during pregnancy, 209
for confinement, 227

Dressing of the new-born child, 231

Drying up of the milk, 258, 279

Duration of labor, 239

Dyspepsia of children, 342

Ear, the hygiene of, in childhood, 323

Education, influence of, over hereditary qualities, 147
of the child in the womb, 191
special senses in children, 318

Emotion, influence of, on unborn child, 185

Emotions, stimulation of, effects of, on puberty, 29

Engagement, the, 85

Engagements, long, 86

Epilepsy, a cause of, 255

Eruptions of childhood, how to prevent, 106

Eternity of love, 60

Exercise at puberty, 42
during pregnancy, 210
of children, 309

Excessive child-bearing, 115

Eyes, the education of, in childhood, 319

Falling of the womb, 368

False labor pains, 225

Fathers, influence of, on daughters, 144

Feeding of infants, manner of, 291

Fertility, hereditary, 138
laws of, 109

First application of child to breasts, 232
cares to the child newly born, 231
mother after childbirth, 230
labors, 51
seven years of life, 314

Fits of children, home treatment of, 330

Flat nipples, how to remedy, 245

Food, during pregnancy, 207
of infants and children, 288
bill of fare for, 292

Foreigners, should native women marry, 73

Form, to preserve after confinement, 242

Frigidity, 109

Galen, anecdote of, 127

Games and plays, advantages of, 314

Gardner, Lord, the case of, 202

Garters, danger of, during pregnancy, 355

Gathered breasts, 382

Goftr, story of, 166

Government of children, hints on, 344

Green sickness, 36

Growth of children, 287

Habits, dangers and advantages of, 316

Hair, its significance, 84
transmission of, 137

Hardening of infants, dangerous theories on the, 303

Hearing, the training of, in children, 323

Head colds of children, home treatment of, 329

Health, care of, during pregnancy, 207
effect of pregnancy on, 216
in marriage, 351

Hereditary diseases, 148
qualities influenced by education, 147

Hermaphrodite, a true, 20

Hindrances to nursing, 245

Hints for attendants at confinement, 229

Home government, hints on, 344
management of some common children's diseases, 325
treatment of female ailments, 377

Husband, age of, 75
and wife, during pregnancy, 216
shall they occupy same room and bed, 93
character of, 79
how to choose, 69
retain the affections of, 130

Husbands, plurality o