PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS Ovulation; Etiology of Menstruation; Uterine Nerve-supply; the Function of the Uterus; Stages of the Menstrual Cycle; Average Duration of the Menstrual Flow; Character of the Flow; Relation of Ovulation to Menstruation; the Menstrual Wave; Definition of Menstruation; Premonitory Symptoms of the Flow; Hygiene of Menstruation _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER V. THE ANOMALIES OF MENSTRUATION Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia; Dysmenorrhea; Amenorrhea; Leucorrhea; Pruritus Vulva _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER VI. THE MARRIAGE QUESTION Herbert Spencer's Definition of Love; What Constitutes a Suitable Husband; Best Age for Marriage; Shall Cousins Marry? Contraindications to Marriage; Do Reformed Profligates Make Good Husbands? the Proper Length of Time for the Engagement; the Right Time of the Year to Marry; the Selection of the Wedding Day _________________ PART II.-- MARRIAGE _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER VII. THE ETHICS OF MARRIED LIFE The Wedding Journey; the Ethics of Married Life; Shall Husband and Wife Occupy the Same Bed? the Consummation of Marriage; the Marital Relation; Times when Marital Relations Should be Suspended _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER VIII. SEXUAL INSTINCT IN WOMEN Sexual Instinct in Women; Excessive Coitus; Causes of Sexual Excitability _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER IX. STERILITY Sterility; the Prevention of Conception and the Limitation of Offspring; the Crime of Abortion; Infidelity in Women _________________ PART III.-- MATERNITY _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER X. PREGNANCY Nature of Conception; Pregnancy Defined; Duration of Pregnancy; the Signs of Pregnancy; Quickening; the Determination of Sex at Will; the Influence of the Male Sexual Element on the Fernale Organism; Heredity; Hygiene of Pregnancy; Causes of Miscarriage _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER XI. THE CONFINMENT Preparation for the Confinement; Signs of Approaching Labor; Symptoms of Actual Labor; The Confinement-bed; the Process of Labor _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER XII. THE LYING-IN Management of the Lying-in; Lactation; Nursing _________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER XIII. THE NEW-BORN INFANT The Infant's Toilet; the Crib; Feeding of Infants; the Wet-nurse; Artificial Feeding; Characteristics of Healthy Infants; the Stools; Constipation; Urination; Teething _________________