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Confidential Chats with Girls

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Aimed at adolescent girls, the author presents a practical, candid guide to bodily and sexual development, reproductive biology, and personal hygiene. Chapters cover the physical changes of puberty, menstruation and its disorders, care of the skin, nervous and emotional health, and strategies for building willpower and maintaining attractiveness. Explanations mix basic anatomy with prescriptive advice and moral recommendations, stressing prevention, self-care, and informed habits to safeguard future health and maternal capacity. The tone is instructional and directive, offering specific dos and don’ts for daily routines, health maintenance, and social comportment.

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Title: Confidential Chats with Girls

Author: William Lee Howard

Release date: July 20, 2018 [eBook #57551]

Language: English

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Confidential Chats with Girls


BOOKS BY

WM. LEE HOWARD, M.D.


FACTS FOR THE MARRIED

PLAIN FACTS ON SEX HYGIENE

CONFIDENTIAL CHATS WITH BOYS

CONFIDENTIAL CHATS WITH GIRLS


CONFIDENTIAL CHATS
WITH GIRLS

BY

WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, M.D.

Author of
“Plain Facts on Sex Hygiene,” “Confidential Chats with Boys,”
“Facts for the Married”

New York
Edward J. Clode
Publisher


Copyright, 1911, by

EDWARD J. CLODE


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. How to Develop into Womanhood 3
II. A General Chat 14
III. The Disorders of Menstruation and General Health 32
IV. The Care of the Skin and Complexion 51
V. Nerves and the Nervous Girl 76
VI. How to Get Will Power 89
VII. How to Keep Attractive 99
VIII. Some Don’ts 115