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The Lady's Medical POcket-B00k
AND
NURsERy-ADyIsER :

EONfAINING Rules FOR preserving The Health
~ Unmarried Females; Directions 10 Pregnant and
Lying in Women md account of their Diseases; to-
gether with Instructions Tor tho Rearing Of Children
fun the hour of THEN Birth; and account Of the Dis
tases of Infancy. by tie author Of The Gentemans
Medical Pocket Book. r.ioe 80 el.
The rapid snlennd universal appreciation which the
GFS1LraAs's MEDICAL fooKEr Book has met with,
hnye Induced the publishers engage the uent. OF the
sumo Author 10 the production Of MEDICAL PocktT
BOOK, eSrressl Tor The use NJ fEaAtfs.
Awaiting Themselves al hints obtained from different
respectable snuleos they here the public
account oi the causes symptoms and treatment oi those
Diseases which pefolier 10 ths Female sex and To
lntunts they have embraced IN il. also. the ger erul
leso the Preservation Of the Health anil Comfort of
fcmnlcs during the Single mud Marriage slatc and d.
fecons for the proper Rearing ai Children IN reference
10 cir Di,t and Regimen: whilst In Appendix i
ndded shult treatise that all absorbng subject. Epi
drmic Cholera.
Tim Publishers feel persuaded that the work will be
found in every respect worthy the attention OF the aex 10
which II is especially dedicated; and tint Mothers will
lind IN II useful manuel of instruction for thcir guidance
during PrcEnat cy in the Lyngn Chamber. and In the
Nurscrv
Tho meenshs Which the full development of the body
nnd The health, Vignr aud activity OF The human sysrm
are best promoted and maintained, un itnnately
too little attended 10 by tho femnle sex And IN
their consideration the female Is urged by the powerful
motives al duty and self interest. Beauty cannot TO
r'ulity exist, independent of health the means which
tend 10 preserve the one bong equally calculated Ia I'M
prove and promote the other while the first Is ahsout
y nnnannble 10y any practice inconsistent with the lat.
ter Ia vain docs the trmne hope improve her skin
to give roEcate hue 10 her compeclon To aug
tho grace u, Il symmetry of her lorm unless she IL
cautious To preserve The whole frame IN health, veonr
and activity Beauty af complexion aud, to a certain
extent TINT Of shape nso, is olhug more thnn Visible
hralt-a pure mirror of the perfect neroi mnnee of he
Internal functions Ut fo and Of THEN harmony with the
external Pc tons or the sysem-lhe certain effects of
pure uir cheeruneas temperance and of exercise un.
mprdedby any speeen of ufnaturn restraint.
ia bnkNpv natll, INN, wi
ndrpende all considerations connected with perso
nal com lori and happiness this subject should occupy
tho attention of the Youthful mir;-t 10 well being of
ioso who mny owe her their existence. The iact-
TINT upon hor own heth depend in very great measure
the health freedom from dcforniu and future useful
nesa often the very lie of her ofApring fail
recommend those MEANS most strongly to the attention
nf her who desires br hailed by tho ondcnring appel
luton OF mothciand To experience the happiness Of
heholdng herself surrounded by healthy joyous
Offspring Ii is n solemn ruth. thai female Inns my
right To expect Ia the child To which sho gives birth
what she ues not herself poaaess-a sound well formed
und robust frame She therefore who noglccts her own
health, in the pursuit of folly dissipation, cxhnusts
Vie energies OF her eonsitu ion, will In the majority of
cases, either h, doomed to be- childes- wife, be
cursed with short lived dcformed and puny of
| oh-pring The hnposs victims of n mothers folly.
Such being the importance of Health 10 Females. n
work which like the present exhibits n breif exposition
NJ the manner in which IL is ecrtonl, To he obain.
cd aud preserved WILL persuaded be received by
them with npprohutou and claim ttor serious attention.
The Frat Part devoted solely 10 tho nouns Of Pre-.
serving Tia, Hculih and promoting tho perfect develop.
meut of thu nstituiion of the Unmarried Female In
the chapters eevotcd to Dyspepsin and Training for
lloalth will be found full account of the causes and
symptoms OF ol the most distressing aud common
complaints oi the female sex, with the means for ito pro-
| vention nnd treatment
Il is not, however, during youth rerey, tha the e
mnle commits tho greatest They are often per-
sisted in aler Marriage, and, added toan improper
course u conduct the result Of Ignorance and prejudice
during Pregnancy and the Lyngn ento, jeopardizc the
lie OF lor offspring nnd entail upon the mother suffering
and disease which often last tho remainder OF her
days. The Second Part ot the work, therefore, ia nd
dressed Ia the M0I1d Female and embraces tho Gnu
lions to be observed in order to insure the ienh OF the
Mother aud the Life OF her Child during these two inns
| porlnnt periods.
As thu o1ly treatment Of Iniants eSort' powerful
influence upon their subsequent health, comfort and use