Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-27
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The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NURSERY-ADyIS

~ unpnni Fenales Directions Ia prrs nat aud
LIVING Ia Women; and an account ot their Disensesi 10
eeiher with Instructions ion tie Rearing OF Nhdron
fun The hou 1T thr Birth, aud at tho Dis.
ens's at infancy. b, tie nuih.r ut The Genlcmans
Medical Pocket Book. Price 10 ci-
he Iapid eaennd universal appreciation which the
GENrLtMAs's MEDICAL PooKtT Book has WITH
hue Induced The publishers enenge the laco OF the
same AntAar IN the production OF MEDICAL Pockrr.
Book, eSpfes- sor the use al fEaAtks.
Ava ling n cmsrlves OF hints obtained from different
respectable SOU they here present tn the public
neouf OF the canscs symptoms and treatment ni those
Diseases winch me peculiar TO thu Female and to
lntants they have embraced in also, the ee era
rules Tor the frcscruteh Of the Health and Comfort of
Females during the Sing mud Marriage state; aud d.
fectons Tor the proper Rearing nj Children in reference
to cir Dat and Regimen: whilst in Appendix IS
added short treatise on that NIL absorbing subject Epi
demic Cholera.
The Publishers feel PEI suuded that the work will be
ionnd in every pet worthy the attention OF the
which it is especially dedicated; aud TINT Mothers will
hhd III useful manuel OF instruction Ur their guidance
during Ptegna ey in the L,ingin Chambei. aud Ia the
Nursery.
The means Ivy VIII 'ch the full development oC body,
AMI the health, sgor aud activity of the human system
are best frnmoled and maintained are, unf ionHtely
too little attended to by the Female And Yet in
their consideration the female is urged by the powerful
motives OF duty md self Beauty cannot to
reality, exist. independent of health; the which
tend to preserve the ing equally calculated To inn
prove and promote tho oheri while the first Is absolute
" unatanable b, any practice inconsistent with the lat.
ter In win does The female hope TO improve her skin
TO give u 'roseale hue to her compecon or to aug
ment the grace N symmetry of her orm unless she is
enntiaus To preserve the whole frame in health, veonr
and activity Beauty oi complex ion, and, to certain
extent, that of shape also is olhng thnn visible
henltha pure mirror of the perfect peroi ot the
Internal functions of ife and of their harmony with the
external portions or the s,sem-the certain effects of
pure mir 'heerfuncss temperance, and of exercise UNI
impededly any species OF unnatural rost,ant
There is however sill more impofuni reason why,
independent OF Ill nsideations cunncctsi with Jet
nal comfort ind nnppness tins SUBJECT should occupy
the attention OF the oulhu air;--t - well being OF
those who may TO her their existence. The iuct-
that upon her heh depend in very great measure
the health freedom from delormiiy md future useful
ness, often the very lie of her offspring cNnnot ln to
recommend those menus most strongly I" ate nton
Of her who desires hr hailed by the ondearing appel
atiln of motlel-and To experience the happiness OF
beh0ldng herself surrounded by henl,hy an joyous
offspring. lis n solemn ruth. thu female hus any
right To expect in the child to which sic gives birth,
what she does hersel possess-a sound well formed
and robust iame She therefore, who neglccts her own
health, in the pursuit of folly dissipation exhausts
TIA" energies of her constu ion will in the MINORITY of
cases. eit' ht doomed to be cmdies@ vile, or be
cursed with short lived deformed and puny race of
IT. pring. thu hnpless victims OF II m"thets folly
Such beng the Importance OF Health Ia femnle',
work which, like the present exhibits brett exposition
OF the in Which IL is most cetaihh To lac otlln
ed and preserved, WILL pcrsuadcdhc received by
them with appreciation, md caim ter serious attention.
serving tho Wealth and promoting the perfect develop.
ment Of tho 1stiruon of the Unmarried Female Ia
the chapters Levoted to Dyspepsia ami To Training Tor
Health, will be fund full account OF the ennse' and
symptoms of of the most distressing and c"mmon
complaints of the female SEX with the means for it, pre-
venton and treatment.
is rot, howe er, during youth crely, that the ie.
male commits tie greatest errors. They are often per-
sisted in after Mari ge and, added To an improper
If conduct The result ignorance md prcudire
during Pregnancy and the Lyingin state, sopnrdlze the
lille OF hor oil spring and entail upon the mother suffering
and disease which often last Tor the remainder OF her
days. The Second Part OF the work. therefore. Is ad.
dressed the Mn,rd Femaic, aud embraces the eau.
tons be observed in order insure The llenth OF the
Mother nnd The Life OF her Child, during ihese two i'm
portant periods.
influence upon eil subsequent health comfort ind use
uness, in the Third Portion Of the work we have enter
ed fully into the proper method of Rearing Infants:
giving minuie directions for Their management nme
date after hrth md during the subsequent periods OF
childho I'd.
In the Fourth Part the causes, symptoms and gene.
'a treatment OF the prominent Diseases OF NO
deuiled with The view 81 teaching the iulr
reader be hei pysi-an but to point out To her
the early indications o thpse affections and to show her
the immense Importance of early resort 10 proper
medical advice. 1t is unfortunate circumsinn, enl,
for of tins information such diseases too often
overlooked in their first stages from false sense OF
de icacy conceaed until they have advanced far that
the best directed efforts If the most skliu practitioner
| fail in their removal
The fifth Pan treats of the symptoms and manage
of the Diseases 10 which Young Children are oid'-
ndrHy Hable. II is believed that large number II not
all these diseases mny DO prevented by proper Mt
tention diet anil regimen; when they do occur,
may by TIE be very promptly aud eiecual'
" removed. 1t these therefore, that our ln-
rs are especially directed advising always, when
ever the administration of other remedies becomes in
disrensable resort without delay, to regular pro!es'
sional aid.
i,nItu bnNa cd nm u 49,,
means of prevention symptoms aud treatment OF the
Asatic or Epiiemic ChOird Although not disease to
which the lehe is particularly snbec Than the
other SEX it is nevertheless topic ct such general ana
appalling interest and in relation 10 which the dil'
fusion of correct info nation is of much importance
that have been unwilling omit IT, and we are con-
WINGED that every reader will be pleased with its intro
duction.