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CONTENTS.

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 . . . . . 17-24.
PART I. - MAIDENHOOD.
• CHAPTER I.
  PUBERTY.
  • Sexual Development; Age of Puberty; Physical Changes at Puberty; First Onset of Menstruation; Psychic Changes at Puberty . . . . . . . 25-28.
• CHAPTER II.
  ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS.
  • The Vulva; the Hymen; Condition of the Hymen as Proof of Virginity; the Bladder; Vagina; Uterus; Respiratory Movements of the Uterus; Fallopian Tubes; Ovaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-34.
• CHAPTER III.
  PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS.
  • Ovulation; Etiology of Menstruation; Uterine Nerve-supply; the Function of the Uterus; Stages of the Menstrual

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    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 . . . . 35-45.
• CHAPTER IV.
  THE ANOMALIES OF MENSTRUATION.
  • Menorrhagia and Metrorrhagia; Dysmenorrhea; Amenorrhea; Leucorrhea; Pruritus Vulvae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-51.
• CHAPTER V.
  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 Year to Marry; the Selection of the Wedding Day . . 52-60.
PART II. - MARRIAGE.
• CHAPTER VI.
  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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-69.
• CHAPTER VII.
  SEXUAL INSTINCT IN WOMEN.
  • Sexual Instinct in Women; Excessive Coitus; Causes of Sexual Excitability 70-75.

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• CHAPTER VIII.
  STERILITY.
  • Sterility; the Prevention of Conception and Limitation of Offspring; the Crime of Abortion; Infidelity in Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76-87.
PART III. - MATERNITY.
• CHAPTER IX.
  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 Female Organism; Heredity; Hygiene of Pregnancy; Causes of Miscarriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89-108.
• CHAPTER X.
  THE CONFINEMENT.
  • Preparation for the Confinement; Signs of Approaching Labor; Symptoms of Actual Labor; The Confinement-bed; the Process of Labor . . . . . . . . 109-122.
• CHAPTER XI.
  THE LYING-IN.
  • Management of the Lying-In; Lactation; Nursing . . . . . . . . . 123-131.
• CHAPTER XII.
  THE NEW-BORN INFANT.
  • The Infant's Toilet; the Crib; Feeding of Infants; Artificial Feeding; the Wet-nurse; Characteristics of Healthy Infants; the Stools; Constipation; Urination; Dentition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132-152.

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PART IV. - MENOPAUSE.
• CHAPTER XIII.
  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; Causes of Suffering at Menopause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153-172.
• CHAPTER XIV.
  HINTS FOR HOME TREATMENT.
  • Indigestion; Constipation; Diarrhea; Enemas; Vaginal Douche; Baths; Headache; Fainting; Hemorrhage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173-185.
• GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187-193.
• INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195-200.