[Illustration: _Alice B. Stockham._] TOKOLOGY A Book for Every Woman BY ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D. ILLUSTRATED Maternal love! Thou word that sums all bliss; Gives and receives all bliss, fullest when most Thou givest! --_Pollock_ _REVISED EDITION_ R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 18 EAST 17TH ST., NEW YORK Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, BY ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D. In the office of Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, BY ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, By ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D. In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TOKOLOGY IS DEDICATED FIRST: TO MY DAUGHTER, WHOSE FAITH IN THE PHYSICAL REDEMPTION OF WOMAN BY CORRECT LIVING HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION IN ITS PRODUCTION! SECOND: TO ALL WOMEN WHO, FOLLOWING THE LESSONS HEREIN TAUGHT, WILL BE SAVED THE SUFFERINGS PECULIAR TO THEIR SEX. CONTENTS. PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR. CHAPTER I. PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH. Painless childbirth--Testimony of travelers, missionaries and physicians--Sufferings in childbirth greater in this country than in any other--Is this a curse upon woman?--Indian women do not suffer in labor--Dr. Dewees--Prof. Huxley--Remarkable cases of parturition without pain--Author’s professional experience--Anecdote of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes--Proofs of science--Lay aside prejudice 17-24 CHAPTER II. CONCEPTION--FETAL DEVELOPMENT. The reproductive apparatus--The ovaries--The oviducts--The uterus--The vagina--Mammary glands--Conception--Law of conception--Development of the embryo--The placenta--Fetal circulation--Blue baby--Duration of pregnancy--Growth of the embryo--Eight months baby 25-36 CHAPTER III. PREGNANCY--SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.