Cessation of the Menses—Turn of Life—Management at this Period 49 LETTER V. OF MENSTRUATION. Tardy and Suppressed Menstruation—Chlorosis—Sudden Check of the Menses 61 LETTER VI. OF MENSTRUATION. Menorrhagia and Dysmenorrhea—Their Nature and Treatment 81 LETTER VII. SIGNS OF PREGNANCY. Importance of the Subject—Difficulties of ascertaining Pregnancy in some Cases—Means by which it is to be Known 92 LETTER VIII. DURATION OF PREGNANCY. Difficulties of Ascertaining it—Rules by which it is to be Known—At what Age can a Fetus Live? 99 LETTER IX. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. Importance of Attention to the Health at this Period—Clothing, and its Effects—How to Regulate it 108 LETTER X. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. Of Solar Light—Its Effects on Life and Health—Air and Exercise—Rules of Management 118 LETTER XI. MANAGEMENT IN PREGNANCY. Of the Diet Proper in this Period—Animal and Vegetable Food—Superiority of the latter—The Drink 123 LETTER XII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. Nausea and Vomiting—Means of Prevention, and Cure Page 132 LETTER XIII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. Fainting—Its Causes—Symptoms—Results—Treatment 139 LETTER XIV. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. Abortion—Its Nature and Ill Effects—Its Causes—Means of Prevention 143 LETTER XV. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. The Evils of Abortion—The great Danger of bringing it on purposely—Cases—Illustrations of the Methods of Cure—Uterine Hemorrhage—Cases of Cure 152 LETTER XVI. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY. Its Febrile Condition—Acute Disease—Sleeplessness—Heart-burn—Constipation—Diarrhea—Piles and Hemorrhoids—Their Treatment 165 LETTER XVII. DISORDERS OF PREGNANCY.