Chapter 35

Pains and ills in nursing, 321-324 Person, care of, 84 Personal appearance, 86 Personal purity, 31, 32 Physical and moral degeneracy, 414, 415 Piles, cure of, 362 Pimples, how to cure, 111 Plain words to parents, 312 Poisonous literature and bad pictures, 421, 422 Poisons, remedies for, 359 Popping the question, 194-198 Politeness, 70-72 Prescriptions, celebrated, 354-364 Prevention of conception, 240-245 Preparation for maternity, 266, 267 Pregnancy, signs and symptoms of, 270-273 Pregnancy, diseases of, 274-281 Pregnancy, relation of husband and wife during, 283 Prisons overflowing, 19 Private talk to young men, 437-439 Private word to the expectant mother, 284 Producing boys or girls at will, 252 Prostitution, cause and cure, 427-429 Puberty, virility and hygienic laws, 406-408

Quacks, 453 Quinsy, 365

Relation of husband and wife during pregnancy, 283 Road to shame, the, 430-432 Ringworm, 362 Rose rash, 363

Safeguards during confinement, 299-301 Safe hints, 170-173 Save the boys, 390-394 Save the girls, 380-389 Scriptural declaration, 195 Scarlet fever, 363 Scarlet fever and measles, 328 Secret sins, symptoms of, 451-455 Secret diseases, curse and consequence, 464-465 Self control, 12 Sensible hints in choosing a partner, 165-169 Sensible rules for the nurse, 366 Sexual propriety, etc., 206-208 Shall pregnant women work, 285 Shame, the road to, 430-432 Signs and symptoms of labor, 297, 298 Signs and symptoms of pregnancy, 270-273 Sin of ignorance, 453 Slave of injurious drugs, 441-444 Small families and the improvement of the race, 232-233 Social duties, 65-69 Solemn lessons for parents, 312-314 Social evil, remedies for, 440 Sprained ankle or wrist, 359 Stomach, the object lessons, 445 Startling sins, 423-426 Strong drink, 16 Sterilized milk, 334 Superfluous hair, 360 Sweating feet, cure for, 354

Table manners, practical rules on, 63, 64 The beginning of life, 5 The curse of manhood, 433-436 The last tie, 22 The ideal man, 14 The mother's influence, 21-22 The toilet, 84-87 The history and mystery of the corset, 101-103 The inhumanities of parents, 396 The road to shame, 430, 432 Throat trouble, 354 Tight lacing, effects of, 104, 105 Time of expected labor, how to calculate, 295 Toilet, the, 84-87 Too many children, 229-231 To young women, 26-28 Turpentine, applications, 357

Unwelcome child, 258-262

Value of reputation, 9 Virility, 406 Vice or virtue, 6 Vomiting, 363

Waists, natural and unnatural, 105 Warts and wens, 364 Water as medicine, 368 Wedlock, advantages of, 135-137 Wedding, 199, 200 What women love in men, 126-128 What men love in women, 129-131 When and whom to marry, 144-152 Where did the baby come from, 303 Whooping cough, 344 Women, new revelations for, 246, 247 Women who make the best wives, 178-180 Words for young mothers, 286, 287 Worms, round and pin, 341

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Notes

[1] Above syringe will be sent by publishers, postpaid, for $1.20. The cleanser alone for 60c.

[2] This is the title of a pamphlet written by Henry C. Wright. We have taken some extracts from it.

[3] Some of these valuable suggestions are taken from "Parturition Without Pain," by Dr. M. L. Holbrook.

[4] This quotation is an appeal to mothers by Mrs. P. B. Saur, M.D.

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Corrections made to printed original.

p. 6. s. 5. "victims of their own sin.": 'or' (for 'of') in original.

p. 16. s. 9. "It is necessary to one's personal happiness,": 'neccessary' in original.

p. 50. s. 10. "not too rigid": 'rigd' in original.

p. 50. s. 17. "Should you chance": 'yon' in original. The same error in "unless you are engaged", p. 53. s. 15.

p. 129. s. 13. "the love and admiration of young ladies": 'admiraton' in original.

p. 135. "a glow of satisfaction and delight": 'satsfaction' in original.

p. 165. s. 2. "do not bungle courtship": 'no' (for 'not') in original.

p. 177. "rather ... to a man without money than to money without a man": garbled to 'with a man' in original.

p. 237. s. 7. "Fallopian Tubes.": 'Fallopion' in original.

p. 239. s. 5. "sufficient in amount to impregnate": 'amouut' in original.

p. 250. s. 13. "Take plenty of out-door exercise": 'excercise' in original.

p. 285. s. 1. "to be a dwarfed and puny race": 'to a be' in original.

p. 300. s. 10. "no tying is necessary": 'no time is neeessary' in original.

p. 306. s. 18. "The above cuts are given on page 105": incorrectly '113' in original.

p. 321. s. 1. "were to adopt": 'where' (for 'were') in original.

p. 376. s. 9. "inflammation of lungs": 'of of' (over line-break) in original.

p. 425. s. 9. "moral manhood and womanhood": 'womahood' in original.

p. 428. s. 10. "Proof of this is especially furnished": 'if' (for 'is') in original.

p. 440. s. 2. "sooner or later contracting disease": 'dis-disease' (over line-break) in original.

p. 442. s. 5. "chloral, bromide and hyoscymus": 'hyoseamus' in original, 'hyoscymus' is his spelling on p. 363 (it should really be 'hyoscyamus').

p. 469. "STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA.": 'URETHA' in original.

p. 472. s. 7. "one becomes robust and healthy": 'heatlhy' in original.

The following index entries in the original do not seem to match anything in the text:

Disposition, an easy going, 491 How to mesmerize, 468 How the mind speaks through the nerves and muscles, 494, 495 Human magnetism, effects of, 503-506 Illustrations, 1