Cautions.—The patient should not be left a moment without medical supervision. The lying in chamber should be darkened, and kept as quiet as possible.
PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH.
Why Should a Woman Suffer?—Childbirth is a natural function, as natural as eating, sleeping or walking. If the laws of nature are complied with it loses most, if not all, of its terrors. The facts show that Indian women, and those of other uncivilized races have children without experiencing pain, and with none of the so common modern complications.
What Is the Reason?—They live a natural, out of doors life, free from the evils and restrictions of present day civilization in dress and habits of life.
A Normal Life.—The expectant mother should therefore live a perfectly rational life, keeping the stomach and intestines especially healthy and active, and hence the general physical condition good. An abundance of fresh air, hearty exercise, and childbirth will pass over without any abnormal consequences.
THE DISEASES OF WOMEN.
The Woman's Place Is in the Home.—For centuries the world has stuck to this rule. Because the woman has been considered less fit for the struggles of the active workaday world, she has been kept at home, shut in from the air and sunshine, deprived of healthy exercise, and obliged to live a life of confinement and inactivity.
What Is the Result?—In connection with menstruation, pregnancy and child bearing a long list of diseases peculiar to woman have arisen, most of which through proper food and exercise could be avoided. In matters so vital to posterity false modesty and ignorance can no longer be tolerated.