The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and MotherNapheys, George H. (George Henry)
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The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother
Napheys, George H. (George Henry)
Women -- Health and hygiene
Temperaments, explained, 77
influence of, 101
in marriage, 77
Things wanted during confinement, 221
Tight-lacing, 43, 374
Time of expected labor, how to calculate it, 206
of the year to marry, 87
of the month to marry, 87
Times when marital relations should be suspended, 103
Toilet, innocent arts of, 132
Tour, the wedding, 87
Toys, a mean of infantile education, 315
Twins, how to predict, 199
why born, 161
Twin-bearing, 160
influence of, on size of families, 163
Thury, Prof., discovery of, 157
Unborn child, education of, 191
Vaccination, age for, 285
importance of, 282
Varicose veins of pregnancy, 355
Ventilation of sleeping rooms during pregnancy, 212
Virgins, wet-nursing by, 260
Voice, change in, at puberty, 30
Wakefulness of pregnancy, 360
Walk, how to teach a child to, 313
Washing of the new-born infant, 231
Weakness, inward, 368
Weaning, 277
Wedding tour, the, 87
night, the, 91
Weight and length of new-born children, 238
Wet-nurse, how to select, 269
Wet-nursing by virgins and men, 260
White-flowing, 365
Wives famous in history, 59
plurality of, 64
Woman, the three phases in the life of, 22
physical differences from man, 19
sphere of, 21
to be sought, 65
Womb, falling of, 368
Worms of children, home treatment of, 335
Women, diseases peculiar to, 352
treatment of, 377
why redundant, 153
Young wives, 50
mothers, 51
Year, right time of, to marry, 87
Zurich, curious custom in, 93
TESTIMONIALS
OF
EMINENT MEN AND OF THE PRESS
TO THE
PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN
AND ITS AUTHOR.
Of the _very numerous_ testimonials in our hands we select those of
earlier date in preference, as showing the acumen of the writers and the
warmth with which they welcomed the book.
FROM WILLIAM A. HAMMOND, M.D.,
Late Surgeon-General of U. S. Army; Professor of Diseases of the Mind
and Nervous System and of Clinical Medicine in the Bellevue Hospital
Medical College, New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. '69.
DR. NAPHEYS--
_Dear Sir_: I have read with much interest and satisfaction your very
admirable book on "The Physical Life of Woman." I am glad that the
subject has been taken up by one who shows himself so thoroughly
qualified for the task, and I trust the instruction and advice contained
in the volume will reach every woman in the land.
Yours, sincerely,
WILLIAM A. HAMMOND.
* * * * *
FROM REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 1869.
DR. GEO. H. NAPHEYS--
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