INDEX

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ABORTION—
Symptoms of, 169
Causes of, 171
Treatment of, 171
Prevention of, 175
When dangerous, 168
When necessary to effect, 177
When attended with no danger, 169
AFTER-PAINS—
Causes of, 203
Treatment of, 204
AFTER-BIRTH—
Caution respecting, 199
Mode of extracting, 199
ARTIFICIAL DELIVERY, 180
BARRENNESS, OR STERILITY—, 223
Causes of, 225
Treatment of, 230
Remedy for, 232
CONCEPTION—(See Pregnancy), 36
Signs of, 37
Prevention of (See Pregnancy), 104
CHILDREN—Management of, 210
CONCLUDING REMARKS, 237
DELIVERY—Artificial, 180
DISEASES OF PREGNANCY, 61
  Desomeaux’s Prevention to Pregnancy, 142
FALSE PAINS IN PREGNANCY, 187
FALSE Conception, 30
FAINTING, during Pregnancy, 87
Treatment of, 87
FLOODING, 174
Causes of, 23
Treatment of, 174
FRENCH SECRET, 144
For what purpose used, 144
Its use in France, 144
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, ix
INFANTS, still-born, 202
Treatment of, 203
INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS, 205
To prevent inflamed or broken Breasts, 208
  Index, v
LABOUR—Signs of, 182
Management of, 185
Ordinary or natural, 186
Preternatural or Cross-Births, 201
Laborious, or difficult, 202
Directions during, 198
Directions after, 99, 203
MALFORMATION of the Pelvis, 180
MENSTRUATION, or Monthly Turns, 1
Retention of, 8
Description, 8
Causes, 8
Symptoms, 9
Treatment, 10
Suppression of, 11
Description of, 11
Causes, 12
Symptoms, 12
Treatment of, 13
Specific certain to effect a cure, 16
Painful and Imperfect, 18
Symptoms, 19
Causes, 19
Treatment, 20
MENSES—
Immoderate Flow of, 22
Symptoms, 22
Causes, 23
Treatment, 23
Prevention, 27
Decline of the, 28
Symptoms, 30
Causes, 30
Treatment, 33
MISCARRIAGE—See Abortion.
MORAND’S “ELIXIR,” 232
Its success in effecting Cures, 233
NAVEL CORD—
Manner of tying, 198
NURSING, 204
PORTUGUESE FEMALE PILLS, 16
PREFACE, iii
PREGNANCY, Signs of, 36
How it may be determined, 37
Ceasing to be unwell, 38
Morning Sickness, 49, 62
Shooting Pains through, Enlargement of and other Changes of the Breasts, 50
Changes of the Nipple, 51
Presence of Milk, 54
Quickening, 57
PREGNANCY,—Diseases of, 61
Being unwell during, 96
Costiveness, 72
Diarrhœa, 76
Enlargement of the Veins of the Legs, 82
Fainting Fits, 87
Heart-Burn, 70
Headache, 98
Inconvenience from size, 95
Painful and distended condition of th Breasts, 90
Pains in the Legs, &c., 92
Palpitation of the Heart, 85
Piles, 78
Salivation, or Discharge of Saliva, 89
Swelling of the Feet and Legs, 84
Soreness and Cracking of the Skin of the Abdomen, 94
Toothache, 88
Violent movement of the Child, 93
PREGNANCY—Prevention of, 104
When unnecessary, 110
When indispensable, 107
Practicability of, 141
Morality of, 146
Social importance of, 114
Mode of prevention, 142, 143, 144
Healthiness of, 145
Reasons for prevention, 144
Objections answered, 146
Proofs of success, 150, 152, 154
Use of in France and other parts of Europe, 149
SEXUAL WEAKNESS,
Symptoms, 157
Causes, 158
Treatment, 158
Regimen, 163
WOMB, falling down of the, 163