Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-17
BOOKS, DC.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-BoOk
AND
NUIRsERY-ADVIS


EoN TANNING Rules far preserving tho Health OF
~ Unmarried femues; Directions TO Pregnant and
Lying In Women md account 81 their Diseases; to.
gether with Instructions lo tie Rearing OF children
from The hour Of 1heil rll and account Of the Dis
eeses oil Infancy. by the aathr of The tentIeman's
Medical Pocket Beok. Price 80 cts.
he ,apid snlennd universal appreciation which the
GFSrLraAss MEDICAL PneKfT Book has met with,
hnse induced The publishers engage tho TALENT OF the
same Author in the production Of n MEDloAL PocKsr
Buos. expressly ,ar the use III FeaALss
Awaiting themselves oi hints obtained from different
respectable sources, they here Present to the public an
account Of the causes ssmpiomsnnd treatment Of those
Di4rnses which nte peculiar TO tn Female and to
Infants; they have embraced in H. also, the general
rules Tor the Preservation Of the Health aud Comiort of
Females deree the Single mud Marriage state; and d.
rections for the proper Rnng o Children in reference
cir Diet nnd Regimen: whilst In Appendix Is
added stori treatise that all absorbing subject Ep
deme Cholera
Thu Publishers feel persuaded that the work will bs
ound in every respect worthy the attention OF tho sex to
which 1t Ia especially dc1iented and that Mothers will
lind in II useful manuel OF instruction for their guidance
during Pregnancy In the l,ing.in Chamber. and In the
Nursery.
The mennshy which The full development pf the body
and The health yignr aud activity Of The human system
ARE best promoted aud maintained are, unit itunaely
too little attended To by the female And IN
their consideration the female Is urged by the powerful
motives of duly and self Beauty cnnnot TO
reality, exist, independent of heath the which
tend To rresefve the ono being equally calculated To inn
prove and nromnto tho othe while the first u absolute
" unatnnnhle by any practice inconsistent with the lat
ter In win does the femue hope To improve her skin
to give roseale hue to her complexion, to aug
mem the grace and symmetry her orm unless she Is
onuiioos to prese the whole frame IN health vrour
and actisiy. Beauty of eomrleson and, To certain
extent TINT OF shape nlso, Is lohing moro tim visible
healthn pure mirror of the perfect perlo of the
Internal functions of life and of their harmony with tho
external portions or the sysem-he certain effects OF
pine nil eheernness. temperance and of exercise UNI
imprieH "a al u
There Is however n sill mare important rcns"n why,
Independent at I'll considerations eonneetal with pcrso
nal comfort md happiness this SUBJECT should occupy
tho attention oi the Youthful air,- ~ well being OF
those who mny her their existence The tnct-
thntupon her own heh depend In very great
the health. freedom from deformi, md future useful
often The very lille of her offspring cannot fail to
recommend those ost strongly To- the ate nton
OF her who deaes 10 hr hniled by the endenrng appel
lntion ei motho-and To experience the happiness Of
hehoding herself surrounded by healthy joyous
Offspring. Il Il solemn truth that no female hns any
right 10 expect in the child which ehc gives birth,
what she dues not herself possessa sound well formed
aud robust frame. She. therefore, who neRects her
heat or in the pursuit ot folly diss patton, exhnuss
the energies al her eonslilu ion, will In the majority of
cases, ell or b. doomed 10 be ehildles' wife, be
cur4ed with short lived def,rmcd aud puny race of
II prng. the hnples. victims Of n mothers folly
Such being the importance of Health to Fomnc',
work which, like the present, exhibits brett exposition
ol the mnnner in winch II Is cerihin, 10 h, obtain
ed ind prnseryed will, persuaded he received by
them with apprntion nnl claim t.eir seriou. eniion.
The fir-t Par is devoted solely tho means of Pre-
serving thf 1enh nnd promoting the perfect develop
ment ul thee lsulion of tho Unmarried Female In
the chapters eevotcd 10 Dyspepsia ani Training for
lenlih, will be iannd full neeoun oi the and
symptoms OF OF the most distressing and common
complaints o the female aeS, with the Tor s pre-
vention aud treatment
l. IA not howe, er, during youth crcy, TINT the fe
mne enmmis tie greatest errers. They often per-
sisted in ,lier Mari ,ge. and added improper
ffr At
during Pregnancy and the Lyingn ieopord1e the
lie OF her offspring. mud entail upon the mother suffering
and disease which often last Tor tho reminder OF her
dnys Tie Second "art of the work, therefore IL I'D
dressed Ia the Mprr7d Female aud embraces the Cau
lions 10 be observed IN arder insure Tho Hcnhh of the
Mother mud the Life Of her Child, during these Two Inn
poflant periods
As thu eally treatment Of lnfatt. excrt, u powerful
influence upon the subsequent health, comfort snd use
iulness in the Third Portion If tho work have enter
ed fully into the proper meihad of Rearing Infants:
giving rinue directions for their management imme
Il acly ntter birth, md during the sh,rqueh periods Of
ell ile al.
In The Fourth Pnft the ennses symptoms aud gene.
al treatment of thu prom inent Diseases Of No
detnied not with the view # tenchng tho fair
render 10 bs he own ply inn, bn to point out to her
The enty indications Of th1se affections and 10 show her
i, immense Importance Of early resort to proper
medical ndyce II Is unfortunate crcumstsn, That
ior wnn oi tins nrmnton such diseases are too often
overlooked in their ri stages, from false OF
derney concealed. until hey have advanced far, that
the best directed efforts # the sklul practitioner
tnii in their removal
The Fifth Part trents of the symptoms and manage
ment Of the Diseases 10 uhich Young Chudren o,d
nerag iabie Il Is believed TINT large number. IL not
all %. these diseases be prevented by proper Mt
tenon tn dei nnd regiment or, when they do occur
mny, by TIE meant be very promptly aud eiectun
ly removed Ii i. thesn therefore, that in
sruetio1s especially directed vising always when
the administration of other remedies becomes in
dispensabe resort without deoy, 10 reg uar probes