapsed, and 
her physician advised an operation, but due to condi- 
tions present, thought it unwise to operate then. A 
sister who had restored herself through the use of Viavi 
led this sufferer to use it. In a comparatively short time 
she gained in strength, the womb became lighter in 
weight and resumed its normal place. Three years later 
she wrote: "I am passing through the change without 
any discomfort, and feel well and happy." 
Without 
Discomfort 352 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Restoration in each individual de- 
pends upon the ability of the re- 
cuperative forces to overcome the con- 
ditions present. What has been ac- 
complished by others through the use of Viavi is the 
foundation upon which you may base your expectations. 
The miracle of getting well is a personal, individual 
experience, and each must make the effort for herself. 
A Personal 
Experience 
A woman, in Missouri (3410), suffered 
with nervousness and intense head- 
aches at the menstrual period, ovarian 
congestion, leucorrhea and a lacera- 
tion of the womb. The doctor said an operation would 
be necessary before she could be better. Through a 
friend she was led to use Viavi and improvement, soon 
began. She slept better, overcame the nervousness, the 
ovarian congestion left, the headaches disappeared, the 
leucorrhea ceased and the laceration was entirely healed. 
She was afterwards examined by the doctor who had 
said an operation was necessary. He marveled at the 
change and especially at the healing of the laceration. 
She passed through the change of life without any 
trouble. Eight years after her restoration she wrote 
that she continued well and strong. 
We have space for only a few of the letters received 
from women who used Viavi before the change of life 
and passed through that period normally and without 
disturbance, or who used it after entering the change, 
and greatly benefited themselves. But we shall be glad 
to send you these, or others, if you are interested or 
desire them. Address any Viavi office. 
The Doctor 
Marveled CHAPTER XLIII 
SOMETHING ABOUT DISORDERS AND 
DERANGEMENTS MANIFESTING 
THEMSELVES IN THE REGION 
OF THE LIMBS 
INFLAMMATION and congestion manifest themselves 
in the limbs as they do elsewhere. The limbs are sub- 
ject to the accidents of wounds, burns, and sprains; 
while varicose veins more often occur in the lower limbs 
than elsewhere. 
In women, the circulation in the limbs 
is often impeded by malposition of 
the womb and other uterine condi- 
tions. The sedentary life led by many 
also impedes the circulation; hence the frequent con- 
dition of cold feet. Poor circulation may be followed 
by serious congestion and inflammation, often progress- 
ing to the ulcer state. These may remain a long time, 
causing much suffering, and usually being slow to heal 
because of the poor blood supply. When the circulation 
becomes normal such conditions may naturally disap- 
pear. For instance, varicose conditions in the legs often 
follow uterine derangements, and usually disappear 
with restoration from the uterine derangements. 
Ulcers as 
Symptoms 
An illustration of this is given by a 
woman, in Illinois (4495). She had 
very large varicose veins resembling 
bunches of grapes, following inflam- 
mation and enlargement of the uterus. The legs and 
hands cracked open and bled, and although everything 
possible was done, her physician advised her she could 
not possibly live a year. Learning of what others had 
accomplished through the use of Viavi, she furnished 
it to her recuperative forces. She soon saw gradual 
Varicosity 
Disappeared 354 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
signs of improvement, and in time overcame the uterine 
condition. The varicose veins then disappeared. Twelve 
years later she wrote that her restoration had been 
permanent. 
Varicosity begins with slow dilation 
of the veins. This progresses until the 
veins become crooked, and enlarged 
in calibre. The lining becomes altered 
and the valve insufficiently long to close the distended 
vessel; hence it becomes unable to support the column 
of blood. Varicosity of the capillaries frequently ap- 
pears upon the skin like roots of a tree. When the 
larger vessels are involved the veins become dilated, 
tortuous and knotty, standing out above the level of 
the skin. The vessels sometimes burst, causing serious 
and even fatal hemorrhage. A slow exudation or oozing 
into the surrounding tissues may occur, but it does 
not appear as an ordinary dropsical condition from ob- 
structed venous return. The skin has a solid, non-resist- 
ing, marble-like appearance, and does not pit under 
pressure. An eczema, or eruption may develop with 
such a condition. 
Varicose 
Veins 
A husband, in Idaho (3142), wrote 
that his wife had suffered for fifteen 
years with varicose veins, from which 
a bad ulcer developed. After treating 
her, the physicians said they could do nothing for her 
without an operation, which she did not wish to under- 
go. She used Viavi, and in a comparatively short time 
the limb gradually healed, for which husband and wife 
are very thankful. 
An Ulcer 
Developed 
A woman, in Ohio (4534), wrote that 
she suffered with varicose veins for 
eighteen years, and when she became 
pregnant, large, painful lumps formed 
on the inside of one limb which necessitated careful 
bandaging. Her physician said this was all that could 
be done. She furnished Viavi to her recuperative power 
Lumps 
Formed THE LIMBS 
355 
when four months pregnant. The limbs became much 
better, the lump decreased in size, so that she was able 
to leave off the bandage. Her confinement was easier 
than either of three previous ones. Fifteen years later 
she wrote: "I have had no internal weaknesses nor 
have I needed a physician for myself in all these years, 
excepting in epidemic troubles." 
Milk leg is a general swelling of the leg, caused by 
inflammation of veins. It is characterized by a white 
Appearance, and most frequently appears in women 
after childbirth. This is another condition which fre- 
quently disappears when the uterine derangements are 
overcome. 
A woman, in the State of Washington 
(3952), wrote that she suffered for 
thirty-five years from milk leg which 
developed into a running sore. She 
was treated by several physicians, but obtained only 
temporary relief. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and in time the sore was entirely healed. 
This woman wrote at sixty-four years of age, saying 
that she was well, able to walk two miles to town, and 
to do a great deal of work. 
Milk Leg 
Thirty-five Years 
A young woman, in Missouri (4071), 
wrote of the benefits she secured 
through the use of Viavi. She had 
scalded her foot and limb very badly. 
Various remedies were used, but the limb was much 
inflamed and burned like fire. She used Viavi, and 
the burning and inflammation passed away. Later she 
was able to walk, and still later, a new skin formed 
under the old skin, and the foot and leg were gradually 
healed without a scar. 
Healed Without 
Scar 
A mother, in Oregon (4142), wrote 
that a large tree fell upon her son's 
limb. The limb became swollen and 
stiff, paining severely. It was kept 
in a cast for several months, but when the cast was re- 
Injured Bone, 
Running Sores 356 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
moved, the swelling broke and a large quantity of pus 
discharged. Running sores developed, through which a 
piece of bone came away. He was taken to a noted 
sanitarium, but the physicians decided they did not 
wish to operate as the condition permeated his whole 
system. The mother learned of Viavi, and furnished 
it to his recuperative power which gradually restored 
his health, and he was able to throw away his crutches. 
Two years later the mother wrote that her son was do- 
ing a man's work on the farm. 
A woman, in Quebec (2716), wrote 
concerning her granddaughter who 
had an attack of typhoid fever while 
training to a nurse. This was fol- 
lowed by a very bad knee, and although they employed 
splendid doctors and specialists, little hope was given. 
In their extremity they furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, the condition in the knee was overcome, and 
she became entirely well. The family feel that she saved 
her life by furnishing Viavi to her recuperative power. 
Had a Very 
Lame Knee 
A young woman, in Ontario (3648), 
wrote that she was taken with severe 
pain under tiie left knee-cap while 
bathing at the lakeshore, and several 
months later the entire limb pained so that she was 
obliged to consult a physician. She gradually grew 
worse, becoming unable to go about, and could not even 
arise in the morning without aid. An X-ray was taken, 
and the doctor diagnosed the condition as sciatic rheu- 
matism. Not obtaining any relief from the many things 
used, she supplied Viavi to her recuperative power. 
Before the week had passed, the pain lessened, and 
gradually disappeared entirely. Later she wrote: "Peo- 
ple can scarcely credit that I am one and the same per- 
son. Before using Viavi I was almost a wreck, no color, 
no energy, full of pain day and night, dreading the 
night even more than living through the day. Now I 
am full of energy every moment of my life, sleep 
Sciatic 
Rheumatism THE LIMBS 
357 
soundly all night, and always have a lovely fresh 
color." 
We could quote from the letters of many others who 
suffered from conditions in the limbs, and restored 
themselves through the use of Viavi. We shall be glad 
to send you copies of these, or other letters, if you are 
interested. CHAPTER XLIV 
SOMETHING ABOUT TUMORS, LUMPS 
IN THE BREAST, AND ENLARGED 
GLANDS 
A TUMOR is an abnormal or exaggerated growth of 
a part or whole organ, or a mass of new tissue 
that grows independently of surrounding tissues. 
The origin of tumors is involved in obscurity; there 
are various opinions concerning it; but an overgrowth 
of tissue resulting from disturbed nutrition, irritation, 
and infection, seems to be the most probable cause. 
Tumors are named from their character and their 
location and the tissues or organs involved, such as 
uterine fibroid, nasal polypoid, ovarian cyst, etc. The 
most frequent kinds of tumors are glandular, one grow- 
ing in or near a gland; fibroid, one formed of fibrous 
tissue; cystic, one containing fluid in a sac; fatty, one 
composed of fat; and polypoid, one growing from a 
stem. A floating tumor is a movable mass, usually oc- 
curring in the abdomen, or a loosely attached ovarian 
cyst, or a collection of fecal matter, etc. A malignant 
tumor is one that increases with rapidity or that pro- 
ceeds to a fatal end. 
A tumor may be present for years be- 
fore becoming noticeable or causing 
serious disturbances. A lump in the 
arm pit, the breast, the uterus, or 
ovary, does not indicate that the cause of the tumorous 
condition is confined to that particular part, and that 
the sufferer is otherwise healthy. The whole body is 
more or less implicated. 
What a Tumor 
Indicates 359 
TUMORS 
When the vitality of the body is in- 
creased, and Nature assisted to over- 
come the conditions from which the 
tumor arose, it may disappear by ab- 
sorption, or be passed off in pieces. The recuperative 
power may eliminate abscesses or accumulations of pus 
through the natural openings such as the rectum, or 
vagina, or by means of adhesions through these open- 
ings, or through the lungs or skin. Natural removal of 
a tumor destroys all expectation of a return, since the 
cause has been removed and the body made sound, 
which is not true in operations, which at best, are make- 
shifts. 
The Law of 
Restoration 
FIBROID TUMORS 
A woman, in South Africa (2538), wrote that she 
discovered small hard lumps developing upon the womb, 
which grew rapidly and became so painful that she 
could scarcely perform her household duties. She suf- 
fered with severe palpitation of the heart, and profuse 
menstruation. Two physicians diagnosed the condition 
as fibroid tumor of the womb. Local treatments were 
given for several months, but without permanent relief. 
While visiting in Canada she went into a Toronto 
hospital for treatment by a specialist. After a thorough 
examination, he said there were two fibroid tumors on 
the outer wall of the womb, and nothing but an opera- 
tion to remove both womb and ovaries would save her 
life, but frankly told her that the operation was so 
critical he could not guarantee a successful issue. As 
she was too weak then to undergo the operation, he ad- 
vised her to wait for a month or two to recruit her 
strength. 
She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and after a short time the 
palpitation of the heart stopped, the 
periods became normal, and the tu- 
mors were gradually reduced. She became pregnant 
later on, and continued the use of Viavi during the en- 
Then She Used 
Viavi 360 
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tire term. The delivery was comparatively easy; and 
there was no after flooding which was feared by the 
doctors owing to the presence of tumors. Twelve years 
later she wrote: "I have never had a return attack of 
the tumor. I have borne five children who are all 
healthy and strong." 
A woman, in Arkansas (3961), wrote 
that her physician diagnosed a very 
serious condition of the womb, and 
advised its removal, to which she 
would not agree. She continued to grow worse, and 
became so weak that her physician informed her she had 
delayed the matter until she could not be operated 
upon. 
She was led to furnish Viavi to her recuperative 
power. During the first six months she was much dis- 
couraged, but continued its use faithfully until the 
recuperative power eliminated many pieces of tumorous 
tissue, and finally the tumor itself. She grew entirely 
well, able to do her own housework. Later she wrote 
that she considers the benefits secured through her use 
of Viavi wonderful, and expresses willingness to answer 
inquiries from sufferers. 
Too Weak 
for Operation 
A woman, in Canada (27/6), wrote 
that her physicians discovered a tumor 
near the kidneys, but said it could 
not be removed by surgical measures 
because they feared permanent injury to the kidneys. 
A friend led her to use Viavi, and she soon felt so 
much better that she unwisely did some heavy work 
which injured and set her back. However, she con- 
tinued the use of Viavi and became entirely well. Ten 
years later she wrote she was still in the best of health, 
and was glad to tell others how she restored herself. 
Tumor 
Absorbed 
Tumor, Eight 
Operations 
A woman, in Texas (3353), wrote that 
her condition was so hopeless that 
she had been sent home to die. She 
had eight operations which did not TUMORS 
361 
bring relief. She was paralyzed from the waist down, 
able to move only her hands and head. She had to be 
fed through the rectum as her stomach would not retain 
food. Her condition was diagnosed as malignant by 
some of her physicians. She was hopeless and would 
have welcomed death had it not been for her love for 
her three girls. 
A friend asked a Viavi dealer to tell this sufferer 
what others had been able to do through the use of 
Viavi. The nurse was out when the dealer called, and 
the little daughter informed her that "mama cannot 
see company." So a Viavi Hygiene was left on the 
table. The husband found the Hygiene, and becoming 
interested, called upon the dealer and then interviewed 
their family physician concerning the use of Viavi. 
The physician said, "If my wife was in the condition 
yours is, I would try anything that offered a hope." 
So the use of Viavi was begun. 
Three months later the recuperative power expelled 
tumorous matter about the size of, and as thick as the 
biggest part of the hand. Restoration then began and 
continued until she was entirely well. Eighteen years 
later she wrote that there had been no return of her 
former troubles. She passed through the menopause 
without a single bad symptom, and was thoroughly well 
and active. 
A woman, in Ohio (2084), wrote that 
her physician discovered a fibroid 
tumor as large as a small egg on the 
outside of the womb, and advised an 
operation. Instead she furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power for a year and a half, and when again ex- 
amined, the doctor reported that all trace of the tumor 
was gone. 
Tumors sometimes pass through the vagina or rec- 
tum as a whole, or in pieces. When the expulsion is 
through the vagina it is often accompanied by labor- 
like pains. 
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Overcome 362 
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For instance, a woman in Alberta, 
(4134), wrote that twenty years be- 
fore her physician discovered a fibroid 
tumor in the womb, and told her that 
it was impossible to live two weeks without an opera- 
tion. She continued to live for a number of years with- 
out the operation, but suffered with irritating dis- 
charges. She could scarcely walk, and the limbs were so 
swollen that when pressed upon, large dents remained. 
A friend led her to furnish Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power. Some time afterwards she had labor-like 
pains with severe pressure upon the bladder, and a 
tumor was expelled from the womb into the vagina 
which was so large and so peculiarly shaped that it 
could not pass from the vagina and had to be expelled 
with the help of her physician. He said the tumor 
weighed at least four pounds, being of a hard fibroid 
character. The use of Viavi was continued until the 
menstrual periods became normal and painless, and 
she became entirely well. Many years afterwards she 
wrote that she remained well, and although fifty-seven 
years old, had not had any return of the trouble. It 
is truly wonderful what the recuperative power is able 
to do when furnished with the means which it can use. 
Tumor in the 
Womb 
A man, in Scotland (644), wrote 
that when about 24 years of age 
he discovered a lump in the bowels, 
which was diagnosed differently by 
different physicians. lie was placed in the Glasgow 
Infirmary, under the care of a surgeon who was un- 
questionably at the head of his profession. The ab- 
domen was opened, and a large fibroid growth of ex- 
traordinary dimensions was found growing throughout 
the intestines, from the stomach to the lower part of 
the abdomen, and one inch on the left side of the navel 
to the uttermost part of the right side of the abdominal 
cavity. One-half of the bowels was affected by the rami- 
fication of the tumor. Its extent was such that the sur- 
geons decided it was impossible for any man to do 
Was Sent Home 
to Die TUMORS 
363 
anything for him, and that he could not possibly live 
longer than six weeks. The wound was closed and the 
young man sent home, as they and he thought, to die. 
His mother knew of Viavi, and fur- 
nished it to his recuperative power. 
He began to grow stronger after a few 
months use of Viavi, and later there 
were signs that the recuperative forces were dealing 
with the conditions, because tumorous matter was 
passed from the bowels almost daily. This continued for 
some months, gradually becoming less frequent. After 
fourteen months, large quantities of decayed matter 
were thrown off for two or three weeks, and the growth 
was thus finally disposed of. Ten years later this man 
wrote: "Am much stronger throughout the region of 
the passed tumor than ever before, and have no ap- 
prehension of a return of the trouble." 
Mother Knew of 
Viavi 
A woman, in Alabama (1349), wrote 
that she suffered for five years with 
laceration, ovarian tumors, headache, 
backache, and nervousness. Her phy- 
sicians advised an operation which she refused. She 
was led to use Viavi and after some months a tumor 
passed about the size of an egg, followed by others the 
size of walnuts. This eliminating process continued 
until seven tumors were expelled. A year later her 
family physician, who was familiar with her condition, 
examined her, and stated that the laceration which had 
been one and a half inches long, was entirely healed, 
and the tumors were gone. Fourteen years later she 
was still well. 
Tumor Passed 
Whole 
This sufferer used Viavi some months 
before any marked symptom of im- 
provement was seen, as the recupera- 
tive forces require time to repair and 
restore. Just as a tumor grows to a considerable size 
before it is noticed by the sufferer, so the restorative 
processes go on though they may not be seen. 
Restoration 
TakesTime 364 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
With a full, free circulation of the blood in every 
part of the body, every cell receives its appropriate 
nourishment, and the- waste of the body's vital pro- 
cesses is eliminated from the body. Anything that in- 
terferes with free circulation of the blood, as injury, 
pressure from tight or heavy clothing, displacements, 
menstrual derangements, chronic constipation, inflam- 
matory processes, adhesions, etc., tends to the develop- 
ment of foreign growths. 
Tumors are not always accompanied 
with pain in the beginning; but it 
develops sooner or later. Some women 
have growths for a long time without 
being aware of their presence, but they suffer later. 
The recuperative power through the use of Viavi, has 
expelled tumors situated in the womb by muscular con- 
tractions of the womb with labor-like pains, and has 
eliminated tumors situated in the walls of the womb, in 
small pieces at, or between the monthly periods. 
Some of these discharges resembled small pieces of 
fibrous tissue, or liver, black, offensive clots, coagulated 
blood, boiled beans, gruel, worms, or vrere profuse, 
watery discharges varying greatly in color. Pieces of 
the tumor writh what seemed shred-like roots have been 
frequently passed. The thickened cast of the womb, or 
cysts resembling grapes, have been expelled. During the 
process of removal, labor-like pains, or a feeling that 
something was tearing loose, may be regarded as ex- 
cellent indications. 
Tumors Not 
Always Painful 
A woman, in Oregon (2795), wrote 
that she suffered with profuse men- 
struation from the beginning of that 
function. Iler condition became criti- 
cal at the change of life; she flowed continuously for 
more than a year. She was reduced to a mere skeleton, 
and was very nervous. Her physician diagnosed a 
fibroid tumor on the left ovary. An operation was ad- 
vised, although the physician frankly gave no hope 
that she would live through the operation. 
Fibroid Tumor, 
Menopause TUMORS 
365 
A friend who had obtained good results through the 
use of Viavi, urged her to use it, and in her extremity, 
she did so. As there was much for her recuperative 
power to do, improvement was not noticed for a num- 
ber of months. Then pieces of tumorous matter passed 
with the monthly flow, and continued for about eighteen 
months. Finally about two quarts of very offensive, 
black fluid passed, and the discharge stopped. From 
then on improvement began, continuing until she was 
entirely well. 
Her letter was written eight years after she had 
eliminated the tumor, and seven years later still she 
wrote that there had been no return of the condition, 
and her splendid health had continued. 
A woman, in Kansas (3408), suffered 
with a fibroid tumor inside of the 
womb. She was led to furnish Viavi 
to her recuperative power. The tumor 
passed away with the menstrual flow, and when all of 
it had passed, menstruation gradually decreased and 
stopped without any of the troubles which many women 
have at the change of life. 
"The work I do shows I must be a well woman," 
she wrote eight years later. "There are three in the 
family. I do my housework, including washing and iron- 
ing, work in my husband's office every day, and am 
branch secretary of a missionary society." 
Tumor in the 
Womb 
A woman, in Pennsylvania (3933), 
wrote that several physicians diag- 
nosed her condition as inflammation 
and tumor of the womb, with an ab- 
scess on the right ovary. She suffered severely with 
cramps, and flowed profusely for three months. She 
began the use of Viavi, and in a comparatively short 
time a discharge began, and four months later the 
tumor passed away in pieces. The flooding stopped, and 
improvement began, progressing until she was com- 
pletely restored. Eleven years afterwards she wrote, 
"The use of Viavi truly saved my life." 
Abscess and 
Tumor Passed 366 
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A woman, in the State of Washington 
(4010), wrote that she suffered with 
ovarian headaches so badly that she 
could not bear to have her husband 
or son to even talk to her, and imagined that everybody 
had turned against her. Her physician diagnosed the 
condition as ulceration and tumors, which would possi- 
bly have to be removed. 
When husband and wife were led to understand the 
law of recuperation, and the results which have fol- 
lowed the use of Viavi, the wife began its use. In a 
comparatively short time she was able to do her house- 
work without any bad symptoms. Large quantities of 
dark, slimy substances were eliminated. The sufferer 
seemed to take on new life, and wrote: "Words cannot 
describe the great change which took place in mind and 
body. ' ' 
Tumors of the 
Womb 
A woman, in Missouri (3923), wrote 
that three physicians who came to her 
home to operate for fibroid tumor dis- 
covered that she was six months preg- 
nant. The operation was postponed, and she was told 
that the child would have to be delivered by Caesarean 
operation because the tumor was so large that the child 
could not possibly be born naturally. 
She used Viavi, and the child was born without the 
Caesarean operation. Later, while the nurse was adjust- 
ing her pillows so that she might sit up, she fainted, 
and while unconscious, passed a tumor which filled a 
gallon vessel. The physician's examination revealed 
that the tumor had been loose for some time. Later she 
passed a smaller tumor with gentle labor pains, and 
health was gradually restored. 
This user wrote at sixty-five years of age that she 
was an active woman, managing her own affairs, and 
has had no return of tumor. 
Operation 
Unnecessary TUMORS 
367 
A woman, in Utah (914), wrote that 
an eminent physician's examination 
revealed what he supposed was an 
ovarian tumor. He told her that noth- 
ing but an operation could remove this growth, to which 
she would not consent. She was led to use Viavi 
through a friend who had overcome a tumorous condi- 
tion through the use of Viavi. The examination was 
held in February. In July a little daughter was born, 
the tumor being so prominent that pregnancy was not 
suspected. In August a tumor three inches in diameter 
and seven and one-half inches long was passed with 
expulsive pains. The following April she wrote, "The 
bad symptoms have all disappeared and I am perfectly 
strong and well." Writing when this daugher was in 
her thirteenth year, she said, "My daughter is a beauti- 
ful girl, and her health, as well as my own, is good." 
Unsuspected 
Pregnancy 
It was possible for the tumor to com- 
pletely mask pregnancy, but the re- 
cuperative forces manifested much 
wisdom in permitting the development 
and delivery of the baby, and then taking advantage of 
the conditions, to expel the tumor whole, just as a child 
is born. 
What would have happened had the operation been 
performed? The removal of the tumor might have made 
it necessary to destroy the fetus, and possibly to remove 
the womb and ovaries. To what extent the mother's 
health would have been affected by such removal is 
problematical. However, following the use of Viavi 
the recuperative forces preserved the lives of both 
child and mother. 
Wisdom 
Manifested 
CYSTIC TUMORS 
Cystic tumors are sacs filled with fluid. They are 
serious because they sometimes grow rapidly, and the 
sac becomes so thin that some sudden movement of the 
body, such as a misstep or a fall, may break it. If 368 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
the cyst is situated in the cavity of the womb, the liquid 
can pass out as the menstrual flow does; or if in the 
walls of the womb, separation of the sac and tissues may 
take place. But when the break occurs in the peritoneal 
cavity, blood-poisoning is likely to result. 
A woman, in Missouri (2939), wrote 
that her physician had forbidden her 
to ride on street cars as she had cystic 
tumors which were likely to break at 
any time from a sudden jar, and might cost her her life. 
She had been ill for ten years, scarcely able to walk. 
He advised an operation, but thought it doubtful if she 
would live through it. She wore an abdominal support 
to carry the weight of the abdomen for temporary 
relief. 
A friend who had regained her health through the 
use of Viavi, led her to use it. She gradually grew well 
and strong. During the war she was employed as a 
street car conductor, and required to pass a rigid phy- 
sical examination. 
War Worker's 
Restoration 
Because it is the recuperative forces 
in the sufferer's body which must do 
the restoring, it is impossible for any- 
one to make a promise of restoration, 
or know how long a sufferer may live. Many sufferers 
have been told that they could not live beyond a cer- 
tain time, but instead of accepting such prognosis as a 
decree of fate, have supplied Viavi to their recuperative 
forces and become well. The recuperative power of the 
body is still shrouded in mystery; but for your use it 
is in your body and no one can use it but you. 
Shrouded in 
Mystery 
A woman, in Virginia (4179), wrote 
of suffering with a tumor so large 
that her abdomen rested upon her 
knees when she was seated. She was 
told at a famous hospital in Baltimore that she could 
not live unless an operation was performed. She asked 
the surgeons if they would guarantee that she would 
Cystic 
Tumor TUMORS 
369 
leave the operating table alive, which of course, they 
could not do. She thereupon refused to take the chance, 
and returned home. 
She furnished Viavi to her recuperative forces. 
Later, between three and four gallons of fluid were 
passed in a twenty-four hour period. The flow con- 
tinued for over two months. Then the building pro- 
cesses began, and health was entirely restored in time. 
Four years later, when she was in her sixty-second 
year, she was perfectly well, able to work hard, and had 
had no return of the tumor. Thirteen years later she 
again wrote that she was still well and strong. 
A woman, in Oregon (2766), wrote 
that her physician diagnosed chronic 
inflammation of the womb, with a 
cystic tumor in the Fallopian tubes. 
The ovaries were about three times their normal size. 
Painful attacks occurred at intervals for about a year 
which left her extremely weak. Her physician advised 
an operation, but instead, she furnished Viavi to her 
recuperative power. Improvement was seen after a 
short time. Later, the recuperative powers eliminated 
a small pulpy tumor about the size of a hickory nut. 
She became well, and the following year, becoming preg- 
nant, delivered a ten pound baby, being in labor only 
two hours. 
Enlarged 
Ovaries 
A woman, in Canada (3649), wrote 
that her doctor diagnosed a fibroid 
tumor. She was so perturbed that 
she had three other doctors examine 
her, who diagnosed a fibroid tumor with a cyst or 
growth on the ovaries. All advised an operation; but 
she would not consent to it. A friend led her to sup- 
ply Viavi to her recuperative forces. After using it a 
year, wonderful changes took place in her body. She 
continued its use until all indications of the tumor dis- 
appeared. 
Cyst and 
Fibroid 370 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
The recuperative power is the power 
that keeps the body in health, or re- 
stores health when it is lost. This 
power exists in every human body, 
and may be utilized by furnishing the means which it 
can use. Many men and women have freed their bodies 
completely of tumors and tumorous growths, through 
the use of Viavi. The recuperative forces probably 
used this means to quicken and strengthen the natural 
metabolism of the body, thus overcoming the conditions 
causing these tumors. Restoration always comes about 
through the recuperative forces of the body, which, 
under normal conditions, keep the body well, and restore 
health when diseased, if restoration is possible, and if 
furnished the means which they need. 
Nature 
Restores 
LUMPS AND ENLARGED GLANDS 
Lumps in the breast and enlarged glands frequently 
occur when there are uterine troubles; and their dis- 
appearance as frequently follows restoration from these 
disorders. Many women have furnished Viavi to their 
recuperative power and overcome lumps in the breasts 
or enlarged glands, as illustrated in the following ex- 
periences. 
A woman, in British Columbia (1012), 
wrote that a lump appeared in her 
breast. It was about the size of a 
marble, and was only painful to the 
touch at first, but later the whole breast became swollen 
and very painful. She furnished Viavi to her recupera- 
tive power, and within a few months the lump disap- 
peared entirely. A year later she wrote that there had 
been no sign of its return. 
Lump in the 
Breast 
A woman, in California (1779), wrote 
that a lump about the size of a hen's 
egg formed in her left breast, causing 
severe pain, especially at the men- 
strual period. The soreness in the breast accompanying 
Operation 
Advised TUMORS 
371 
the menstrual period illustrates how the breasts are in 
sympathy with the uterine organs. A growth also 
formed on the left side of the uterus and the left ovary 
was in a cystic condition. The mouth of the womb had 
been badly lacerated, and hard, calloused tissue had 
formed on each side of the tear. Severe flooding spells 
occurred every month, w'ith severe backache and head- 
aches. 
Leading physicians examined her. Some diagnosed 
cystic ovary, others fibroid tumor; and removal of all 
the organs was advised. As her family insisted upon 
this, arrangements wTere made for the operation. She 
had supplied Viavi to her recuperative power for some 
time, and the day of the operation she decided to con- 
tinue its use, and cancelled the hospital arrangements. 
In a few weeks the tumor broke and a large quantity 
of bluish-black material was passed. Two weeks later 
the elimination was repeated. Then improvement began, 
the pain and soreness in her side, left. The lump in 
the breast gradually disappeared. Her nerves became 
stronger, and health was entirely recovered. Four years 
later she wrote that her health was better than it had 
ever been. 
A woman, in England (909), wrote 
that she suffered from a bleeding 
tumor. Her physicians endeavored to 
remove it without an operation, and 
failing to do so, advised an operation, to which she 
would not consent. After many years of suffering she 
furnished Viavi to her recuperative power which en- 
tirely restored her health. 
It will be noticed that some who used Viavi did so 
with little confidence, because they had furnished their 
recuperative power with so many other things which 
this power did not use, and were naturally discouraged. 
But the miracle of getting well is a personal, individual 
experience, and each one must make the personal in- 
dividual effort. 
Bleeding 
Tumor CHAPTER XLV 
A TALK WITH MEN ABOUT WOMEN 
WHEN a man's wife or daughter is suffering 
from a disease peculiar to her sex, she should 
be able to secure his co-operation, for a man's 
practical training renders his judgment exceptionally 
valuable. Unfortunately, it is a subject that many men 
avoid through a sense of delicacy. 
Countless men have had their noses kept to the 
grindstone by the expenses caused by invalidism of 
their wives or daughters, without arousing an inquiry 
either as to the fundamental reason for the invalidism 
or reasonableness of the means used for which they were 
paying. Tn any other situation in life, such a man 
would make inquiries and examination of the whole sub- 
ject ; but in matters of health and disease, ignorance 
and tradition play an important part. 
Many men know nothing about the 
nature of the treatment to which their 
wives and daughters are ordinarily 
subjected; but why not know? The 
man is the natural protector of his wife and daughters; 
they will trust him before any one else. lie should 
give them all the sympathy and assistance he can. 
The husband or father should understand the pro- 
cesses by which health can come. His sympathy, co- 
operation, and practical judgment are certain to be sus- 
taining in his wife's desire and effort to become well. 
Many husbands have written us that by reason of 
their judgment involved in the decision to use Viavi, 
and their co-operation and helpfulness in its use, they 
not only had the consciousness of an active participa- 
tion in bringing the loved one back to health, but the 
happiness of a deeper and fuller companionship. 
Father's 
Influence A TALK WITH MEN 
373 
Where conditions have been neglected 
until a point is reached which seems 
to be beyond Nature's power to over- 
come, an operation as a palliative 
measure may seem the only alternative. The vital ques- 
tion to the man now is, How is he to know positively 
that an operation is necessary? Will he consent to it, 
without knowing the condition in which the operation 
may leave his wife? Will the man accept a declaration 
that an operation is the only remaining reliance, when 
hundreds of sufferers have been told the same thing, 
and yet found a means through which they got well 
without the operation ? 
The Urge for 
Operations 
There is no short cut to health. This 
is strikingly true in long established 
conditions. When a man considers 
the extreme natural repugnance and 
terror that a woman has for cutting, he will hesitate 
before employing any over-persuasion to get her on the 
operating table. Symptoms of conditions in the hidden 
organs are often complex and obscure, so that generally, 
much guessing has to be done. There is always a chance 
for a disastrously wrong guess. Women have been cut 
open for a supposed tumor and found to be perfectly 
healthy and far advanced in pregnancy. 
Uncertainty in 
Operations 
A man who has informed himself can- 
not be convinced that any human fore- 
sight can know what the ultimate re- 
sult of an operation will be. No posi- 
tiveness of assertion will affect him. A woman's ap- 
parent recovery will not deceive him, for he will know 
that only the coming years can tell. A man will think 
twice before trusting to blind chance. A sobering 
thought is reflected in this sentence from a medical 
journal, "There are few conscientious physicians but 
will reluctantly admit that there are today, more opera- 
tions on, than diseases of, the appendix vermiformis. " 
Any operation, from the slightest to the most seri- 
Conditions that 
Baffle 374 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
ous, may leave an irreparable injury, no matter what 
may be said to the contrary. A prudent man will take 
no single person's word for it. One diagnosis may be 
wrong. A man should call in another independent ex- 
pert, and still more experts, each without the knowledge 
of the others. He should read what other sufferers have 
done without an operation. 
Some strong reason must have existed 
in England for forming the Society 
for Protection of Hospital Patients. 
It was organized to protect women 
from unnecessary mutilation, and in its appeal to the 
public it cited Dr. Canu's bitter arraignment of the 
practice of ovariotomy in France, where, he said, "It 
has done more harm than the Prussian bullets in 1870." 
And the late Dr. Thomas Keith, of London, is reported 
as saying: "I say deliberately, that hysterectomy (re- 
moval of the womb) is an operation that has done 
more harm than good, and its mortality is out of all 
proportion to the benefits received by the few." 
Protection of 
Women 
The deadly, deluding fascination in 
an operation is twofold; it is a quick, 
deft means to bring about some change 
in the sufferer's condition, and her 
expectation is that it will relieve her of trouble. But 
there are no short cuts to health. Return to health is 
usually a slow process. Abnormal conditions have to be 
overcome, and Nature cannot overcome them any faster 
than the recuperative power can use the means .which 
are furnished to it. 
Pathetic 
Delusion 
As a rule, women do not place the 
value on health that men do. A man's 
excess of vigor is a natural endow- 
ment, given because of his harder, 
more hazardous work in life. Any ailment that cripples 
his powers frets him, and he generally sets himself to 
overcome the obstacle that he may live his life and do 
his work. 
Men's Instinct 
for Health A TALK WITH MEN 
375 
Some women are impatient of the slow processes of 
Nature, and hence, are often easily convinced that there 
is some short-cut to health. Most women are busy in 
one way or another, and feel they cannot readjust their 
duties and time to do what is essential to real recovery. 
In that respect a man's co-operation is of the greatest 
value. 
Two features in the use of Viavi will 
appeal with special force to the com- 
mon sense of a man. One is that Viavi 
is used in the privacy of home by the 
woman herself; the other is that she is led through its 
use to do, herself, the important things toward her re- 
covery. A woman learns that in the main, responsi- 
bility for her own health rests upon herself, her re- 
cuperative power-the power by which and through 
which alone she can become well-which is within her 
own body. She learns the vital relation between con- 
duct and health. She realizes that after all, Nature is 
the great restorative agent, and restoration can only 
come by furnishing to the recuperative power the means 
which it can use. 
The recuperative power of the body is still shrouded 
in mystery; but for your use it is in your body, and 
no one can use it but you. It is wonderful; and al- 
though we are unable to fully comprehend its processes, 
the processes through which the men and women who 
have related their experiences in these pages, and thous- 
ands of others, became wonderful in health, wonderful 
in vitality, and wonderful in happiness, they know that 
they experienced these processes, and that they ex- 
perienced them through using Viavi, and at home. Their 
recuperative power used Viavi, their nervous vitality 
was aroused, their circulation increased, congestion was 
removed, their pain ceased, and they became well na- 
turally. No one may be able to know just how their 
recuperative power used Viavi, or how they became well 
when they used it. No one may be able to know why 
they had failed to get well through any of the other 
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means they had used, or the treatments received. The 
important fact is that they did get well, and Viavi was 
the means through which they got well. Our purpose 
has been to tell you what has been accomplished by 
other sufferers through the use of Viavi, for that is the 
only sound foundation upon which hope and expecta- 
tion for health by you, and others, may be based. 
THE END INDEX 
A 
Abdomen, distended by tumor, rested 
on knees, 368 
unnaturally large, 132 
Abdominal brain, name for solar 
plexus, 16 
Abdominal incision, failed to heal, 
280, 287, 294 
Abdominal region, some of the condi- 
tions manifesting themselves in, 
87 
Abdominal walls, about the, their im- 
portance and function, 165, 297, 
298, 299 
effect of operations on, 298 
lax, contribute to various derange- 
ments, 298 
muscles of, wonderfully arranged, 
297 
support pelvic contents, 297 
used in all expulsive effort, 297 
weak, flabby, aggravate conditions, 
176 
Abortion, 340 
Abscess, discharged through adhesion, 
into bowels, 27, 85, 132, 
discharged through ear, 72 
discharged through sores, 224 
drained, 72, 280 
in ear, sufferer from, restored, 72, 
73 
in Fallopian tube, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 279, 282, 314 
mastoid, sufferer from, restored, 72 
near navel, gall stones eliminated 
through, 136 
of Fallopian tube, grown fast to in- 
testines, 282 
of liver, sufferer from, restored, 132 
ovarian, sufferer from, restored, 27, 
204, 224, 270, 275, 276, 295, 365 
Abscesses, along the spine, sufferer 
from, restored, 336 
benefit of operation for, only tem- 
porary, 124 
child suffered from, restored, 336 
formed in lower part of back, 212 
in breast, sufferer, from, restored, 
329 
in lungs, sufferer from, restored, 85 
in vagina, sufferer from, restored, 
286 
of bowels, sufferer from, restored, 
123 
of stomach, sufferer from, restored, 
92 
of throat, sufferer from, restored, 58 
rectal, 122, 123 
rectal, sufferer from, restored, 122, 
123, 124, 134 
used by recuperative power in 
eliminating impurities, 67 
Absent menstruation, see, also. Amen- 
orrhea, 211, et seq.; see, also. 
Scanty Menstruation; Suppressed 
Menstruation 
sufferer from, restored, 59, 68, 109, 
153, 220 
Absorption, 51 
of unduly retained excretions, 53 
secretion and excretion, 51 
utilized in the use of Viavi, 51, 63 
Accidents of wounds, burns and 
sprains, 353 
Adenoids, in children, perplexing to 
mothers, 335 
operation for, unavailing, 61, 62, 
72, 264, 335 
sufferer from, restored, 61, 62, 72, 
264, 335, 336 
Adhesion, Nature used, as a means of 
eliminating poisonous matter from 
the body, 27 
of abscessed ovary to bowel, per- 
mitting elimination of pus, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 295 
of cyst to abdominal wall, 298 
of Fallopian tube to intestine adopt- 
ed by recuperative power as a 
means of discharging pus through 
bowel, 283 
Adhesions, 289, 290, 291, 295 
absorption of, 227, 290, 291, 292, 
295 
caused a feeling of being bound, 290 
character of, 290, 291 
effect of, in pelvic and abdominal 
cavities, 289 
every uterine disease invites, 290 
followed curettement, 221 
following peritonitis, 289 
following pleurisy and pneumonia, 
84 
how formed, 49 
of Fallopian tubes and ovaries, 314 
of tubes, bowels, ovaries and uterus, 
278 
of womb and rectum, 292, 294 
often a protective measure, 289 
operation for, 140 
ordinary method of treating, 290 
possible extent of, 289 
sometimes a process in restoration, 
290, 295 
sometimes caused by inflammation 
of appendix, 106 
sometimes -caused by peritonitis, 
285 
sometimes used by recuperative 378 
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power, 290, 295 
sufferer from, restored, 27, 120, 132, 
140, 220, 243, 248, 257, 259, 267, 
278, 283, 286, 291, 292, 294, 295, 
298, 314 
their tendency, 291 
Afraid to go into a crowd, etc., 20 
Afterbirth, See, Placenta 
Alabama, testimonials from users in, 
210, 319, 363 
Alberta, testimonials from users in, 
195, 295, 362 
Albumin in urine, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 143, 144, 145, 146 
Alimentary tract, 87, 88, 116 
Amenorrhea, 211, et seq; See, also, 
Absent Menstruation, Scanty 
Menstruation, Suppressed Mens- 
truation 
Anaesthetic given, 190, 323 
Anemia, sufferer from, restored, 26, 
83, 98, 105, 147, 179, 213, 223 
Anteflexion, 241. 242 
Anteversion, 241, 242, et seq.; See, 
also, 170 
Anteversion, shortening of ligaments 
did not prevent, 342 
sometimes cause of miscarriage, 343 
sometimes wrongly diagnosed as 
ovaritis, 269 
sufferer from, restored, 108, 160, 
181, 235, 242, 243, 24J, 245, 309, 
342 
suffering in legs and feet due to, 
243 
symptoms of, may be present in pro- 
lapsus, 254 
Appendicitis, 105, 106, 107, 108 
often complicated with menstrual 
troubles, 107 
sufferer from, restored, 99, 106, 107, 
108, 109, 110, 134, 264 
Appendix, 105, 106 
operation for removal of, unavail- 
ing, 100, 139, 255, 262, 264, 265 
severe pain in, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 96, 286 
Appetite, became abnormal, 95 
sometimes perverted in chlorosis, 
161 
Arkansas, testimonials from users in, 
60, 97, 107, 163, 253, 360 
Arizona, testimonials from users in, 
109, 298 
Arm, left, unable to raise, sufferer 
restored, 299 
Artery, pulmonary, 42, 79 
Arteries, 44 
carry nourishment, 42 
the, and veins, 42 
Ascending colon, 116 
Asthma, 63. 82 
sufferer from, restored, 82, 83 
Aunt, led sufferer to use Viavi, 110, 
308 
Australia, testimonial from user in, 
334 
Auto-intoxication, 102 
Autumnal catarrh, 63 
B 
Baby, born weak because of mother's 
ill health, 114, 332 
first, at thirty-six, 307 
mother lost interest in, because of 
illness, restored through use of 
Viavi, 18 
prematurely born, given up to die, 
restored, 332 
Back and spine, 34 
importance of the muscles of the, 38 
muscles of, affected, sufferer restor- 
ed, 39 
muscular development of, in suf- 
ferer, improved, 38 
Backache, sufferer from, restored, 20, 
67, 100, 110, 151, 160, 179, 200, 
208, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254, 257, 
262, 276, 291, 292, 308, 342, 363, 
371 
Bad habits, of eating, 88 
Balance, sense of lost, sufferer re- 
stored, 71 
Barrenness, 345, 347 
both men and women may be sterile, 
345 
causes of, 203, 345, 347 
significance of, 345 
sufferer overcame, 346, 347, 348 
woman should not assume, is ir- 
remediable, 347 
Bedfast, sufferer restored, 58, 72, 204, 
208, 216, 220, 230, 285 
Bedridden, sufferer was, restored, 37, 
123, 132, 156, 199, 266 
Bedwetting, sufferer from, restored, 
143 
"Big neck," a name sometimes applied 
to exophthalmic goiter, 67 
Bile, a secretion of the liver, 51, 52 
excites peristaltic movement, 103 
Bilious attacks, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 131 
Bladder, about the, and some of the 
conditions affecting it, 149, 150, 
155, 156, 166, 170, 175, 242, 253, 
254 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
113, 156 
effects on, of anteversion or ante- 
flexion, 242 
hemorrhages of, sufferer from, re- 
stored. 153 
inflammation of, often extends to 
urethra, 242 
inflammation of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 142, 146, 151, 152, 154, 
231, 244, 245, 317 
irritation of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 181 
mucous membrane of, 170 INDEX 
379 
polypus in, sufferer from, 152 
position of, 166, 242 
pressure on, sufferer from, restored, 
154, 244, 251 
prolapsus of, 175, 253 
protruding, sometimes necessary to 
push upward before it can be 
emptied, 254 
stone in, sufferer from, restored, 154 
stone in, treated for, 152 
substances from, eliminated, 152 
trouble, sufferer from, restored, 113, 
146, 151, 152, 153, 154 156, 181, 
202, 243, 251, 254, 257, 265 
trouble, tubercular, diagnosed as, 
152 
tumor in, sufferer from, restored, 
152, 153 
Blindness feared, sufferer restored, 
180 
in infants, 76 
incipient, sufferer from, restored, 77 
sufferer from, restored, 76 
Blistering, 278 
Blood, and circulation, 41 
arterial, 42, 44, 80 
color of, 42, 43, 44 
composition of, 41 
corpuscles of, 42 
medium through which recuperative 
power carries on some processes, 
41 
oxygenization of, 44 
purification of, 44 
source of nourishment of cells, 16 
venous, 42, 43, 44 
when normal, 41 
corpuscles, red, deficiency in, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 105 
Blood poisoning feared, 266 
followed instrumental delivery, 323 
from death of foetus, sufferer from 
restored, 132 
may follow rupture of cyst, 368 
Blood pressure, high, sometimes symp- 
tom of abnormality in change of 
life, 349 
low, sufferer from, restored, 113 
Blood vessels, lack of tone in, 45 
of rectum, without valves, 116 
Body, and mind, greatly influence 
each other, 22 
Borrowed the money to buy Viavi, 320 
Bowel, prolapsus of, 121 
puncture in, 280 
Bowel trouble, often follows uterine or 
ovarian derangements, 114 
sufferer from, restored, 21, 99, 202 
Bowels, about, conditions manifesting 
themselves in, 102, 103, 104, 105 
abscesses of, sufferer from, restored, 
123 
almost paralyzed, 251 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
112, 113, 114 
catarrhal condition of, sometimes 
cause of misplacement, 1*0 
hemorrhages of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 96 
inflammation of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 256 
looseness of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 32 
ulceration of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 96, 99 
Brain, description of, 14 
base of, governs uterine organs, 171 
impaired by congestion and inflam- 
mation, 177 
really duplicate, 15 
Brain-fag, sufferer from, restored, 26 
Breast, abscesses in, sufferer from, 
restored, 329 
left, enlarged, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 309 
lump in, sufferer from, restored, 
270, 309, 328, 329, 330, 370, 371 
lumps in, 358, 370 
mother's child's first act of volition 
is to seek, 326 
removal of advised, restored with- 
out, 309, 329, 330 
soreness in, accompanying men- 
strual period, 370 
thought to be tubercular, sufferer 
from, restored, 329 
tumors in, sufferer from, restored, 
329 
Breasts, about, inflammation of, 328, 
330 
affected by uterine disorders, 325 
inflammation of, causes, 328 
often become lumpy during change 
of life, 350 
tendency to wasting of, 202 
the, part of the reproductive sys- 
tem, 325 
Breath, offensive, 57 
Breathing, difficult, 57, 64 
difficult, sufferer from, restored, 61, 
62, 180, 279 
phenomenon of, 44 
Bright's disease, condition diagnosed 
as, sufferer from, restored, 144, 
145, 146, 190 
British Columbia, testimonials from 
users in, 119, 370 
British Guiana, testimonial from user 
in, 180 
Bronchi, 80, 81 ' 
Bronchial asthma, sufferer from, re- 
. stored, 82, 83 
Bronchial tubes, 80 
inflammation of, 58, 59, 80 
Bronchitis, 59, 80, 81 
capillary, 80 
sufferer from, restored, 63, 81, 82, 
279 
Bruises, sufferer from, restored, 334 
Burning, and itching sometimes symp- 
toms of restorative process, 175 380 
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C 
Caesarean operation, proved unneces- 
sary, 366 
California, testimonials from users in, 
18, 37, 65, 85, 104, 119, 125, 138, 
142, 207, 224, 301, 307, 313, 318, 
340, 347, 370 
Calloused tissue in laceration, 371 
"Can my recuperative power use 
Viavi?" the important question, 
293 
Canada, testimonials from users in, 
19, 21. 31, 36, 61, 62, 63, 68, 71, 
77, 83, 95, 99, 103, 106, 110, 119, 
127, 132, 134, 144, 146, 151, 195, 
199, 212, 222, 223, 230, 232, 245, 
248, 252, 256, 264, 272, 275, 278, 
292, 295, 300, 301, 306, 308, 314, 
330, 334, 335, 341, 348, 349, 356, 
360, 362, 369, 370 
Cancer, diagnosed as, 95, 113, 122, 
175 
sometimes symptom of abnormal 
change of life, 349 
sufferer from condition diagnosed 
as, restored, 95, 100, 113, 175 
Cancerous degeneration, tendency to, 
202 
doctor feared condition was, 100 
Cancerous fistula followed pile tumors, 
120 
Canu, Dr., arraignment of practice of 
ovariotomy in France, 374 
Cape Breton, testimonial from user in, 
349 
Capillaries, 42 
become contracted in colds, 55 
work done in 42, 44, 79 
Carbuncle, sufferer from, restored, 67 
Caruncle, or urethral tumor, 156 
sufferer from, restored, 152, 157 
Castration, brings cnange of life pre- 
maturely, 273 
conditions often worse after, 272 
effect of, upon severed blood ves- 
sels, 273 
effect of, upon severed nerves, 273 
of women, effects of, 272 ; See, also, 
Ovariotomy 
Cataract, diagnosed as, 180 
Catarrh, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62, 
63, 64 
deafness from, 61, 62 
gastric, 94 
inherited tendency to, 95 
intestinal, 112, 114 
intestinal, sufferer from, restored, 
112, 113, 114 
of bladder, 54 
of bladder, sufferer from, restored, 
113, 156 
of bowels, sufferer from, restored, 
59, 113 
of gall bladder and gall ducts, 133 
of head, sufferer from, restored, 58, 
59, 180, 255 
of head and throat, sufferer from, 
restored, 58, 59 
of kidneys, sufferer from, restored, 
132 
of nose and throat, sufferer from, 
restored, 58, 60 
of spleen, sufferer from, restored, 
157 
of stomach, sufferer from, restored, 
59, 95, 97, 113, 114, 132, 180, 
190, 209, 255 
of urethra, sufferer from, restored, 
156 
resulting in adenoids, sufferer from, 
restored, 335 
sufferer from, restored, 58, 59, 60, 
64, 82, 83, 95, 97, 113, 132, 180, 
190, 209, 255, 271, 276, 335 
various names for, 54 
Catarrhal discharge, 47, 54, 55, 62 
Cecum, 87 
Cell, its dynamic power, 240 
Cells, arrangement of, in brain, 15 
compose all living tissue, 240 
how nourished, 15 
of brain, description and function, 
14 
Cerate, applied over spine, the region 
of important ganglia, 38 
Cerebro-spinal system, functions of, 
14 
Cervicitis, 228 
Cervix, diseased, sometimes wrongly 
diagnosed as ovaritis, 269 
the, 166, 168 
ulcerated, may lead to stormy meno- 
pause, 350 
ulcerated, sufferer from, restored, 
346 
Change of life, about ; and its con- 
sequences, 349, 350, 352 
a normal process, 349 
age at which occurs, 349 
collapsed at, 231, 255, 285 
does not come suddenly, 350 
healthy women passes through with- 
out disturbance, 350 
passed safely through, 59, 143, 231, 
275, 301, 350, 351, 352, 361, 365 
previous good health best guarantee 
of normal, 349 
previous uterine derangements cause 
for apprehension, in relation to, 
349 
progressive changes of, 349 
Chest, some of the conditions mani- 
festing themselves in, 79 
weakness in, sufferer from, restored, 
82 
Child, and husband, only the thought 
of, made her desire to get well, 
323 
born with feet and limbs misplaced, 
restored, 333 
injured by fall, restored, 334 INDEX 
381 
mother told that, would be dwarfed 
and imbecile, restored through 
use of Viavi, 333 
suffered from rheumatism, restored, 
333 
suffered from swollen glands, re- 
stored, 336 
suffered with eczema, restored, 334 
weak and listless, restored, 333 
Childbearing a woman's right, 345 
foundation of womanly lovableness, 
345 
health the best assurance of, 345 
not a disease, 309 
Children, about the use of Viavi for, 
332, et seq. 
anxious for, 215, 272 
born of mothers who used Viavi 
during pregnancy usually excep- 
tionally strong, 343 
physician said was not strong 
enough to bear, 347 
Chlorosis, or green sickness, 161 162 
sufferer from, restored, 162 
Choking sensation, 92 
Circulation, and blood, 41 
controlled by nervous system, 41, 45 
derangement of, 45 
disordered, interferes with func- 
tions of liver, 131 
impeded through pressure of womb 
on blood vessels, 120 
importance of the, 41 
process of, 43 
relation of, to tumors, 364 
Climate, change of, advised, 61 
Cold feet and hands, sufferer from, 
restored, 163 
Cold in head, repeated attacks of, 
frequent cause of chronic catarrh, 
57 
Cold, old-fashioned but scientific 
measures for relief of, 56 
taking a, meaning of, 55 
took easily, 95, 216 
evidence of weakness, 56, 216 
susceptible to, 56, 216 
Colic, gall stone, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 134 
ovarian, sufferer from, restored, 154 
uterine, 178, 200 
Colitis, See, Intestinal Catarrh 
Collapse, at night, sufferer restored, 
299 
Colon, 87, 116, 170 
lump in, sufferer from, restored, 104 
Colorado, testimonials from users in, 
60. 113, 123, 174, 243, 336 
Confinement, easy, following use of 
Viavi during pregnancy, 134, 174, 
191, 201, 205, 216, 221, 241, 248, 
265, 272, 300, 305, 306, 307, 308, 
309, 322, 323, 328, 347, 355, 359, 
369 
Congestion and inflammation, 47 
due to lessened nerve control of 
circulation, 47 
effect of, 48, 55 
location of, gives rise to variously 
named conditions, 48 
many conditions have origin in, 42 
natural or unnatural, 45, 47, 198 
results of, 17 
what it is, 45 
Congestive dysmenorrhea, See, also, 
Painful menstruation, 198 
how overcome, 199 
Conjunctiva, 75 
Connecticut, testimonials from users 
in, 151, 27 0 
Constipation, 53, 102, 105, 108, 170 
a cause of appendicitis, 105 
chronic, may cause uterine inflam- 
mation, 104 
effect of diet on, 103 
offensive breath, sometimes due to, 
53 
sometimes due to misplacement, 170 
sufferer from, restored, 27, 39, 66, 
81, 96, 100, 103, 104, 105, 108, 
113, 114, 122, 127, 134, 135, 137, 
157, 160, 200, 211, 227. 248, 254, 
257, 276 
Convulsions, from Bright's Disease, 
sufferer from, restored, 146 
from constipation, sufferer from, 
restored, 103 
from menstrual troubles, sufferer 
from, restored, 196, 220, 
Corpuscles, red and white, 42 
Coryza, See Catarrh, 
Cousin, led sufferer to use Viavi, 220 
Cramps, sufferer from, restored, 180 
Cross eyes, sufferer from, restored, 77 
Curable and incurable, what they 
mean. 23 
Curettement, 219, 220, 225 
does not remove cause, 225 
injury done in, 219 
may cause sterility, 347 
method of, 219 
openings of Fallopian tubes fre- 
quently injured in, 220 
serious procedure involved, 219 
suffered worse after, 201, 220, 221, 
222 223 225 
unavailing, 195, 201, 204, 207, 208, 
220, 221, 222. 223, 224, 225, 256, 
280, 347 
underwent, every four or five weeks, 
256 
Curettements in membranous dys- 
menorrhea, 203 
underwent four, 224 
underwent several, 208 
underwent two, 222 
Curvature of spine, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 38, 335 
Cystic duct, 130 
Cystic tube, sufferer from, restored, 
267 
Cystic tumor, See, Tumor, also Tumors 382 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Cystitis, 54, 149, 150 
sufferer from, restored, 151, 270 
Cystocele, 175 
D 
Daughter, led sufferer to use Viavi, 
134 
Deafness, catarrhal, how caused, 62 
danger signals of, 62 
some causes of, 62, 70 
sufferer from, restored, 60, 61, 71, 
73, 157 
Delaware, testimonials from users in, 
109, 255 
Depression, See, Melancholy 
Descending colon, 116 
Despondent, See, Melancholy 
Development of girls, 159, 160, 161, 
162, 163 
use of Viavi during, 162 
Development retarded, sufferer from, 
restored, 163 
Diagnosis, may be wrong, 374 
of trouble in region of bladder, 
difficult, 155 
Diarrhea, 111, 122 
sufferer from, restored, 111, 279 
Did not care whether she lived or died, 
20, 201, 216, 257, 292, 350, 361 
Diet, effect of, on constipation, 103 
Digestion, 43, 87, 88, 89, 90 
Digestive disorders, 88, 89, 94 
Digestive tract, 87, 88 
Dilatation, 192 
in membranous dysmenorrhea, 203 
sufferer endured every month, 280 
sufferer endured every three months, 
192 
unavailing, 192, 204, 221, 224, 280 
Discharge, from bowels, sufferer re- 
stored, 59, 279 
from ear, 62, 72 
from ear, sufferer from restored, 
71, 72 
from incision, 280 
offensive vaginal, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 319, 323 
from ovary, sufferer from, restored, 
201 
Discharges, irritating, sufferer from, 
restored, 362 
Discouraged, Viavi user became, 203, 
249, 256, 266, 282, 286, 291, 294, 
335, 360 
Discouragement overcome by Viavi 
truths, 260 
Disease, cumulative effect of, 23 
relation of disease of body to dis- 
ease of mind, 22 
Displacement, 238, et seq.; See, also, 
170 ; See, also, Anteversion, Ante- 
flexion, Retroversion, Retroflexion, 
Prolapsus, etc. 
due to weakened ligaments, 239 
habitual, 343 
indicates lowered nervous vitality, 
238 
interference with natural movement 
of the womb, 238 
most women suffer from, at some 
time, 238 
of womb may cause sterility, 347 
of womb, Nature's way of restoring, 
240, 250, 263 
operation for, unavailing, 151 
sometimes result of leucorrhea, 178 
sufferer from, restored, 26, 39, 123, 
127, 173, 180, 181, 227, 228, 231, 
241, 245, 248. 258, 281, 294, 314, 
317, 346, 347 
why it occurs, 263 
Douches, astringent, use of, unwise, 
179, 350 
Dragging down sensation most pro- 
nounced in prolapsus, 254 
Dropsical condition, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 143, 213, 362 
Drugs, use of, a betrayal, 26 
Ductless glands, 52, 65, 277 
growing realization of importance 
of, has created caution in regard 
to removal, 277 
importance of secretions of, may 
account for instinctive opposition 
to operations, 277 
Duodenum, 87 
Dysentery, amoebic, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 112 
Dysmenorrhea, See, Painful Menstrua- 
tion 
congestive, See, also Painful men- 
struation, 198 
membranous, 203 
neuralgic, 194 
ovarian, 201 
with appendicitis, 107 
Dyspepsia, 89, 90, 91, 97 
reflex from other conditions, 97 
reflex from uterine trouble, 98 
sufferer from, restored, 32, 98 
E 
Ear, abscess in, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 72, 73 
Earache, causes of, 70 
sufferer from, restored, 72 
Ears, conditions manifesting them- 
selves in, 59, 62, 70, 71, 72 
Eating, bad habits of, 88 
good sense in, 91 
Eczema, an, may develop from vari- 
cose veins, 354 
child suffered from, restored, 334, 
335 
Elimination, of impurities, a part of 
the process of restoration, 67, 
258, 287, 318, 320, 330, 335, 337, 
338, 363, 366, 369, 371 
Endocervicitis, 228 
Endocrine glands, 52, 65, 213 
Endocrines, 52, 65 INDEX 
383 
Endometritis, 228 
England, testimonials from users in, 
20, 36, 62, 71, 82, 179, 199, 202, 
215, 221, 235, 245, 248, 254, 299, 
319, 342, 351, 371 
Enlarged glands, See, Glands en- 
larged; also, Lumps 
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 61, 336 
Enlargement of womb, 232, 233, 234, 
235, 236, 237 ; See, also, Repro- 
ductive Organs of Women 
causes displacement, 229 
causes of, 232, 233 
chronic, almost a menace, 236 
chronic, frequently due to subin- 
volution, 235 
effects of, 233 
in pregnancy provided for, 234 
may cause sterility, 347 
sufferer from, restored, 160, 181, 
220, 228, 235, 236, 241, 255, 266, 
314, 316, 320, 321, 346, 353 
unnatural, interferes with other 
organs, 233 
Epilepsy, symptoms of, sufferer from, 
restored, 163 
Esophagus, 87, 93 
Esophagus, stricture of, sufferer from, 
restored, 92 
Eustachian tubes, 54, 62, 70 
sometimes affected by catarrh, 58, 
62, 70 
Excretion, 51 
absorption and secretion, 51 
reabsorption of, 53 
Excretions, unduly retained, injuri- 
ous, 53 
Eye, about the, some of the conditions 
manifesting themselves in, some 
of its defects and diseases, some- 
thing about its care, 75, 76, 77, 
78 
sufferers from blindness, inflamma- 
tion of the eye and other morbid 
conditions, restored, 76, 77, 180 
F 
Failures, most of those restored 
through use of Viavi, were, 21 
Fainting spells, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 96, 179, 213, 265 
Falling of the womb, See, Prolapsus 
Fallopian tube, abscessed, sufferer 
from, restored, 279, 282, 314 
enlarged, sufferer from, restored, 
200 
Fallopian tubes, about the, 165, 166, 
168 ; See, also, Fallopian tubes and 
some of their disorders, 268, 277, 
278, 283; Girls, development of, 
159; Reproductive organs of wo- 
men, 165; and various other titles 
and some of their disorders, 268, 
277, 278 
dragged down jn prolapsus, 254 
inflamed, sometimes become Closed, 
277 
inflammation of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 147, 230, 257, 278, 279, 
281, 282, 292, 314 
openings of, frequently injured in 
curettement, 220 
support of, 169 
when abscessed, called pus tubes, 
278 
Family urged sufferer to use Viavi, 
139 
Father should know nature of treat- 
ment daughter subjected to, 372 
should understand processes by 
which health comes, 372 
suffering daughter should have his 
co-operation, 372 
Fecal matter, curious cause of stop- 
page, 104 
Feet, pain in, sometimes due to uter- 
ine troubles, 165, 243 
trouble in, due to anteversion, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 243 
Fibroid tumor, See, Tumor, also 
Tumors 
Fissure of rectum, 126 
sufferer from, restored, 126, 127 
Fistula, 116, 123, 124 
cancerous, followed pile tumors, 120 
operation for, unavailing, 124, 125 
packing removed from, and Viavi 
used, 253 
sufferer from, restored, 122, 123, 
124, 125, 253 
Fits, sufferer from, restored, 195 
Floating kidney, 147 
sufferer from, restored, 147, 267 
Flooding, 205, 206, 207 
sufferer from, restored, 207, 223, 
318, 320, 342, 365, 371 
Flowing for three years, 197, 208 
Flowing, sufferer from, restored, 191, 
197, 208, 364 
Food, fermentation of, sufferer from, 
restored, 96 
process of digestion, 87, 88, 90, 91 
Fluoroscope, 138 
Friend, led sufferer to use Viavi, 31, 
106, 109, 137, 138, 139, 145, 160, 
179, 181, 195, 201, 228, 235, 236, 
241, 254. 256, 258, 281, 285, 301, 
306, 308, 318, 320, 323, 329, 346, 
355, 360, 362, 365, 367, 368, 369 
Friends, yielded to advice of, and un- 
derwent operation, 330 
G 
Gall bladder, 130, 133, 138, 140 
removed without benefit, 139, 140 
trouble, sufferer from, restored, 135 
Gall duct, 133, 138 
Gall stone colic, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 134 384 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
pains, sufferer from, restored, 138 
Gail stones, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138 
actually passed, 135, 136, 137, 138 
diagnosed as, 95 
diagnosed as tumor, sufferer from, 
restored, 138 
eliminated through abscess near 
navel, 136 
elimination through adhesions, 135, 
136 
operation for, unavailing, 139 
operations for becoming frequent, 
138 
operations for do not always relieve, 
138 
passed through abdominal walls, 136 
sufferer from, passed one, 137 
sufferer from, passed pint jar full, 
136 
sufferer from, passed seven, 137 
sufferer passed seventy-five, 138 
sufferer from, passed several, 137 
sufferer from passed thirty-nine, 
136 
sufferer from, restored, 134, 135, 
136, 137, 138, 139, 140 
sufferer operated upon for, attacks 
returned, 139 
thickened biles resembling, 135 
Ganglia, 14 
Garden hose, sufferer passed sub- 
stance resembling, 104 
Gastric catarrh, 94 
Gastric juice, 51, 87 
Gastritis, 54, 94 
sometimes develops into ulceration, 
99 
sufferer from, restored, 96, 97, 100, 
109, 137, 205 
Georgia, testimonials from users in, 
132, 191, 220, 229, 308, 318 
Getting well, a natural process, 12 
a personal experience, 40, 259 
always slower than one would like, 
259 
impossible to foretell in individual 
cases, 12 
Girls, development of, 159, 160, 161, 
162, 163 
Given up to die, See, Not expected to 
live 
Glands, ductless, 52, 65, 277 
Glands, endocrine, 52, 65, 213 
Glands, enlarged, 358, 370 
sufferer from, restored, 62, 309, 
336 
Glands, swollen, in children, perplex- 
ing to mothers, 335 
Goiter, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 
associated with uterine or ovarian 
disturbance, 65, 66, 68 
choking sensation in, 66, 67, 68 
cystic, 65 
exophthalmic, 65, 67, 68 
exophthalmic, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 68, 69 
eyeballs may protrude in, 67, 68 
hard, 65, 66 
heart action in, 67 
many sufferers from other condi- 
tions using Viavi, have found 
goiter disappear, 66, 69 
nervousness resulting from, 67 
simple, 65, 66 
soft, 65 
sufferer from, restored, 66, 67, 68, 
69 
Gonads, the, 277 
Grandmother, led sufferer to use 
Viavi, 136, 338 
Granulation of eyelids, 75 
Granulation of eyes, sufferer from, 
restored, 180 
Green sickness, or chlorosis, 161, 162 
Growth, abdominal, sufferer from re- 
stored, 132 
rectal, sufferer from, restored, 229 
uterine, sufferer from, restored, 146, 
224, 371 
Growths, sometimes symptom of ab- 
normality in change of life, 349 
sponge-like, in the throat sufferer 
from, restored, 61 
H 
Hay asthma, 63 
Hay fever, 54, 63, 64 
sufferer from, restored, 63, 64 
Head, the, region of, 54 
Headaches, at base of brain, sufferer 
from, restored, 58, 252 
in back of head often due to kidney 
trouble, 142 
ovarian, sufferer from, restored, 366 
sick, sufferer from, restored, 98, 
160, 265, 309 
sufferer from, restored, 19, 20, 58, 
66, 67, 98, 103, 110, 125, 134, 
143, 160, 179, 180, 181, 200, 203, 
205, 209, 211, 220, 249, 250, 252, 
254, 265, 276, 292, 300, 308, 309, 
318, 351, 363, 366, 371 
Health, a woman's best assurance of 
childbearing capacity, 345 
comes from within, 11, 222 
how and whence it comes, 11, 222 
how soon it may be regained, See, 
Restoration, rate of, conditions 
influencing it 
ill, some conditions, phenomena, and 
effects of, 12 
means of, basis of judging value, 12 
no short-cut to, 373, 374 
relation of health of body to health 
of mind, 22 
short-cut to, woman easily persuad- 
ed of, 375 
we restore ourselves to, 12 
talk, sufferer led to use Viavi at, 
243, 251 
Heart, description of the, 43 INDEX 
385 
pain in region of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 299 
palpitation of, sometimes due to in- 
digestion, 90 
palpitation of, suffering from, re- 
stored, 100, 163, 181, 205, 279, 
285, 359 
spells, bad, sufferer from, restored, 
98, 223, 281 
Hemorrhages, from bowels, sufferer 
from, restored, 96 
from ear, sufferer restored, 71 
from womb, sufferer from, restored, 
142, 208, 236, 244, 265 
of bladder, sufferer from, restored, 
153 
of rectum, sufferer from, restored, 
174 
of stomach, sufferer from, restored, 
99 
Hemorrhoidal plexus, 116 
Hemorrhoids, See Piles 
Hepatic vein, the, 130 
Hernia, See Rupture 
Hormones, 52, 65, 265, 277 
ovaries secrete, 268 
Hospital, tieateu in, ui about <,u en- 
ter, used Viavi, 21, 106, 131, 222, 
223, 229, 230, 236, 255, 264, 265, 
266, 278, 280, 314, 321, 323, 349, 
356, 359, 362, 368, 371 
Hospital patients, society for protec- 
tion of, 374 
Hot flashes, symptom of abnormal 
change of life, 349 
Husband, and child, only the thought 
of, made her desire to get well, 
323 
and wife discouraged, 256 
at first favored operation, after- 
wards the use of Viavi, 293 
consideration for wife during preg- 
nancy, 310, 311 
decided better to postpone operation 
and use Viavi, 253 
encouraged wife to continue use of 
Viavi, 266, 286, 291 
encouraged wife to use Viavi a sec- 
ond time, 317 
helped wife to use Viavi, 204, 293 
helpfulness of, 260 
how is he to know that proposed 
operation for wife is necessary, 
373 
inquired of physician concerning 
Viavi, 361 
joins wife in expression of grati- 
tude, 258 
led to understand law of recupera- 
tion, 366 
led to use Viavi for wife through 
Viavi Hygiene, 361 
led wife to use Viavi, 20, 207, 220, 
231, 232, 236, 256, 317, 322, 361 
loving loyalty of, 260 
opposed operation, 257 
said wife looked younger than when 
they were married, 318 
saw Viavi sign, 256 
should know nature of treatment 
wife subjected to, 372 
should understand processes by 
which health comes, 372 
sometimes discouraged, 260 
suffering wife should have his co- 
operation, 372 
told by physician, that wife could 
never carry child to maturity, 341 
told by surgeon everything possible 
had been done for wife, 280 
watched over wife as she slept fear- 
ing she would die, 153 
will hesitate to over-persuade wife 
to undergo operation, 373 
wrote of benefits wife secured 
through use of Viavi, 276, 341 
wrote that wife overcame varicose 
veins through use of Viavi, 354 
Husbands, many, have W'ritten us, 
372 
Hygiene, Viavi, led to use Viavi 
through, 151, 361 
Hyperaemia, uaiuiai congestion, n 
Hypodermic injections, See, Opiates 
administered 
Hymen, imperforate, 167 
I 
Idaho, testimonials from users in, 58, 
64, 110, 114, 242, 255, 279, 323, 
354 
Illeum, 87 
Illinois, testimonials from users in, 
39, 66, 77, 81, 92, 95, 100, 124, 
162, 213, 226, 251, 254, 300, 346, 
353. 
Illness, had cost fortune, 256 
Impurities, eliminated as a part of 
the process of restoration, 67, 
258, 287, 318, 320, 330, 335, 337, 
338, 363, 366, 369, 371 
eliminated following use of Viavi, 
67, 258, 287, 318, 320, 330, 335, 
337, 338, 363, 366, 369, 371 
Incision abdominal, failed to heal, 
280, 287, 294 
Incurable, cannot be known that any 
condition is, 23 
condition diagnosed as, 223 
Indiana, testimonials from users in, 
145, 190 
Indigestion, nervous, sufferer from, 
restored, 31, 98, 99 
sufferer from, restored, 20, 31, 66, 
95, 97. 98, 99, 100, 104, 137, 145, 
173, 200, 211, 213, 248, 257, 300 
Infant, about nourishing the, 325, 326, 
327 
nourishment after birth, 325 
nourishment before birth, 310, 325 
the diseases lying in wait for, 327 386 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Infantile paralysis, child suffered 
from, restored, 334 
Infantile womb, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 190, 191 
Infection, diseases of eyes due to, 76 
Inflammation, acute, 49 
adhesive, 49 
and congestion, 47 
cardinal symptoms of, 48, 49 
chronic, 49 
croupous, 49 
due to lessened nerve control, 42 
fibrinous, 49 
has often been quickly relieved 
through use of Viavi, 50 
location of, discovered from symp- 
toms, 48 
of bladder, 149 
of bladder, sufferer from, restored, 
142, 146, 151, 152, 154, 231, 244, 
245, 317 
of breasts, 328 ; See, also, various 
titles under, Breasts 
of Fallopian tubes, 277, 278 
of Fallopian tubes, sufferer from, 
ISMv.vJ, 117, 090 067, OTO, OTO. 
281, 282, 292, 314 
of kidneys, sufferer from, restored, 
142 
of mucous membrane, 49, 55, 56, 
63, 70 
of ovaries, 268, 269 
of ovary, sufferer from, restored, 
108, 147, 181, 196, 200, 201, 202, 
226, 227, 228, 232, 244, 257, 271, 
320, 346 
of rectum, sufferer from, restored, 
154 
of stomach, 94 
of vagina, vaginitis, 172, 173 
of womb, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 
of womb, causes enlargement, 232 
of womb, causes of, 226, 228 
of womb, causes remote conditions, 
227 
of womb, how overcome, 237 
of womb, mental symptoms, 229 
of womb, physical symptoms, 229 
of womb, sometimes a cause of 
sterility, 347 
of womb, steps in restoration, 234 
of womb, sufferer from, restored, 
39, 160, 220, 221, 226, 227, 228, 
229, 230, 231, 232, 234, 235, 236, 
236, 244, 245, 255, 286, 316, 317, 
346, 353, 365, 369 
of womb, usually affects ovaries, 
236 
pelvic, 251 
results of, 17 
serous, 49 
sometimes a defensive process, 49 
the same no matter where located, 
48, 50 
Injections, seven in one day, 114 
Injured by fall, child restored, 334 
Insanity, causes of, 22 
Insomnia, 25, 26 
sufferer from, restored, 18, 19, 20, 
26, 27, 32, 98, 134, 153, 181, 214, 
276, 291 
Interference of neighbor delayed re- 
storation, 196 
Internal fistula, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 124 
Internal piles, sufferer from, restored, 
119, 121, 126 
Intestinal catarrh, 112, 114 
Intestinal catarrh, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 112, 113, 114 
Intestines, 87, 116 
Invalidism of wife or daughter, effect 
of, 372 
Iowa, testimonials from users in, 19, 
60, 120, 123, 131, 143, 162, 191, 
300, 341 
Ireland, testimonials from users in, 
26, 83, 195, 236, 261, 305 
Iris, inflammation of, 76 
Irregular menstruation sometimes 
arises from non-development, 162 
Trnwiilar menstruation, sufferer from, 
restored, 163, 191, 195, zoo, 213, 
291 
Itching and burning sometimes symp- 
toms of restorative process, 175 
Itis, meaning of, 48 
J 
Jaundice, yellow, child presumed to 
have been born with, restored, 337 
Jejunum, 87 
Joints, enlargement of, symptom of 
abnormality in change of life, 349 
K 
Kansas, testimonials from users in, 
68, 95, 98, 111, 119, 131, 145, 153, 
154, 157, 173, 174, 203, 214, 215, 
228, 234, 249, 257, 281, 309, 333, 
347, 350, 365 
Keith, Dr. Thomas, in re hysterec- 
tomy, 374 
Kentucky, testimonials from users in, 
58, 63, 85, 120, 131, 306, 319, 335 
Kidney, floating, 147 
sufferer from, restored, 147, 267 
movable, 147 
movable, sufferer from,, restored, 147 
stone in the, condition diagnosed 
as, sufferer restored, 97, 146, 154 
trouble, sufferer from, restored, 21, 
143, 144, 146, 173, 223, 250 
tuberculosis of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 146 
Kidneys, about the, 141, 142, 145, 147 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
132 
inflammation of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 142 INDEX 
387 
Knee, injured, sufferer from, restored, 
356 
lame, sufferer from, restored, 356 
Knots, body drew up in, at menstrual 
period, 160, 204, 220 
on back of neck, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 39 
L 
Laceration, about, and the effects that 
follow, 312, 313, 315, 316, 319, 
322, 323 
calloused tissue in, 371 
cause of, 312 
cervical, 312, 315, 316 
difference between cervical and 
perineal, 315 
double, sufferer from, restored, 314 
due to instrumental delivery, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 319, 323 
effect of, 312 
effect of, on womb after deliverj', 
313 
external, 315 
how it heals, 313, 315, 316 
of perineum, 314, 315 
often healed without an operation, 
319, 323 
operation for, not always beneficial, 
319, 323 
operation for, unavailing, 151, 318 
Laceration, operation for, unavailing, 
•151, 318, 
physician found, completely healed, 
201, 307, 316, 317, 322, 351, 363 
sufferer from, for twenty-two years, 
restored, 321 
sufferer from, restored, 145, 147, 
154, 157, 201, 207, 209, 228, 229, 
255, 285, 292, 306, 307, 313, 314, 
316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 
351, 363, 371 
sufferers often advised cannot heal 
without operation, 321, 323 
Lactation, beneficial to both mother 
and child, 325 
defective, sometimes due to uterine 
disorder, 325 
effects of suppression of, 325 
mother's conduct during, 327 
suppression of, effect on the child, 
325 
suppression of, effect on the woman, 
325 
Larynx, 57, 58, 80 
Laryngitis, sufferer from, restored, 81 
Last resort, use of Viavi as a, 335 
Leeches, 278 
Legs, pain in, sometimes due to uter- 
ine troubles, 165, 249 
Leucorrhea, 177, 178, 179 
may cause sterility, 347 
often considered trival, 305 
suffered from, since childhood, 181 
suffered from, restored, 36, 66, 92, 
109, 110, 179, 180, 181, 207, 208, 
209, 213, 227, 228, 245, 247, 250, 
257, 305, 319, 346, 351 
suppression of, by astringent washes 
may lead to stormy menopause, 
350 
Life despaired of, See, Not expected 
to live 
Ligaments composed of cells, 239 
operation for shortening, 234 
operation for shortening, advised, 
251, 321 
prop can not take place of, 261 
shortened without benefit, 255, 265, 
342 
shortening does not reduce weight 
of womb, 262 
shortening, impairs them, 263 
shortening of, a surgical expedient, 
262 
stretching of, allows womb to fall, 
262 
supporting the pelvic organs, 169 
weakened by congestion, are stretch- 
ed, 263 
weakened, permit displacements, 2"9 
when restored, lift womb into posi- 
tion, 239 
Limb and foot badly scalded, sufferer 
from, restored, 355 
Limb, injured, sufferer from, restored, 
355 
painful lumps formed in, sufferer 
from, restored, 354 
Limbs, about disorders and derange- 
ments manifesting themselves in 
the region of the, 353, 354, 355 
circulation in, often impeded by 
uterine conditions, 353 
cracked open and bled, sufferer 
from, restored, 353 
cramped at each period, 224 
drawn, 107 
Liver, about the, 130, 133, 135, 140 
abscess of, sufferer from, restored, 
132 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
132 
diseases of, 103, 130 
enlargement of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 96, 113, 131, 132 
often reflexly affected, 140 
Liver trouble, sufferer from, restored, 
104, 131, 134, 135, 137, 173 
Louisiana, testimonials from users in, 
96, 112, 213, 334 
"Lump," characteristic of prolapsus 
of bladder, 175 
Lump in breast, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 270, 309, 328, 329, 330, 
370, 371 
Lump in colon, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 104 
Lump in the side, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 106 
Lump of lead, felt as if, were in stom- 388 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
a ch, 95 
Lumps, 370 
in breast, 358, 370 
painful, sufferer from, restored, 354 
passed from bowels, 106 
Lungs, about the, 79, 80, 81, 84 
abscesses in, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 85 
function of, 79, 80 
sufferers from lung troubles, restor- 
ed, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86 
M 
Maine, testimonials from users in, 
107, 275, 346 
Malnutrition, 18, 334, 337 
sufferer from, restored, 111, 114, 
334, 337 
Man, testimonial of a, J9, 26, 31, 32, 
38, 62, 63, 68, 73, 83, 84, 92, 95, 
97, 100, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 
111, 112, 119, 121, 124, 126, 131, 
134, 143, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 
299, 301, 362 
Manitoba, testimonials from users 
in, 110, 278 
Maryland, testimonial from user in, 
137 
Massachusetts, testimonials from users 
in, 98, 109, 223, 332, 341, 346 
Mastication, 87, 88, 90 
Mastitis, See, Breasts, Inflammation 
of 
Mastoid abscess, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 72 
Mastoid cells, 70 
Mechanical interference, uterine tract 
resents, 261 
Mechanical makeshifts, 261, et seq. 
Meconium, 326 
Melancholy, sufferer from, restored, 
19, 20, 36, 68, 108, 134, 179, 191, 
215, 282, 321, 323, 342, 366 
Membrane, mucous, See Mucous mem- 
brane 
Membranes, of brain and spinal cord, 
15 
Memory, loss of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 58 
Men, a talk with, about women, 372, 
et seq. 
place greater value on health than 
women, 374 
Meningitis, spinal, 34 
spinal, sufferer from, restored, 37 
Meningitis, tubercular, sufferer from, 
restored, 37 
Menopause, See, Change of Life 
Menorrhagia, See, Profuse Menstrua- 
tion, Flooding, etc. 
Menstrual discharge, composition of, 
184 
discharge, quantity of, 184 
discharge, source of, 183 
flow ignorantly checked, 159, 160 
function, the, 182, 183, 184, 185, 
186; See, also, various titles un- 
der Menstruation 
Menstruated at four years, 197 
nearly eighteen months, 235 
Menstruation, See, Menstrual func- 
tion, the, and various titles, such 
as Painful Menstruation, Profuse 
Menstruation, etc. 
a disposal of the unused prepara- 
tion for motherhood, 183 
a natural function, 182 
ceased, 252 
confined to bed during, one or more 
days, 160, 180, 199, 200, 205, 211, 
222, 224, 248 
duration of, 183 
effect of, on pelvic organs and tis- 
sues, 184 
frequency of, 183 
irregular, See, Irregular menstrua- 
tion 
irregular, effects of, in young girls, 
162 
normal, three basic conditions of, 
185 
not forewarned of, sufferer did not 
known how to care for herself, 
160 
nothing in girl's instinct leading 
her to expect it, 159 
painful, See, Painful menstruation 
painless, if normal, 182 
retarded through severe fright, 
211 
stopped by curettement, 220 
stopped by X-ray, 255 
suppression of, from any cause 
other than pregnancy or change 
of life, unnatural, 214 
usually suspended during preg- 
nancy, 214 
vicarious, 210 
Mental wreck, restored, 292 
Metabolism, 41 
Metritis, 226 
Michigan, testimonials from users in, 
104, 208 
Milk, a secretion, 51 
could not digest, 114 
mother's, sometimes lacks necessary 
elements, 327 
mother's effect on, of emotions, 327 
mother's changes progressively, 326 
the mother's, child's natural food, 
326 
Milk leg, 355 
developed into running sore, suf- 
ferer from, restored, 355 
Mind, affected, sufferer restored, 18 
282 
and body, greatly influence each 
other, 22 
attitude of, affects health, 22 
feared she would lose, 248, 317, 320 
serenity of, aid in restoration, 158 INDEX 
389 
Minister's health restored, 19, 31 
Minister's wife restored, 18 
Minnesota, testimonials from users in, 
110, 138, 139, 279, 328 
Miracle of getting well, 32, 40, 210, 
371 
Miracles, days of, not yet passed, 37 
Miscarriage, about, its causes and 
consequences, 340, 341, 343, 344 
beginning of uterine troubles, 224 
Miscarriage habit, danger of, 341 
doctor said, had been formed, 341 
results from repeated miscarriage, 
341 
Miscarriage, habitual, causes of, 343 
predisposition to, necessitates care, 
344 
suffered five, 341 
suffered ten, 343 
suffered three, 341 
suffered two, 257, 342 
tendency to, overcome, 113 
what to do at first indication of, 344 
sufferer from, became a mother, 340, 
341, 342, 343 
Misplacement, surgical expedients in, 
262 
Missouri, testimonials from users in, 
63, 64, 67, 68, 73, 108, 112, 123, 
124, 134, 136, 139, 144, 151, 152, 
156, 157, 160, 179, 180, 181, 191, 
197, 211, 220, 249, 257, 262, 276, 
281, 286, 316, 333, 351, 352, 355, 
366, 368 
Money, borrowed to buy Viavi, 320 
Montana, testimonial from user in, 
266 
Montreal, testimonial from user in, 63 
Morbid, sufferer became, See, Melan- 
choly 
Morphine, See, Opiates administered 
Mother, led sufferer to use Viavi, 37, 
144, 145, 191, 335, 336, 342, 363 
said baby suffered from swollen 
glands in neck, abscesses and en- 
larged tonsils and adenoids, re- 
stored through use of Viavi, 336 
said boy suffered from tubercular 
condition of spine, and abscesses, 
restored through use of Viavi, 
336 
said child had curvature of spine, 
restored through use of Viavi, 
335 
said child suffered adenoids, had 
two unavailing operations, re- 
stored through use of Viavi, 335 
said child suffered with eczema, re- 
stored through use of Viavi, 334 
said daughter could not feed her- 
self, lost entire control of mus- 
cles, restored through use of 
Viavi, 333 
said daughter helpless from infan- 
tile paralysis, restored through 
use of Viavi, 334 
said daughter severely injured in 
fall, restored through use of 
Viavi, 334 
said daughter suffered from St. 
Vitus' dance, swollen glands, re- 
stored through use of Viavi, 336 
said daughter weak and listless, re- 
stored through use of Viavi, 333 
said unable to find food recupera- 
tive power of her baby could use, 
restored through use of Viavi, 
334, 337 
should instruct daughter, 159 
told her child would be dwarfed 
and imbecile, restored through 
use of Viavi, 333 
used Viavi for baby, 332, 333, 334, 
336 
used Viavi for child, 335, 336, 337 
used Viavi for daughter, 145, 335 
used Viavi for son, 356 
was told impossible to become one, 
221, 241, 255 
Motherhood, advised as a means of 
relief from menstrual or uterine 
troubles, 244 
after eight years, 346 
after eleven years, 346 
after long barrenness, 346, 347, 348 
after ten years, 346 
after twenty years, 348 
after two years, 346 
at forty, 348 
at forty-six, 347 
long denied, achieved, 110, 113, 241, 
255, 307, 308, 342, 343, 346, 347 
many women denied it for years 
have become mothers after using 
Viavi, 308, 343, 346, 347 
many women enabled to experience 
through use of Viavi, 191, 215, 
255, 272, 305, 307, 308, 341, 342, 
34'7, 348 
Mothers tell of benefits secured 1 y 
their children through use of 
Viavi, 332, et. seq. 
Mouth, sores in, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 105 
Movable kidney, 147 
sufferer from, restored, 147 
Mucous membrane, 54, 55, 80 
inflammation of, 49, 55, 56, 63, 70 
Mucus, 80, 81 
dropping of, in throat, 95, 180 
much, mixed with stools, 113 
passed in large quantities from blad- 
der, 113, 156, 251 
quantities of, passed from bowels, 
bladder and vagina, 251 
Myxedema, 65 
N 
Narcotics, a form of violence, 26 
use of, in painful menstruation, 188 
Nasal polypi, 64 390 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Nature, can be assisted, 11 
cannot be hurried, 259 
name for power that restores, 32 
slow processes of, some women im- 
patient of, 375 
takes her own time, 259 
the real curative agent, 11 
Nausea, sufferer from, restored, 96, 
98, 291 
Nebraska, testimonials from users in, 
39, 103, 109, 292, 333 
Neighbor, led sufferer to use Viavi, 
315, 321, 335 
Nerve control, lessened, effects of, 38, 
42, 45, 50, 55, 70 
Nerve energy, name for power that 
restores, 32 
Nerve force, name for power that re- 
st res, 32 
Nerve function, mystery of, 13 
Nerves, motor and sensory, 15 
sympathetic, function of, 16 
Nervous breakdown, sufferer from, 
restored, 18, 19, 20, 21, 96, 196, 
255, 267, 309, 333 
Nervous chills, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 257 
Nervous collapse, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 26 
Nervous condition affects intestinal 
tract, 103 
Nervous debility, 29 
causes of, in men and women, 29 
contributing causes must be re- 
moved or avoided, 30 
due to disturbance of nutrition, 29 
due to depletion of nervous force, 30 
itself a cause of disturbance of nu- 
trition, 29 
sufferer from, restored, 32, 254 
Nervous dyspepsia, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 98, 99 
Nervous exhaustion, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 31, 254, 262 
Nervous invalid, restored, 307 
Nervous prostration, a form of, is 
shock, 23 
cause of, 17 
sufferer from, restored, 18, 31, 132, 
181, 190, 197, 211, 248, 256 
Nervous system, 13 
closely related to health and dis- 
ease, 13 
effect of assistance given to, 18 
involves every part of the body, 13 
organs of, 13 
recuperative power manifested 
through, 13 
subtle in workings and manifesta- 
tions, 13 
two great divisions of, 14 
Nervous vitality cannot be used for 
restoration and other things at 
the same time, 189 
effect of lowering, 45, 198 
must be aroused to restore, 46 
what it does, 263 
what it is, 45 
Nervous wreck, restored, 20, 27, 31 
32, 58, 114, 132, 151, 153, 174, 
181, 215, 257, 264, 291 
Nervousness, sufferer from, restored, 
19, 20, 21, 27, 36, 39, 58, 64, 66, 
68, 96, 98, 100, 135, 137, 143, 146, 
163, 173, 179, 181, 195, 200, 202, 
203, 209, 213, 214, 215, 216, 220, 
227, 228, 244, 247, 249, 250, 251, 
252, 253, 254, 258, 265, 270, 276, 
292, 306, 316, 317, 319, 321, 346, 
351, 363 
Neuralgia, ovarian, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 197, 209 
sufferer from, restored, 27, 147, 248 
Neuralgic conditions, sometimes 
wrongly diagnosed as ovaritis, 269 
Neuralgic dysmenorrhea, 194 
how overcome, 195 
sufferer from, restored, 195 
Neuritis, sufferer from, restored, 31, 
197 
New Brunswick, testimonials from 
users in, 19, 99, 119, 134, 199, 
330 
New Hampshire, testimonials from 
users in, 73, 120, 286 
New Jersey, testimonials from users 
in, 32, 83, 97, 192, 213 
New Mexico, testimonial from user in, 
100 
New York, testimonials from users 
in, 31, 163, 180, 209, 276, 280 
New Zealand, testimonials from users 
in, 20, 60, 152, 195, 271 
Noises, in the ears, 59, 62 
Non-development, conditions pointing 
to, 163 
how overcome, 192, 193 
irregular menstruation sometimes 
due to, 162 
sufferer from, restored, 83, 163, 190, 
191, 192, 207, 308 
Nose bleed, sufferer from, restored, 
205, 210 
Not expected to live, 82, 99, 109, 113, 
134, 139, 144, 214, 229, 232, 244, 
255, 265, 279, 280, 285, 328, 332, 
333, 338, 353, 360, 362, 363, 368 
Nova Scotia, testimonials from users 
in, 61, 127, 222, 232 
Nurse, experience and observation of 
operations, effect of, 60, 262 
trained, led sufferer to use Viavi, 
349 
Nutrition, inadequate, effects of, 91 
process of, very complicated, 89 
O 
Offensive breath, sometimes due to 
constipation, 53 
Ohio, testimonials from users in, 18, 
120, 156, 247, 258, 276, 285, 343, INDEX 
391 
354, 361 
Oklahoma, testimonials from users in, 
86, 174, 201, 208 
Ontario, testimonials from users in, 
95, 103, 106, 134, 144, 223, 256, 
300, 356 
Operation advised, by a second phy- 
sican, 321 
for abscess of liver, 132 
for amputation of breast, 329 
for removal of appendix, 96, 107, 
108, 109, 110, 320 
for removal of breast, 309, 330 
for eye trouble, 77 
for polypoid growths, 180 
for rectal fissure and piles, 127 
for removal of Fallopian tubes, 279 
for removal of gall bladder, 135 
for removal of glands under right 
arm, 329 
for removal of kidney, 147, 276 
for removal of ovarv, 107, 204, 207, 
225, 229, 272, 341, 349 
for removal of ovaries and Fallo- 
pian tubes, 282 
for removal of spleen, 105 
for removal of tonsils, 212 
for removal of uterine organs, 135, 
139, 208, 215, 220, 223, 243, 265, 
276, 280, 314, 320, 359, 360 
for replacement of ovary, 107 
for termination of pregnancy, 64 
for ulcers of stomach, 96 
for varicose veins, 354 
for ventral fixation, 223, 282 
restoration without, 60, 61, 62, 64, 
68, 69, 72, 77, 96, 99, 105, 107, 
108, 109, 110, 126, 127, 132, 135, 
136, 137, 139, 142, 146, 147, 154, 
157, 190, 191, 200, 207, 208, 209, 
212, 215, 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 
227, 229, 230, 236, 241, 243, 248, 
249, 250, 254, 257, 258, 259, 262. 
264, 265, 266. 267, 270, 272, 275, 
276, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 285, 
286, 291, 292, 306, 308, 309, 314, 
316, 318, 319, 320, 321, 323, 328, 
329, 330, 341, 346, 349, 351, 354, 
359, 360, 361, 363, 364, 367, 368, 
369 
to shorten ligaments, 200, 262 
Operation, amputation of neck of 
womb, sufferer thought cruel, as 
it rendered her unable to carry- 
child to full term, 231 
amputation of neck of womb, un- 
availing, 231 
any, may leave irreparable injury, 
374 
arrangements made for, 258, 266 
as palliative measure, may some- 
times seem only alternative, 373 
cause of condition suffered, not re- 
moved by, 252 
doctor said try anything before sub- 
mitting to, 293 
exploratory, performed, 287 
family insisted on, 371 
fascination of, 374 
for adhesions, unavailing, 140 
for displacement, unavailing, 151 
for gall stones unavailing, 139 
for laceration, removal of appendix 
and cyst from right ovary, un- 
availing, 318 
for laceration unavailing, 151, 318, 
319 
for piles, unavailing, 119, 127 
for removal of an organ not re- 
storative, 252 
for removal of appendix and right 
ovary, unavailing, 264 
for removal of appendix, Fallopian 
tube, and part of ovary, unavail- 
ing, 266 
for removal of Fallopian tube, 280 
for removal of gall bladder, un- 
availing, 139, 140 
for removal of ovary, unavailing, 
139, 230, 264, 265, 267 
for removal of tumor, ovary, and 
part of intestine, unavailing, 294 
for removal of uterine organs, un- 
availing, 266 
for tumor abandoned, 362 
for tumor postponed because of 
pregnancy, 366 
for ventral fixation, unavailing, 59, 
294 
fourth, advised, 264 
husband will hesitate to over-per- 
suade wife to undergo, 373 
impossible because of adhesions, 27 
may seem only alternative, 271 
Nature performed wonderful one, 
295, 322 
on nose, for condition due to ca- 
tarrh, unavailing, 59 
perineal, 316 
physician advised husband not to 
allow, 321 
second advised, 320 
sufferer advised could not live with- 
out, might die under it, 278 
to shorten ligaments, irrational, 234 
unavailing, 59, 61, 62, 65, 72, 100, 
119, 124, 125, 129, 140, 151, 179, 
190, 192, 197, 204, 222, 230, 231, 
248, 255, 256, 264, 265, 266, 267, 
271, 279, 280, 287, 294, 316, 318, 
319, 320, 347, 360 * 
worse afterwards, 197 
yielded to advice of friends and 
underwent, 330 
Operations, 261, et. seq. 
and mechanical makeshifts, 261 
child underwent two, for adenoids, 
335 
effect of advance in surgical skill, 
271 
effect of, on position of other 
organs, 273 392 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
for appendicitis admittedly over- 
frequent, 373 
for laceration not always beneficial, 
323 
for supposed tumors sometimes re- 
veal unsuspected pregnancy, 373 
frequent suggestion of, as only hope, 
significant, 252 
intuitive aversion to, 271 
knew of those worse after, 329, 349 
often leave abdominal walls in 
weak condition, 298 
physician predicted ultimate aban- 
donment of, 267 
psychological and nervous results 
of, overlooked, 271 
results often following, 262 
seemingly the only resource of the 
profession, 230 
sometimes followed by life of suffer- 
ing, 271 
their futility illustrated, 223 . 
ultimate result of, impossible to 
foretell, 373 
underwent eight, 360 
underwent five, 174 
underwent six, 318 
underwent three, 65, 140, 190, 264, 
294 
underwent two, 140, 222, 248, 280, 
335, 347 
Ophthalmia neonatorum, 76 
Opiates administered, 20, 73, 110, 
137, 138, 139, 154, 160, 196, 199, 
222, 253 
Oregon, testimonials from users in, 
27, 59, 61, 66, 72, 76, 82, 100, 105, 
111, 121, 125, 127, 137, 144, 204, 
224, 244, 248, 275, 321, 329, 351, 
355, 364, 369 
Ova, impregnantion of, 168 
Ovarian abscess, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 27, 204, 224, 270, 275, 
276, 295, 365 
Ovarian colic, sufferer from, restored, 
154 
Ovarian cyst, sufferer from, restored, 
113, 244 
Ovarian dysmenorrhea, 201 
Ovarian neuralgia, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 197, 209 
Ovarian trouble, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 39, 81, 99, 109, 110, 114, 
132, 134, 153, 201, 203, 207, 212, 
247, 252, 257, 270, 271, 275, 276, 
319, 329, 346 
Ovarian troubles, wear and tear on 
system, of, 271 
Ovarian tumor, sufferer from, advised 
operation alone would save her 
life, 275 
sufferer from, restored, 137, 275, 
363 
Ovaries, about the, 165, 166, 168 ; 
See, also, Ovaries, and some of 
their disorders, 268; Girls, de- 
velopment of, 159; Reproductive 
organs, 165; and various other 
titles 
and some of their disorders, 268, 
269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 
277 
center of woman's reproductive sys- 
tem, 160, 268 
demand jealous preservation, 269 
dragged down in prolapsus, 254 
easily congested, 268 
healthy, necessary to full expres- 
sion of womanliness, 268 
healthy, sometimes removed. 269 
if they fail to develop normally, 161 
included in endocrine system, 69 
infected, sufferer from, restored, 281 
inflamed, throb and burn, 269 
many women advised removal of, 
necessary, have restored them- 
selves through use of Viavi, 270, 
275 
operation for removal of, advised, 
341 
pains in, sufferer from, restored, 
110, 308, 309, 318 
remain undeveloped until puberty, 
159 
secrete a substance necessary to 
health, 160, 168, 268 
Ovariotomy, effect of, on sufferer, 273, 
274 
statistics of, 273, 274 
Ovaritis, See Inflammation of Ovaries 
Ovary, congestion of, sufferer from, 
restored, 26, 99, 109, 229, 230, 
265, 351 
discharged, sufferer from, restored, 
201 
enlargement of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 200, 226, 275, 292, 369 
inflammation of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 108, 147, 180, 181, 196, 
200, 201, 202, 226, 227, 228, 232, 
244, 257, 271, 320, 346 
left, more often affected than the 
right, 268 
left, pain in, produced by pressure 
from bowel, 170 
left, removed, 280 
misplaced, sufferer from, restored, 
107 
parts of each, removed, 265 
removal of part of, theory on which 
based, 265 
right, removed without benefit, 139, 
272 
Overeating, effects of, 90 
Ovulation, 302, 311 
Ovum, impregnated, course of, 168 
Oxygen, exchange for carbondioxide 
in the lungs, 79 
P 
Pain, a draft on vitality, 188 INDEX 
393 
colic-like, 133 
heavy, especially across the back, 
due to prolapsus, 254 
in back of head, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 135 
in back, sufferer from, restored, 271 
in region of liver, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 132 
sometimes less in chronic than in 
acute conditions, 50 
Painful menstruation, 187, 188, et 
seq. 
classification of forms, 188 
congestive, 198, 199, 200 
membranous, 203 
membranous, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 204, 205 
nervous effects of, 188 
neuralgic, 194 
neuralgic, sufferer from, restored, 
195 
ovarian, 201 
ovarian, sufferer from, restored, 
202, 203 
process of restoration from, 189 
sometimes due to mechanical ob- 
struction, 200 
sometimes due to non-development, 
190 
sufferer from, bedridden, restored, 
199 
sufferer from, restored, 26, 27, 60, 
68, 83, 92, 98, 107, 109, 110, 113, 
114, 134 160, 162, 163, 179, 180, 
190, 191, 192, 195, 196, 199, 200. 
201, 202, 203, 207, 213, 224, 235, 
245, 250, 252, 258, 264, 272, 275, 
280, 292, 295. 308, 309, 319, 340, 
346, 362 
Palpitation of heart, sometimes due to 
indigestion, 90 
sufferer from, restored, 100, 163, 
181, 205, 279, 285, 359 
Pancreatic duct, 133 
Pancreatic juice, 133 
Paralysis, from waist down, sufferer 
from, restored, 361 
of both legs, sufferer from, restored, 
36 
of left side, child suffered from, re- 
stored, 336 
partial, sometimes due to pressure 
of womb, 254 
partial, sufferer from, restored, 213 
suffered two strokes, restored, 69 
sufferer from three slight strokes of, 
restored, 144 
Peach cold, 63 
Pelvic organs, arrangement of, 166, 
239 
freedom of movement, 169 
nerves of, 171 
support of, 169 
Pelvis, about the, 165, 166 ; See, also, 
Pelvic organs 
Pennsylvania, testimonials from users 
in, 26, 27, 37, 38, 58, 62, 77, 81, 
92, 96, 99, 108, 113, 122, 126, 132, 
145, 146, 207, 231, 245, 250, 259, 
267, 270, 282, 306, 316, 336, 342, 
346, 365 
Perimetritis, 228 
Perineum, 166 
laceration of, 314, 315 
Peristaltic movement of bowels, 88, 
103 
Peritoneum, 169, 284, 288 
Peritonitis, 169, 284, 285, 288 
acute, is dangerous, 285 
causes of, 284 
following rupture of appendix, 106 
sometimes causes adhesions, 285 
sometimes due to inflammation of 
Fallopian tubes, 278 
sufferer, from, restored, 138, 265, 
266, 278, 285, 286, 287 
Pessary described, 258, 261 
effects of, 258, 260 
unnecessary, after use of Viavi be- 
gun, 245, 248, 256, 261, 262, 264, 
280, 282, 292, 300, 321 
used, or advised, 245, 248, 256, 258, 
261, 262, 264, 280, 282, 292, 300, 
321 
Pharynx, 57, 58, 80, 87 
Physician, a second, advised opera- 
tion, 321 
advised, approved, or countenanced 
use of Viavi, 146, 231, 276, 293, 
315, 336, 361 
advised husband against operation, 
321 
advised patient must have opera- 
tion or be invalid for life, 279 
advised second operation, 320 
dismissed sufferer as incurable, 223 
found all trace of tumor gone, 361 
found laceration comoletely healed, 
201, 307, 316, 317, 322, 351, 363 
said could never carry child to ma- 
turity, 314, 341 
said could not live. See, Not expect- 
ed to live 
said could not live through another 
childbirth, 306 
said must not have any more chil- 
dren, 323 
said unable to help, 152 
said was not strong enough to bear 
children, 347 
stopped calling believing further 
treatment useless, 197 
surprised at improvement of patient, 
241, 245, 267, 276, 306, 314 
Physicians, seventeen, declared she 
could never hope to be well, 202 
said she would never walk again, 
151 
treated by many, grew worse, 156, 
247, 255 
Pile tumors, sufferer from, restored, 
120 394 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
Piles, 116, 117, 118, 119, 170 
bleeding, sufferer from, restored, 
119, 120, 124 
internal, sufferer from, restored, 119, 
121, 126 
itching, sufferer from, restored, 122, 
254 
protruding, sufferer from, restored, 
122, 211, 286 
sufferer from, for forty years, re- 
stored, 119 
sufferer from, restored, 59, 113, 
119, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 
127, 132, 139, 147, 151, 157, 173, 
205, 211, 254, 257, 286, 351 
Placenta, 305, 310 
Pleurisy, 84 
often results in adhesions, 84 
sufferer from, restored, 84, 85, 86 
Pneumonia, 84, 85, 86 
Poisoned from death of unborn baby, 
132 
Pollen catarrh, 63 
Polypoid growths, See Polypus growth 
Polypus growth, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 64, 152, 180, 236, 320 
Portal vein, 130 
Pregnancy, about; and the processes 
Involved and conditions experi- 
enced, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 
308, 309, 310, 311 
benefited through use of Viavi dur- 
ing, 134, 174, 191, 201, 205, 216, 
221, 241, 248, 265, 272, 300, 305, 
306, 307, 308, 309, 322, 323, 328, 
347, 355, 359 
care of expectant mother during, 
310 
change in mother's system and 
organs during, 303, 304 
changes in the womb during, 303 
discovered during operation, 113 
duration of, 302 
during first three months vomited, 
96 
false, 303 
flooding in, 206 
importance of good health during, 
307, 308, 309 
interstitial, 303 
masked by tumor, 367 
menstruation usually suspended 
during, 214 
normal progress of, 304 
often advised as a cure for ovarian 
disease, 311 
ovarian, 303 
operation for termination of, ad- 
vised, 64, 96 
peritoneal, 303 
preparation for, 309 
time of delivery, 302 
tubal, 303 
unsuspected, 265, 367 
uterine, and extra-uterine, 303 
woman is keenly impressionable dur- 
ing, 304 
woman's conduct and health during, 
302 
wonderful forces brought Into 
operation during, 344 * 
Premature delivery, 340 
suffered two, 342 
Prince Edward Island, testimonials 
from users in, 31, 314 
Profuse menstruation, 205, 206 
sufferer from, may become hemor- 
rhagic at change of life, 350, 3C4 
sufferer from, rest red, 134, 191, 
195, 197, 200, 207, 208, 209, 211, 
223, 224, 235, 265, 287, 318, 320, 
342, 350. 359, 364, 365, 371 
Prolapsus, 253, 254 
all symptoms of anteversion and re- 
troversion may be present in, 254 
ani, 125 
of bladder, 175, 253 
of rectum, 121, 125 
of rectum, sufferer from, restored, 
121 
of stomach, sufferer from, restored, 
92, 100, 147 
of vagina, 175 
or falling of the womb, 253 
recti, 125 
some effects of, 253 
sometimes cause of miscarriage, 343 
sufferer from, restored, 27, 64, 66, 
99, 109, 113, 120, 142, 146, 179, 
209, 232, 234, 245, 251, 252, 254, 
255, 256, 257, 259, 262, 265, 266. 
270, 300, 306, 321, 343, 351 
uteri, or falling of the womb, See, 
Prolapsus 
Prostate gland, enlarged, one cause 
of urethritis, 155 
enlarged, sufferer from, restored, 
157 
injury to, diagnosed as, sufferer 
from, restored, 154 
Pruritus, 173, 174 
of rectum, sufferer from, restored, 
174 
of the anus, 126 
physician said was incurable, 174 
sometimes symptom of abnormality 
in change of life, 349 
suffered almost entire term of preg- 
nancy, 174 
sufferer from, restored, 173, 174, 
180, 316 
Ptomaine poisoning, 26 
Ptosis, 117, 298 
sufferer fr'm, restored, 92, 147 
Puberty, when it comes, 159 
Pulmonary diseases, See, Lungs 
Purgatives, use of, 103 
Pus sac, sufferer from, restored, 266 
Pus tubes, abscessed Fallopian tubes, 
278 
sufferer from, restored, 265, 266, 
281, 292 INDEX 
395 
Q 
Quebec, testimonials from users in, 
63, 83, 146, 275, 292, 356 
R 
Reaction, seeming increase of severity 
of suffering after beginning use of 
Viavi, not a reaction, but a part 
of the restorative processes, 287 
Rectal abscesses, 116, 122, 123 
Rectal trouble, some causes of, 103 
sufferer from, restored, 19, 120, 122, 
154, 207, 249, 253, 286 
Rectal tumors, 128 
Rectocele, 175 
Rectum, about the, and some of the 
conditions manifesting themselves 
in the region of, 116; also 87, 
120, 126, 128, 129, 166, 314 
abscesses of, 122, 123 
abscesses of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 122, 123, 124, 134 
feeding through, 53, 361 
hemorrhages of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 174 
laceration of, 314 
position of, 166 
prolapsus of, 121 
prolapsus of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 121 
stricture of, 128 
surgery of, often unavailing, 127, 
129 
ulceration of, 122 
ulceration of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 122, 249 
veins cf, are without valves, 47, 116 
Recuperative forces, See, Recupera- 
tive Power 
Recuperative intelligence, See, Re- 
cuperative Power 
Recuperative power (See, also. Re- 
storation), 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 27, 
32, 40, 49, 59, 91, 157, 202, 209, 
217, 222, 224, 244, 252, 256, 258, 
259, 260, 263, 266, 283, 287, 293, 
294, 311, 317, 318, 322, 331, 334, 
336, 337, 338, 339, 352, 364, 367, 
368, 370, 375 
bequeathed to you with life, 260 
can my, use Viavi ? the important 
question, 293 
carries on processes through nerv- 
ous system, 13, 40 
eliminates impurities before restora- 
tion begins, 252, 258, 318 
had much to do, 256, 266, 317 
has used Viavi, 19, 59, 91, 157, 224, 
238, 239, 260, 338, 370, 375 
how it used Viavi, we do not know, 
32, 157, 224, 338, 339, 370 
intelligence and resourcefulness cf, 
manifested, 283, 336, 337 
is in one's own body, 32, 217, 222 
must be furnished a means it can 
use, 217, 294, 334, 370 
processes of, 12, 18, 49, 263, 287, 
318 
real restorative agent, 19, 209 
recognition of, fundamental, 202 
responsibility for supplying means 
to, 217 
restoration depends on, 352, 370 
seems more active in childhood, 338 
shrouded in mystery, but seemingly 
has all tissues and functions at 
its control, 13, 27, 40, 244, 311, 
364, 368, 375 
sufferer depended upon, 259 
the best of workmen, 322 
thought of, appeals to confidence, 
260 
wisdom of, manifested, 367 
Reflex disturbances, 35, 38 
Reflex pains disappeared with re- 
gained nerve control, 38 
Repair work, impossible to tell in ad- 
vance how much recuperative 
power has to do, 246 
Reproductive organs of women, 165, 
et seq.; See, also, Pelvis and 
Pelvic organs 
appear early in fetal life, 159 
nerves of, 171 
Respiration, 79 
Restoration, at beginnings of, suffer- 
ing sometimes seem increased, 
227, 244, 258, 281, 282, 287, 291, 
294, 335 
best hope of, before conditions are 
chronic, 271 
delayed through interference of 
neighbor, 196 
hope of, 11 
how brought about, 46 
impossible to promise, 368 
manifestations of, 246 
not something that can be given or 
withheld, 32 
process of, the steps in, 12, 263, 
287, 318 
rate of, conditions influencing it, 
11, 31, 32, 55, 158, 209, 215, 246, 
249, 256, 259, 262, 279, 294, 317, 
331, 338, 352, 363, 370, 374 
sufferers want quickly, 215 
whole process of, rests on sufferer, 
11, 370 
Retarded development, sufferer from, 
rest'red, 163 
Retroflexion, 246, et seq. 
Retroversion, 246, et seq. 
many sufferers from, have restored 
themselves through the use of 
Viavi, 247 
most prominent symptoms of, 247 
operation arranged for, restored 
without, 293 
sometimes cause of miscarriage, 343 
sufferer from, restored, 39, 59, 134, 396 
VIAVI HYGIENE 
200, 227, 241, 247, 248, 249, 
250, 251, 252, 253, 257, 261, 264, 
281, 292, 293, 314, 341, 347 
symptoms of, may be present in pro- 
lapsus, 254 
Rheumatism, pain and lameness due 
to pressure of womb, sometimes 
mistaken for, 254 
sufferer from, restored, 60, 100, 146, 
212, 333, 356 
Right living, importance of, 158 
Rose cold, 63 
Rupture, 298, 299 
abdominal, sufferer from, restored, 
299 
babies sometimes born with, 301 
baby born with, at navel, restored, 
301 
baby, sufferer from, restored, 300, 
301 
childbirth, severe test of restora- 
tion from, 300 
following an operation, 299 
sufferer from, restored, 299, 300, 
301 
sufferer from, wore truss sixteen 
years, restored, 300 
S 
St. Vitus dance, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 196, 197, 333, 336 
Saliva, 51, 87 
Salpingitis, See, Inflammation of Fal- 
lopian tubes 
Sanitarium, sent to, 131 
Saskatchewan, testimonials from users 
in, 151, 264 
Scalds, sufferer from, restored, 355 
Scanty menstruation, sufferer from, 
restored, 92, 104, 190, 212, 213, 
216, 308 
Scar, deep, of long standing, disap- 
peared following use of Viavi, 
282 
Scotland, testimonials from users in, 
20, 60, 147, 271, 362 
Secretion, 51 
absorption and excretion, 51 
Secretions, of ductless glands, 277 
dependent on blood supply, 52 
internal, 52, 65 
poisonous, eliminated in process of 
restoration, 281 
vaginal, corrode metal pessaries, 261 
vaginal, gather about rubber pes- 
saries, 261 
Sedatives, use of, in painful men- 
struation, 188 
Sent home to die, See, Not expected 
to live 
Serenity of mind, aid of, in restora- 
tion, 158 
Serum treatments used, 107 
Shock, a form of nervous prostration, 
23 
dangerous accompaniment of opera- 
tions, 273 
Sight, loss feared, sufferer restored, 
180 
Sigmoid flexure, 87, 116, 170 
Sister led sufferer to use Viavi, 122, 
244, 294, 351 
Skeleton, wasted to a mere, 255 
Sleep, broken, unable to, could not, 
etc., sufferer restored, See, In- 
somnia 
effect of deprivation of, 25 
means of recuperation, 25 
natural, how secured, 26 
Sleeplessness, sufferer from, restored, 
See, Insomnia 
Slept with eyes open, 114 
Smell, sense of, how it may be lost, 64 
sense of, restored, 58, 180 
Solar plexus, location of, 16 
Sore throat, sufferer from, restored 
60, 212 
Sores in mouth and alimentary canal, 
sufferer from, restored, 105 
running, sufferer from, restored, 
355, 356 
Sorry she did not know of Viavi be- 
fore, 271 
South Africa, testimonials from users 
in, 83, 143, 179, 228, 359 
South Dakota, testimonials from users 
in, 135, 265 
Spain, testimonial from user in, 241 
Spasms, nervous, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 256 
Spells, dreadful, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 107 
fainting, sufferer from, restored, 96, 
179, 213, 265 
sinking, sufferer from, restored, 109 
smothering, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 205 
Sphincterismus, 126 
Spinal cord, 34 
irritation of, may produce reflex 
pains, 35 
Spinal disease, sufferer from paralysis 
due to, restored, 36 
Spinal irritation, cause of, 35 
effects of, 36 
sufferer from, restored, 36, 39 
symptoms of, 36 
Spinal meningitis, 34 
sufferer from, restored, 37 
Spine, and back, 34 
blood supply of, 35 
curvature of, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 38, 335 
in relation to other bones and 
organs, 34 
injured by fall, sufferer restored, 37 
stiffened, sufferer from, restored, 39 
tubercular condition of, child suf- 
fered from, restored, 336 
Spleen, 277 
catarrhal condition of, sufferer INDEX 
397 
from, restored, 157 
enlarged, sufferer from, restored, 
157 
Sponge-like growths, sufferer from, 
restored, 61 
Sponges, deep-sea, substances resem- 
bling, eliminated, 152 
Starving, child was slowly, 337 
Sterile, ratio of men to women who 
are, 345 
Sterility, 346, 347 
following ovarian dysmenorrhea, 202 
sometimes caused by dysmenorrhea, 
203 
Stomach, 87 
catarrh of, 59 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
59, 95, 97, 113, 114, 132, 180, 
190, 209, 255 
falling of, sufferer from, restored, 
92, 100, 147 
hemorrhages, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 99 
inflammation of, 94 
pain in, sufferer from, restored, 32. 
96, 97 
pains across the, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 92 
prolapsus of, sufferer from restored, 
92, 100, 147 
sour, sufferer from, restored, 104 
pump, used, 59 
trouble, sufferer from, restored, 21, 
26, 81, 92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 
104, 105, 114, 131, 223, 256, 279, 
285 
troubles, reflexes from pelvic in- 
flammation, 98 
ulceration of, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 92, 96, 99, 145, 248 
would chug and churn, 255 
Stone in bladder, treated for, 152 
in bladder, sufferer from, restored, 
154 
in kidney, condition diagnosed as, 
sufferer restored, 97, 146, 154 
Stools, slimy, sufferer from, restored, 
111, 112 
Strangulated hernia, 299 
Street cars, forbidden to ride on, 368 
Stricture of esophagus, sufferer from, 
restored, 92 
of rectum, 128 
Subinvolution, 235 
Sufferers often begin use of Viavi 
with little hope, 246 
Support, abdominal, worn, 368 
for womb, aggravated displacement, 
26 
for womb discontinued, 321 
Suppressed menstruation, pains ac- 
companying, how caused, 216 
signs of, 216 
sufferer from, restored, 59, 68, 109, 
160, 162, 163, 211, 214, 215, 220, 
252, 275 
Suppuration, 49 
Suprarenals, 277 
Surgery, Nature's wonderful, 283 
of rectum, often no help from, 127, 
129 
Surgical expedients in misplacements, 
262 
interference; uterine tract resents, 
261 
Swollen limbs, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 143 
Sympathetic nerve centers, effects of 
disorders in, 38 
Sympathetic nerves, function of, 16 
Sympathetic system, description of, 16 
directs vegetative function, 25 
T 
Tampon treatment, unavailing, 264, 
351 
Taste, sense of, restored, 58 
Tears, 51 
Teeth, bad, sometimes cause imper- 
fect mastication, 88 
gritted continually. 114 
Tennessee, testimonial from user in, 
114 
Texas, testimonials from users in, 
31, 61, 82, 99, 107, 136, 190, 208, 
243, 291, 320, 329, 336, 346, 360 
Thyroid gland 65, 67, 68, 277 
intimate connection with uterine 
organs, 68 
Throat trouble, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 60, 61, 81 
Thymus gland, 277 
Time, length of, required to get well, 
259 
Tone, in blood vessels, 45, 46 
Tonsilitis, sufferer from, restored, 58, 
60, 61, 83, 100, 212, 336 
Tonsils, diseased, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 60, 61 
enlarged, in children, perplexing to 
mothers, 335 
enlarged, sufferer from, restored, 
61, 336 
removal of advised, restored with- 
out, 58, 61 
removal of, unavailing, 39, 60, 72, 
264, 333 
Trachea, 80 
Trachoma, 75 
Transverse colon, 116 
Truss, use of, discontinued by suf- 
ferer, 300 
Tubercular, bladder trouble diag- 
nosed as, 152 
breast thought to be, sufferer from, 
restored, 329 
condition, sufferer from, restored, 
37, 131, 329 
peritonitis, sufferer from, restored, 
287 
Tuberculosis, condition diagnosed as. 398 
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sufferer from restored, 131 
of kidney, sufferer from, restored, 
146 
Tumor, bleeding, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 371 
cystic, in Fallopian tubes, sufferer 
from, restored, 369 
cystic, of throat, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 65 
cystic, sufferer from, restored, 65, 
244, 320, 350, 368, 369, 371 
diagnosed as malignant, sufferer 
from, restored, 361 
eight operations for, 360 
fibroid, involving bowels, sufferer 
from, restored, 362 
fibroid, sufferer from, restored, 99, 
113, 145, 208, 211, 231, 258, 286, 
298, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 
365, 366, 367, 369 
in bladder, sufferer from, restored, 
152, 153 
near kidneys, 360 
on lacerated surfaces, 317 
operation for, abandoned, 362 
operation for, unavailing, 329 
ovarian, surrerer from, advised 
operation alone would save her 
life, 275 
ovarian, sufferer from restored, 137, 
275, 363 
passed away in pieces, 365 
passed away with menstrual flow, 
365 
size of, 153, 225, 361, 362, 363, 365, 
366, 367, 368, 369 
sufferer from, restored, 39, 65, 99, 
113, 120, 137, 145, 152, 153, 208, 
211, 224, 225, 231, 249, 251, 258, 
275, 286, 292, 298, 317, 319, 320, 
329, 346, 347, 350, 359, 360, 361, 
362, 363, 364. 365, 366, 367, 368, 
369, 371 
what it indicates, 358 
what it is, 358 
Tumorous discharge, over three gal- 
lons, 369 
discharges, appearance of, 34>4, 366 
growths, See, Tumor, also, Tumors 
Tumors, 200, 358 
conditions producing, not always 
local, 330, 358 
cystic, 367, 368, 369, 370 
cystic, danger of, 367 
cystic, nature of, 367 
expelled whole, 361, 366, 367 
expelled with labor-like pains, 225, 
361, 362, 364, 366, 367 
five, followed operation, 329 
how named, 358 
not always painful, 363, 364 
origin of, 358 
processes of restoration from, 359 
rectal, 128 
sometimes expelled in small pieces, 
364 
u 
fleer, developed from varicose veins, 
354 
Ulceration, 50, 128 
follows continued inflammation, 48, 
50 
of anus, 122 
of bowels, sufferer from, restored, 
96, 99 
of rectum, 122 
of rectum, sufferer from, restored, 
122, 249 
of stomach, diagnosed as, 95, 100 
of stomach following gastritis, 99 
of stomach, sufferer from, restored, 
92, 96, 99, 145, 248 
of womb, sufferer from, restored, 
147, 228, 229, 234, 314, 346, 347, 
351 
often results in stricture of rec- 
tum, 128 
sufferer from, restored, 366 
Umbilical cord, 310 
Uremia, 142 
Ureter displaced, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 146 
Ureters, the, 141, 149 
Urethra, about the, and some of the 
conditions affecting it, 149, 154, 
155, 156 
bleeding from, sufferer restored, 146 
catarrh of, sufferer from, restored, 
156 
catarrhal condition of, 155 
inflammation of, 155 
position of, 166 
sufferer from pain of stone passing 
through, restored, 154 
Urethral trouble, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 146, 156, 257 
Urethral tumors or caruncles, 156 
Urethritis, 155 
Urinary troubles, sufferer from re- 
stored, 142, 143, 153, 154, 156, 
157 
Urination, painful, chief symptom of 
urethritis, 155 
painful, sufferer from, restored, 156, 
157 
Urine, 52 
daily secretion, 141 
had strong odor of ammonia, 154 
incontinence of, due to anteversion, 
242 
incontinence of. sufferer from, re- 
stored, 143, 202, 235 
unduly retained, sometimes results 
seriously, 53 
Utah, testimonials from users in, 19, 
147, 235, 367 
Uterine catarrh, sufferer from, re- 
stored, 132, 180 
Uterine colic, 178, 200 
Uterine organs, susceptible to con- 
gestion, 263 INDEX 
399 
Uterine tract, responsive to intelligent 
aid, 261 
Uterine trouble, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 58, 59, 68, 85, 95, 98, 99, 
100, 114, 125, 132, 135, 138, 139, 
180, 214, 220, 270, 271, 323; See, 
also, Enlargement of womb; In- 
flammation of womb; and other 
titles 
frequently followed by lumps in 
breast and enlarged glands, 370 
Uterine tumor, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 113, 211 
Uterus, See, Womb, about the 
displacements of. See, Displacement 
V 
Vagina, about the, 165, 166, 167, 172; 
See, also, Vagina, and its dis- 
eases, 172; Girls, development of, 
159; Reproductive organs of wo- 
men, 165; and various other 
titles 
and its diseases. 172, 173, 174, 175 
uiseases of, may cause sterility, asr 
prolapsus of, 175 
secretions of, 167 
Vaginal wall, relaxation of, 175 
Vaginal walls, relaxation of, sufferer 
from, restored, 261 
Vaginismus, 173 
Vaginitis, 172, 173 
sufferer from, restored, 173 
Varicose ulcers, sufferer from, restor- 
ed, 351, 354 
Varicose veins, appearance of, 353, 
354 
often follow uterine derangements, 
353 
often progress to ulceration, 353 
sufferer from, restored, 351, 353, 
354 
Veins, and arteries, 42 
some of, in uterus, have no valves, 
47, 170 
Ventral fixation, 262 
advised, 223, 282 
unavailing, 59, 294 
Viavi, a household name, 332 
a means recuperative pow'er has 
used, 19, 59, 91, 157, 224, 238, 
239, 260, 338, 370, 375 
absorption of, 51, 53 
appeals to common sense of a man, 
375 
asked physician about it, 293, 321 
aunt led sufferer to use, 110, 308 
babies well born, 307 
babies well developed, 307 
baby, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 338, 
341, 342, 343 
baby, world's champion baby acro- 
bat, 307, 308 
children born of mothers who used, 
during pregnancy usually ex- 
ceptionally strong, 343 
cousin led sufferer to use, 220 
daughter led sufferer to use, 134 
family urged sufferer to use, 139 
felt worse for a time after begin- 
ning use of, 227, 244, 258, 281, 
282, 291, 294, 320, 335 
for children, 332 
friend led sufferer to use, 31, 106, 
109, 137, 138, 139, 145, 160, 179, 
181, 195, 201, 228, 235, 236, 241, 
254, 256, 258, 281, 301, 306, 308, 
318, 320, 323, 329, 346, 355, 360, 
362, 365, 367, 368, 369 
grandmother led sufferer to use, 136, 
338 
health talk, sufferer led to use at, 
243, 251 
how used by recuperative power, 
not known, 32, 157, 224, 338, 339, 
370 
husband led wife to use, 20, 207, 
220, 231, 232, 236, 256, 317, 322, 
361 
important question is, can my re- 
cuperative power use? 293 
led to use, tnrougn viavl Hygiene, 
151, 361 
many mothers have written of bene- 
ficial use of, for daughters, 162, 
163 
mother led sufferer to use, 37, 144, 
145, 191, 335, 336, 342, 363 
neighbor led sufferer to use, 315, 
321, 335 
nothing marvelous claimed for it, 
338 
physician advised, approved, or 
countenanced, use of, 146, 231, 
276, 293, 336, 361 
prepared so as to be readily ab- 
sorbed, 51 
purpose In using, 18, 30, 38, 46, 
71, 90, 94, 188, 203, 270, 310 
rather strange how was led to use, 
351 
says, owes life to use of, 224, 230, 
231, 267, 300, 318, 356, 365 
sister led sufferer to use, 122, 244, 
294, 351 
some used with little confidence, 371 
sufferers often begin use of, with 
little hope, 246 
the right conception of, 209 
trained nurse led sufferer to use, 
349 
use of, as a last resort, 335 
use of, discouraged by physician, 
321 
use of, has often been quickly fol- 
lowed by relief of lnflamma«<«b 
50 
use of, leads to sonse of responsi- 
bility, 37? 
used »r<er operations for gall stones, 
' 138 400 
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what has been accomplished through, 
soundest basis of expectation, 40, 
352, 376 
wife led sufferer to use, 96, 124, 
143, 153 
worth its weight in diamonds, 301 
why restoration has followed use of, 
in what seemed so many differ- 
ent diseases, 48 
Vicarious menstruation, 210 
sufferer from, restored, 205, 210, 211 
Virginia, testimonials from users in, 
114, 307, 368 
Vital force, 32 
Vomited, baby constantly, 111 
bile, 131 
following shifting pains in stom- 
ach, 97 
from pain in region of liver, suf- 
ferer, restored, 132 
excessive, sufferer from, restored, 
134 
W 
Walk, could not, on her heels, suf- 
ferer restored, 36 
sufferer was unable to, or scarcely 
able to, 36, 39, 151, 154, 207, 
214, 231, 235, 275, 282, 299, 317, 
333, 336, 362, 368 
Washington, D. C., testimonials from 
users in, 137, 294 
Washington, state of, testimonials 
from users in, 72, 84, 92, 98, 
143, 153, 181, 196, 200, 205, 216, 
227, 287, 317, 329, 334, 337, 355, 
366 
West Indies, testimonial from a user 
in, 26 
West Virginia, testimonials from 
users in, 153, 196 
Wife led sufferer to use Viavi, 96, 124, 
143, 153 
Will, the, to get well, 22 
Wisconsin, testimonials from users in, 
98, 121, 154, 181 
Womb, about the, 165, 166, 167, 168; 
See, also, Girls, development of, 
159; Reproductive organs of wo- 
men, 165; Menstrual function, 
the, 182; Curettement, about, 
219; Inflammation and enlarge- 
ment of womb, 226; Displace- 
ment, 238; and various other 
titles 
bled at touch, 316 
blood vessels of, 170, 232 
changes in, during pregnancy, 303 
congested, becomes enlarged and 
heavy, 263 
displaced, Nature's way of restor- 
ing, 240, 250, 263 
displacement of, See, Displacement 
enlargement of, See, Enlargement 
of womb, 232 
falling of, See, Prolapsus 
has much freedom of movement, 238 
in prolapsus often protrudes from 
vaginal orifice, 253 
infantile, sufferer from, restored, 
190, 191 
inflammation of, See, Inflammation 
of womb 
invasion of, carefully guarded 
against, 219 
lacerated, always enlarged, 316 
lining of, how it passes away in 
menstruation, 204. 221 
processes in, after delivery, aoo 
protruded, 234, 254, 255 
relation to other organs, 239 
sometimes infected in curettement, 
220 
stitching to abdominal walls ; ven- 
tral fixation, 262 
support of, 169 
walls of, sometimes cut in curette- 
ment, 220 
Women, reproductive organs of, 165 
Wonderful, sufferer thinks it, that he 
was able to restore his health 
while he continued at work, 95 
Worse, felt, for a time after begin- 
ning use of Viavi, 227, 244, 258, 
281, 282, 291, 294, 320, 335 
Wound, surgical, did not heal, 294 
X 
X-Ray, 73, 100, 105, 134, 138, 255, 
356 
Y 
Yearly cold, 63 
Younger, sufferer looked, after using 
Viavi, 318 
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