What Women Should Know/Index

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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.


  • Abdomen, enlargement of, 151.
    • soreness in lower part of, 224.
  • Abdominal supporter, 259.
    • bad effects of constant use of, 260.
  • Abortion, causes of, 154.
    • dangers of, 155.
    • flooding in, 155.
    • or miscarriage, 153.
    • necessity for physician in, 156.
    • signs of threatened, 156.
    • to prevent recurrence of, 157.
  • Acquaintance, best mode of forming, 91.
  • Activity of body and mind essential to a healthy pregnancy, 245.
  • Advantages in daily association of the sexes, 92.
  • Advertising or answering advertisements, 104.
  • After-birth, expulsion of, 214.
    • aids in, 214.
  • Afternoon of life, the, 254.
  • After-pains, 213.
    • duration of, 213.
    • remedy for, 213.
  • Anœsthetics in midwifery, 219.
  • Appetite a tolerably safe guide, 170.
  • A reminiscence, 68.
  • Arnica, the value of, 307.
  • Avoid quack medicines, 45.
  • Avoid secresy, 104.
  • Babe, general management of a, 278.
    • improper feeding of a, 279.
    • "longings" of the, 280.
    • open-air exercise for a, 283.
    • shall the mother nurse her, 274.
    • sleep with its mother, shall the, 281.
    • true kindness to a, 279.
  • Babe's first bath, 271.
    • toilet, 271.
  • Bad counsel and its results, 145.
  • Bandage for lying-in women, 215.
    • correct manner of putting on, 217.
  • Band, flannel, 289.
    • upon an infant, how long to retain, 282.
  • Barrecoat, 289.
  • Bath, manner of taking a, 36.
    • objections to night, 35.
    • proper time for a, 35.
    • shower, 36.
    • snow, 37.
  • Bathing, 35.
    • during pregnancy, 192.
  • Bed, making the sick woman's, 230.
    • prepared for delivery, 195.
    • what kind shall be used in confinement, 196.
  • Bed-pan, necessity for a, 222.
  • Beds, feather, 196.
  • Bedstead, proper, 197.
  • Best years of a woman's life, 206.
  • Bibs and aprous, 297.
  • Bites and stings of insects, 308.
  • Blanket, 293.
  • Blunders of medical authorities, 199.
  • Boarding-house life, evils of, 115.
  • Boarding-school life, 55.
  • Bony structure, differences in, 22
  • Bowels of infant, attention to, 284.
    • evacuation of, on second day, 223.
    • how to keep open without medicine, 222.
  • Boy beaux, 59.
  • Breasts, enlargement of the, 150.
  • Bridal tours, 113.
  • Burns and scalds, 307.
  • Can a natural state be called a state of invalidism, 43.
  • Care and watchfulness, necessity for, 28.
  • Carminatives and soothing syrups, 277.
  • Cellular system, 24.
  • Change of life, symptoms of, 268.
    • treatment for diseases incident to, 269.
  • Chapped hands, cure for, 37.
  • Chastity to be equally desired in both men and women, 81.
  • Child upon birth, attention to the, 211.
  • Child-bed, possibility of mitigating the pains of, 147.
  • Child-love, 62.
  • Children, desirability of, 121.
    • do not necessarily inherit ill-health from parents, 87.
  • Chlorosis or green-sickness, 48. ​
  • Chlorosis, avoidance of, 49.
    • results of, 48.
    • symptoms of, 48.
    • treatment of, 49.
  • Cleanliness, 225.
  • Close confinement during pregnancy, bad effects of, 241.
  • Clothing at parties and balls, change of, 231.
    • improper and insufficient, 39.
    • proper method of making a girl's, 40.
  • Co-education of the sexes, advantages of, 56.
  • Cold feet, 36.
  • Colic and acidity of the stomach, 277.
    • cure for, 300.
    • gripes, or, 300.
  • Conception, 119.
    • a safe preventive to, 134.
    • erroneous belief concerning, 120.
  • Confinement, change of diet after, 235.
    • feelings after a first, 147.
    • preparations for, 195.
    • in bed, injurious effects of too long, 233.
  • Consent of parents, 105.
  • Constipation, 185.
  • Convulsions, 313.
  • Costiveness, 301.
  • Course to be pursued by parents, 32.
  • Courtship, 91.
    • a woman's opportunities in, 94.
    • should imply, what, 91.
  • Cows' milk for a babe, 276.
  • Cramps, 179.
  • Criminal abortion, 124.
    • circumstances which may extenuate, 124.
    • how to check, 126.
  • Croup, 302.
    • common, 303.
      • treatment of, 303.
    • membranous, 304.
  • Danger of too hard work, 34.
  • Deductions which girls draw from observation, 141.
  • Delivery before the proper time, 153.
    • how long ought a woman to remain in bed after, 232.
    • descent of the womb before, 193.
    • number of attendants during, 199.
    • rule for calculating time of, 152.
    • personal preparations for, 198.
  • Development of disease, 28.
  • Diapers, 293.
  • Diarrhœa, 300.
  • Diet after third day, 228.
  • Diet for three days after confinement, 222.
    • of a lying-in woman, 222.
  • Diphtheria, 306.
  • Dismal forebodings, 143.
  • Doctor, time to send for a, 201.
    • no, absolutely necessary, 203.
  • Doctors, are they necessary in delivery? 201
  • Domestic duties, time of release from, 110.
  • Dress, 39.
    • day, 292.
    • made with embroidered edging in front, 296.
    • made with insertion in front, 295.
    • made with tucked front, 294.
    • for winter, 39.
  • Duty of a husband to assist his wife, 160.
  • Earache, 307.
  • Early retiring, 38.
  • Early rising, 37.
  • "Eating for two," 170.
  • Education of girls, tendency of the, 141.
  • Efficient temperance law, 127.
  • Enforced child-bearing, 130.
  • Engaged couple, proper degree of familiarity between an, 98.
  • Engagements, advantages of short, 100.
    • are they absolutely binding, 100.
    • behavior during long, 100.
  • Escape, no way of, 146.
  • Evening visits, 92.
    • desirability of employment during, 92.
  • Evil habits, means of cure of, 57.
    • of excited and ungratified curiosity, 31.
  • Excessive sensual gratification, 118.
  • Exercise, 33.
  • Eyes, use of, during convalescence, 232.
  • Failure of babe to make water, 277.
  • Fainting after delivery, 215.
    • during pregnancy, 181.
  • False bosoms, 42.
  • Family, destruction of the, 109.
    • personal experience with a, 278.
    • protection of the, 109.
  • Fatherhood and motherhood, obligations of, 315.
  • Female physicians, 201.
  • Feminine capacity unfairly decided, 239
  • Feminine intuitions, 26.
  • First sitting up, 233.
  • Fissure of the anus, 264.
    • symptoms of, 264.
    • treatment of, 265.
  • Flooding, 214. ​
  • Fœticide, accessory to the crime of, 127.
  • Food, 33.
    • after delivery, 219.
    • artificial, for the babe, 273.
    • for the new-born babe, 273.
    • unnecessary during labor, 218.
    • upon the sick woman, do not force, 220.
  • "For better, for worse," 132.
  • Form, observable difference in, 24.
  • Friend, lack of a wise and judicious, 144.
  • Friendship, Platonic, 105.
    • purity of boy and girl, 61.
  • Fruit diet, 171.
    • in the place of medicine, 172.
  • Fumigation, 231.
  • Gathered breast, 227.
    • causes of, 227.
    • symptoms of, 227.
  • Generation, grave importance of the act of, 121.
  • "Generous fellow," the, 78.
  • Girlhood, influence of, 61.
  • Going to work too soon, 233.
    • dangers of, 234.
  • Grinding pains, 199.
    • no bearing down during the, 205.
  • Gripes or colic, 300.
  • Hair during confinement, 198.
  • Have those in ill-health a right to marry? 87.
  • Healthy pregnancy, activity of body and mind essential to, 245.
  • Heartburn, 187.
  • Height, comparative, of the two sexes, 22.
  • Hernia or rupture, 298.
    • cure for groin, 299.
    • navel, 299.
    • tight clothing a cause of, 286.
  • Hiccoughs, 300.
  • Home, the, 109.
    • construction of the, 112.
    • deserters from the, 110.
    • significance of the word, 110.
    • treasures of the, 111.
    • keeping woman, the, 244.
  • Homeless, the, 111.
  • Hooping-cough, 311.
  • Husband, disadvantages of too great superiority of age in the, 75.
      • and wife, relative ages of, 74.
  • Husband's consolations, a, 143.
    • demands, just cause for a refusal of a, 117.
  • Husbands, responsibility of, 129.
  • Hysteria, 49.
    • during pregnancy, 182.
    • how to avoid, 183.
    • in the pregnant woman, remedy for, 182.
  • Incontinence of urine, 187.
  • Inconvenience of women and men being both equally entitled to "pop the question," 94.
  • Infant, sleep of an, 283.
  • Infant's clothing, looseness necessary in an, 285.
      • length of an, 286.
      • warmth of an, 287.
    • daily bath, 282.
    • dresses, general directions concerning, 294.
    • dress, shortening an, 297.
    • first clothing, 197.
    • sleeping-room, temperature of, 282.
    • slumber, aids to, 283.
    • wardrobe, 287.
    • winter clothing, 297.
  • Inherited traits, 317.
  • Intuitions, 83.
    • feminine, 26.
  • Is man undeveloped woman, 25.
  • Is woman undeveloped man, 25
  • Ivy poisoning, 308.
  • Job's comforters, 142.
  • Kisses, a woman's, 97
  • Labor, condition of bowels at commencement of, 198.
    • first stage of, 195.
    • pains, false, 189.
    • position in bed during, 204.
    • second stage of, 199.
    • support to the back during, 206.
    • proper presentation in, 210.
    • third stage of, 205.
    • duration of, 206.
    • to hasten a tedious, 201.
    • voiding of urine during, 205.
  • Late hours, 95.
  • Law-makers, culpability of, 126.
  • Leucorrhœa or whites, 261.
  • Light and air, 231.
  • Limitation of offspring, wrong methods of, 133.
  • Lochial discharges, 223.
    • duration of, 224.
    • untimely checking of, 224.
  • Lola Montez, anecdote of, 237.
  • Longing, example of ungratified, 175.
  • Longings, 174.
    • class of, to be gratified, 175.
    • rule regarding, 178.
  • Love, a boyish, the best safeguard to youth, 62.
    • and passion, 63.
    • first, 65.
      • purity of, 66.
      • reciprocity of, 67. ​
  • Love, first, does not interfere with subsequent more lasting affections, 69.
      • transientness of, 67.
    • at first sight, 102
      • not always serious or lasting, 103.
    • free, 109.
    • manœuvres of, 94.
    • power of, 63.
    • true, 64.
    • uses of, 64.
    • without passion, 63.
  • Lying-in room, necessities of the, 197.
    • ventilation of the, 198.
  • Male associates, 59.
    • physicians in lying-in chamber, 202.
  • Man, prudent and industrious, 78.
  • Marital privileges, abuse of, 116.
    • rights, 129.
  • Marks, 190.
  • Marriage, 112.
    • by advertisement, 154.
    • day, the, 101.
    • evil effects upon men of too early, 74.
    • evil effects upon women of too early, 74.
    • intellectual retrogression after, 253.
    • intellectual retrogression after, inexcusable, 253.
    • does it contract a woman's sphere? 253.
    • of the old with the young, 76.
    • pecuniary considerations in, 77.
    • perfect happiness in, 82.
    • proper age for, 72.
    • physical relations of, with a profligate, 112.
    • moral objections to, with a profligate, 80.
    • physical objections to, 79.
    • a sacrament, 113.
  • Marriages, hasty, 103.
    • second, 89.
  • Material for infant's wardrobe, with estimated cost, 293.
  • Maternal influences, 318.
    • instinct, the, 139.
  • Measles, 310.
    • treatment of, 311.
  • Medical students, reputation of, 202.
  • Menopause, or change of life, 266.
  • Menses, cessation of the, 149.
    • suppression of the, 47.
  • Menstrual flow, erroneous idea concerning the character of the, 46.
  • Menstrual flow, first appearance of the, 44.
    • frequency of appearance and length of duration of, 46.
    • periods, irregularity of the first, 45.
  • Menstruation a painless function, 43.
    • causes of inconvenience in, 44.
    • apparent delay in, 45.
    • profuse, 46.
    • scanty, 47.
  • Midwife, requisites of a competent, 204.
  • Milk fever and how to check it, 225.
    • flow of, 225.
      • regulating the, 229.
    • superabundance of, 226.
  • Miseries of the sick-room, 148.
  • "Model mother, the," 317.
  • Moderate drinker, the, 85.
  • Morning sickness, remedies for, 166.
    • similarity of, to sea sickness, 161.
  • Motherhood, a perfect, 320.
    • the sacredness of, 320.
  • Mothers, capabilities of, 240.
    • culpability of, 41.
    • do girls look forward to becoming? 140.
    • indifference or false delicacy of, 29.
    • theory vs. practice of American, 28.
  • Mother's duties in sickness, a, 298.
    • mode of training, 52.
    • responsibility, a, 319.
    • watchfulness over her own children, a, 52.
  • Mother, the, a proper medium of communication, 29.
  • Muscular system, 23.
  • Navel cord, care necessary in tying the, 212.
      • cutting the, 212.
      • separation of the, 272.
    • to avoid suffocation by the, 211.
  • Nausea, 150.
    • aggravated by the sight of food, 159.
    • considered a favorable symptom of pregnancy, 163.
    • description of, 162.
    • exercise a prevention of, 167.
    • may be relieved, 162.
    • or morning-sickness, 158.
  • Neglected babies, 252.
  • Nervous system, 23.
  • Night-dress, 291.
  • Nubility, 72.
  • Nurse a babe, how often to, 278.
  • Nursing-bottle, 276. ​
  • Nursing of a babe, circumstances forbidding further, 273.
  • Offspring, in what manner shall they be limited? 133.
    • limitation of, 132.
  • Out-door work, advantage of, 168.
  • "Out of her sphere," 160.
  • Over-exertion, how to decide what is, 24.
  • Palpitation of the heart, 182.
  • Parable of the ten talents, 242.
  • Passion without love, 64.
  • Patent braces and abdominal supporters, 260.
  • Permanent disposition of patient in bed, 217.
  • Perineum, protection of the, 208.
  • Personal experience, 249.
  • Petticoat, flannel, 289.
  • Physician is necessary, cases when, 210.
  • Piles, 263.
    • during pregnancy, 186.
    • may be avoided, how, 187.
    • precaution against, 208.
    • remedies for, 263.
    • treatment of, 187.
  • Plain speaking, necessity for, 53.
  • Platonic friendships, 105.
  • Plethora and nausea can both be avoided, 163.
    • dangers of, 163.
  • Population, quality, not quantity, of, 133.
  • Potter's clay, 273.
  • Pregnancy, amount of sleep required in, 169.
    • activity of body and mind essential to a healthy, 245.
    • appearance of the navel in, 151.
    • condition of blood in, 166.
    • duration of, 152, 195.
    • flatulence mistaken for, 151.
    • healthful, 167.
    • indolent feeling during, 169.
    • is it a state of disease or of health? 165.
    • not a state of disability, 212.
    • other symptoms of, 151.
    • perfect health requisite in, 165.
    • perverted appetite during, 174.
    • sometimes a cure for affections of the womb, 261.
    • symptoms of, 149.
    • various pains accompanying, 188.
  • Pregnant woman, diet of a, 170.
    • a business life peculiarly suited to, 243.
    • can she endure prolonged mental labor? 242.
  • Pregnant women, no need of greatly enlarged size in, 179.
    • must they be strict housekeepers? 240
  • Preparations for the coming change, 32.
  • Presentation, face, 210.
    • foot, 208.
    • of the child determined without examination, 194.
    • right and wrong, 203.
  • Presents, 107.
  • Prevention better than cure, 42.
  • Producing the sexes at will, 133.
  • Production of the sexes, false theories concerning the, 135.
    • latest theory in regard to, 135.
    • personal opinions concerning, 136.
    • evidence of science in regard to, 136.
  • Profligate and virtuous, how to decide between the, 83.
  • Prolapsus uteri, frequent cause of, 235.
    • prevalence of, 234.
  • Proper mating of taste and intellect, 86.
    • degree of familiarity between an engaged couple, 98.
  • Propriety vs. possibility, 246.
  • Protracted visits, embarrassment of young lady during, 95.
  • Pruritus, 185.
  • Puberty, age at which it is reached, 31.
    • mental signs of the approach of, 32.
    • physical signs of the approach of, 31.
  • Publishers, responsibility > 125
  • Quack medicines, avoid, 45.
    • danger of, 126.
  • Quickening, 150.
    • period of, 150.
    • sensations of, 150.
  • Quiet, need of, 218.
  • Quinsy, 307.
  • Reasons for exercise and diet prescribed, 173.
  • Recollections, 60.
  • Rectum and anus, diseases of, 262.
  • Reformed drunkard, the, 84.
  • Reformed rake, the, 79.
  • Reformation necessary before marriage, 85.
  • Religion, 86.
  • Responsibilities of young girls, 97. ​
  • Rest, need of, 220.
  • Results of unrestrained intercourse between the sexes, 58.
  • Retirement, when shall a pregnant woman seek, 245.
  • Robe, 292.
  • Romping desirable, 34.
  • Rule for deciding a man's moral character, 84.
  • Salivation during pregnancy, 188.
  • Scarlet fever, 309.
    • treatment of, 310.
  • Scars left by the ova, 119.
  • Secret bad habits, consideration of, important to mothers, 50.
    • early acquisition of, 51.
    • results of improper associations, 51.
    • what course shall a mother take with her daughter in regard to? 53.
  • Seducer, guilt of the, 128.
  • Self-abuse, treatment for, 54.
  • Sexes, the two, 21.
    • undue familiarity between the, 26.
  • Shall husband and wife sleep together? 118.
  • Shirt, linen, 291.
  • "Show," the, 195.
  • Sick-chamber, admission of husband to, 218.
    • room, appearance of the, 230.
      • quiet in the, 229.
  • Skin, the, 24.
  • Skirts, cotton, 290.
  • Skirt, embroidered, 291.
    • tucked, 290.
  • Sleep, advantages of abundant and undisturbed, 220.
  • Snuffling, 299.
  • Sore mouth, thrush or, 302.
  • Sore nipples, 228.
      • to prevent, 193.
    • throat, 306.
  • Stays, evils of, 40.
  • Sterile husbands, 124.
  • Sterility, 121.
    • causes of, 122.
    • cure of, 123
  • Stimulants, 219.
  • Stomach, wind on the, 300.
  • Strength, how a nursing mother should obtain, 275.
    • the woman the best judge of her own, 232.
  • Summer complaint, 313.
  • Swelled feet, 179.
  • "Taking a pain," 203.
  • Teach purity and morality, 58.
  • Teething, 312.
  • Temperament, 86.
  • Thrush or sore mouth, 302.
  • Too little confidence in nature, 45.
  • Toothache, 184.
  • Traits of character, 86.
  • Trousseaux, 102.
  • Use of malt liquors by nursing mother, 274.
  • Vaccination, 308.
  • Varicose or bursted veins, 179.
  • Violation of nature's laws, 241.
  • Visits among children, necessity of discountenancing, which extend over the night, 51.
  • Walk, learning to, 284.
  • Was it not murder? 130.
  • Wasted old age, 267.
  • Weaning, 280.
  • Weed in the breast, 226.
  • Wet-nurse, suitable, 276.
  • When shall certain information be imparted? 30.
  • Whites, leucorrhœa or, 261.
  • Why sentiment is introduced, 70.
  • Wife, disadvantages of superior age in the, 75.
    • an invalid, 88.
    • regarded in the light of a nurse, a, should not be, 88.
    • to be contemned, 83.
    • to be envied, 82.
  • Womanhood, disadvantages and corresponding advantages of, 26.
  • Woman more than mother, 316.
  • Woman older than man at the same age, 75.
    • or mother, which is greatest, 315.
  • "Woman who dares, the," 93.
  • Women not without consciences, 127.
    • should decide their own capabilities, 239.
    • should not marry confirmed invalids, 87.
  • Womb, contraction of the, 215.
    • description of the, 255.
    • falling or displacement of the, 255.
    • falling of the, causes of, 256
      • mode of treatment of, 258.
      • symptoms of, 257.
      • sometimes incurable. 259.
    • ulceration of the, 261.
    • various displacements of the, 256.
  • Wrapper, print, 292.
  • Young wives do not always wish for children, 142.
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