Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-19
BOOKS, dc.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NUkSERY-ADyIS

u uainu.i Females; Directions 10 Pregnant aud
Lying M Nemeh; and an account # their Diseases;
gether with Instructions Tor tie Rearing OF Ehillren
h"m The hour of then Brlh and account Of The Dis
as OF Infancy. b, tie auth , uf The GentIen n {.
Medical Pocket Book. 7 ice 10 cis
The iapid saleuud universal appfohation which III,
hENfLthAss MEDICAL PncKi BOOK bas moi witt,
h"'e inihced The publishers To ehgnee th talent of the
same Author in the prudu, tim of MEDICAL pockFr
BOOK, espres'l tor the use II FENALrs.
Avn ling Themselves III hints obtained from different
respectable sources they here resent the public an
eontt ol the causes symptoms and of iha-e
Diseases which are pc 'uar tn Female sex md Ia
ltnis; they have embraced in u. also, the es efnl
rules Tor Tue Preservation of the Health and Gomfnft of
Females duri the Single and Marriage ate; and d-
tections tr the proper Rearing al Chidrenin reference
to CIR DIT aud Regimen; whilst in Appendix Is
added short Treatise GA thu all absorbing subject Ep
lenic Cholera
Tho publishers leel etsuaded thai the work will be
found IN every resret worthy the aritian OF the
which II il especially dedicnted; aud thu Mothers will
hnd IN useful manuel Of instruction for htir guidance
during Prcgna cy, in the Lyngn Chembct aud Ia the
Nurscrs-
The meanshy Which the full development. Of the hody
anl The health vger aud activity of Tie human sy-t.m
IRE best rnmoted md maintained are. unit ttunutey.
Ia" little attended To by the Female sex. And II
their consideration the female is urged by the powerful
motives oi duty md self Beauty cnnno 90
r'alty. exist independent of health: the which
tend 10 preserve the one ing equal, calculated to i'm
provo aud rronnte the other while the first il absolute
hhhalnahle b. any practice inconst,tet WIN the Int
ter Ia vain does the t'mae hope mpruve her skin
to give a roseate hue 10 her cnmpecton aug
ment the grace symmetry of her form; unless she is
eanli us To pre~ev The whole frame in health, sout
and activity Beauty complexion, and, To certain
extent that ct shape also, is othng more tlan visible
h"nthn pure mirror of the peri pcroi oi the
Internal functions ut life, and Of their harmony with the
externa portions the yaem-the certain effects "f
pure n he"riuness, temperance, and Of exccise IN
lmnededhy any species at Unnatural rost amt
however
independent o All ns,deratian connected with PEI
nal comfort and happiness, this 'ret should occupy
the attention of the Youthful fart well being oi
those who nny her their existence, The fact
thnt upon her he'h depend in very great
The h, alth, freedom from 'etnnnN nnd future useful
often the very lite of her offspring -cnnno tail To
recommend those meuns. srnnelN. To att ntion
81 her who desires to hr hailed by the endcnrihg nppe
All IN of mothel-and experience tie happiness Of
hrh pding hers' surrounded by healthy an Joyous
offspring II is solemn truth. that female Inns any
right To expect in the chill To which -hc gives birth,
whH she luPs not her@el o=sessa sound well formed
and robust frame. She therefore. who neeects her
health, or, in the pursuit. uffoy dissipation exhausrs
the energies OF her eonslitu ion, will in the MINORITY Of
eases, ell er bt d l"fncd TO be chdlesa wife, be
cursed with short lived deiormed md pnny race oi
If pring the hupless victims of n mothers folly
Such beng the importance of Henllh to Female.
work which, like the present exhibits breif exposition
at the manner in winch il is most cetr'in To be tn
ed and preserved wall persuaded be received by
hrm with appreciation, mud claim cir seriou" attention.
Thu First Parl is devoted sole, Ia the mnans of Pre-
serving th' 'eaiih anI promone the perfect develop
of the .stitutiun of the Unmarried FrBiic. la
the chapters ,.eyoed tn ID, pepsia AMI 10 IL lining tor
Health, will be tund full nroonnt oi the causes and
symptoms of of the most distressing and common
complaints OF the female sex, with the means for it, pre-
veutun aud treatment
is cot, howe er, during youth - erey, thai the ie
male commits the greatest They often pct-
sisted in ifter Mari rye and, added tnnu lmprmei
fcon,iurt The result { ignorance aud prejudice
during Pregnancy and the Lyingn state, 1'nrafize the
lite of her offs rng mud entail upon the M tier suffering
and disease which often last the reminder {" her
days. The Second "aft of The work, theletor Is nd
dressed 10 the H1,r1d Female, ID erb nees III" Gnu
lions he ob-rrvcd in t. insure l llrh al the
Mother and The Life OF her Child DUR ihe'c two i'm
pprant periods.
A. thu ely treatment of Infant exor' powerful
rAucnar upon thri, subsequent heallh, comfort nd use
luncss in the Third Portion of the work w hive ter
cd fully into the proper method ni Rearmg infants;
eyi t"inurc drrctions for th,ir management imme
ntely after birth, and during the subsequent periods o
chiliho ID
Ia the Fourth Part. the causes, symptoms aud gene.
nj treatment of the prom nrnl DiSedSes Of H0-
men are deued with the # tes'L'ng the nir
leuier b. hen phy~ ian; bu' to poInt ou 10 her
he eHry indications Of those affections. aud TO show her
lin immense Importance ct an early resort 10 proper
medical ndvice. Il j. unortupatc crcnmssn' e.lhai,
for of this affirmation such Diseases are too "len
overlooked in their hr- stages from iA-e SENSE %
de Tracy ronceacd until they have advanced SOLAR lhnf
tie hest directed efforts # the most sltu practitioner
fail in their removal
The Fifth Par trenta Of the symptoms aud mannse
nen of the Diseases which Young Chudfcn are o'dt
Da1Hg halle. Is believed that large number, II iol
MI these diseases may b. prevented by proper al
ention t., diet AMI regimen; or, wher they do o. cur
nny, by the be very promptly and eheriual'
~ removed Ii tu tn, here re, TINT our In
lrncs are especially ireced aivs ny nwys, when.
ever the administration Of other remedies becomes III
d.f en,nble n resort without delay, to regular Prpes-
,iunal aid.
FirnlIy we have annexed account of the eanses'
means of prevention sympto ms md Of the
Asiatic ar Epidenic Chora Although not diseasc Ia
which the lrne Is particularly snblec than M
other SEX it is nevertheless topic of such teneia "nl
ppalin interest md in relation which the DIT
;n f carrert info nation is of 50 much importance,
That we have been unwilling omit It, and we are con
,nced that every reader will be pensed with us intro
uction.