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The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary), 1859-

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This is preeminently the day of preventive medicine; and the physician who can prevent the origin of disease is a greater benefactor than the one who can lessen the mortality or suffering after the disease has occurred.

ANNA M. GALBRAITH.

15 WEST NINETY-FIRST STREET, NEW YORK. _________________________________________________________________

CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION

EDUCATION AS THE CONTROLLING FACTOR IN THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN

Huxley's Definition of Education; the Correlation of Mind and Body; the
Emotional Nature; Age for Going to School; the Effect of the Study of the
Scientific Branches; Industrial Education
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PART I.-- MAIDENHOOD
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CHAPTER I.

PUBERTY

Sexual Development; Age of Puberty; Physical Changes at Puberty; First
Onset of Menstruation; Psychic Changes at Puberty
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CHAPTER II.

HYGIENE OF PUBERTY

Home Life; Corsets; Shoes; Underwear; Nutrition; Diet; Water;
Constipation; School Life; Spinal Curvature; Exercise; Walking; Running
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CHAPTER III.

ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS

The Vulva; the Hymen; Condition of the Hymen as a Proof of Virginity; the
Bladder; Vagina; Uterus; Respiratory Movements of the Uterus; Fallopian
Tubes; Ovaries
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CHAPTER IV.

PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS

Ovulation; Etiology of Menstruation; Uterine Nerve-supply; the Function
of the Uterus; Stages of the Menstrual Cycle; Average Duration of the
Menstrual Flow; Character of the Flow; Relation of Ovulation to
Menstruation; the Menstrual Wave; Definition of Menstruation; Premonitory
Symptoms of the Flow; Hygiene of Menstruation
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CHAPTER V.

THE ANOMALIES OF MENSTRUATION

Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia; Dysmenorrhea; Amenorrhea; Leucorrhea;
Pruritus Vulva
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CHAPTER VI.

THE MARRIAGE QUESTION

Herbert Spencer's Definition of Love; What Constitutes a Suitable
Husband; Best Age for Marriage; Shall Cousins Marry? Contraindications to
Marriage; Do Reformed Profligates Make Good Husbands? the Proper Length
of Time for the Engagement; the Right Time of the Year to Marry; the
Selection of the Wedding Day
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PART II.-- MARRIAGE
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CHAPTER VII.

THE ETHICS OF MARRIED LIFE

The Wedding Journey; the Ethics of Married Life; Shall Husband and Wife
Occupy the Same Bed? the Consummation of Marriage; the Marital Relation;
Times when Marital Relations Should be Suspended
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CHAPTER VIII.

SEXUAL INSTINCT IN WOMEN

Sexual Instinct in Women; Excessive Coitus; Causes of Sexual Excitability
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CHAPTER IX.

STERILITY

Sterility; the Prevention of Conception and the Limitation of Offspring;
the Crime of Abortion; Infidelity in Women
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PART III.-- MATERNITY
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CHAPTER X.

PREGNANCY

Nature of Conception; Pregnancy Defined; Duration of Pregnancy; the Signs
of Pregnancy; Quickening; the Determination of Sex at Will; the Influence
of the Male Sexual Element on the Fernale Organism; Heredity; Hygiene of
Pregnancy; Causes of Miscarriage
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CHAPTER XI.

THE CONFINMENT

Preparation for the Confinement; Signs of Approaching Labor; Symptoms of
Actual Labor; The Confinement-bed; the Process of Labor
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CHAPTER XII.

THE LYING-IN

Management of the Lying-in; Lactation; Nursing
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CHAPTER XIII.

THE NEW-BORN INFANT

The Infant's Toilet; the Crib; Feeding of Infants; the Wet-nurse;
Artificial Feeding; Characteristics of Healthy Infants; the Stools;
Constipation; Urination; Teething
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PART IV.-- THE MENOPAUSE
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CHAPTER XIV.

THE MENOPAUSE

Average Duration of the Menstrual Function; Duration of Menopause; the
Menopause; General Phenomena of the Menopause; Prominent Symptoms of
Menopause; Pathologic Conditions of Menopause; Hemorrhage at the
Menopause a Significant Symptom of Cancer; Causes of Suffering at
Menopause
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CHAPTER XV.

HYGIENE OF THE MENOPAUSE

Diet; Constipation; Stimulants; the Kidneys; Skin; Turkish Baths;
Massage; Exercise; Profuse Menstruation; Hemorrhage; Mental Therapeutics
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CHAPTER XVI.

HINTS FOR HOME TREATMENT

Indigestion; Constipation; Enemas; Diarrhea; Vaginal Douch?, Baths;
Headache; Fainting; Hemorrhage
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GLOSSARY
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THE

FOUR EPOCHS

OF

WOMAN'S LIFE
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INTRODUCTION. _________________

EDUCATION AS THE CONTROLLING FACTOR IN THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN.

Huxley's Definition of Education; the Correlation of Mind and Body; the
Emotional Nature; Age for Going to School; the Effect of the Study of
tuse Scientific Branches; Industrial Education.
"What is man,
If his chief good, and market of his time,
Be but to sleep and feed? A beast; no more.
Sure, He that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason
To fust in us unused."
-- "Hamlet."
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