Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-26
BOOKS, DC.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
Observation-Disclosures |.

HONfAIN1S6 Rules for preserving tho Health o
y Unmarried Females; Directions to Pregnant and
Lying in Wnmeh and account oi their Diseases; to-
geiher with Instructions ior the Rearing Of Children
from tho hour OF THIN Births and OF the Dis
.nsss Of Infancy. By the auth of The Gentomnn's
Medical rorkrt hook. P,iee % cl-.
The rapid salennd universal appreciation which the
GrNrLfMAN's MEDICAL focKtr Book has met with
have induced the publishers engage the intent. of the
samn Anhor in tho production of a MEDICAL PocKEt.
Boog, eNpres-l tuf the use al FEMALES.
snng themselves oi hints obtained from different
respectable they here present 10 the public nm
of the causes symptoms and treatment OF those
Diaeases which peculiar 10 tn Female sex and to
nitnis: they have embraced in II, also the Ret oral
rules Tor the Preservation of the Health and Comfort of
Females during tho Single and Marriage sinte and di-
ecnns for the proper Rearing al Chldrentn reference
Ia Il cir Dict and Regimen; whls in Appendix il
ndded short Treatise lint NIL absorbing subject Epi
demie Cholera.
Tho pubshers leel pei suaded that the work will be
found in every respect worthy the attention Of the 10
which it is especially dedicated, ind TINT Mothers will
find in il useful manuel of instruction for Their guidance
during Pregnancy, In the Lyingin Chamber nnd tn the
| Nursery.
The mcnnsby which tho full developments of the body.
ana the HEALTH vignr and activity of the human system
orehest promoted mud maintained are unit itunately
too lutte attended To by the femno And vet in
lher confederation the female Ia urged by the powerful
motives oI duty md self interest Beauty cannot. 10
rsaty, exist, independent of health; the means which
tend to preserve the being equally calculated to inn
prove and promote the other, while the first il asoute
~ unatnnnble by practice inconsistent with the lat
ter In vain does the female hope improve her skin
to give rosene hue 10 her cnmploeon OF to aug
meni the aud symmetry of her form unless she is
cautious preserve the whole frnmo In health, vRour
und activity Beauty of complexion, and, 10 certain
extent that of shape nlso Is rolhng Tim visible
healtha pure mirror OF the perfect performance OF the
Internal functions Of life and of their harmony with the
external portions the Sys'emthc certain effects OF
pure nil oheerinness. temperance aud o eNeeiso un.
| impededhy any species of unnatural restraint.
There is however all mare important fensnn why,
independent oi all considerations connected with porso
nal comfort and happiness this subject should occupy
tho attention of the Youthful nir-t 10 well being OF
those who moy owe 10 her their existenoo Tho iact-
that upon her helth depend very great
the health freedom from deformits mud future useful
often the very c Of her offspring oannot tail to
recommend those menus strongly In tho attention
OF her who desires Ia be hailed by the endeafng appel
! lnon ol mothel-nnd to experience the happiness OF
behodsng herself surrounded by healthy an. joyous
offspring Iii solemn truth. that no female has any
right Ia expect IN the child 10 which she gives BIRTH
whit she does not herself possess-n sound well formed
aud robust frame. She therefore, who nogeota her own
heah or n,he pursuit Of folly dissipation, oxhnusis
lhe energies o her eonsu ion will in tho MINORITY Of
oases, either b., doomed to be chdles' wife, or be
cursed with short lived deformed and pnny Of
,0.pring. the hnpless victims of mothers folly,
Such being the importance of Health To Females. n
work which, like the present exhibits brett exposition
ol the mnnner In which 1t ia mast certainly To ho obtain
cd aud preserved, will, persuodcdbe received by
them with appreciation, aud caim their standardization
The First Part is devoted solely the means OF Pre-.
serving tho Honh and promoting tho perfect develop
menl OF thSo institution of the Unmarried Female In
the cmptcrs eeyotod to Dyspepsia and 10 Training FOR
Health, will be found full account Of the causes and
symptoms of of the most distressing and common
complaints OF the female soS with tho msans for s pre-.
vention aud treatment
Il is not hover er during youth eroly TINT the f..
mne commits the greatest They are often per
sisted in 9tter Mari, gc aud. added 10 mn Improper
Of conduct the result of Ignorance aud prejudice
daring Pregnancy and the Lyingin state ieopardzo the
lie OF hor offspring and entail upon the mother suhering
md diptuap which the remainder n her
daya The Second Part tho work. therefore. Ia nd.
dressed the Aa1ttd Fcmaie, mud embraces the Gnu
tons to be obarrVed in order 10 insure lho enth OF Tue
Mather md The Life Of her Child, during theso two inn
portnnt Periods.
A. the e7lly treatment Of Infants cxort, powerful
influence upon the subsequent health comfort and USE
nlness in the Third Portion of the work we hive enter
cd fully into the proper method of Rearing Infants
giving minute directions for their management imme
dinely after brh and during the sub'qnen periods OF
, childhood.
Ia the Fourth Part the couse., symptoms and gene.
tnl trenttncut of the prominent Diseases Of No
detailed with the view If teaching tho fair
,eader to be o physicians; but to point Out To her
lie early indications c thnse affections aud To show her
iht immense importance of enrly resort proper
medical ndvee II is unfortunate circnmsinnt that
for of tins nfcrmalion such Diseases often
overlooked in their frs stages from false Of
dedeacy conceae until they hive advanced far, that
the best directed efforts Of the most skul practitioner
| fail in their removal
The Fifth Part trenra of the symptoms md manage-
Of tho Diseases 10 uhic Young Chdrea otdi
pory iabie II is believed that large number, II not
nil these Diseases mny DO prevented by proper at
lention to diet anil regimen; when they do occur,
nny by the be very promptly nnd edectunl-
~ removed. 1t these means, therefore, that our -
-lrueonsn especially directed advising always when
! the administration of other remedies becomes in
disfensnblc resort without deny TO regunr probes
| sionnl aid.
Finally we hive annexed an account of the causes.
means Of prevention, symptoms and treatment Of the
hsiatic or Epiemic Cho'cra Although not disease to
which the female ia more particularly spbieo thnn the
other sex; is nevertheless topic OF such general ond
appalling interest and in relation which the diff
fusion of information Is of so much importance,
that have been unwilling omit IT, and con-
,need that every reader will be Ieased with its intro.
! dueon.