Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-23
BOOKS, &C
The Lady's Medical POcket-Book
AND
NURsERY-ADyIsER;

TONfAINING Rules Tor preserving TIE He"nh .,
y Unmarried femaes; Directions to J. l"f"' ~
Living IN Moment and an account at ti"'f Di'Ssei
gefher with Instructions in tie Rearing 81 En''I,'
fun The hnur theif Birth and an account ni W." ~,
.asss Of Infancy. By tie author at The "e"te emu"
Alrlcal poek.t Botk. Pfice 80 ct. -, .
The fapid saleHnd universal appreciation VIM" .'
GfkrIraAs. YFpfcAL PocKFT Book his met WIZ
haye Induced The publisher. 10 engage III" h'ent, oil ,ue
-ane Author in the prodnr ti"n OF MEDICAL i"'"@'
Boan, expres,, or the Use ii fENALEs na.
Avn ling Themselves OF hint oli"'net RON u'i''''
respectable sani res they here present To the Tu'G "
account Of the eau.e-, symptoms anil treatment VI
Dsea Inch perniar to tn Femme sen NJ"
Isltnts: they have embraced in IT, also the GET eihl
rules Tor the Preservation of The Health ana Co""s "
Females dnri the Single and Marriage sint' On" "
reefion f,r the proper Rearing o Children 10 feienr
to cir Diet and Regiment Wills. IN ian ApPen"s =
added aior lrcase that all ub'orbng SUBJECT h'
demie Cholera. M
Thu Publishers feel pet suadcd that the worn WIN ne
found in every re-pet worthy tie attention ol inc sex "
which il i especially dedichted sud thui Nh"eis W"
fndin a useful manuel Of instruction Tor helr su'hh,'
during PfePnn cy in the Lyipg-ih Chamber ""o !" ''
Nursefy. 80 ,
The nenns by VII ch the full develoPmcn of thebody'
an1 tie HEALTH vigr and nctiyity OF the human syShn'
are best promoted and maintane J. arc, uni lluh"uey
too lntlr attended to by The FemBle sex. And Vet ~
their consideration the rmnle is urged by the PV"rlu'
motives of duty and self interest Beauty cannot
rsnlty, exist. independent of health; the means "o"
tend preserve the one ng equally calculated 10 l
prove and PRONE the other while the first Is asoute
ly unuainnble b, any practice inconsistent WIN tie nv
ter In vain does The female hope to improve her SKID
give toseae hue to her complech"n' or 10 Jug
ment the grace symmetry of her iorm' unless she Is
cnnti4us To preseI the whole frame IN health gVf
and aetivly. Beauty of pleAor and, to certain
extent that of shape also. is Ioing more tlan visible
henthn pure mirror of the perfect perio m"nce OF le
Internal Functions Of life. and Of their harmony wihLhe
externa portions the s'em-the CERTAIN elects I"
pun u therrfuuess, Temperance, aud of exc eSe uh
impededly any species of unnatural restoInt
There Is however sill more important reason why
independent OF Ill 'nsdera"ns connecie1 WIN Pc 50
nai comfort and happincss this subject should occupy
tie attention of the Youthful FART &c wei being oil
those who mny TO her their existence / ne tact
tint upon her helfh depend in very great measure
the htath freedom from eformity nnd future useful
ness often the very lite Of her offspring -cannoi IAN l."
recommend those means, most strongly to TIE ate mum
Of her whelesres la hailed by the endenring appel
ation of mohel-and to experience the happiness ol
beholdng herself surrounded by healthy an J"y"n'
offspring Ii is solemn truth that no female has any
right To expect in the child to WHICH she gives brth
what she does not herself possess-a sound wei formed
md robust frame. She therefore. who neglrcts Eer own
health or in the pursuit of folly dissipation, extausts
the energies OF her consiitu ion, will IN the MINORITY OF
cases. either b., doomed to be "A childcs- wife, or be
cursed with short lived deformed and puny nce OF
# pring. the hupless victims OF Il mother 5 loy
Such being the importance of Health tn Female,
work which, like the present, exhibits breit exposition
of the in winch is most certainly to he "h Nm
ed md preserved, WILL are persuaded be received by
The First Part is devoted solely to the means of Pre-
serving thu Henh and promoting the perfect develop
ment Of tli institution of the Unmarried Ftm0ie. In
the chapters devoted to D,sPepsa ami TO Training tor
! Health will be found full account OF the causes and
symptoms of of the most distressing and common
com ant of tie female scN with the means for its pre-
vention and treatment
l. is rot howe err during youth ~ crely, that the fe
male commits the greatest errots. They are often per-
sisted in after Marrig and, added to AN improper
u conduct The result ignorance and preJudire
during Pregnancy and the Lyingin state eorordize the
life of her offspring and entail upon the mother suffering
aud disease which often last the remainder ot her
days. The Second Part the work, therefor" Is ad
dressed 10 the Ma,r1d Female and embraces the Cau'
ons be observed in order insure The lienth OF the
Mother and the Life OF her Child during these TWO I'M
portant periods,
As tho eelly treatment Of Infants exert powerful
influence upon ihe subsequent health, comfort hnd USE
uness in the Third Portion of the work we have e ter
ed fully into the proper method ot Rearing INFANTS;
giving fnure directions for their management imme
datey after BIRTH and during the subsequent periods OF
ohildho I'd.
In the Fourth Part, the causes, symptoms and gene
nj treatment of the prom inent Diseases Of No
detailed with the view Il teaching the fair
reader 10 be heI plysi ian; bur to point out to her
the early indications of those affections and to show her
TIA, immense Importance of early resort tn proper
medical advice 1t is an unfortunate crcumson, c,rhal,
for of tins information; such diseases are too often
overlooked in their first stages, from false OF
deieaey concealed until they have advanced far that
the best directed efforts n the most skul practitioner
fail in their removal.
The Fifth Pan treats of the symptoms and manage
of the Diseases 10 uhch Young Chidrea o'di-
manly liable. is believed that a large number, if
all these dseasesmoy be prevented by proper at
tehtion diet and regimen; when they do cur,
mny by the means. he very promptly and ehectual
y removed II il IT, thcsr mean Therefore, that our in
slruco especially directed advis ng always, when
the administration Of other remedies becomes in.
d-t enahle resort, without delay, to regular
siona aid
tmaliy we have annexed an account of the causes,
means of prevention, symptoms and treatment Of the
Asiattc Epidemic ChOier0. Although disease
which the elnale is more particularly subjec than the
other it is nevertheless topic of such general end
appalling interest, and one in relation which the diff
fusion OF correct Information is of 50 much importance
that we have been unwilling to omit IT, and we
,ineed thut every reader VI" be pleased it'll its intro
ducon