The study habit--The germ of self-culture--Millions of tiny cells in our brain--The economic value of the study habit--Two ways of gaining knowledge--Happiness in the company of those striving for higher ideals--A young wife's incentive to self-culture--The difference between moral and mental disloyalty--The study habit creates its own interest--Nosophobia, or the dread of disease--"Keep still and be well" ... PAGE 375 THE HOME CHAPTER XXVII DOMESTIC QUALITIES A good housekeeper and home-maker--What constitutes a good housekeeper--Preparation and selection of meals--Washing dishes--Pots and pans--Dusting and cleaning--Work cheerfully and be thorough--Don't be a dust chaser--Don't get the anti-sunshine habit--Air your rooms--The ideal home--The medical essentials of a good meal--What makes the home--Working for something--The average housewife's existence is slavery--What shall we work for--Making ends meet--Rest and recreation--Try a nap--Get enough sleep at night--Go out of doors--Take a vacation now and then--Life insurance--Owning a home--The cheerful wife and mother--The indifferent wife and mother--Husband and wife ... PAGE 389 CHAPTER XXVIII HOW WE CATCH DISEASE How we catch disease--How germs enter the lungs--How germs work in the body--The function of the white blood cell--How an abscess is formed--The evil habit of spitting in public places--Sunlight and germs--Why it is necessary to open windows--Facts about tuberculosis--The tendency to disease--The best treatment for tuberculosis--Consumption is a preventable and a curable disease--When delay is dangerous--What to eat and wear in hot weather--Scientific dressing--Drink plenty of water--What to drink when traveling ... PAGE 409 DISEASES OF WOMEN CHAPTER XXIX DISEASES OF WOMEN Diseases of women--The beginning of female disease--Ailing women are inefficient--as home-makers, as wife, as mother--_Few ailing women become pregnant_--The chief cause of female disease--The existence of the average mother--Female diseases are avoidable--The story of the wife--Women who don't want children--Abuse of the procreative function--What the woman with female disease should do--Cancer in women--Cancer of the breast--Cancer of the womb--What every woman should know about cancer--Change of life--The menopause--The climacteric--The average age at which the change of life occurs--Symptoms of the change of life--Importance of a correct diagnosis--Danger signals of the change of life--Conduct during the change of life ... PAGE 433 THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL CHAPTER XXX THE PATENT MEDICINE EVIL