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Abdomen, changes in, during pregnancy, 173

pain in, during pregnancy, 355

Abortion, crime of, how to stop, 122

evils of, 123

Advantages of the games and plays of children, 314

Advice to wives who desire to have children, 113

After birth, 230

Age of husband, 75

nubility, 50

puberty, 23, 25

Air and ventilation during infancy, 307

Air space required in bed-room, 94

Anger, effect of, on the mother's milk, 252

Appetite, depraved, a sign of pregnancy, 175

Approaching labor, signs of, 223

Arrowroot, how to prepare, for children, 275, 291

Articles wanted for confinement, 221

Atavism explained, 133

Attendants during confinement, hints for, 229

Avoidance of hereditary tendencies, 151

'Bad-getting-up,' causes of, 241

Bandage after confinement, how to make, 221

how to apply, 230

Barrenness, its causes and cure, 106

Bath, hour of, for infants, 303

drying of the skin after, 304

during pregnancy, 212

value of, in infantile diseases, 305

Beautiful children, how to have, 140

Beauty, inheritance of, 135

Bedroom, size of, for the married, 94

Bed-wetting, causes and cure, 337

Bed, for married persons, 95

clothing, 96

the most healthful, 95

in confinement, how to 'dress it', 222

Binder, how to make, 221

Births, relative proportion of male to female, 54

Blondes, age of puberty of, 28

Boarding school life, effect of, on girls, 47, 289

Body, changes in, at puberty, 30

symbolism of, 83

Bowel complaints of children, 339

Boys, more born than girls, 154

Braces, abdominal, 376

Breasts, attention required towards the end of pregnancy, 219

changes in, during pregnancy, 170

first application of child to, 232

inflammation and abscess of, 382

management after confinement, 246

Bringing up by hand, 274

Brunettes, age of puberty of, 28

Care of infancy, 271

Carrying an infant, manner of, 309

Celibacy not chastity, 57

results of, 58

Change of life, regimen and perils of, 389

Changes, the monthly, precautions during, 45

precautions in the intervals of, 46

when delayed, 48

painful, 49

worked by puberty, 30

Child, the, 271

attention to, at birth, 231

can it cry before birth?, 198

education, of before birth, 191

Child-bearing, excessive, 115

Childbed, diseases of, 361

mortality of, 237

Childbirth, imprudence after, 240

preparations for, 219

to preserve form after, 242

Children, bathing of, 303

bed for, 297

clothing of, 300

decreased number of, 73

diet for, 288

new-born, weight and length of, 238

three and more at a birth, 164

Children's diseases, home management of, 325

Chlorosis, 36

Choice of a husband, 69

City life, effect of, on puberty, 29, 47

Cleanliness, curative influence of, 378

importance of, to wives, 131

Climate, effect of, on puberty, 27

Clothing at puberty, 43

at confinement, 227

during pregnancy, 209

of new-born infants, 222

of young children, 300

Cold, effect of, on infants, 300

Color of infant, influence of mind of mother on, 182

Completion of puberty, 32

Complexion, 136

inheritance of, 125

Conception, is it possible during pregnancy?, 192

nature of, 125

signs of, 128

Confinement, bed for, 226

day of, how to calculate, 206

dress for, 227

hints for attendants at, 229

imprudence after, 240

preparations for, 219

Constipation of pregnancy, 358

Constitution, effect of the, on puberty, 21

on change of life, 398

Consumption, 41, 71, 94, 148, 151

Continence demanded from husbands, 121

Cough of pregnancy, 359

Count, how to make the, 206

Country life, effect of, on puberty, 29

Courtship, 65

Cousins, shall they marry?, 69

Crime of abortion, 122

Croup, home treatment of, 325

Culture of the skin, 306

Dangers of puberty, 35

Daughters, influenced by fathers, 144

Deformities, are they hereditary?, 139

Degeneracy, cause of, 349

of the human race, a query, 348

Diet for infants, 274, 288

children, 292

the pregnant, 208

Diarrhœa during pregnancy, 357

of infants, 339

Directions for mothers who cannot nurse their own children, 267

Dignity and propriety of the sexual instinct, 96

Disease, communication of, 80

Diseases, hereditary, 148

of children, home management of, 325

of wives and mothers, 352

Distinction of the sexes, 18

Divorce, unnatural and improper, 63

Dress, attention to, during pregnancy, 209

for confinement, 227

Dressing of the new-born child, 231

Drying up of the milk, 258, 279

Duration of labor, 239

Dyspepsia of children, 342

Ear, the hygiene of, in childhood, 323

Education, influence of, over hereditary qualities, 147

of the child in the womb, 191

special senses in children, 318

Emotion, influence of, on unborn child, 185

Emotions, stimulation of, effects of, on puberty, 29

Engagement, the, 85

Engagements, long, 86

Epilepsy, a cause of, 255

Eruptions of childhood, how to prevent, 106

Eternity of love, 60

Exercise at puberty, 42

during pregnancy, 210 of children, 309

Excessive child-bearing, 115

Eyes, the education of, in childhood, 319

Falling of the womb, 368

False labor pains, 225

Fathers, influence of, on daughters, 144

Feeding of infants, manner of, 291

Fertility, hereditary, 138

laws of, 109

First application of child to breasts, 232

cares to the child newly born, 231

mother after childbirth, 230

labors, 51

seven years of life, 314

Fits of children, home treatment of, 330

Flat nipples, how to remedy, 245

Food, during pregnancy, 207

of infants and children, 288

bill of fare for, 292

Foreigners, should native women marry, 73

Form, to preserve after confinement, 242

Frigidity, 109

Galen, anecdote of, 127

Games and plays, advantages of, 314

Gardner, Lord, the case of, 202

Garters, danger of, during pregnancy, 355

Gathered breasts, 382

Goftr, story of, 166

Government of children, hints on, 344

Green sickness, 36

Growth of children, 287

Habits, dangers and advantages of, 316

Hair, its significance, 84

transmission of, 137

Hardening of infants, dangerous theories on the, 303

Hearing, the training of, in children, 323

Head colds of children, home treatment of, 329

Health, care of, during pregnancy, 207

effect of pregnancy on, 216

in marriage, 351

Hereditary diseases, 148

qualities influenced by education, 147

Hermaphrodite, a true, 20

Hindrances to nursing, 245

Hints for attendants at confinement, 229

Home government, hints on, 344

management of some common children's diseases, 325

treatment of female ailments, 377

Husband, age of, 75

and wife, during pregnancy, 216

shall they occupy same room and bed, 93

character of, 79

how to choose, 69

retain the affections of, 130

Husbands, plurality of, 64

Hygiene of puberty, 41

the monthly periods, 45

pregnancy, 207

of infancy, 271

of the special senses, 318

Hygienic habits, importance of teaching children, 316

treatment of inward weakness, 377

Hysterics, 38

Imagination of mother, influence of, on unborn child, 186

Imprudence after childbirth, 240

Indigestion of childhood, 342

Indulgence and restraint of sexual desire, 99

Infancy, care of, 271

deaths in, 272

Infant, first clothing of, 222

washing of, 231

how to carry, 309

lift, 310

teach to walk, 313

Infants' food, 288

Inheritance, 132

how to avoid evil tendencies of, 151

how to have beautiful children, 140

influence of education over, 147

each parent over, 144

of beauty, 135

of diseases, 148

of longevity, 138

of mutilations, 149

of personal qualities, 139

of physical ", 136

of talent and genius, 141

of temperament, 137

late manifestations of, 151

the effects of, 151

Injections, 379

Injurious exercises for infants, 311

Intemperance, of several kinds, 117

Intermarriage of relatives, 69

Inward weakness, 368

Irregularities, causes of, 46

Irrigations, 381

Knowledge, safety in, 17

Labor, cause of, 225

duration of, 239

dress during, 227

false and true, 225

how to calculate time of, 170

how to have, without pain, 236

mortality of, 237

signs of approaching, 223

symptoms of actual, 224

Late manifestations of the effects of inheritance, 151

Late marriages, offspring of, 388

Length of pregnancy, 200

Liebig's soup for infants, 289

Lifting an infant, manner of, 310

Light, necessity of, for children, 308

Limitation of offspring, 115

Long engagements, 86

Longevity, hereditary, 138

Longings in pregnancy, 186

Love, at first sight, 67

differs from lust, 50

is a necessity, 57

is eternal, 60

its power on humanity, 52

what is it?, 54

Looseness of bowels in children, 339

during pregnancy, 357

Lying-in room, the management of, 226

Maiden, the, 23

Manner of feeding infants, 291

Mania, puerperal, 362

Marital relations, times to suspend, 103

when painful, 92, 104

Marriage, age for, 50

health in, 351

time of month for, 87

year for, 87

Marriages, second, 62

Maternity, duties and privileges of, 243

perils of, 352

Matrimony, necessity of, for happiness, 58

Matron, the happy, 243

Memory, visual, cultivation of, in childhood, 320

Men, as wet-nurses, 260

Menstruation explained, 24

Mental impressions, effect of, on hysterics, 39

on unborn children, 180

troubles of girlhood, 47

Milk, mother's, effect of anger on, 253

effect of retention in the breasts, 249

influence of diet on, 249

pregnancy on, 250

over-abundance of, 258

scantiness of, 259

quantity required by infant, 256

when poisonous, 252

value as food, 42

Milk-leg, causes and treatment of, 367

Mind, changes in, at puberty, 31

during pregnancy, 175, 214

influence of over conception, 126

nursing child, 251

unborn child, 182

Miscarriage, 176

causes and dangers of, 178

frequency of, 176

influence of age of mother on, 177

prevention of, 179

symptoms of, 180

Mixture of races by marriage, 71

Month, right time of the, to marry, 87

Monthly changes, precautions in the intervals of, 46

precautions during, 45

when delayed, 48

when painful, 49

Moon, connection of monthly periods with, 32

Morning sickness of pregnancy, 169, 353

Mortality of childbed, 237

comparative, of the two sexes in early life, 154

Mortality of infants, causes of, 271

relative to married life, 57

Mother, the, 243

diseases of, 361

duties of, towards daughters at puberty, 44

influence of, over sons, 144

position in nursing, 225

who is unable to nurse her child, 267

Mothers' marks, 180

Music, influence of, 99

Mutilations, are they inheritable?, 149

Native women, shall they marry foreigners?, 73

Near-sightedness, how to prevent, 322

Neck, form of, 83

its significance, 84

New-born babe, first cares for, 231

weight and length of, 238

Night dress of children, 301

covering of children, 298

the wedding, 91

Nipples, how to harden, 220

Nose-bleed in childhood, 333

Nubility, the age of, 50

Nursing, 244

care of health during, 263

diseases of, 382

hindrances to, 245

position during, 225

prolonged, 262

rules for, 248

when improper, 245

Nursing mother, qualities of good, 257

Offspring, the limitation of, 115

influenced by the mind, 126

Over-nursing, signs of, 265

Overlaying of children, deaths from, 273

Over-production, evils of, 115

remedies for, 121

Ovulation, the meaning of, 24

Painful monthly changes, causes and treatment, 49

Pains of labor, true and false, 225

Painless labors, how to have, 236

Parr, Thomas, the long life of, 139

Pendulous abdomen after confinement, how to escape, 242

Perils of maternity, 352

Persons of both sexes, and of neither sex, 20

Perspiration, fetid, 131

Phases, the three, of woman's life, 22

Piles, during pregnancy, 356

Plays, the, of children, advantages of, 314

Plural births, 163

Plurality of wives or husbands, 64

Position of child while eating, 294

of child while sleeping, 299

Position of mother while nursing, 255

Precautions necessary at the time of the monthly changes, 45

Precocity, remarkable instances of, 25

Pregnancy, 167

bathing during, 212

care of health during, 207

causes of protracted, 205

can a woman again become pregnant during, 192

clothing during, 209

diseases of, 352

double, 192

effect of, on the health, 216

exercise during, 210

food during, 208

influence of, on the milk of nursing mother, 250

length of, 200

relation of husband and wife during, 216

signs and symptoms of, 168

sleep during, 213

ventilation of sleeping-room during, 212

Premature marriages, 50

Preparations for confinement, 219

Prolific wives, 115

Puerperal mania, 362

Qualities transmitted by parents, 132

Quantity of milk required by infant, 256

Quickening, as a sign of pregnancy, 170

flatulence mistaken for, 172

how caused, 171

time of, 171

Race, the human, is it degenerating?, 348

Races, mixture of, 71

Relation of husband and wife during pregnancy, 216

nursing, 264

Relative age of man and wife, 76

proportion of men and women living, 153

Religion, mistaken notions of, 57

Rest, after delivery, 241

during pregnancy, 211

Re-vaccination, 286

Right time of the month to marry, 87

time of the year to marry, 87

Schooling, the, of the first seven years of life, 316

Scrofulous diseases, a cause of, 309

Second marriages, 62

Secret bad habits, 39

Self-deceptions regarding pregnancy, 172

Senses, training of the special, in childhood, 318

Sex of child, how to predict before birth, 198

Sexes, distinction of, 18

laws which determine the relative numbers of the, 155

persons of both and of neither, 20

production of, at will, 157

Sexual desire, indulgence and restraint of, 99

moderation in, 100

instinct, dignity and propriety of, 96

false notions about, 97

desire, influence of on offspring, 98

Sexuality, what it implies, 18

Sickness, morning, during pregnancy, 353

during labor, 225

Signs of approaching labor, 223

puberty, 30

conception, 128

over-nursing, 265

pregnancy, 168

Sight, the training of, in childhood, 319

Single life, the, 386

in its relation to sanity and mortality, 57

Skin, changes in, during pregnancy, 174

culture, of, in infancy, 306

Sleep, amount required in early life, 295

at puberty, 42

during pregnancy, 213

position in, 299

Sleeplessness during pregnancy, 360

Small pox, death rate from, 283

the only preventive against, 284

Son or daughter?, 198

Sore nipples, 246

Soup, Liebig's, 289

Sphere of woman, 21

Spinal disease, 36

Spring-time, 101

Spurious labor pains, 225

Stages of labor, 123

Starvation of girls, 41

Sterility, 106

how to remedy, 113

Still-births, 240

Stilling Jung, anecdote of, 67

Stimulation of the emotions, dangers of, at puberty, 29

St. Pierre, anecdote of, 78

Sully Raymond, anecdote of, 401

Swimming, benefit of, 306

Symbolism of the human body, 83

Syringes, and how to use them, 379

Talent, hereditary, 141

Teething, period of, 279

Temperament, transmission of, 137

Temperaments, explained, 77

influence of, 101

in marriage, 77

Things wanted during confinement, 221

Tight-lacing, 43, 374

Time of expected labor, how to calculate it, 206

of the year to marry, 87

of the month to marry, 87

Times when marital relations should be suspended, 103

Toilet, innocent arts of, 132

Tour, the wedding, 87

Toys, a mean of infantile education, 315

Twins, how to predict, 199

why born, 161

Twin-bearing, 160

influence of, on size of families, 163

Thury, Prof., discovery of, 157

Unborn child, education of, 191

Vaccination, age for, 285

importance of, 282

Varicose veins of pregnancy, 355

Ventilation of sleeping rooms during pregnancy, 212

Virgins, wet-nursing by, 260

Voice, change in, at puberty, 30

Wakefulness of pregnancy, 360

Walk, how to teach a child to, 313

Washing of the new-born infant, 231

Weakness, inward, 368

Weaning, 277

Wedding tour, the, 87

night, the, 91

Weight and length of new-born children, 238

Wet-nurse, how to select, 269

Wet-nursing by virgins and men, 260

White-flowing, 365

Wives famous in history, 59

plurality of, 64

Woman, the three phases in the life of, 22

physical differences from man, 19

sphere of, 21

to be sought, 65

Womb, falling of, 368

Worms of children, home treatment of, 335

Women, diseases peculiar to, 352

treatment of, 377

why redundant, 153

Young wives, 50

mothers, 51

Year, right time of, to marry, 87

Zurich, curious custom in, 93

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