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Medical Advice for Women 1830–1915


Volume Contents

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    Front Matter
  • Hints to Mothers for the Management of Health during the period of Pregnancy and in the Lying-in Room, (London: Longman, Green & Co., 1837; 16th edition 1865). By Thomas Bull
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      Preface to the First Edition
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      Note to the Seventh Edition
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      I
      Of the Management of Health During Pregnancy, and of Popular Errors Upon this Subject
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      II
      Of the Mode by Which Pregnancy May be Determined
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      III
      Of the Diseases of Pregnancy, and Hints for Their Pretention and Relief
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      IV
      On the Prevention of Miscarriage
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      V
      Of Reckoning, or of the Mode of Telling When Labour May be Expected
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      VI
      Hints for the Lying-In Room, Referring to the Mother
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      VII
      Hints for the Lying-In Room, Referring to the Child
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      VIII
      Of the Breasts
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      IX
      Of Nursing
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      The General Management of the Infant’s Health
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      XI
      Of Vaccination
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      Index
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      The Restoration of Health; or, the Application of the Laws of Hygiene to the Recovery of Health: A Manual for the Invalid, and a Guide in the Sick Room By W. Steange
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      Sea-Bathing and Sea-Air for Children and Invalids: Their Properties, Uses, and Mode of Application By M. Brochard
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      Modern Cookery for Private Families By Eliza Acton
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      Knowledge for the Young
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      General List of Works By Messrs. Green Longman
  • On the Preservation of the Health of Women at the Critical Periods of Life, (London: John Churchill, 1851). By Edward J. Tilt
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      Dedication
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      Preface
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      Introduction
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      On the Rictht Management of Young Women before the First Appearance of Menstruation
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      On the Right Management of Women, at First Menstruation, and During the Continuance of that Function
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      On the Eight Management of Women During Matrimonial Life
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      On the Management op Women at, and After the Cessation of, Menstruation
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      On the Treatment of Diseases at the Change of Life
  • How I Managed My Children From Infancy to Marriage, (London: Houston and Wright, 1865). By Mrs Eliza Warren
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      Preface
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      I
      Trial with a First Baby—Infants’ Food—How to Increase a Child’s Sufferings when Cutting its Teeth—The Treatment of Infants when Sick—Nurse Adams
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      II
      The Croup and its Treatment—Teaching Infants to Walk—How Their Legs Become Crooked—Nervous Children—? Ventilation and Light Necessary for Them
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      III
      The Adventures of an Infant in a Child’s Carriage—The Whooping Cough—Its Medical Treatment and Diet
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      Conduct Before the Birth of the Second Child—A Cure for Sickness—Benefits to be Derived from Exercise, Air, And Food
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      The Birth of other Children—Control Over them in Infancy—Their Early Education—Their Diet, Medicine—Transgression—Repentance
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      VI
      Early Education—History—Geography—Grammar—Spelling—Drawing—Dot Becomes an Artist—Girls at School—Music Lessons
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      VII
      Bible Teaching—The Artist’s Success—A Dream op the Future—Illness—Death—Rebellion—A Second Death—Submission
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      VIII
      Richard’s Choice of a Business—His Advertising—Its Results—His Experience in London
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      IX
      A Business Occupation Necessary for Girls—Marrying for a Home not a Iiappy Proceeding—The Duty of Parents to give their Daughters an Opportunity ok Marrying—The Story of an Old Maid—The Selfishness of Parents—How to Increase a Circle of Acquaintances
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      X
      School Friends—The Party—Christmas Eve—The Characters’ of the Friends—Levity of Manners—Excuses for Shopping—Invitation to the Ball
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      XI
      The Ball—New Acquaintances—Cupid’s Golden Shaft—True Love Unmistakeaule—Training for Work—The Visit to London
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      XII
      The School op Art at Kensington—The Female School of art in Queen Square-Wood Engraving—Modelling—Mary and Janet Settled to a Trade—Their Homes—Richard’s Temptations—Alice’s First Trial
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      XIII
      The Return of the Sisters—The Sewing Machine—The Lover’s Return—The Proposal and Marriage—Mary’s Career—Frank’s Destiny—How Walter Becams a Clergyman—Janet’s Marriage—Years of Happiness—Her, Husband’s Death—How she Managed and Educated her Children—Why she Wrote the Rook of Home Comforts for Small Incomes—The Conclusion
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      Conclusion