Herself: Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

by E. B. Lowry

INDEX

Abortions, [89]
Accidental, [90]
Criminal, [91]
Prevalence, [92], [112]
Sterility following, [95]
Advertisements, misleading, [65]
Advertising physicians, [173]
After-birth, [83]
Amenorrhœa, [40]
Anatomy of generative organs, [11]
Anus, [16]
Atrophy of generative organs, [30]
Backache, displacement causing, [36]
Fake advertisements concerning, [67]
Gonorrhœa causing, [61]
Lumbago, rheumatism, strain, [67]
Bag of waters, [86]
Birth canal, [13]
Black plagues, see Gonorrhœa and Syphilis
Causing tumors, [42]

Bladder, openings into, [17]
Position in relation to womb, [11]
Blindness, due to gonorrhœa, [59]
Infection, prevalence of in new born, [60]
Blue baby, [87]
Blues, [195]
Born with caul or veil, [86]
Boys, need of instruction, [178]
Why boys go astray, [171]
Breasts, after menopause, in pregnancy, [19]
At puberty, [24]
Cancer, carcinoma, [43]
Cathartics, [51]
Cavity of pelvis, [11]
Cavity of womb, openings into, [11], [12]
Change of life, see Menopause
Child bearing period, [23]
Childless homes, [103]
Chlorosis, [40]
Circumcision in girls, [41]
Clandestine engagements, [157]
Clap, see Gonorrhœa.
Clitoris, hooded, [17]
Causing nervousness and immorality, [41]
Coitus, [74]
Conception, [74]
Prevention of, [109]
Congestion from tight clothing, [37]

Constipation, [47]
Caused by retroversion, [34], [49]
Causes, [48]
Cord, [83]
Cramps during menopause, [30]
Development of life, [81]
Diseases of female organs, [33]
Influence on appearance, [28]
Venereal diseases, [56]
Displacements, causes of, [33]
Backward, constipation caused by, [34]
Bladder, pressure on, [35]
Downward, side, [37]
Forward, [36]
Hemorrhoids caused by, [34]
Menstruation, relation to, [34]
Treatment, [35]
Divorce, [115]
Black plagues as a factor, [117]
Sterility as a factor, [118]
Douche, for cleanliness, at close of period, [21]
In irritation of vagina, [40]
Drug habit, from patent medicines, [69]
In constipation, [51]
Dry labor, [86]
Dysmenorrhœa, [39]
Education, lack of for girls, [77]

Egg, see Ovum.
Embryo, [82]
Embryology, [81]
Epilepsy due to syphilis, [101]
Excesses
Cause of premature old age, [76]
Causing congestion, [38]
During early married life, [74]
Exercise
For business woman, [205]
For home woman, [203]
External generative organs, description, [16]
Care, [20]
Fake advice, [65]
Fallopian tubes, description, position, [14]
Effect of gonorrhœa on, [57]
Removal, effect of, sterility from removal, [58]
Tumors of, [42]
Father's duty to son, [181]
Fear, needless, [106]
Fertilization of ovum, [74], [81]
Flirtations and their results, [157]
Fœtal movements, [84]
Fœtus, [82]
Gonorrhœa
Effect on female organs, [57]
Persistence of in later years, [57]
Prevalence of, [56]

Prevention of in youth, [63]
Symptoms, [61]
Green sickness, [40]
Happiness necessary, [208]
Headache, from constipation, [48]
From displacements, [37]
Powders, [69]
Heart valves of baby, [87]
Hemorrhage in cancer, [43]
Hemorrhoids, [47]
Bleeding, external, internal, pain from, [49]
From constipation, [48]
Retrodisplacements causing, [34]
Treatment, [49]
Herb remedies as drugs, [69]
Heredity, inherited tendency to disease, [99]
Tuberculosis, syphilis, [100]
Home-making a study, [78]
Homes, childless, [103]
Girls not interested in parents' home, [135]
Hot flashes during menopause, [30]
Hymen, [18]
Not injured by douche, [40]
Opening in, [41]
Unruptured in pregnancy, [154]
Illegitimacy, [152]

Immorality, due to low wages, effects of, [149]
Among children, in country districts, in school, [123]
Due to hooded clitoris, [41]
Indigestion, [52]
Inflammation causing dysmenorrhœa, [39]
Inherited syphilis, [62]
Intercourse, [75]
Insemination, [74]
Jealousy, [196]
Kiss conveying contagion, [61]
Knee chest position, [37]
For constipation and hemorrhoids, [49]
Labia majora and minora, [17]
Labor, dry, [86]
Duration of, [87]
Pains, cause of, [85]
Premature, [89]
Lanugo, [84]
Law regarding prevention of pregnancy, [109]
Laxatives, [51]
Leucorrhœa, [38]
In young girls, [40]
Life feeling, [84]
Love, misunderstood, [132]
Lumbago, backache in, [67]
Lungs of newborn child, [87]

Maidenhead, see Hymen.
Malignant tumor, [43]
Marriage, education necessary for, [72]
Fake marriages used to obtain white slaves, [168]
False promises leading to immorality, [151]
For convenience, natural, [116]
Laws not adequate, [115]
Relation, [71]
Science of, successful and otherwise, [71]
Social reasons for, [103]
Massage, for constipation, [51]
Mating, [73]
Meatus urinarius, [17]
Medical, fake advertisements, [67]
Medicine, doubtful results from, [68]
Patent, [45]
Membrane, [86]
Menstruation, absence of, [40]
Bathing during, [27]
Care during, [26]
Color, odor, [29]
Composition of flow, [28]
Deficiency of, [40]
Description of, [23]
Duration of, frequency, [23], [28]
Lassitude during, [27]
Pain during, [27], [39]
Phenomena common to, [27]
Profuse flow, [28]
Quantity, time between periods, [29]
Sign of approach of period, [25]
Source of flow, [16]
Menopause, age, [29]
Bowels in, [21]
Breasts after, [31]
Cancer at, [43]
Care during, symptoms of approach, [30]
Changes in body, nervous system, [30]
Duration, diet, [31]
End of child-bearing period, [23]
Hot flashes during, necessity for examination, [30]
Relaxation, rest, worry during, [31]
Miscarriage, [89]
Modesty, false, [134]
Motherhood, accidental, a science, preparation for, [77]
Fear regarding, [106]
Natural desire of all women, [104]
Mucous patches in syphilis, [61]
Nerve trouble, due to syphilis, [62]
Nervousness
A lack of control, [195]
Due to hooded clitoris, [41]
Overcoming, [197]
Relation to intercourse, [76]
Neuralgia, backache, [67]
Causing dysmenorrhœa, [39]

Ovary, description, function, position, [14]
Tumor, see Tumor.
Oviduct, see Fallopian tube, [14]
Ovum, [14]
Relation to menstruation, [29]
Division into portions, growth, [81]
Passage from ovary to uterus, impregnation, [81]
Size, [82]
Passion or sex sense, [73]
Parents' duty to daughters, [167]
To sons, [171]
Patent medicine, [45]
Of doubtful benefit, [68]
Pelvis, [11]
Deformed in abortions, [91]
Peritoneum, [16]
Peritonitis, [16]
From displacement and inflammation of womb, [37]
From gonorrhœa, [58]
From appendicitis, [59]
Perineum, [18]
Tearing during labor, [19], [87]
Physiology of female organs, [11]
Piles, see Hemorrhoids.
Placenta, [83]
Position of fœtus in utero, [85]
Pregnancy, absence of menstruation, [40]
Among unmarried girls, [151]

Fertilization before, [74]
Prevention of, [109]
Premature birth, labor, [89]
Prostitution, result of, [155]
Puberty, [23]
Change in nervous system, [24]
Hygiene during, school work during, [24]
Premonitory symptoms, signs of approach, [24]
Preparatory information, necessity for, [24]
Public cup, [61]
Pus tubes, see Fallopian tubes.
Race improvement, [111]
Race suicide, education in relation to, [104]
Not increased by knowledge of means of prevention, [113]
Rectum, position in relation to womb, [11]
In retrodisplacement, [34]
Regulation of number of children, [111]
Relaxation, [199]
Rest, [200]
Rheumatism, backache, [67]
Dysmenorrhœa due to, [39]
Sac, [85]
Sanitary pads, [26]
Self-abuse, [137]
Hooded clitoris as a cause, [139]
Mental, [139]
Nervous system injured, [138]
Treatment, [139]
Self-confidence, [145]
Self-control, [206]
Semen, [74]
Sex, education needed regarding, [72], [121]
Fundamental end of, over-indulgence, [74]
Instinct, [73]
Instruction for children, [183]
Organs formed fourth month, [83]
Skin disease due to syphilis, [101]
Sleep, sleeplessness, treatment, [200]
Spermatozoon, [74]
Death due to disease, [107]
Union with ovum, [81]
Size, [82]
Sterility
After one birth, [108]
Due to abortions, [95]
Due to gonorrhœa, [58]
Due to indiscretions, in male, [107]
Stomach trouble due to syphilis, [62]
Syphilis, [61]
Causing abortions, [90]
Causing epilepsy, brain and skin lesions, [101]
Contracted from wet nurse, [62]
Conveyed by kiss, by public cup, [61]
Inherited, [62], [100]
Late symptoms, [62]
Prevention in youth, treatment, [63]
Tears of perineum, [19]
Necessity for repair, [30]
Relation to cancer, [43]
Teas, laxative, [51]
Tomboys, [133]
Toxines from constipation, [48]
Tubes, see Fallopian tubes.
Tumor, abdominal, caused by black plagues, [42]
Absorption of, removal, [42]
Causing dysmenorrhœa, [39]
Hemorrhoidal, [34]
Malignant, [43]
Phantom, [43]
Symptoms of, hemorrhage, pain in, [42]
Ulcers in syphilis, [62]
Umbilical cord, [83]
Urethra, [17]
Urination, frequent, caused by displacement, [35]
Uterus, see Womb.
Vagina, description of, [13]
Discharge from, [38]
Infection from use of public towels, [60]
Irritation of, [40]
Orifice of, [17]
Vein of cord, [83]
Vernix caseosa, [85]
Venereal diseases, [56]
Vibrator for constipation, [51]
Wet nurse in syphilis, [62]
Womb, attachment, [13]
Cancer of, [43]
Congestion from tight clothing, [37]
Contraction of mouth, [39]
Inflammation from displacements, [37]
Position, size, structure, shape, [11]
Over work causing congestion, [38]
Wild oats, sown by girls, [150]
White slavery, [163]
Women in business, [189]
Worry, an abuse, [143]
Youth, obtainable, [203]

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HIMSELF

TALKS WITH MEN CONCERNING THEMSELVES

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