Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-13
BOOKS, DC.
The Lady's Medical Pocket-Book
AND

III
~ Unmarried femule. Directions 10 presna,t aud
Lying 10 Numrn; and an nccount If their Disenscs;
geiher with Instructions iot tie Roaring of children
tiom the hnnt nj lh il Birth; aud of the Dis
cases OF Infancy. Il, tie auth, oil The aenteman's
Medical Pocket Book. pice so cis
Tho rhpid salennd universal appreciation which the
GrNrLraAs's MEDICAL PocKtr Book has met with,
have oiace the publishers engage the talent. of the
same Anther in the production of MEDICAL PocKET
Book, expressl, ,or the use nf FrmAtks.
Ava ling Themselves n hints obtained from different
respectable Sources they here present the public
account OF thu causes symptoms nnd treatment Of those
Diseases which perular To thu Female and To
lpanls: they have embraced in II. nlsn. the go cral
rules Tor the Preservation of the Health and Comnrt Of
Females dori the Single and Marriage slne; and d.
rcetons t the proper Rearing ofChdren in reference
10 cif Diet and Regimen: whilst in nn Appendix il
added short treatise that all absorbing subject, Epi
demc Cholera.
The Publishers iee PEI sundcd TINT the work will be
"und IN every respect worthy the attention al the to
which IT il especially dedicated; aud iha Molhers will
find in II useful manuel of instruction for Their guidance
during Pregna ey In the Lying.in Chamber aud in tho
Nursery.
The means by VIII eh the fall developments Of the body,
AMI the health vignr aud activity OF the human syst
are best "rnmoted and maintained nre unit itunnley,
too lutte attended To 10y tho Female And vet In
their consideration the female is urged by the powerful
motives of duty and self interest. Beauty cannot
reality exist. independent of health the which
tend tn preserve the one ng equal, calculated to inn
prove and promote the other while the first is absolute
y unattainabe b, my practice inconsistent with the lat
ter Ia win does the female hope improve her skin
to give 'rosene hue her complication, aug
the sinee ant symmetry of her frn; unless she il
cauti us 10 preserve the whole frame in health.
and activity Beauty &c complexion, and, 10 certain
extent, TINT of shape Also is ohing tim visible
hclth-apure mirror of the perfect perIo manee o the
ierha functions ut life and of their harmony with tho
eNternoi portions or the sSs'emthe certain effects of
pure nil cheerulness temperance und of exercise
mpcdedhy any species OF urnnulnl resttnint
There Is however sill more important rensnn why,
independent of all considerations connected with per so
nal comfort nnd happiness this subject should orcupy
the attention of the Youthful fart we'll being of
those who mny To her their existence. The ihot-
that upon her own heh depend in n very great
the health freedom from dcfomit, nnd future useful
ness often the very lite of her offspring cannot TAIL To
recommend those MEANS strongly, the attention
of her who desires bc hailed by the endcarng appel
lotipn of mothe-and experience the happiness Of
behalding herself ,urrounde, by healthy joyous
offspring II is solemn truth that no female has any
right to expect in the child 10 which she gives birth,
what she does not herself possessa sound well formed
and robust frame. She. therefore, who neglect her
health, in the pursuit of folly dissipation, exhausts
the energies o her consiitu ion, will in the minority OF
cases, elieer b. do"mcd to be childlesA vile, be
cursed with short lived deGormei and puny ruce of
h-pring thu hapless victims of "A mothers folly
Such being the importance of Henllh To femnle'
work which, like the present exhibits brett exposition
at the manner in which is most certainly to be obt ain
ed md preserved will, persuaded,be received by
them with appreciation, and claim ter serious attention
me fst Inrt Is devoted solely TO tue nouns oil Tree
serving thu Heallh and promoting the perfect develop
meni OF the astiinllon OF the Unmarried nen"@ IN
me chapters seYoed to D}sPepsin AMI 10 lrlng Tor
'e"'th' VIII be found ull account OF inc causes ana
symptoms oil one OF the most distressing una ""mm"h
complaints OF the female SON with tie msans FOR s pre-
Ventlon aud treatment
Is not, howe.er, during youth mrreiy, th"t the Ie
male commits the greatest errors ihey nre often per-
sisted IN 'itef Mhll'ge anu aided 10 an 'nQ'"!e'
course oi conduct Tue result "' ignorance ho P''Ju"u'
during Pregnancy and the Ly,ng1n state 1so"rd,ne Inc
me OF nor offspring ma ehnll upon inc mn,h'f Su.,hR
ana disease which often last Tor the remainder o' hrr
dnyS lhe second ART oil the work. u'e'e'ors' - u"
dressed 10 the Ma't'd femHfe' mud cnbinees inc Gnu
ohS To De observed IN ororr TO insure mo ieh'n q" e
Mother mud the ie OF her Ohld' during ihese Two I'M
portant periods
a. 'hs e2liy treatment OF i1nh,i exert. p"w"n'
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