Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-03
BOOKS. DC.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-BoOk
AND
NURsERY-ADNIs

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- Unmarried Females, Directions 10 Pregnant aud
Lying IN Nemeu, and ct their Diseases; tn.
ge'her with Instructions tor tic Rearing ct children
on The hour OF teH Birth; ami account Of the Dis.
,asts al taurS Il, tae auib.t ol The Geateu aus
Medical Pocket Book. Price 90 cts
lhet artd salennd universal appreciation which tho
@FNrltHAS's NEnlcAL reeKtr Book has met with
nave lnucrd the puhl lsbuA enrur thu IA cntz at the
same Author ia the production OF "a MEDICAL pocKtr
BOOK eSpressl ter tho Use IT FFMAlrs.
Ava Ing Themselves Of hints obtained rom different
respectable sources they hete rcseut the public
account nj The causes symptoms md treatment at those
Discusses which peculiar 10 ia, Female sex md u
i"lanis they have embraced in Il. also, the ee orn
rules nf the Preservation oi the cath and Comor, Of
Females during tho Single md Marriage slate; nud III
iecon> tt the proper Rearing ol Children la reference
10 cir Diet and Regimen: whilst in Appendix j.
added short tentise on TINT all absorbing SUBJECT Ep
demie Cholera.
Tho Publishers feel per sundod hnt the work will he
iuud IN every respect worthy the attention of The
winch It IA especially dedicated; aud TINT Mothers will
ind IN useful manuel OF instruction for their guidance
during fegna' ey in the Lsing-n Chamber. mud ia the
Nursery.
The meanshy VIII ch the full development. of the body
and The health, ygar aud activity Of The human sycm
nrc best promoted and maintained. are unfortunately
to" little Intended 10 10y the Female And IL
Their consideration the female urged by the powerful
motives ol duty and self interest Beauty cannot 10
rany, exist. independents OF health: the which
tend 10 preserve the one bling equally calculated to i'm.
prove md promote the other; while the first j. absolute
ter In vain does The female hope to improve her skin
to give 'rosente hue 10 her campertuu aug.
ment the grace n symmetry of her form; unless she -
enuli 'ns 10 preserve the whole frame in health, vguur
and activity Beuuiyd complexion, md, To a certain
extent, that of shnpe also i olhng tlnn visible
hrnth-n pure mirror Al the perfect perol munee nj the
cthhi functions of life. and of their harmony with the
external portions the sys'emthe eertnin effects If
pule all ohcrriulness temperance, aud of exercise
lmpcdedhy any species o Unnatural rost Amt
lheteis however sill more important rensnn why,
Independent oi Ill considerations connected with ycJSo
nal comor and happiness. this subject should occupy
the attention of the Youthful fart well being al
those who mny her their existence. The fact
thntupon her own hch depend in n very great measure
tho htnltll freedom from leormin aud future useful
olten the very lite of her offspring nil
recommend those means strongly to the tutinn
If her who desires 10 be- hailed by the endenrine appel
lntinn oi mothe-and 10 experience the happiness Of
hrhoding herself surrounded 10y healthy joyous
offspring II Is solemn truth that no female hus
right to expect in the child To which shc gives birth.
what she dues not herself possessa sound well formed
and robust frame. She, therefore. who nrglects her
hcdth in the pursuit Of folly dissipation, eShaust
the energies o her consiitu ion, will IN the MINORITY o
cases, tcr b. doomed To be n childles4 wife, BIZ
cursed with II short lived deformei aud punY race Of
! If prng. The hapless victims of mothers folly
! Such being the Importance of Health to femnc.,
work which, like the present exhibits brett exposition
of the manner in which it is oertnn, to ho uhpin.
ed and preserved WILL W. persuaded be received by
them with appreciation, and claim er scrious attention.
The First Fart devoted solely To the mohns nt Ire-
serving thu zenith nnd promolns the pc,frct develop
of tho, hstution Of tho Unmarried Female. In
the chapters Gevoted tn Dyspepsia ani TO Training for
Health will be found full acoount oil the and
symptoms Of of the most distressing and common
complaints OF the female sex, with the for it, pre-
/ vention and treatment
1t ia not however, during youth merely, lhat the fc
male commits tie greatest They are often per
sisted in after Mari ,ge, md ndded to nm improper
course Of conduct he result gnoraocc aud prejudice
during Pregnancy and the byingn state eopnrdize the
lie of her offspring. and entail upon the mother suffering
and disease which often last Tor the reminder OF her
days The Second Part OF the work, therefore, il nd
dressed 10 the Ma,1td Feaae aud embraces the Cau.
lions be observed in order To insure tho lienh of the
Mother and The Life OF her Child, during these two i'm
| pOrinnt periods
influence upon ihet subsequent health, comfort and use
uness, in the Third Portion Of the work have enter
ed fully into the proper method OF Rearing infants
| giving minute directions for thir management imme
dntey nfter BIRTH and during the subsequent periods o
! childhopd
In the Fourth Part the eeusos, symptoms and gene
mi treatment of the prominent Diseases Of We.
detailed with the view oi Touching the fan
reader to be het phyzieian bu 10 point ou To hel
the early indications Of those affections and To show hen
the immense importance OF nm cnflg resort 10 proper
medical advice 1t is unfortunate circumsthn' cihnt
for Of tins inCrmaon such Diseases too often
overlooked in their first stages, from false sense nj
deeacy concealrd until they have advanced far TIM
the best directed efforts of the most sul practitioner
| fail in their removal
| The Fifth Pai treuts of the symptoms and mnnnge
ment of the Diseases 10 which Young Chdtea oJdi
narRy liable. l. Is believed TINT large number if mi
| all these dzeasesnny be prevented by proper nj
ention tn diet md regimen; or, when they do
may, by the he very promptly aud eiecIua
" removed 1t to these therefore, TINT our in
slruco especially directed adyisng always when
the administration of other remedies becomes in
dsfensablc. without delay To regular pro cs
siona aid
Fi6aly, we hive annexed account of the causes
means Of prevention, symptoms and treatment of the
Asiatc or Epiiemic Choiefa. Although not disease Ia
which the emale is particularly spbec ihnn the
other it ia nevertheless topic ol such general aud
nppai!in interest, and one il relation which the d
fusion Of info mutton is of 50 much importance
that have been unwilling TO omit IT, and we con
inced tint every reader VI" be pleased with its intro
| duction
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