Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-30
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The Lady'S Medical POcket-BoOk
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& 't'Nf AtNlNtf Rules Tor presei wing tn Health
y tHas.,i d Females; Derrtions Pregnant aud
eiac ia haml.; and ucconut # heir Diseases; To
gefhrr with distractions lot = Rearing nf children
I'm the hour of THEN Rrtl p.d account of The Dis
asss ct Infancy. b, lie auth.r Of The Geatlemaa's
A'.fiic7l Parkrt Book. P,icr % els.
The iaHii satennd universal appreciation which the
GgSrLEMAN's NEpIcAL PucKET Book has met win
hive niaee The publishers Ia engage the neni at the
same Author in the produftnn Of Il MEDicA PocKEr
BOOK, eXru'--l lur the = uf fEMALEs.
Avn hns Themselves Of hints Obtained from different
respectable they here resent To the public
aecontt al the causes symptoms aud treatment of hos
Diseases which pernliac Ia tn femnle and 10
lafants: they iaye embraced in t. also, the sc era
rules the Preservation of the Henth and Comfort OF
Females aeri the Single aud Marriage siar; and d.
reetion fr the proper R,nring of Children in reference
10 cir Diet aud Regiment Wills, in Appendix i.
added short Treatise that all absorbing subject, Epi
delnic Chalera.
The Publishers leel persuaded thu the work will he
lnuat in every respect worthy the attention OF the
which Is especially dedcoed; and that Mothers will
ind in useful manuel Of instruction for their guidance
during Pfeena y, in the Lying.n Chamber and ia the
Nnr-erv.
The means 10y wh ch the fu development nf the body.
uni the health, vsor AID acttiy of the human system
nre he,t srnmoted and maintained. are. uni,tuneey,
too lttle attended Ia by the Female And Vet -
their consideration the female is urged by the powerful
motives ul duty nd self Beauty cannot u
raaity exit. indepprdert Of health: the which
tend tu preserve the one log equally calculated to i'm
prove and nron'te the other; while the first is absolute
" unaninahle bsany practice inconsistent with the lat
ter In vain does The female hope improve her skin
TO give roseafe hue To her complications or to aug
mont the grace d symmetry other form; unless she IS
cauti us to prese the whole frame IN health,
and activity. Beauty comre iur and, To certain
extent tint of shape also, is ohng tl4an visible
henh-apnre mirror OF the perfect peroI manre OF the
Internal functions Of life. and Of their harmony with the
eXterna portions the syem-the certain effects al
pun air oherrnnes. temperance, and of exercise IN
inpetedliy any species of unnatural restraint
There i however sill more important reason why.
Independent OF Ill considerations connected with fetso
nal comfort and happiness this SUBJECT should occupy
tue attention of the youthful iar-t &c wei being OF
those who mny to her their existence. The TACT
hatupun her own heh depend in very great measure
the htalth freedom from dcornih nnd future useful
often the very lite of her offspring cannot ln To
recommend those most strongly To TIE attention
of her who desires be hailed by the endearng appel
ation of mothei-and experience the happiness oi
behplding herself surrounded by healthy an joyous
offspring 1t is solemn truth that no female has any
right expect in the child which she gives birth
what she does not herself possess-a sound we'll formed
and robust frame. She therefore. who neglects ter
health, or in the pursuit of folly dissipation, exhausts
TIN energies OF her consu ion, will in the MINORITY OF
cases. eli or b., doomed he childess vile, or be
cursed with short lived deformed and puny race oil
If pring. the hapess victims of "A mothers folly
Such beng the importance OF Health /" female'. a
work whie like the present eXhibi brett exposition
of the mahnerin winch is certainly to he ht lin
ed and preserved will, persuHdedb be received by
The First Part is devoted solely to the m2ans of Pre-
serving th' Wealth and promoting the perfect develop
ment of tbs sfiiuton of the Unmarried Female In
the chapters Gevoted to Dyspepsia ami To Training tor
Health will be found IA full account OF the causes and
symptoms of of the most distressing and common
complaints of the female SEX with the means for its pre-
vention and treatment
II is not howe err during youth erely thnt the fe
male commits tie greatest They are often per-
sisted in after Mari ,ge. and, added to an inrroper
# conduct the result ignorance and peudre
during Pregnancy and the Lyng.n state leorhrhze the
life of her offspring. and entail upon the mother suffering
and disease which often last the remainder ct her
days. The Second Part of the work. the eore, Is al
dressed Ia the MaY7d Female and embraces the Gnu
tion be obs rived in oraer to insure tho Health OF The
Mother and The Life Of her Child, during these two i'm
poriant periods
As the eaIly treatment of Infants exert' powerful
influence upon their subsequent health, comfort snd use.
uness in the Third Poriion of the work hive ter
ed fully into the proper method of Rearing htams:
giving ripue directions for their management imme-
aeIy after birth, and during the subsequent periods OF
childho I'd.
In the Fourth Part the causes, symptoms and gene
'al treatment of the prom inent Diseases Of No
detailed with the view II teaching the tar
reader to BE- her phy ian; hu to point Out 10 her
the early indications Of nse affections aud to show her
tbs immense Importance of early resort 10 proper
medical advice 1t is unfortunate cireumsian' elha
for want of tins information such diseases are too often
overlooked in their rt stages, from false sense OF
de eacy concealed until Trey have advanced lar that
the best directed efforts OF the most sknl practitioner
fail in their rrmovs
The Fifth Part treats of the symptoms and manage
of the Diseases 10 which Young Children are od
na1Rg Hable is believed TINT large number, II rot
all these diseases may be prevented By proper at
tention diet and regiment or when they do o'cui-
lnay by TIE means he very promptly and ehectun
" remuved Its these therefore, that our in
structio especially directed, avis ng always when
ever the administration of other remedies becomes n-
dispensabe without delay, to regular proes-
sional aid.
Finally, we have annexed an account of the causes,
means of prevention, symptoms and treatment OF the
Asiatic Epifeaic Cholera. Although disease 10
which the leuae is particularly slbiec than the
other SEX it is nevertheless topic of such general end
appalinl interest, and in relation which the diff
fusion of info nation is of much importance,
that have been unwilling omit it, and we arc con-
,nced that every reader WI" be pleased with its intro
duction.