Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-21
BOOKS. DC.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NuIRSERX- AnVukED.

4 Won tAtNiNG Rules for preserving Tho Hath m
- ona ar'lrd Females; Directions 10 PREGNANT and
Lying IA Nnmcn and account nf rhrir Diseases, Ia
gether with lns'fnctons tie Rrarinr al UbilI,r,
t"m the hor OF th-ir Brtl and Az account of the Di.
sasss OF Infancy. ID, the auth of The Gentlenan's
MedicHl Pocket Book. p.iee 10 cts
The rapd sale md universal npprobaton Nhirl the
nENlLkMASs MEDICAL PoeKEr Book has met wih
nas'i heed The publishers 10 engage the talent. Of the
Same Author "a the rrndurtian of MEDICAL PaeKrr.
BOOK, rNrrrssl ,ar the Of fsMAlra
Ava ling Themselves OF hints obtained fr,yn different
resle'"he sources, they hrre resent To the p,.e nm
neohbt :" ,hc causes symptoms and treatment of those
diseases hoh ate peruur M, Penal. sex aud Il,
t1nis: they haxe embraced in a. also The 90, e,,I
rules tor the Preservation at the Health and ComEf of
Females dur the Single and Marriage state ami d.
reetions i the proper r. airing Children in ,lernr,
to cir Diet aud Regimen: whilst in an Appendix /.
demic Cholera F'
INC publishers feel persuaded thar the work will be
found IN every respect worthy the attention of the sex TO
which II IA especially dedicated; aud TINT Mohers will
lind IN useful manuel Of instruction for their guidance
dl ring ffeena ey in the Lyngn Chamber and in the
Nursery
The meanhy VIII ch the full development of the body
ahd The health, vignr and activity of the human syste
are best sfpmuted aud maintained are uni, ttun.tev
to" lltle attended 10 by the Female sex. And vet in
Their consideration the female urged by the powerful
motlVrs al duty ntd self interest Beauty cannot 10
reality exist independent of health: the means which
tend 10 preserve the ing equal, calculated 10 i'm.
prove and promote the other; while the first Is absolute.
" nnatanable by any practice inconsistent with the lat.
ter ln vain does the female hope to improve her skin
to give 'roseate hue 10 her cumpccon or 10 mug
ment the grace symmetry of her form; unless she il
cautious to preserve the whole frame in health, vIgour
and activity. Beauty of complex ion nd, to a certain
extent thut of shape also is othng more tlan visible
healtha pure mirror of the perfect neror the
Internal functions of life, and of their harmony with the
exernai portions or the sysemthe ccInin effects Of
pune mr. eheerinlness temp sance, pnd of exercise
impededby any species of urnatul# restant.
There is however sill more important reason why
independent OF all considerations connected with perso
nal conori and happiness, this subject should occupy
the attention of the Youthful miE-t ~ well being of
those who may her their existence. The fact-
that upon her OWL helth depend in very
the health, freedom from dcormit, and future useful
ness, often the very life of her offspring ail to
recommend those means, strongly, tie ntinn
OF her who desires e hailed by the endearng appel
laiion OF mothe,-and TO experience the happiness OF
beholdng herself surrounded by healthy joyous
offspring. 1t is solemn truth. thai female has any
right to expect in the chill which she gives BIRTH
whit she dues not herself possessa sound we'll formed
aud robust frame She therefore who neglects her
health in the pursuit of folly dissipation exhausts
the energies OF her consltu ion will in the minority of
cases, eitnerAbe doomed TO he IA chdles4 wife, be
cursed with short lived deformed and puny of
oil prng. The hapless victims OF a mothers folly
Such beng the Importance of Health To fcmales,
work which, like the present exhibits brett exposition
of the mnnncrn which il is most certain, he oht lin
cd and preserved will persuaded be received by
them with Appreciation and claim er serious attention,
The First Pari is Devoted solely Ia tho of Pre-
serving the tenl ani pronotinr the perfect develop,
ment of the stitulinn of the Unmarried Ffmdfc. In
the chapters Levotcd to by spepsn ami Tuing for
Health, will be found fall OF the and
symptoms of one of the most distressing and common
com plants of the female seA, with the for it, pro.
ventiun aud treatment
is not, howe er, during youth nerey, that the fe
male commits tie greatest errors. They often per-
sisted in after Marriage, and, added to nm improper
o. result al
during Pregnancy and the Lyingn eoparize the
life OF er offspring. and ent upon the mother suilng
and disease which often last the reminder OF her
days. The Second Part Of the work. therefore. is nd
dressed 10 the Nn,11d Eemaie, nnd enb the eau
lions to be observed in order insure the Henh of the
Mother and the Life oil her Child, during these two i'm
portant periods.
As thu erty treatment of Infants exert, powerful
influence upon tei subsequent health comfort and
luness in the Third Portion of the work have enter
ed fully into the proper method Of Rearing Infants:
giving minute directions for thrir management imme-
datey after BIRTH and during the Subsequent periods of
childho i'd
In the Fourth Part. the causes, symptoms and gene.
raj treatment OF the prominent Diseases Of No
detailed: not with the view Il tenching the fair
reader to be he own pys inn but to point OUT 10 her
the curly ind catpn o Those affections and to show her
the immense Importance of an early resort to proper
nedoa advice. 1t is unfortunate cireumsian.e that,
for this information, such diseases too often
overlooked in their hrt stages ar from also SENSE o.
deicacy conceaed until they have advanced 30 far, that
the best directed efforts Of the most skiu practitioner
fail in their removal,
The Fifth Part treats of sthe symptoms and manage
of the Diseases 10 mhich Young ChHire o,di.
ndrtly liable. is believed that largo number il not
all these diseasesmav be prevented by proper Mt
tention diet AMI regimen; or, wher they do cur
may, by the means, be very promptly and ehecual
~ removed 1t is these means, therefore, that our i'm
siructolsar especially directed advising always when
the administration of other remedies becomes in
dsrensable resort, without delay regular proIes
siona aid
Finally we have annexed an account of the causes,
of prevention, symptoms Hnd treatment OF the
Asiatc or EBilemic Cholera Although disease
which the female is particularly snbiec thnn the
other sex; is nevertheless topic of such general md
appalling interest," and one in relation To. which the DIFF
fusion of correct information is of much Importance
that W. have been unwilling omit il, and
,inced that every render will be pleased With its intro
duction