Tokology : $b A book for every womanStockham, Alice B. (Alice Bunker)
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Tokology : $b A book for every woman
Stockham, Alice B. (Alice Bunker)
Women -- Health and hygiene
MY DEAR DR. STOCKHAM:--I have had three children, and in the delivery
of each have suffered comparatively no pain. With the two first the
physician was not in the house ten minutes before the birth of the
child, while the last was born half an hour before his arrival,
although he made all possible haste. I had never heard anything in
regard to painless childbirth. I never was strong, and being over
thirty before my first child was born, it was a mystery to myself
and friends why I should have such easy labors. Several months ago I
read _Tokology_, and then I understood it, for accidentally I have
lived according to its teachings. My diet was entirely of fruits and
grains. Meats I had a positive dislike for, and never ate them. Lemons
I craved, and would eat three or four a day, also all kinds of fruits.
Pastries I cared nothing for, living on rice, oatmeal, etc., and the
result was, as you teach, a painless child-birth. One of my friends,
Mrs. M. H., of Springfield, Ohio, in her first confinement, which was
severe and prolonged, came near losing her life, with that of her
babe. The cervix and perineum were lacerated, and her confinement was
followed by inflammation and prolonged prostration. Her physician said
she probably could not again become pregnant; if she did she would
surely die. This was five years ago. Last spring she again conceived,
and was very despondent, fearing the worst. When I heard of it I sent
her _Tokology_. Hopefully she began following its teachings. She was
amply repaid by being safely delivered, comparatively without pain,
and having no subsequent illness, in her own language, “feeling so
well, it seemed an absurdity to remain in bed.” I have known several
others who have followed _Tokology_, and in each case it has proved
equally successful. How I wish that every pregnant woman could have
this grand work. I know then that the agony so many women endure would
be prevented.
MRS. S. A. GOFF, _Lincoln, Kan._
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