271-324

The causes of infant mortality--Bringing up by hand--Weaning,
when and how to do it--Teething--Vaccination and re-vaccination
--The food of infants and children--Concerning sleep in
early life--The clothing of children, its pattern, amount,
and quality--Bathing, ventilation, and exercise in early
childhood--On learning to walk--The advantages of games and
plays--On training the sight and hearing.

THE MANAGEMENT OF SOME DISEASES OF CHILDHOOD 325-350

How to recognize and treat croup--Head colds--Fits--Nose-bleed--
Worms--Bed-wetting--Looseness of the bowels--Indigestion--Hints
on home government--Is the race physically weaker?

Part V. HEALTH IN MARRIAGE.

DISEASES INCIDENT TO PREGNANCY 352-360

Morning sickness--Pain in the abdomen--Varicose veins--Piles--
Diarrhoea--Constipation--Cough--Wakefulness.

DISEASES INCIDENT TO CHILDBED AND NURSING 361-385

Puerperal mania--White-flowing--Milk-leg--Inward weakness--
Various causes of weakness--Tight lacing one of them--Their
treatment--Gathered breasts--Cracked nipples.

Part VI. THE SINGLE LIFE.

ADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF 386-388

Part VII. THE CHANGE OF LIFE.

DISEASES AND HYGIENE OF 389-404

What it is--Age when it comes--Signs and symptoms--Effects on the
character--Those who suffer most--Diseases and discomforts
attending--Precautions and remedies.

NOTES 405-420

INDEX 420-426

THE PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN.

_KNOWLEDGE IS SAFETY._

'Knowledge is power,' said the philosopher. The maxim is true; but here
is a greater truth: 'Knowledge is safety,'--safety amid the physical
ills that beset us,--safety amid the moral pitfalls that environ us.

Filled with this thought, we write this book. It is the Revelation of
Science to Woman. It tells her, in language which aims at nothing but
simplicity, the results which the study of her nature, as distinct from
that of man, has attained. We may call it her physical biography.

It is high time that such a book were written. The most absorbing
question of the day is the 'Woman Question.' The social problems of