CHAPTER XVII. DISEASES OF INFANTS. Aphtha--Excoriation--Colic--Mother’s friend--Soothing syrup--Constipation--Diarrhea--Dysentery--Summer complaint--Inflammation of the bowels--Dentition--Lancing the gums--Starchy food Remedies 217-231 CHAPTER XVIII. DISEASES OF INFANTS--CONTINUED. Worms--Incontinence of urine--Retention of urine--Croup, the mother’s terror--True and false croup--A sovereign remedy--Diphtheria--Popular remedies--Contagious diseases--Scarlet fever--Tabular differences between scarlet fever and measles--Whooping cough--Convulsions--Practical suggestions 232-242 CHAPTER XIX. ABORTION. Prevention--Treatment--Feticide--Viability of the embryo--Two wrongs cannot make one right--Maternal instinct inherent--Incentives to produce abortion--Unwelcome children 243-251 CHAPTER XX. MENSTRUATION. Definition--Cause--Should be devoid of suffering--Disorders--Suppression--Painful menstruation--Errors in dress--Lack of exercise--Romping girls--Wrong diet--Heat, a sovereign remedy--Remarkable cases--Flowing, Remedies 252-262 CHAPTER XXI. DISEASES OF WOMEN. Nine-tenths of American women have these maladies--Common-sense hints--Inflammation--Mental sufferings--A cause of insanity--Ulceration--Induration--Errors in dress and diet--Sitz-bath--Thermal bath--Injections--Valuable exercises--Caustic treatment--Acids and probes--Sufferings induced and prolonged--Physicians taking the back track--Reforms effected by the protest of the people--Leucorrhea--Displacements--Hysteria 263-275 CHAPTER XXII. CHANGE OF LIFE. A scape-goat of physicians--What is the meno-pause?--Irregularity--Hot flashes--Profuse perspiration--Hemorrhage--Mental symptoms--Nature creates no pathological conditions--Therapeutic measures--Natural remedies--Simple habits 276-285 CHAPTER XXIII. DIETETICS. Nearly two hundred recipes, including: Drinks for the sick--Gruels--Jellies--Bread--Gems--Toast--Puddings--Eggs--Oysters and miscellaneous dishes--The outgrowth of experience on a scientific basis--Healthy food made palatable, suiting the fastidious and capricious taste of the invalid--Dainty dishes for the sick 286-320 A FAMILIAR LETTER. TO THE READER FROM THE AUTHOR. Regulating sex--Various theories--Limiting offspring--Maternal instinct sovereign in women--Law of ovulation--Law of continence--Other methods--Effects of tobacco--Testimonials--Reasons of failure--“Mind cure” a reality 321-350 AUTHOR’S SPECIAL REQUEST 351 GLOSSARY 351 INDEX 357 INDEX OF DIETETICS 364