Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-07
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The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

~ Unmarried females; Directions 10 Pregnant and
Lying in Nemen anl neeonnt of their Disenses;
gether with lnstrieIinns for tho Rearing Of Children
fun the hour ol thin Births md Of Tho Die
snsss Of Infancy. BY tho author OF The Genteunha
Medical Pocket Book. Piee 30 c,s
The rnrid eund universal appreciation which the
GFSrLtaAs's MEDICAL PocKfT Book has met with,
seindueed The publishers engage the nen,. of the
same Auhor In the production of MEDICAL PocKKf
BOOK, express, sor the u-e NJ FnaALEs.
Awaiting themselves Of hints obtained irom different
respectable they here PRESENT To the public
account oi the causes. symptoms and treatment, Of ho-e
Diseases which peruliar TO tn fcmnle sex aud to
lniauts they have emhinrcd in II. also Tho general
rules Tor the Preservation of the Health and Comfort of
Females dnrig tho Single aud Mrrruge state, and di-
reetons for the proper Rearing ut Children reference
TO cir Diet aud Regiment whilst in an Appendix -
added short treatise hut all absorbing subject, Epi.
demic Choler.
The Publishers feel PEI studded hai the work will be
iound in respect worthy the ton oil the
which Is especially dedicated; md hat Mothers will
mud IN useful manuel OF instruction for their guidance
during Pfegna cy in the Lyingin Chamber and Ia the
Nursery.
The meenaty VIII oh the full development of the body.
anI the health vger aud activity of the human systrm
are best promoted aud maintained are, unit itonatey.
Ia" little attended Ia by tho Female And vet in
their consideration tho female Is urged by the powerful
motives OF duty and self interest Benuiy cannot 10
r,nlty exist, independent of health the means which
tend IN preserve the one ing equally calculated To i'm.
prove aud nromuc the other while the first Ia absolute
" unnainablc b, any practice inconsistent with the lat
ter In win does The female hope improve her skin
TO give roscae hue to her complexion, or 10 aug
ment the grace urd symmetry ether form unless she IL
ohuous 10 preserve The whole frame in health, vfonr
and activity. Beauty uf complexion, and 10 certain
extent TINT of shape nlso ia loihing tan visible
hena pure mirror OF the perfect perlot mnnce OF The
ierno functions Of ife and OF their harmony with the
external ponors or the sys'em-ihe certain effects Of
ruie nil eheorulness, temperance and ot exercise
imrededhy any species of unnatural restraint
There Is however sill more important REASON why,
IL.
nal comfort and happiness this subject should occupy
the attention of the youthful fair;t he we'll being OF
those who mny Ia her their existence The inct--
Tint upon her own heh depend In u very great
the hsnlt, freedom from dcornit, aud future useful
ness, often the very lite of her offspring cannot fail
recommend thoso MEANS strongly to tho attention
Of her who desres m hnled by the endearing appel
lnt0n OF moihet-and 10 experience the happiness Of
hehodine herself surrounded by healthy an. joyous
Offspring. II Is solemn truth that no female has any
right Ia expect In the child To which she gives BIRTH
what she 'lues not herself possess-a sound well formed
aud robust ame. She, therefore, who neglects her
health, or, in tho pursuit of folly dissipation, exbanss
the energies oi her eonaiu ion, WILL IN the mnjory of
cases, either bo doomed 10 be n childosa wife, be
enrscd with short lived deiormed and puny mce OF
oh-pring tho hnpless victims Of n mothers folly.
Such being the importance of Health 10 Femaet.
work which like the present. exhibits brcif exposition
oil the manner in which il is ce,tninh To bc obtain.
ed and preserved will, persuaded be received by
them with appreciation nn cnim ter serious attention.
The First Part is devoted solely tbs means Of Pro.
serving thf Henlth md prop'ona the perfect develop.
ment of thos 1stituiion of the Unmarried Female In
the chapters devoted TO Dyspepsia and Training for
Health, will be found full account Of the and
symptoms of of the most distressing aud common
plants ni the female Sex with the for is pro-
vention and lrontncnt.
Is not, howe> or, during youth merely, thot the 70
nale commits the greatest They often per-
sisted in after Mari ,ge, and added improper
rourse If conduct The result of gnornnce and prejudice.
during Pregnancy and the Lyingn state leopardize the
fh.Yau
und disease which often ast the remainder of her
days. The Second Part Of he work, therefore, ia nd
dressed Ia the Mo,11d Female aud embu ees the Cau
iions To be Ubsrrvcd IN order insure e Heah of the
Mother and The Life Of her Uhild during these inn
porlant periods.
A thu ee,ly treatment of lnfant. exert. powerful
influence upon thei subsequent health, comfort md
iulness in the Third Portion uf the work have enter
ed fully ntn the poper method Of Rearing Infants;
giving minute directions for heir management imme
nely after birth, aud during the subsequent periods OF
chilihood
Ia the Fourth Part, the causes symptoms and gone
al treatment of the more prominent Diseases Of No
detailed with the view oi teuohing the fair
reudcr 10 be hc pbys inni bu TO point out 10 her
the early indications 81 those affections aud TO show her
til, immense importance of enrly resort proper
medical advice II il unfortunate cirGnmsinn Tint
Tor want Of tins info rmnton such dseusos too often
overlooked in their first stages, from false of
deicncy concealed; until they have advanced far, TINT
the best directed efforts If the skul practitioner
fail IN their removal
The Fifth Part treuts Of the symptoms ind manage
mrnt of the Diseases 10 which Young Chdrcn 0td,
naRy iiabie IL is believed that large number. If not
all q. these diseases may be prevented by proper Mt
tcnton In diet and regimen; or when they do occur
may by the samc meun be very promptly and eheciua
Iy removed !. Ia thcsn therefore, that in
slructio1sne especially detected advising always, when
the administration of other remedies becomes in
disrcnsable without deoy, reg ulur probes
sional aid
Finally, we have annexed account of the causes,