Alphabetical Index.

A broken heart, Page. 159-161 Abortion, or miscarriage, 253, 254 Adaptation, conjugal, affection, etc, 181-185 Advantages of wedlock, 135-137 Advice to the married and unmarried, 181-188 Advice to the newly married couples, 201-205 A good name, 18-20 Amenorrhœa, 355 Animal magnetism, 470 A perfect human figure, how to determine, 99 A plea for the girls, 380-389 Apoplexy, how to cure, 365 Associates, influence of, 11 Bad company, result of, 11 Bad breath and quinsy, how to cure, 365 Babies, how to keep well, 330-331 Bathing, practical rules for, 370, 371 Baths, all the different kinds of, 372, 373 Beauty, a dangerous gift, 27 Beauty, 91-94 Beauty, sensible helps to, 95, 96 Beautiful children, how to have, 288-290 Beginning of life, 5 Beware of idleness, 436 Beware of advertising quacks, 457 Biliousness, 357 Blackheads and flesh worms, 112 Bleeding, to check, 356 Bleeding, from the nose, 364 Boils, 364 Boys, save them, 390-394 Bruises or cuts, 360 Bunions, 364 Burns and sores, 355 Care of the hair, 107-110 Care of the new born infants, 315 Cases cited, 314 Cause of family troubles, 217, 218 Celebrated prescriptions and how to use them, 354-364 Celibacy, disadvantages of, 138 Character, exhibits itself, 15 Character, how to read, 473-478 Child in the womb, education of, 292-294 Child bearing without pain, 304-310 Chilblains, sprains, etc, 359 Children, too many, 229-231 Chapped hands, 355 Chicken pox, 346 Choosing a partner, sensible hints in, 165-169 Chastity and purity of character, 400-403 Cigarette smoking, the destructive effects of, 449-450 Cooking for the sick, 375-379 Confinement, special safeguards in, 299-301 Correspondence, 36 Conversation, 79-83 Conversation, home lessons, 80-83 Corset, benefit and injury, 101-103 Costiveness, 362 Courtship and marriage, hints and helps, 144-152 Conjugal affections and fatal errors, 181-185 Conception, prevention of, 240-245 Colic, 338 Constipation, how to cure, 339 Coughs and colds, 360 Croup, spasmodic and true, 342 Cramps and colic, remedies for, 356 Dangerous vices, 451-456 Deafness, cure for, 362 Dictionary of medical terms, 479-484 Diarrhœa, 363 Diphtheria, home treatment of, 346 Disinfectant, 360 Diseases of women, 348-350 Disposition, an easy going, ??? Diseases of infants and children, home treatment for, 338-347 Diseases, transmission of, 263-265 Diseases of pregnancy, 274-281 Doses, of disease and death, 441-444 Dress, 88-90 Dress, diet, and exercise during pregnancy, 304-310 Duration of pregnancy, 295 Dyspepsia, cure of, 360 Education of child in the womb, 292-294 Eruption of the skin, 111, 112 Etiquette, rules on, 49-54 Etiquette of calls, 56 Etiquette in your speech, 57 Etiquette of dress and habit, 58 Etiquette on the street, 59 Etiquette between sexes, 60 Expectant mother cautioned 284 Exciting the passions in children, 404, 405 Eye wash, 355 Falling of the womb, 350 Family troubles, cause of, 217 Family, government, 76-78 Facial eruptions, how to cure, 111-112 Feeding a baby on cow's milk, 329 Felons, how to treat, 364 Female character, influence of, 30 First love, desertion, etc., 185 Films and cataracts of the eyes, 355 Flirting and its dangers, 190, 191 Fleshworms, etc., 112 Form and deformity, 98-103 Foreign bodies in the eye, to remove, 358 Former customs among men, 162-163 Formation of life, mystery of, 238, 239 Food, digestibility of, 374 Friends, procure none in haste, 12 Generative organs—Male and female, 234-237 Good behavior, at all times and places, 49 Good character, influence of, 73, 74 Gout, cure for, 362 Guard modesty, 210 Habit, 17 Hair, the care of, 107-110 Headache, sick, cure for, 355, 360 Health, a duty, 7 Heartburn, 357 Heredity and transmission of diseases, 263-265 Hints and helps on good behavior, 49 Hints in choosing a partner, 165-169 Hives, cure for, 354 Home power, 23-25 Honeymoon, how to perpetuate, 209 Home lessons in nursing sick children, 325-328 Home treatment of the secret habit, 455-456 Hot water, how to use in all diseases, 368-369 How to keep the bloom and grace of youth, 97 How to be a good wife, 210-212 How to be a good husband, 212-215 How to feed infants, 329 How to keep a baby well, 330-335 How to apply and use hot water in all diseases, 368, 369 How to mesmerize, ??? How the mind speaks through the nerves and muscles, ??? How to cook for the sick, 375-379 Human magnetism, effects of, ??? Human figure, a perfect, 99-100 Hygienic laws, 406-408 Ignorance, coarseness, etc., 24 Illustrations, ??? Immorality, disease and death, 416-419 Impotence and sterility, 248-251 Improvement of offspring, 222-227 Impregnation, 269 Impregnation, artificial, 270 Infant teething, 336, 337 Infants, feeding, 319 Infants, care of, 315-320 Influence of good character, 73-74 Inhumanities of parents, 396-399 Intoxication, 355 Infants, care of during hot weather, 332-335 Infantile convulsions, 319, 320 Influence of associates, 11 Influence of female character, 30 Indigestion, symptoms of, 328 Inward graces, 28 Jealousy, its cause and cure, 219-221 Kidneys, the object lessons, 447 Knowledge is safety, 3 Labor, time of expected, 295-298 Labor, signs and symptoms of, 297, 298 Leucorrhœa, 349 Lessons of caution to young women, 380 Letters, how to write, 34-47 Letters, social forms of, 39-43 Life, beginning of, 5 Liver and kidneys of a drunkard, 446, 447 Lock and key, 4 Longevity, 367 Love, 114-120 Love letters, forms of, 44-47 Love power, the peculiarities of, 118 Love, connubial, 122 Love and common sense, 123, 124 Love spats, 154-157 Lost manhood restored, 459, 460 Lungs and heart of a cigarette smoker, 448, 449 Maidens, a word to, 192 Male and female generative organs explained, 234-237 Manhood wrecked and rescued, 461-463 Man, a careless being, 32 Mashed nails, 358 Men, prostitution of, 427-429 Maternity, preparation for, 266, 267 Marriage, history of, 132-134 Marriage securities, 174-177 Matrimonial pointers, 170-173 Menstruation, 351-353 Mother's influence, 21 Morning sickness, 282 Mumps and measles, 345 Murder of the innocents, 255-257 Nervous, disability, remedy for, 356 Nervous headache, 356 Neuralgia, 356, 360 Newly married couples, advice to, 201-205 New revelation for women, 246, 247 Nocturnal emissions, 457 Nursing, pains and ills of, 321-324 Nursing sick children, 325-328 Object lessons of the effects of alcohol and cigarette smoking, 445-450 Offspring, improvement of, 222-227 Old maids, 140-143 Our secret sins, 409-413 Ovum, ripe from the ovary, 238 Pains and ills in nursing, 321-324 Person, care of, 84 Personal appearance, 86 Personal purity, 31, 32 Physical and moral degeneracy, 414, 415 Piles, cure of, 362 Pimples, how to cure, 111 Plain words to parents, 312 Poisonous literature and bad pictures, 421, 422 Poisons, remedies for, 359 Popping the question, 194-198 Politeness, 70-72 Prescriptions, celebrated, 354-364 Prevention of conception, 240-245 Preparation for maternity, 266, 267 Pregnancy, signs and symptoms of, 270-273 Pregnancy, diseases of, 274-281 Pregnancy, relation of husband and wife during, 283 Prisons overflowing, 19 Private talk to young men, 437-439 Private word to the expectant mother, 284 Producing boys or girls at will, 252 Prostitution, cause and cure, 427-429 Puberty, virility and hygienic laws, 406-408 Quacks, 453 Quinsy, 365 Relation of husband and wife during pregnancy, 283 Road to shame, the, 430-432 Ringworm, 362 Rose rash, 363 Safeguards during confinement, 299-301 Safe hints, 170-173 Save the boys, 390-394 Save the girls, 380-389 Scriptural declaration, 195 Scarlet fever, 363 Scarlet fever and measles, 328 Secret sins, symptoms of, 451-455 Secret diseases, curse and consequence, 464-465 Self control, 12 Sensible hints in choosing a partner, 165-169 Sensible rules for the nurse, 366 Sexual propriety, etc., 206-208 Shall pregnant women work, 285 Shame, the road to, 430-432 Signs and symptoms of labor, 297, 298 Signs and symptoms of pregnancy, 270-273 Sin of ignorance, 453 Slave of injurious drugs, 441-444 Small families and the improvement of the race, 232-233 Social duties, 65-69 Solemn lessons for parents, 312-314 Social evil, remedies for, 440 Sprained ankle or wrist, 359 Stomach, the object lessons, 445 Startling sins, 423-426 Strong drink, 16 Sterilized milk, 334 Superfluous hair, 360 Sweating feet, cure for, 354 Table manners, practical rules on, 63, 64 The beginning of life, 5 The curse of manhood, 433-436 The last tie, 22 The ideal man, 14 The mother's influence, 21-22 The toilet, 84-87 The history and mystery of the corset, 101-103 The inhumanities of parents, 396 The road to shame, 430, 432 Throat trouble, 354 Tight lacing, effects of, 104, 105 Time of expected labor, how to calculate, 295 Toilet, the, 84-87 Too many children, 229-231 To young women, 26-28 Turpentine, applications, 357 Unwelcome child, 258-262 Value of reputation, 9 Virility, 406 Vice or virtue, 6 Vomiting, 363 Waists, natural and unnatural, 105 Warts and wens, 364 Water as medicine, 368 Wedlock, advantages of, 135-137 Wedding, 199, 200 What women love in men, 126-128 What men love in women, 129-131 When and whom to marry, 144-152 Where did the baby come from, 303 Whooping cough, 344 Women, new revelations for, 246, 247 Women who make the best wives, 178-180 Words for young mothers, 286, 287 Worms, round and pin, 341