Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-25

BOOKS, &C..
The Lady's Medical Pecket-Besk
AND
NURSERY.ADVIS

~ Unmarried females; Directions 10 II reknHnI ano
Lying in Women and an account Of their Dseasss to-
gether with Instructions for the Rearing Of Children
from The hour Of their Births and account OF tho Dis
of Infancy. by the author Of The Gentlemans
Medical Pocket Book. Price so cts.
Tho rapid sncnnd universal appreciation which the
GgsTLEMAss MEDICAL PocKgT Book has met with,
have induced the publishers engage tho talents OF tho
snme Author in the production Of MEDICAL focKEr-
BOOK, express Tor the use ~ FEMALES
Awaiting themselves Of hints obtained from different
respectable they here present to the public an
account of tho symptoms and treatment OF those
Diseases which peculiar 10 tn Female sex and to
lnisnts they have embraced in IL. also, the general
rueslor the Preservation OF the Health and Comfort OF
Females during tho Single and Marriage states and Dr.
rectons for the proper Rearing Of Chdren reference
to cir Diet and Regimen; whilst IN m Appendix y
added short treatise that all absorbing subject Ep
demic Cholera.
Tho Publishers feel persuaded that the work will be
found in every respect worthy the attention OF the sex to
which II IL especially dedcated; and that Mothers will
find In IL useful manuel Of instruction for their guidance
during Pregnancy In the Lyingin Chamber and In the
Nurserv.
and the health vgar and activity Of the human system
best promoted and maintained. unit Itnnsfely
too little attended 10 by tho Female sex. And vet In
their confederation tho female IL urged by the powerful
motives OF duty and self interest Beauty cannot TO
reality, exisi independent of health; the means which
tend to preserve the one ing equally calculated to inn
prove and promote tho other; while the first i absolute
~ unattnnnbo by practice inconsistent with the lat
Ito give 'roseate hue 10 her complication or 10 aug
the grace AID symmetry Of her orm unless she Is
cautious presc,v the whole frame In health, vgour
and activity Beauty 81 complexion, and, TO certain
extent. TINT Of shape ass Is othng than visible
hesthn pure mirror Of the perfect performances o. the
iorDa functions of ife and Of their harmony with the
externGl portions the syaem-the certain effects OF
pu, air eheernlness temperance, and Ut exercise un-
mpcdedby any species Of unnatural restiont.
There Is however sill mare important reasnn why,
independent OF oil considerations connected with Psrso
nal comfort and happiness, ths subject should orcupy
the attention Of the Youthful air;t we'll being of
those who mny her their existence. The fact
hatupnn her heh depend in very great measure
the health freedom from deformii, aud future useful
often the very fe Of her offspring nil TO
recommend those MEANS strongly, to the attention
Of her who desires 10 e hailed by tho sndearing appel
iaton of mothcl-and to experience the happiness Of
hehading horsclf surrounded by healthy an Joyous
offspring IL IL solemn truth. that no female has any
right 10 expect in the child 10 which sho gives BIRTH
what she docs not herself possessn sound well Formed
and robust franc. She therefore. who negleets hef own
health, IN the pursuit. ~ folly dissipation, exhansts
the energies o her ooaaiiiu ion will Ia tho minority Of
cnses, either i. do,med TO be rhildess vile, or be
cur.ed with short lived detormed and puny race OF
It prng, te haples4 sciims oi a inothor's folly,
Such being the Importance OF Henlii To I amaief, a
work which, like the present, exhibits abrcif exposition
of the manner In which II IL most certnn, TO he obsin:
cd and preserved will. persuadrd,be received by
them with appreciation, and clam cir serious attention.
The frat Part Is devoted solely to tho nouns OF Pre-.
serving lhf Fenih and promoting the perfect develop
menl of tle slituiion Of tho Unmm,ted FEMME IN
the ohnpers devoted Dyspepsia an, 70 Trimming for
Health will be found full account OF the causes and
symptoms of Of the most distressing and common
complaints Of the female sex, with the msans for s pre-
vontion aud treatment
l. Ia roll howes err during youth ercy, ihal the ie
male commits the greatest efrurs They are often per-
sisted In after Marriage, aud, added to an Improper
II conduct the result oi ignorance and prejudice
during Pregnancy and the Lyngn ,Jeopardize the
lilo of ho oaplnR and entail upon the mother suffering
,ita tua fur I'm
Inya The Second "ar, of the work. therefore, is nd
dresae1 To the Martsd Female aud embrnces tho Cau'
lions be observed In order ~ insure tho Health OF The
Mother and rho Life Of her Child during these two i'm
purlnnt periods
As iha only treutment Of Infants exers powerful
influence upon their subsequent health, comfort and USE
uIness In the Third Portion Of the work we have enter
cd fully into tho proper method OF Redftng fydms;
giving minute directions for their management imme.
dotely after birth and during the subsequent periods OF
childhood.
In the Fourth Part The canses symptoms and gene
raj treatment oil the more prominent Diseases o. NO
detailed with the view 81 teaching the tair
reader to bs her plyssinn; hu to point out 10 her
the curly indications o those affections and to show her
TIA, immense importance Of enrly resort TO proper
medical advice. II Is unfortunate crcumstan. e.that
for Of this information such dseasos are too often
overlooked Ia their first stages, from false sense o.
eaey eoncencd until they have advanced so tar TINT
the best directed efforts Of the skful p,nchtioner
fail 10 their romoval
The Fifth Pur trents of The symptoms and manage
Of the Disedsesto mhich Young Children are ofdt
nayy liable. is believed that large number. II not
Nil heae Diseases may be prevented by proper Mt
entiun tn diet and regimen; or when they do occur
may by the be very promptly and eiectua
y removed Ills tn these therefore, that our IN
slruco1sare especially i-cclcd advising always when
The administration Of other remedies becomes in
dspensnble resorl, without delay, regular probes
sional aid.
Finally we have annexed account Of the cn,ises,
of prevention, symptoms and treatment OF the
Astatc Epidemic Choiera. Although not dsease TO
which the female is particularly snblec than the
other sex; is nevertheless topic of such general and
appalling interest and relation TO which the dii-
fusion of Information is ofso much Importance,
that have been unwilling TO omit H. nni We arc con-
,inced that every reader viii be pleased with rs n'f
ducton