Marital relations, when they are painful, III, 337; when they should be suspended, III, 337.

Marriage, and motherhood, I, [2]; best age for, III, 331; certificate and vice, I, [15]; certificate, utility of, I, [13]; evils of early, III, 333; failures in, I, [2].

Mastitis, in infancy, IV, 553; in young girls, IV, 554.

Masturbation, or self-abuse, II, 157.

Meats, medical essentials of good, III, 393; preparation and selection of, III, 390.

Measles, IV, 616; complications in, IV, 618; Koplik's spots in, IV, 617; rules of department of health, IV, 619; symptoms of, IV, 616; treatment of, IV, 618.

Medical, letter brokers, III, 482; reliable advice, III, 486.

Medicine chest, contents of family, IV, 629.

Medicine concern run by women, III, 475.

Menstruation, II, 187; irregular, II, 187; painful, II, 193; should not be accompanied with pain, II, 189; symptoms of, II, 189; treatment for painful, II, 194; why it occurs every 28 days, II, 180.