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ABORTION—
Symptoms of, [169]
Causes of, [171]
Treatment of, [171]
Prevention of, [175]
When dangerous, [168]
When necessary to effect, [177]
When attended with no danger, [169]
AFTER-PAINS—
Causes of, [203]
Treatment of, [204]
AFTER-BIRTH—
Caution respecting, [199]
Mode of extracting, [199]
ARTIFICIAL DELIVERY, [180]
BARRENNESS, OR STERILITY—, [223]
Causes of, [225]
Treatment of, [230]
Remedy for, [232]
CONCEPTION—(See Pregnancy), [36]
Signs of, [37]
Prevention of (See Pregnancy), [104]
CHILDREN—Management of, [210]
CONCLUDING REMARKS, [237]
DELIVERY—Artificial, [180]
DISEASES OF PREGNANCY, [61]
Desomeaux’s Prevention to Pregnancy, [142]
FALSE PAINS IN PREGNANCY, [187]
FALSE Conception, [30]
FAINTING, during Pregnancy, [87]
Treatment of, [87]
FLOODING, [174]
Causes of, [23]
Treatment of, [174]
FRENCH SECRET, [144]
For what purpose used, [144]
Its use in France, [144]
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, [ix]
INFANTS, still-born, [202]
Treatment of, [203]
INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS, [205]
To prevent inflamed or broken Breasts, [208]
Index, [v]
LABOUR—Signs of, [182]
Management of, [185]
Ordinary or natural, [186]
Preternatural or Cross-Births, [201]
Laborious, or difficult, [202]
Directions during, [198]
Directions after, [99], [203]
MALFORMATION of the Pelvis, [180]
MENSTRUATION, or Monthly Turns, [1]
Retention of, [8]
Description, [8]
Causes, [8]
Symptoms, [9]
Treatment, [10]
Suppression of, [11]
Description of, [11]
Causes, [12]
Symptoms, [12]
Treatment of, [13]
Specific certain to effect a cure, [16]
Painful and Imperfect, [18]
Symptoms, [19]
Causes, [19]
Treatment, [20]
MENSES—
Immoderate Flow of, [22]
Symptoms, [22]
Causes, [23]
Treatment, [23]
Prevention, [27]
Decline of the, [28]
Symptoms, [30]
Causes, [30]
Treatment, [33]
MISCARRIAGE—See Abortion.
MORAND’S “ELIXIR,” [232]
Its success in effecting Cures, [233]
NAVEL CORD—
Manner of tying, [198]
NURSING, [204]
PORTUGUESE FEMALE PILLS, [16]
PREFACE, [iii]
PREGNANCY, Signs of, [36]
How it may be determined, [37]
Ceasing to be unwell, [38]
Morning Sickness, [49], [62]
Shooting Pains through, Enlargement of and other Changes of the Breasts, [50]
Changes of the Nipple, [51]
Presence of Milk, [54]
Quickening, [57]
PREGNANCY,—Diseases of, [61]
Being unwell during, [96]
Costiveness, [72]
Diarrhœa, [76]
Enlargement of the Veins of the Legs, [82]
Fainting Fits, [87]
Heart-Burn, [70]
Headache, [98]
Inconvenience from size, [95]
Painful and distended condition of th Breasts, [90]
Pains in the Legs, &c., [92]
Palpitation of the Heart, [85]
Piles, [78]
Salivation, or Discharge of Saliva, [89]
Swelling of the Feet and Legs, [84]
Soreness and Cracking of the Skin of the Abdomen, [94]
Toothache, [88]
Violent movement of the Child, [93]
PREGNANCY—Prevention of, [104]
When unnecessary, [110]
When indispensable, [107]
Practicability of, [141]
Morality of, [146]
Social importance of, [114]
Mode of prevention, [142], [143], [144]
Healthiness of, [145]
Reasons for prevention, [144]
Objections answered, [146]
Proofs of success, [150], [152], [154]
Use of in France and other parts of Europe, [149]
SEXUAL WEAKNESS,
Symptoms, [157]
Causes, [158]
Treatment, [158]
Regimen, [163]
WOMB, falling down of the, [163]