6. This Thury Plan has been tried on the farms of the Emperor of the French with unvarying success.
7. Conception in the First Half of the time between the menstrual periods produces females, and males is the latter.—London Lancet.
8. Intercourse in from two to six days after cessation of the menses produces girls, in from nine to twelve, boys.—Medical Reporter.
9. The Most Male Power and passion creates boys; female girls. This law probably causes those agricultural facts just cited thus: Conception right after menstruation give girls, because the female is then the most impassioned; later, boys, because her wanting sexual warmth leaves him the most vigorous. Mere sexual excitement, a wild, fierce, furious rush of passion, is not only not sexual vigor, but in its inverse ratio; and a genuine insane fervor caused by weakness; just as a like nervous excitability indicates weak nerves instead of strong. Sexual power is deliberate, not wild; cool, not impetuous; while all false excitement diminishes effectiveness.—Fowler.
ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGE.
1. Abortion or Miscarriage is the expulsion of the child from the womb previous to six months; after that it is called premature birth.
2. Causes.—It may be due to a criminal act of taking medicine for the express purpose of producing miscarriage or it may be caused by certain medicines, severe sickness or nervousness, syphilis, imperfect semen, lack of room in the pelvis and abdomen, lifting, straining, violent cold, sudden mental excitement, excessive sexual intercourse, dancing, tight lacing, the use of strong purgative medicines, bodily fatigue, late suppers, and fashionable amusements.