Medicine

Treatise on the Diseases of Women

=Experience a Perfect Teacher.=--Do you know what it is to suffer pain? Have you had your body racked and torn with intense suffering? Have you ever experienced that indescribable agony which comes from overworked nerves?

Chapters

13. Chapter 13

=Dyspepsia, Acute.=--Acute dyspepsia is usually caused by some improper diet, as the eating of an unusual article of food or of a larger amount than necessary. Such articles of...

10. Chapter 10

=The First Sign.=--The most valuable and striking sign of pregnancy is the cessation of the monthly periods; yet even this is not always reliable. Sometimes menstruation continu...

7. Chapter 7

=Amenorrhoea.=--This is a condition in which the monthly flow is suspended. It can hardly be called a disease, as it is rather a symptom of some disorder of the uterus, or of so...

5. Chapter 5

=The Pelvis.=--The pelvis is the bony framework which forms the lower part of the body. On each side it forms a union with the hip bone to make the hip joint.

8. Chapter 8

=Inflammation of the Uterus.=--Inflammation of the uterus may be either acute or chronic. When acute, as following an abortion, taking cold during menstruation, etc., there is c...

9. Chapter 9

The symptoms are pain and tenderness in one or both sides of the lower part of the body. There is more or less continuous pain, which is always worse in standing or walking. The...

1. Chapter 1

=Experience a Perfect Teacher.=--Do you know what it is to suffer pain? Have you had your body racked and torn with intense suffering? Have you ever experienced that indescribab...

6. Chapter 6

=Occurs Monthly.=--Once every twenty-eight days very remarkable changes occur in the uterus, giving rise to that peculiar monthly periodicity called menstruation, monthly sickne...

3. Chapter 3

=The Reproductive Instinct Strong.=--The reproductive instinct is very strong in the human race, as is indicated by the large amount of energy the woman expends in the bearing o...

4. Chapter 4

=A Vegetable Compound.=--I hardly think it necessary to mention in detail the separate ingredients of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. We wish to call your attention, howe...

11. Chapter 11

=Diet During Nursing.=--Many mothers believe that it is necessary to eat only certain articles of diet while nursing their baby, for fear the child may be given the colic. While...

2. Chapter 2

=Important to the Nation.=--It is impossible to fully comprehend how important to us as a nation is the health of the young women of to-day. We fail to realize that these women...

12. Chapter 12

=Work of the Kidneys Most Important.=--The kidneys are constantly engaged in removing from the body certain poisonous substances which are held in solution in the urine. If they...