Advice to wives who desire to have children, 113 After birth, 230 Age of husband, 75 nubility, 50 puberty, 23, 25 Air and ventilation during infancy, 307 Air space required in bed-room, 94 Anger, effect of, on the mother's milk, 252 Appetite, depraved, a sign of pregnancy, 175 Approaching labor, signs of, 223 Arrowroot, how to prepare, for children, 275, 291 Articles wanted for confinement, 221 Atavism explained, 133 Attendants during confinement, hints for, 229 Avoidance of hereditary tendencies, 151 'Bad-getting-up,' causes of, 241 Bandage after confinement, how to make, 221 how to apply, 230 Barrenness, its causes and cure, 106 Bath, hour of, for infants, 303 drying of the skin after, 304 during pregnancy, 212 value of, in infantile diseases, 305 Beautiful children, how to have, 140 Beauty, inheritance of, 135 Bedroom, size of, for the married, 94 Bed-wetting, causes and cure, 337 Bed, for married persons, 95 clothing, 96 the most healthful, 95 in confinement, how to 'dress it', 222 Binder, how to make, 221 Births, relative proportion of male to female, 54 Blondes, age of puberty of, 28 Boarding school life, effect of, on girls, 47, 289 Body, changes in, at puberty, 30 symbolism of, 83 Bowel complaints of children, 339 Boys, more born than girls, 154 Braces, abdominal, 376 Breasts, attention required towards the end of pregnancy, 219 changes in, during pregnancy, 170 first application of child to, 232 inflammation and abscess of, 382 management after confinement, 246 Bringing up by hand, 274 Brunettes, age of puberty of, 28 Care of infancy, 271 Carrying an infant, manner of, 309 Celibacy not chastity, 57 results of, 58 Change of life, regimen and perils of, 389 Changes, the monthly, precautions during, 45 precautions in the intervals of, 46 when delayed, 48 painful, 49 worked by puberty, 30 Child, the, 271 attention to, at birth, 231 can it cry before birth?, 198 education, of before birth, 191 Child-bearing, excessive, 115 Childbed, diseases of, 361 mortality of, 237 Childbirth, imprudence after, 240 preparations for, 219 to preserve form after, 242 Children, bathing of, 303 bed for, 297 clothing of, 300 decreased number of, 73 diet for, 288 new-born, weight and length of, 238 three and more at a birth, 164 Children's diseases, home management of, 325 Chlorosis, 36 Choice of a husband, 69 City life, effect of, on puberty, 29, 47 Cleanliness, curative influence of, 378 importance of, to wives, 131 Climate, effect of, on puberty, 27 Clothing at puberty, 43 at confinement, 227 during pregnancy, 209 of new-born infants, 222 of young children, 300 Cold, effect of, on infants, 300 Color of infant, influence of mind of mother on, 182 Completion of puberty, 32 Complexion, 136 inheritance of, 125 Conception, is it possible during pregnancy?, 192 nature of, 125 signs of, 128