| 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | Apr. | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | May. =========+=================================================+======= Aug. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | May. | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | ---------+-------------------------------------------------+------- Aug. | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | May. | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | June. =========+=================================================+======= Sept. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | June. | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | ---------+-------------------------------------------------+------- Sept. | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | June. | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | July. =========+=================================================+======= Oct. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | July. | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | ---------+-------------------------------------------------+------- Oct. | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | July. | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Aug. =========+=================================================+======= Nov. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | Aug. | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | ---------+-------------------------------------------------+------- Nov. | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | Aug. | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 | Sept. =========+=================================================+======= Dec. | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | Sept. | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | ---------+-------------------------------------------------+------- Dec. | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | Sept. | 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Oct. =========+=================================================+======= Supposing the upper figure in each pair of horizontal lines to represent the first day of the last menstrual period, the figure beneath it, with the month designated in the margin, will show the probable date of confinement. CHAPTER II STORY OF THE UNBORN CHILD To every physician in every community, sooner or later in his experience there come thoughtless women making requests that we even hesitate to write about. Their excuses for the crime which they seek to have the physician join them in committing, range all the way from "I don't want to go to the trouble," to "Doctor, I've got seven children now, and I can't even educate and dress them properly;" or, maybe, "I nearly lost my life with the last one." EMBRYOLOGICAL IGNORANCE One little woman came to us the other day from the suburbs, and honestly, frankly, related this story: