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INDEX.

Abdomen, changes in, during pregnancy, 173
pain in, during pregnancy, 355

Abortion, crime of, how to stop, 122
evils of, 123

Advantages of the games and plays of children, 314

Advice to wives who desire to have children, 113

After birth, 230

Age of husband, 75
nubility, 50
puberty, 23, 25

Air and ventilation during infancy, 307

Air space required in bed-room, 94

Anger, effect of, on the mother's milk, 252

Appetite, depraved, a sign of pregnancy, 175

Approaching labor, signs of, 223

Arrowroot, how to prepare, for children, 275, 291

Articles wanted for confinement, 221

Atavism explained, 133

Attendants during confinement, hints for, 229

Avoidance of hereditary tendencies, 151

'Bad-getting-up,' causes of, 241

Bandage after confinement, how to make, 221
how to apply, 230

Barrenness, its causes and cure, 106

Bath, hour of, for infants, 303
drying of the skin after, 304
during pregnancy, 212
value of, in infantile diseases, 305

Beautiful children, how to have, 140

Beauty, inheritance of, 135

Bedroom, size of, for the married, 94

Bed-wetting, causes and cure, 337

Bed, for married persons, 95
clothing, 96
the most healthful, 95
in confinement, how to 'dress it', 222

Binder, how to make, 221

Births, relative proportion of male to female, 54

Blondes, age of puberty of, 28

Boarding school life, effect of, on girls, 47, 289

Body, changes in, at puberty, 30
symbolism of, 83

Bowel complaints of children, 339

Boys, more born than girls, 154

Braces, abdominal, 376

Breasts, attention required towards the end of pregnancy, 219
changes in, during pregnancy, 170
first application of child to, 232
inflammation and abscess of, 382
management after confinement, 246

Bringing up by hand, 274

Brunettes, age of puberty of, 28

Care of infancy, 271

Carrying an infant, manner of, 309

Celibacy not chastity, 57
results of, 58

Change of life, regimen