_Siesta._--A midday nap. _Silicea._--Pure flint. _Sitz-bath._--A bath in a sitting position. _Sphincter muscle._--Circular, contracting muscle. _Sperm._--Seed. Fecundating principle. _Sputa._--Matter coughed up from throat and lungs. Phlegm. _Sterility._--Barrenness. _Stertorious._--Stertorous. Deep. Labored. Snoring. _Stroma._--Connective tissue. _Strumous._--Scrofulous. _Styptic._--An astringent. A substance that arrests hemorrhage. _Synchronous._--Happening at the same time. _Tampon._--A plug to arrest hemorrhage. _Term._--Full time of gestation. _Testes._--Glands which secrete the semen. _Testicle._--Gland that secretes the semen. _Therapia._--Therapeutics. Remedies. _Therapeutic._--The treatment of disease. Curative. _Tissue._--The peculiar structure of a part. _Tokology._--Science of midwifery. From Greek _Tokos_, childbirth and _Logos_, discourse. _Toxicological._--Pertaining to poisons. _Trachea._--Windpipe. _Transudation._--The oozing of blood through a membrane. _Tympanitic._--Distension of abdomen. Drum-like. _Umbilical._--Pertaining to the navel. _Umbilicus._--The navel. The place in the abdomen from which the cord is removed. _Urachus._--A ligament that sustains the bladder. _Urinary._--Pertaining to the urine. _Uterus._--Womb.--The organ in which the fetus is developed. _Vagina._--Passage leading from the womb. _Varicose Veins._--Veins permanently dilated, with accumulation of dark-colored blood. _Vascular._--Relating to the bloodvessels. _Vena Cava._--The large vein communicating with the heart. _Venous._--Pertaining to the veins. _Ventricle._--One of the lower chambers of the heart. _Veratrum Album._--White hellebore. _Vernix Caseosa._--Unctuous material found on a new-born babe. _Vesicles._--A small cavity or sac in the human body. _Viable._--Capable of life. _Viability._--Capacity of living. _Villi._--Minute papillary elevations for absorption. _Viscera._--Organs within the cavity of the body. _Vulva._--Outer lips of the vagina. _Zymotic._--Caused by fermentation. A zymotic disease is one caused by bacteria, or some morbific principle, acting like a ferment. INDEX. PAGE. Abortion, 243 Absolute freedom of dress, 335 Accidental experience, 329 After pains, 197 ” removed, 333 Agent’s testimony, 336 Alcoholic stimulant, 258 Amenorrhea, 253 Analysis of food, 137 Analysis of milk, 213 Aphtha, 217 Appetite, greedy, 80 ” loss of, 81 Artificial human milk, 212 Author’s special request, 351 Bandage, 181 Bates Waist, 103 Bathing in pregnancy, 111 Bath, sitz, 113 ” ” hot, 184 ” sponge, 112 ” thermal, 118 ” Turkish, 118 Better way, 343 Biliousness, 46 Bill of fare in pregnancy, 135 Blue baby, 31 Breathing, waist, 141 ” instructions for, 142, 143 Burning feet, 85 Cathartic drugs, 57