The Eugenic Marriage Volume 1 Of 4 A Personal Guide To The New

Baby, amusing the, II, 217; bathing the, II, 213; care of eyes, II, 215; care of genital organs, II, 216; care of mouth and teeth, II, 215; care of newly-born, II, 210; care of...

The value of human life--The eugenic principle--"The fit only shall live"--Eugenics and marriage--The venereal diseases--The utility of marriage certificates--The marriage certi...

The present educational system is inadequate--Opinions of Dr. C.W. Saleeby, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Luther Burbank, William D. Lewis, Elizabeth Atwood, Dr. Thomas A. Story, William...

The birth chamber--What to provide for a confinement--Ready to purchase obstetrical outfits--Position and arrangement of the bed--How to properly prepare the accouchement bed--T...

Daily conduct of the pregnant woman--Instructions regarding household work--Instructions regarding washing and sweeping--Instructions regarding exercise--Instructions regarding...

When to send for the physician in confinement cases--The preparation of the patient--The beginning of labor--The first pains--The meaning of the term "labor"--Length of the firs...

Regarding the dread and fear of childbirth--The woman who dreads childbirth--Regarding the use of anesthetics in confinements--The presence of friends and relatives in the confi...

The diet of nursing mothers--Care of the nipples--Cracked nipples--Tender nipples--Mastitis in nursing mothers--Inflammation of the breasts--When should a child be weaned?--Meth...

Despite the fact that much has been written during the past two or three years with reference to Eugenics, it is quite evident to any one interested in the subject that the aver...

Eugenics, simply defined, means "better babies." It is the art of being well born. It implies consideration of everything that has to do with the well-being of the race: motherh...

"The public health is the foundation on which reposes the happiness of the people and the power of a country. The care of the public health is the first duty of a statesman."

"I hope to live to see the time when the increased efficiency in the public health service--Federal, State and municipal--will show itself in a greatly reduced death rate. The F...

"It is only because we are accustomed to this waste of life and are prone to think it is one of the dispensations of Providence that we go on about our business, little thinking...

In the preceding pages we have written about eugenics as a science; it is our intention now to point out briefly in just what way eugenics directly concerns the mothers of to-da...

THE BIRTH CHAMBER--WHAT TO PROVIDE FOR A CONFINEMENT--READY TO PURCHASE OBSTETRICAL OUTFITS--POSITION AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE BED--HOW TO PROPERLY PREPARE THE ACCOUCHMENT BED--TH...

DAILY CONDUCT OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOUSEHOLD WORK--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING WASHING AND SWEEPING--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING EXERCISE--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING...

WHEN TO SEND FOR THE PHYSICIAN IN CONFINEMENT CASES--THE PREPARATION OF THE PATIENT--THE BEGINNING OF LABOR--THE FIRST PAINS--THE MEANING OF THE TERM "LABOR"--LENGTH OF THE FIRS...

REGARDING THE DREAD AND FEAR OF CHILDBIRTH--THE WOMAN WHO DREADS CHILDBIRTH--REGARDING THE USE OF ANESTHETICS IN CONFINEMENTS--THE PRESENCE OF FRIENDS AND RELATIVES IN THE CONFI...

THE DIET OF NURSING MOTHERS--CARE OF THE NIPPLES--CRACKED NIPPLES--TENDER NIPPLES--MASTITIS IN NURSING MOTHERS--INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS--WHEN SHOULD A CHILD BE WEANED?--METH...

The first three or four months following the first confinement is the second important period in the young wife's life. In one sense it is the most critical period. The first im...