life of, 139

Pendulous abdomen after confinement, how to escape, 242

Perils of maternity, 352

Persons of both sexes, and of neither sex, 20

Perspiration, fetid, 131

Phases, the three, of woman's life, 22

Piles, during pregnancy, 356

Plays, the, of children, advantages of, 314

Plural births, 163

Plurality of wives or husbands, 64

Position of child while eating, 294
of child while sleeping, 299

Position of mother while nursing, 255

Precautions necessary at the time of the monthly changes, 45

Precocity, remarkable instances of, 25

Pregnancy, 167
bathing during, 212
care of health during, 207
causes of protracted, 205
can a woman again become pregnant during, 192
clothing during, 209
diseases of, 352
double, 192
effect of, on the health, 216
exercise during, 210
food during, 208
influence of, on the milk of nursing mother, 250
length of, 200
relation of husband and wife during, 216
signs and symptoms of, 168
sleep during, 213
ventilation of sleeping-room during, 212

Premature marriages, 50

Preparations for confinement, 219

Prolific wives, 115

Puerperal mania, 362

Qualities transmitted by parents, 132

Quantity of milk required by infant, 256

Quickening, as a sign of pregnancy, 170
flatulence mistaken for, 172
how caused, 171
time of, 171

Race, the human, is it degenerating?, 348

Races, mixture of, 71

Relation of husband and wife during pregnancy, 216
nursing, 264

Relative age of man and wife, 76
proportion of men and women living, 153

Religion, mistaken notions of, 57

Rest, after delivery, 241
during pregnancy, 211

Re-vaccination, 286

Right time of the month to marry, 87
time of the year to marry, 87

Schooling, the, of the first seven years of life, 316

Scrofulous diseases, a cause of, 309

Second marriages, 62

Secret bad habits, 39

Self-deceptions regarding pregnancy, 172

Senses, training of the special, in childhood, 318

Sex of child, how to predict before birth, 198

Sexes, distinction of, 18
laws which determine the relative numbers of the, 155
persons of both and of neither, 20
production of, at will, 157

Sexual desire, indulgence and restraint of, 99
moderation in, 100
instinct, dignity and propriety of, 96
false notions about, 97
desire, influence of on offspring, 98

Sexuality, what it implies, 18

Sickness, morning, during pregnancy, 353