g success.

7. CONCEPTION IN THE FIRST HALF of the time between the menstrual periods
produces females, and males is the latter.--_London Lancet._

8. INTERCOURSE in from two to six days after cessation of the menses
produces girls, in from nine to twelve, boys.--_Medical Reporter._

9. THE MOST MALE POWER and passion creates boys; female girls. This law
probably causes those agricultural facts just cited thus: Conception right
after menstruation give girls, because the female is then the most
impassioned; later, boys, because her wanting sexual warmth leaves him the
most vigorous. Mere sexual excitement, a wild, fierce, furious rush of
passion, is not only not sexual vigor, but in its inverse ratio; and a
genuine insane fervor caused by weakness; just as a like nervous
excitability indicates weak nerves instead of strong. Sexual power is
deliberate, not wild; cool, not impetuous; while all false excitement
diminishes effectiveness.--_Fowler._

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ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGE.

[Illustration: HEALTHY CHILDREN.]

1. ABORTION OR MISCARRIAGE is the expulsion of the child from the womb
previous to six months; after that it is called premature birth.

2. CAUSES.--It may be due to a criminal act of taking medicine for the
express purpose of producing miscarriage or it may be caused by certain
medicines, severe sickness or nervousness, syphilis, imperfect semen, lack
of room in the pelvis and abdomen, lifting, straining, violent cold, sudden
mental excitement, excessive sexual intercourse, dancing, tight lacing, the
use of strong purgative medicines, bodily fatigue, late suppers, and
fashionable amusements.

3. SYMPTOMS.--A falling or weakness and uneasiness in the region of the
loins, thighs and womb, pain in the small {254} of the back, vomiting and
sickness of the stomach, chilliness with a discharge of blood accompanied
with pain in the lower portions of the abdomen. These may take place in a
single hour, or it may continue for several days. If before the fourth
month, there is not so much danger, but the flow of blood is generally
greater. If miscarriage is the result of an accident, it generally takes
place without much warning, and the service of a physician should at once
be secured.

4. HOME TREATMENT.--A simple application of cold water externally applied
will produce relief, or cold cloths of ice, if convenient, applied to the
lower portions of the abdomen. Per