The truth about rhythm
By: by I. E. Georg ; translated from the German by Edward Gallagher.
Publisher: P. J. Kenedy
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 212
Notes: Translation of Die Frau und die Ehe; first published under title: Eheleben und Kindersegen.

Includes bibliography.
Table of contents: title: The answer to a matrimonial problem -- The physiological processes of the female body. The periodic rhythm of the physiological functions -- Ovaries and female hormones -- Maturation and ovulation -- The yellow body and its hormone -- The uterus and menstruation -- The course of the cycle -- Outward symptoms of ovulation -- Intermenstrual pain -- The temperature curve -- The sugar content of the uterine mucus -- Other ovulation symptoms -- The fertile period -- The spermatozoa -- The fertilized ovum -- The fertile and sterile days in women -- New method of natural birth control -- Knaus or Ogino? -- The patterns of the cycle. From theory to practice -- The cycles, their variations, and pattern -- The accurate calculation of the cycle days -- There is no standard cycle of 28 days -- The cycles of every woman are different -- The length of the cycle varies from month to month : amount of variation -- The cycle pattern -- The most frequent cycle pattern among healthy women -- Difficulties, disturbances, and variations -- Difficulties in determining the cycle pattern -- Variable cycles -- Disturbances in the course of the cycle -- Variations in the cycle pattern -- The undulatory movement of the cycle pattern -- The influence of age on the cycle -- Self-knowledge is essential. Every woman is different -- Influences which a woman must study -- The keeping of a menstrual calendar -- Recording of temperature curves -- The glucose test -- “Cycle science”. How it began -- Its problems -- Erroneous conclusions from statistics -- Its difficulties -- Guidance for healthy women. The calculation of the fertile and sterile days -- Calculation aids -- Explanation of the tables for the calculation of the sterile days -- The quintuple cycle pattern -- The triple or quadruple cycle pattern -- The sextuple and septuple cycle pattern -- Very short cycles -- Arrangement of the tables -- Practical examples -- Ten tables for quintuple cycle patterns, between 23 and 36 days -- The practical application of the method in order to avoid conception -- The procedure during the observation period -- When the cycle pattern is known exactly -- When definite exterior symptoms of ovulation are determined -- The procedure when the cycles are affected by disturbing influences -- Changes in the cycle pattern -- When procreation is desired -- The most favorable days for conception -- Preparation for procreation -- Absence of pregnancy and miscarriage -- Boy or girl? -- Procedure in special cases. After childbirth -- After a miscarriage -- After a serious illness -- In cases of chronic disease -- In irregular cycle patterns -- Procedure when undergoing medical treatment, or change of climate -- Procedure during the change of life -- To avoid failure.  Medical consultation -- Repetition of the most important rules -- The practical results achieved by the natural method of avoiding conception -- The sexual instinct -- Marriage and the family. Mutual relations of the sexes -- Sexual intercourse -- The family -- The unity of marriage -- Controlled conception. The growth of population -- The normal family -- The difficulties confronting healthy family development -- Existing methods for avoiding having children -- Permanent abstinence in marriage -- Artificial methods of birth prevention -- Abortion -- Morals and the avoidance of conception. Sexual stress -- Marriage and the duty of procreation -- The two ends of marriage -- The end does not justify the means -- The danger of misuse -- Conclusion -- The future of the family and population. Moral intention and economic capability -- Importance to society of behaving in conformity with healthy nature -- Our debt of gratitude -- Appendix: chart sheet with explanation and example.