Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-14
BOOKS, &c.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NuIRSEIfV-AnVu

y Unmarried Pennies; Directions To Ptesnatt aud
Lying in Nnmrn; mud account ef their Diseases; To
gether with In fuclons ot tie Rearing Of Chitlfrn
fam The hour ui thrt Birth; and at the Dis
ASS ot Infancy. b, the auth of The Gentieman's
Medical Pocket Book. l. ice 30 els.
The ,apid saennd universal appreciation which III,
GkNTIraAs's NEpieAL PeoK1r Book has met witt,
hue niueed the publishers iu engage The nent OF the
-ame Anthnr Ia the produ, tim Of MEDICAL PnckEr
Book, express. lor the use of fRaALFs.
Avn ling Themselves OF hints obtained from different
respectable they here To the public
account o the causes symptoms and treatment Of those
Diseases which peruliar thu Female aud To
lttln,s: they have embraced In H. also, the GO ern
rules Tor the Preservation of the Health AMI Gomiof, o
Females duri Z the Single mud Marriage state; and Dir
fceton for the proper X, nfng n Cildren in reference
10 cir Dat aud Regimen; Wills, in nm Appends /.
added short Treatise that all nbsorbing subject Ep
demie Cholera.
The Publishers feel persuaded TINT the work will be
inund IN every respect worthy the attention ol the
winch is especially dedicaied; aud TINT Mothers will
find in useful manuel of instruction tor their guidance
during Pfegna ~, In the Lsngin Chamber. md In The
Nursery
The means by VIII oh tho full development Of the baly
uni The health, vg,r aud activity of he human sysr
are best ramoicd aud maintained, are unit iunetely
too liltlt attended To by the Female And vet H.
their consideration the female Il urged by the powerful
motives ol duty and self interest Beauty cphnot to
r'ulty, exist, independent of health: the means which
tend to preserve the ing equally calculated tn i'm
prove and rronhte the either; while the first Is absolute
~ uhannnhle my practice inconsistent with the lat.
Ter In vain does the f'male hope improve her skin
to give 'rosente hue TO her complexion, to aug
ment the graee symmetry her form. uness she Is
rauti preserve the whole lfumc IN health, puur
and activity Beauty fcompleAion, anil, To certain
extent thut of shape also Is othing than ssble
heal,h-a pure mirror of the pert perlo muncc NJ the
Internal functions at ile and OF their harmony with the
eStrrun partitions the >,s'em--the certain effects "i
pune nit,' he'fiuthos- temperance mud nj exc cisc IN
imnndedhy any species ot urnutual iest,aint
Iip1n ia .atltt ,xy
independent OF I'll ns,dcrutnns rnnnerta with pe
nal conlot and happiness. this ,iect should oncnpy
the attention of the Youthful hir;-t well being of
those who may tn her their existence The mct--
,hntupan her own HELM depend in very great
the h attn freedom from Irtnrnit, aud future useful
often the very lite Of her offspring tail
recommend those neuns mnst strongly, Ia nt ntion
# her who desires to h. hailed by the endearng appel
alton oi mothei-and TO experience the happiness al
hehaldng herself .urroundrJ by healthy an. joyous
Offspring. II is u solemn truth that female hus any
right 10 expect in the child which she gives birth,
whit she does moi hcrsc po-aessa sound well formed
and robust fiumc She therefore, whn negccs Ter
health in the pursuit. o folly dissipation, exhauts
thu energies oi her consu ion. will In the mniury ot
cnses, ell er h, Damned 10 be childlesA wife, be
'or-ed with short lived driormed ,ud puny pce OF
II prng. the haples. victims of mothers folly
such beng the Importance ot Henlh Ia Female, n
work which, like The present exhibits brett exposition
o the manner in which is most cerunl, to be bt lin
ed and preserved will peruaded,he received by
ih"1 WIN NJ prohaton, nn cntm rr serious attention.
The First Fart Is devoted solely To the mnns ot Pre'
serving thu Zenith nnd promntne the perfect develop
ment nf the. 1sttnton OF the Unnamed Fchaaie. In
the chapters Levoted To dyspepsia AMI Training for
enlth will he found full arcount OF the causes and
symptoms of of the most distressing aud common
Complaints of the i1nae soN, With the for t pre-.
ventiou aud tICntment
l. is rot, howe er during youth crely. TINT tie fc
male commits the great They arc often per-
sisted in fter Mari lge. and, added 10 improper
tlt ft o uufp
during Pregnancy aud the lyngin stnte isornrii1c the
lite of her offs ring. mud entail upon the mntcr suffering
and disease which often last the reminder of her
DAYS. The Second "att nf he work, therefor il ad
dressed Ia the Maiy7d F1naie, ii ib the Cnu.
tinus be- nb. rived in IL insure the icaltho the
Mother md The Life Of her Child, duri thrse two i'm
portant periods,
As tn ely treatment or Lfntt. exer'ta powerful
iriuen upon thei subsequent health, comlnrt nd use
fitness, in the Third Portion NJ the work have ter
crl fully into the proper method of Rearing Infants
givi g f.inuie directions fr their management imme.
dntey after birth and during The subsequent periods Of
chiliho I'd.
Ia the Fourth Part. the causes symptoms and gene
al treatment nf the prom inent Diseases Of No
detailed with the view Il hing the fair
reader to ba hen phys. ian; hui to point out Ia her
the eary indications Of those affections and 10 show her
III, immense Importance of early resort to proper
medical lviee. II il unfortunate circumsihn. that,
for want Of tins info rmaton such diseases nfe too often
overlooked in their rf stages from false sense OF
de icafy rhncehed nhtll hty hVe hdNhnccd 10 mr. UNIT
the best directed efforts of the skul practitioner
fail in their removal
The Fifth Par treats of The symptoms and manage
Of the Diseases 10 mhich Young ChHdrn ordt-
na,iiy liable. Il is believed that large number If not
nil these diseases may be prevented by proper Mt
tention to diet and regiment when they do occur,
may, by TIE means. he very prompt, mud eecual
~ removed. 1t !. these therefore, TINT our In
sructo especially ieced ,advis ng always when
ever the administration of other remedies becomes in
disEensale resort, without delay to reg unr pro es
sona aid
Firoly, we have annexed account of the causes,
means Of prevention, symptoms nnd treatment OF the
Astatc or Epiiemc Ch0iera. Although disease to
which the female is particularly sabjcc than the
other sex; il is nevertheless topic of such eeneln rnd
appalling interest. and one in relation which the diff
fusion of info nation is of much importance
that have been unwilling omit IT, and we con.
'inced thut every reader ~ be pleased with its intro
duction.