Edited by Ruth Robbins
- Published: 11 Dec 2008
- DOI: 10.4324/9780415403313
- Set ISBN: 978-0-41540-331-3
Set Contents
Medical Advice for Women 1830–1915
- Edited by
- Ruth Robbins
Volume Contents
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Front Matter
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The Question of Rest for Women During Menstruation, (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons. [The Boylston Prize Essay of Harvard University for 1876], 1877) By Mary Putnam Jacobi
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Introductory Note
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Do Women Require Mental and Bodily Rest during Menstruation?: (Boylston Prize Essay, 1876.)
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Section I: Introductory.—Historical.—General Considerations in Regard to Labor
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Section II: Statistics
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Section III: Theory of Menstruation
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Section IV: Experimental
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Section V: Theory of Supplemental Nutrition
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Section VI: Application
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Conclusions
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The Seven Ages of Woman: A Consideration of the Successive Phases of Woman’s Life. (London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1915)
By Mary Scharlieb
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Preface
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Part I: The Young Girl
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Chapter I: The Years Immediately Preceding Puberty
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Chapter II: The Period of Physical Change
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Chapter III: Advent of Puberty
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Chapter IV: Abnormalities of Menstruation
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Chapter V: Domestic Care of the Young Girl
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Chapter VI: Education, and Choice of a Profession
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Part II: The Young Wife
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Chapter I: Preparation for Marriage
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Chapter II: The Difficulties of Early Married Life
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Chapter III: Pregnancy
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Chapter IV: Domestic Management of Pregnancy
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Chapter V: Preparation for Labour
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Part III: The Young Mother
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Chapter I: Signs and Symptoms of the Three Stages of Labour
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Chapter II: Care of the Young Mother
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Chapter III: Abnormal Pregnancy
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Chapter IV: Diseases of Pregnancy: Toxic, Nervous, and Mechanical
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Part IV: The Nursing Mother
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Chapter I: Lactation and Weaning
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Chapter II: Artificial Feeding and Wet-Nursing
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Chapter III: Artificial Foods and Anti-Scorbutics
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Chapter IV: The Nursery—Teething—Vaccination—Circumcision
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Part V: The Mother in “The Noisy Years”
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Chapter I: The Care of Young Children
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Chapter II: The Child in Sickness
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Chapter III: The Commoner Ailments of Childhood
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- Part VI: The Woman in Middle Age
- Part VII: The Woman in Old Age
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