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Title: Herself
Talks with Women Concerning Themselves

Author: E. B. Lowry

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HIMSELF
Talks with Men Concerning Themselves
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CONFIDENCES
Talks with a Young Girl Concerning Herself
50 cts.

TRUTHS
Talks with a Boy Concerning Himself
50 cts.

FALSE MODESTY
50 cts.

TEACHING SEX HYGIENE
50 cts.

THE HOME NURSE
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YOUR BABY
A Guide for Mothers
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HERSELF

TALKS WITH WOMEN CONCERNING THEMSELVES

BY
E. B. LOWRY, M.D.

Author of "Confidences," "Truths," etc.

CHICAGO
FORBES & COMPANY
1917

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COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY
FORBES AND COMPANY

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PREFACE

A recent number of the Journal of the American Medical Association
contained this paragraph:

"A correspondent asks for a good book describing the female generative
organs anatomically, physiologically and pathologically, treating also
of childbirth, written in language easily understood by a layman. He
desires to give copies to some of his young women patients. The editor
regrets there is no satisfactory book on the subject although there is
great need for one."

It is a lamentable fact that the majority of women and girls are
ignorant of the structure of their most important organs. In the
majority of schools and colleges where physiology is taught, absolutely
nothing is mentioned about the reproductive organs. As far as books or
instruction are concerned, the girl is ignorant of their very existence.
If she knew something of the structure of such important organs and the
harmful results of many practices or acts of carelessness affecting
them, would she not be better prepared to take the proper care of
herself and mo