Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-16
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The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NURsERY-ADyISER,

A
Y Unmarried Females Directions TO Pregnant and
Lying IN Women: and uf their Diseases; to.
geiher with Instructions io tie Rearing of children
fam The hour o theis Births and account Of The Dis
easrs o Infancy. u, tie authr of The Gentlenan's
Medical Pocket Rnek. Piiee 30 cts.
The tnpid salennd nnivef=nl APPROPRIATION which the
GKsrLEaAss MEDICAL fooKtr Book hms met with,
hnsendneed The publishers IN engage the talent. OF the
-nme Anihar in the production oi n MEDICAL PocKfr
hook, espres-l, tnr The use nf FEMALES.
Awaiting themselves oil hints obtained from different
respectable they here present the public
OF the causes symptoms md treatment Of those
Diseases which peenli.f II tn Female and to
Infants: they have embraced in II. nlso, the ger cra
rules Tor the Preservation of the Health and Comfort Of
Females durig thu Single md Marriage state; aud de
feetons for the proper Rearing OF Children In reference
To cir Diet aud Regimen; whilst In an Appendix "
added short treatise that all absorbing subject. Epi
demie Cholera.
Tho Publishers feel persuaded TINT the work will be
onnd in every respect worthy The attention OF the sex to
which Ia especially dedicated; and that Mothers will
find in useful manuel of instruction for their guidance
during Pregnancy, in Tho Lyingin Chamber and In tho
Nursery.
The by VIII CHI tho full development of the body,
an the health sgu and activity Of the human system,
are best promoted mud maintained are, unit, tunetey,
lou little attended by tho Female sex. And vet in
their consideration the female Is urged by the powerful
motives OF duty and aelf interest. Beauty cannot 10
reay, exist independent Of health: tho means which
tend To preserve the ono bang equally calculated to inn
prove aud nrouolo the other while the first is absolute
" ny my inconsistent Win
In win does the lemae hope to improve her skin
to give 'rosente hue To her complexion TO aug
me the grnce symmetry OF her orm unlese she IN
enniians 10 preserve the whole lnme In health, vRour
and activity. Beauty 81 complex ion md, To certain
extent, TINT OF shape aso. Is ohng tim visible
health-apnre mirror of the perfect performance of the
Internal functions of life. and Of their harmony with the
external portions the s,semthe certain effects OF
puie ni eheernness temperance, md oi exetciso un.
impedcdy my species OF unnatural restraint.
There is however sill more important reason why,
independent at all considerations uonnecai with perso
mat comfort aud happiness, this subject should occupy
the attention of the Youthful Gr;--t ie well being OF
thoso who mny In her their existence, Tho act-
hatupon her holth depend in very groat measure
tho health freedom from eiormit, nnd future useful
ness, often the very lie OF her offspring cannot tail To
recommend those most strongly, Ia the attention
ot her who deslres To he hailed by the endcaring appel
ation of molhe,-and 10 experience the happiness oi
heholdng herself surrounded by healthy an joyous
Offspring. II il solemn ruth. that female hns any
right In expect in the child which she gives birth,
what she dues not herself posaessa sound well Formed
md robust ame She therefore, who ncglects hor own
health, in the pursuit o folly dissipation, cxhansis
the enofgiee ni her consiu ion will IN the majority o
enses ellter b.. doomed to be ohildless wife, or be
cursed with short lived deformed aud pony race of
Ill ring, The hnpeas victims oi n mothers folly
Such being the Importance ot Health Ia Femnle'. n
work which like the present, exhibits brett expostioe
al the manner In winch Il must certainly Ia a obtain
ed aud preserved will, W. are be received by
hsn with aPptohaon, anil claim teir serious attention.
INV rust ~ utNpieu hnlflS 10 Hn""h VI
serving lh' Henlih enl prono,ng the perfect develop
mehl oi Tho Institution oi tho Unmarried femdfG IN
the chapters Gevoed To Dyspepsia aud To Training for
Health, will be i1und full account OF the causes and
sypPiohs of one oi the most distressing and common
complaints oi the lene seN, with the means Tor l'' pre-
vention aud treatment
Il is nni howe err during youth erely that the fe
male commits the frenest errots They hre often per
sisted IN after Marriage nnd added to an Improper
course 81 conduct the result ut snofance mud prejudice
during Pregnancy and the Lyngin sintc leophrdao the
me OF 'r osrrmg nnh enthl upon inc mothnr suffering
and dsense which often Inst Tor the remainder OF her
lays ibe Second mi oi The work, therefore, Is ad
dressed 10 the Mufid Female, and embraces the Oau'
ons Ia be obsVed IN ofaer To insure iio Health OF inc
Mother mud The Lilo oil her Child, during these Two i'm
pofthhi periods
As thu enly treatment Of lnnnt, eSort'a powerful
influence upon lliel subsequent health comfort ana use
ed fully into The proper method Of Rcaing Infants