evity--Even deformities
sometimes transmitted--How to have beautiful children--Talent and
genius may be transmitted--The physical traits of fathers in
daughters, and of mothers in sons--Examples--Influence of
education on inherited qualities--Transmission of disease--Of
mutilations--How to avoid inherited ill tendencies--The excess of
women--How to have boys or girls at will--Twins and triplets.

PREGNANCY 167-218

Veneration of the pregnant woman--Signs of pregnancy--Quickening
--Mental changes--Miscarriage, its causes, symptoms, and
prevention--Mother's marks--What makes them?--How to avoid
them--Education of the child in the womb--Are double pregnancies
possible?--Instances of double children--Can a child cry in the
womb?--Is it a son or a daughter?--Are there twins present?--The
duration of pregnancy--How to calculate when the confinement will
come--Care of health during pregnancy--The food, clothing,
exercise, bathing, ventilation, and sleep--Effect on health of
body and mind--Relations of husband and wife during pregnancy.

THE CONFINEMENT 219-242

Preparations for childbirth--The signs of approaching labor--The
symptoms of actual labor--Attention is required during labor--To
the mother--To the child--To have labor without pain--The risks
of childbed--Weight and length of new-born children--The duration
of labor--Stillborn children--Imprudence after childbirth--To
preserve the form after childbirth.

Part III. THE MOTHER.

NURSING 243-270

The duties and privileges of a mother--Hindrances to nursing, and
when it is improper--Rules for nursing--Influence of diet on the
mother's milk--Influence of pregnancy on the milk--The mother's
mind and her infant--Striking examples--Position of the mother
while nursing--Qualities of a good nursing mother--Excess and
deficiency of the milk--Wet-nursing by virgins, aged women, and
men--Rules for care of health while nursing--Relations of
husband and wife at this time--Over-nursing and the signs
of it--Directions for mothers who cannot nurse their own
children--How to select a wet-nurse.

Part IV. THE CHILD.

THE CARE OF INFANCY