never lose sight of the value of congenial, absorbing occupation.
There should be no leisure to foster morbid symptoms. Having neither
financial need nor desire for following a special vocation, the
systematic pursuit of some study, as geology, natural history or
botany, will make conditions for satisfactory pre-natal culture.

Who knows but by throwing her whole soul into the search, and thus
being carried out of herself by these ennobling pursuits, she may
become the mother of a Humboldt, an Agassiz or an Audubon.

A letter lies before me from a lady who had long been a sufferer from
chronic diseases. By following the instructions of _Tokology_ since her
marriage, and for some months previous to pregnancy, she has overcome
most of her troubles. She writes: “I have good news for you. Two months
from now I expect to become a mother. The past six months’ life has
been a constant joy. I never have had such good health, consequently
such good spirits and enjoyment in my work. I am now spending four
or five hours a day in study--German and music, and at his earnest
request, Latin, with my husband.

“I do my own housework, and with my sewing, social demands and daily
walks, am busy every moment, yet, strange to say, I never seemed to
have as much leisure as now. We live simply, and, I believe, sensibly,
and I try to do the things that are best physically and mentally for me
as a mother, and for the little one who is now part of my life.” This
lady finds absorbing interest in training classes of young girls for a
noble womanhood and motherhood.

So many objects of philanthropic interest now appeal to every woman
that there is abundant opportunity to reach out beyond self. In every
direction the needs of humanity demand of all who have hitherto
been idlers, that they try the blessedness of unselfish endeavor.
By responding bravely to these appeals in the days of prospective
maternity, the mother will find both present and future reward.

In pregnancy, as in chronic diseases, symptoms are often attributed to
_imagination_. It has been proven that the _imagination_ or _belief_
can create, not only symptoms, but actual disease. Physicians recognize
this fact, but are slow to acknowledge the correlative one, that this
same imagination or belief is of untold therapeutic value in medical
practice.

Dr. Evans says: “As thought and existence are identical, a change of
thought must necessarily modify our existence. To _think_ a change in
our bodily condition, and not merely to think about it, will determine
all the living forces toward that result, as certainly as a stream
issuing from a fountain will flow in another direction when we change
the direction of its channel.”

For self-healing, one can learn to abstract his thoughts from suffering
or from the organ affected, so as not to sense the pain. This is
somewhat different from opposing the _will_ power, as is usually
understood; indeed, it is rather the opposite. By an introversion of
thought, a _passive_ condition is secured and maintained. Evans styles
this an “_impressible conscious state_.”

Understanding the conditions, this state can be attained by any one,
and while in it pain and disease, _real only in thought_, can be
removed. In this way one _thinks_ himself out of morbid conditions. One
then, really is only to think the opposite of his seeming condition
steadily, persistently and honestly, to effect a change.

When a student at Olivet College, Michigan, I heard Professor Hosford
lecture upon “Health and Disease.” He asserted that sickness could be
induced by working upon the imagination or belief.

In support of this statement he related a case of a dose of flour,
supposed to be ipecac, producing the ordinary results of that drug.
Four of the fun-loving students determined to test this assertion.
In one of their rambles they saw a teamster on his way to procure
lumber at a place some miles distant. They resolved to experiment upon
him. Awaiting his return, they stationed themselves at considerable
distances and accosted him in a friendly manner. Each of them, however,
added to his cordial greeting words of dismay at seeing him look so ill.

To the first he stoutly denied any indisposition, but to the second
admitted slight indigestion; the third found him looking miserable and
suffering from colic. He was persuaded to stop walking beside his team
and ride on the lumber. The fourth easily induced him to resign the
reins, while the teamster, really ill at last, rode home reclining upon
his load, unable for the rest of the day to leave his home.

A curious experiment was tried by noted surgeons upon a condemned
criminal. He was made to believe that he was to be bled to death.
Stretched upon a table, bound and blindfolded, he awaited the
operation. The surgeon, with a sharp instrument, pricked his flesh to
simulate the opening of an artery. At once a small fountain, from which
water at blood-heat flowed, was opened over the supposed incision; the
water flowing freely at first, gradually became less and less copious.

The surgeons and attendants spoke among themselves of his failing
powers, of his pallor, of his loss of heat and pulse-beats. They
questioned him meanwhile as to these symptoms, which questioning he
answered in full faith that his life-blood was indeed passing from him.
He grew fainter and more faint, gasped for breath, and finally expired.

If a well person can be made to believe he is ill, yes, and really to
die of his affection, as in the case above noted, and also as is often
noticed in an epidemic, may not a sick person be led to believe he is
well? Sometimes a _silent suggestion_ of friend or physician to this
end is more potent than the spoken word. In the former case the thought
of the patient unconsciously seconds the thought of the friend, while
in the latter, argument and discussion rouse an opposing force.

A pregnant woman, by _ignoring_ her ailments, by abstracting from them
her thoughts, by occupying her mind entirely, can bring about wonderful
results in overcoming undesired conditions. In following the teachings
of _Tokology_, care must be taken that the mind is not directed to
watching for and fostering morbid symptoms.

The _mind_, the _real self_, controls all the functions pertaining
to life, and its supremacy can be directed toward removing morbid
tendencies. _One can train the mind to this end._ It is merely what is
usually termed “getting above one’s self,” or “putting sorrow, grief
and pain under one’s feet.” It is simply the conquest of self and sin,
as taught in different ways in religion and philosophy. Cheerfully,
hopefully bring the soul into harmony with _the good_ in the universe.
Where there is light there can be no darkness, where health reigns,
disease disappears. Learn to subordinate the body. Encourage all
indications of health. By a calm trust and a restful faith in the
Divine, sins of the body (disease) as well as sins of the soul may be
dethroned, and health and happiness reign supreme.

For the sake of human progress, may every parent lose sight of selfish
interest, and strive to the utmost for all conditions that shall favor
the highest good of offspring, “for to be well-born is the right of
every child.”

                       AUTHOR’S SPECIAL REQUEST.

The author earnestly solicits every lady who has followed the teachings
of _Tokology_ during pregnancy to communicate the result. Her name will
be suppressed if desired. For the sake of all suffering women she asks
a faithful report upon these points:

What has been your experience in previous labors?

How long before your confinement did you have _Tokology_?

What hindrances existed to your following the directions strictly?

Did you take all the exercises recommended?

Did you climb stairs and walk daily?

Did you follow any occupation or do housework?

How near did you dress according to instructions?

Did you take the baths prescribed, and which gave the most relief for
existing symptoms?

Were hot sitz-baths taken during confinement?

How faithfully was fruit diet followed?

Did you eat meat, pastry or butter?

Did you omit the products of the wheat?

How many meals a day were taken?

Did you live a continent life during the entire nine months?

Give the length and severity of labor, also condition of child at
birth, and its subsequent health?

Did you have trouble with the breasts or any post-partum disease?

State length of time and particulars of recovery.

Add other items of interest, also experiences of other persons coming
to your knowledge.

                               GLOSSARY.

_Abdominal._--Belonging to the abdomen or belly.

_Abnormal._--Unhealthy, unnatural.

_Aconite._--Aconitum Napellus. Monk’s-hood.

_Accoucheur._--Surgeon in childbirth.

_Adipose._--Fatty.

_Adjuvant._--Aid.

_Alterative._--A mild cathartic.

_Amaurosis._--Paralysis of optic nerve.

_Amenorrhea._--Suppression of the menses.

_Ammonia._--Hartshorn.

_Amnion._--The internal membrane containing the waters and fetus.

_Amniotic._--Pertaining to amnion.

_Anemia._--An impoverished state of blood. Bloodless.

_Anodyne._--Soothing pain.

_Anteversion._--Bending forward.

_Antiperiodic._--A remedy for intermittent affections.

_Antiphlogistic._--Counteracting inflammation.

_Antiseptic._--Preventing or retarding putrefaction.

_Anus._--Circular opening or outlet of the bowels.

_Aorta._--The great artery of the heart.

_Aperient._--Laxative, mild cathartic.

_Aphrodisiac._--To excite sexual desire, or to increase the generative
power.

_Aphtha._--Thrush. Infants’ sore mouth.

_Apis Mellifica._--Honey bee.

_Arnica Montana._--Leopard’s bane.

_Arsenicum Album._--White arsenic.

_Astringent._--Binding, contracting.

_Auricle._--Upper chambers of the heart.

_Auscultation._--Act of listening to sounds in any part of the body.

_Axilla._--Arm pit.

_Bacteria._--Infusoria. Microscopical insects.

_Belladonna._--Deadly nightshade.

_Benzoin._--Balsamic resin from styrax benzoin.

_Bronchorrhea._--Increased discharge of mucus from the bronchia.

_Bryonia Alba._--White bryony.

_Calcarea Carbonica._--Carbonate of lime.

_Calenduline._--Mixture of calendula and cosmoline.

_Cantharis._--Spanish fly.

_Capillaries._--Hair-like vessels for conveying the blood from the
arteries to the veins.

_Capsules._--Small membranous sacs.

_Cardiac._--Belonging to the heart.

_Catarrh._--A discharge from mucus surfaces of the body.

_Cathartic._--A drug that increases the action of the bowels.

_Caul._--The membranes which, not being ruptured, cover the child’s
head and face at birth.

_Cellular._--Composed of cells.

_Cellulitis._--Inflammation of the cellular tissues.

_Cervix._--Neck.

_Cervix Uteri._--Neck of the womb.

_Chamomilla Matricaria._--Wild matricary. Chamomile.

_Chorion._--The most external membrane enveloping the fetus.

_Cimicifuga Racemosa._--Macrotis. Black cohosh. Black snake root.

_Clavicle._--Collar bone.

_Climacteric._--A critical period.

_Coccyx._--Terminal bone of the spine.

_Cohosh._--Black snake root. Squaw root.

_Colocynthis._--Bitter cucumber.

_Congestion._--Over-fullness of blood-vessels.

_Contusion._--A bruise.

_Crural._--Belonging to the leg.

_Cystitis._--Inflammation of the bladder.

_Defecation._--The act of voiding excrement or feces.

_Depurition._--Removal of impurities.

_Diagnosis._--Scientific determination of diseases.

_Diaphragm._--Breathing muscle between chest and abdomen.

_Diaphoretic._--A remedy that produces perspiration.

_Diluent._--A substance that dilutes or thins liquid.

_Diphtheria._--A malignant membranous disease of the throat.

_Diphtheritic._--Pertaining to diphtheria.

_Diuretic._--Causing increased discharge of urine.

_Duodenum._--The first part of the small intestines.

_Dystocia._--Difficult and surgical delivery.

_Eclat._--Brilliant reputation, distinction, prestige.

_Emmenagogue._--Remedy that promotes the menstrual discharge.

_Emulsify._--Soften, make milky.

_Enciente._--Pregnant.

_Enema._--Injection.

_Enteritis._--Inflammation of the intestines.

_Epidermis._--Outer Skin.

_Ergot._--Smut of rye. A poisonous fungus growth.

_Etiology._--The science of the causes of disease.

_Eustachian valve._--A valve of the heart.

_Excoriation._--A chafing or abrasion of the skin.

_Excretion._--Anything thrown off from the system.

_Excretory._--Throwing off matter.

_Exosmosis._--Passage of liquids through membranes outward.

_Fallopian Tubes._--Tubes from ovaries to uterus. Oviducts.

_Fauces._--The upper part of the throat.

_Feces._--Discharge from the bowels. Excrement.

_Fecundation._--The act of impregnation. Fertilization.

_Fetal._--Pertaining to fetus or child in the womb.

_Fetus._--Child in the womb after the fifth month.

_Fimbriated._--Fringed, finger-like.

_Flatulence._--Gases in the stomach or bowels.

_Flex._--Bend.

_Fomentation._--Warm or hot application to the body.

_Foramen Ovale._--Opening between the auricles of fetal heart.

_Friable._--Easily crumbled or broken.

_Function._--The office or duty of any organ.

_Fundus._--Body.

_Ganglia._--Nerve centers.

_Ganglionic._--Pertaining to ganglia.

_Gangrene._--The first stage of mortification.

_Gastritis._--Inflammation of the stomach.

_Gelsemium Sempervirens._--Yellow Jessamine.

_Gestation._--Period of growth of child in the womb.

_Glairy._--Like the white of an egg.

_Gravid._--From gravis, heavy. A term applied to the uterus during
gestation.

_Gustatory._--Pertaining to taste.

_Gynecologist._--One who makes a specialty of gynecology.

_Gynecology._--The science which treats of female organs.

_Hamamelis Virginica._--Witch Hazel.

_Hemorrhoids._--Piles. Tumors in and about the anus.

_Hydrastis._--Golden seal, yellow root.

_Hygiene._--The art of preserving health.

_Hyperemia._--Excess of blood in any part.

_Ignatia Amara._--St. Ignatius’ bean.

_Impaction._--Hardened and packed closely.

_Impotence._--Incapable of procreating.

_Induration._--Hardening.

_Infusoria._--Microscopic insects.

_Insomnia._--Sleeplessness.

_Integument._--Skin.

_Intra-uterine._--Within the uterus.

_Introversion._--Turned within.

_Ipecacuanha._--Ipecac.

_Labia._--The lips of the vagina.

_Laxative._--Remedy increasing action of the bowels.

_Liquor Amnii._--Secretion in which the fetus floats.

_Lobelia Inflata._--Indian tobacco.

_Malaise._--Discomfort. Indisposition.

_Mammary._--Pertaining to the breast.

_Massage._--Manipulation of surface and muscles for remedial purposes.

_Maturation._--The formation of pus. The act of maturing.

_Meconium._--First feces of infant.

_Menopause._--Change of life.

_Menorrhagia._--Profuse menstruation.

_Menstruation._--Monthly discharge of blood from the uterus.

_Mercurius Corrosivus._--Corrosive sublimate.

_Mercurius Solubilis._--Black oxide of mercury.

_Metritis._--Inflammation of the womb.

_Metrorrhagia._--Hemorrhage of the womb.

_Miscible._--Capable of being mixed.

_Morbific._--Causing disease.

_Muco-sanguineous._--Composed of blood and mucus.

_Multipara._--Having had several children.

_Nux Vomica._--Strychnos. Vomit nut.

_Obstetrics._--Tokology. Midwifery.

_Os._--Mouth. Used as mouth of womb.

_Osmosis._--Transudation of fluids through membrane.

_Osseous._--Bony.

_Ova._--Plural of egg.

_Ovary._--Almond-shaped body in which the ova are developed.

_Oviducts._--Tubes which convey the ova from ovaries to uterus.

_Ovum._--An egg.

_Oxygenation._--The process of combining with oxygen.

_Parietes._--Walls of a cavity.

_Parturition._--Childbirth.

_Pathological._--Morbid, diseased.

_Peritoneal._--Pertaining to the peritoneum.

_Perineum._--The floor of the pelvis, or space between and including
the anus and vulva.

_Peristaltic._--The peculiar worm-like movement of the intestines.

_Peritoneum._--A membrane lining the walls and organs of the abdomen.

_Peritonitis._--Inflammation of lining membrane of bowels.

_Pelvic._--Pertaining to the lower part of the abdomen or pelvis.

_Phytolacca._--Pokeroot.

_Placebo._--A remedy to gratify the patient.

_Placenta._--The after-birth.

_Placenta Previa._--Placenta presenting before child-birth.

_Plethoric._--Full habit. Fleshy.

_Podophyllum._--Mandrake. May apple.

_Portal circulation._--Venous circulation of blood from the digestive
organs to the liver.

_Post partum._--Subsequent to childbirth.

_Primapara._--Woman who has brought forth her first child.

_Prognosis._--Prediction of the termination of a disease.

_Prolapsus._--Falling. Protrusion.

_Prolapsus ani._--Protrusion of the rectum.

_Prolapsus uteri._--Falling of the womb.

_Prolification._--Generation of offspring.

_Pubes._--External part of the organs of generation covered with hair.

_Pubic._--Pertaining to the pubes.

_Puerperal._--Belonging to or consequent upon childbirth.

_Pulmonary._--Pertaining to the lungs.

_Pulsatilla Nigricans._--Wind flower.

_Purulent._--Consisting of pus.

_Pruritus._--A skin trouble characterized by intense itching.

_Pyemia._--Poisoned by absorption of pus.

_Radial._--Belonging to the radius, one of the bones of the fore-arm.

_Rectum._--Lower portion of intestines.

_Renal._--Pertaining to the kidneys.

_Retroversion._--Falling backward.

_Retroverted._--Bent backward.

_Rigor._--Chilliness. Convulsive shuddering.

_Sacral._--Pertaining to the sacrum, the large, triangular bone near
the end of the spinal column.

_Saline._--Salty.

_Salivation._--Unnatural flow of saliva.

_Sanative._--Health producing.

_Sanguineous._--Bloody.

_Sanguinaria._--Blood root.

_Sanious._--Secretion tinged with blood.

_Sciatic._--Pertaining to the hip.

_Sebaceous._--Secreting fatty matter.

_Sedative._--Quieting. Soothing.

_Sedular._--Pertaining to seed.

_Sedular absorption._--Absorption of the seed or semen.

_Semen._--Secretion of the testes.

_Septic._--A substance that promotes putrefaction. Putrid.

_Septum._--Partition.

_Septicemia._--Poisoning by putrid substances.

_Serous membrane._--The lining of cavities which have no external
opening.

_Seton._--An opening in the flesh made and continued by drawing through
a skein of silk or linen thread or horsehair.

_Siesta._--A midday nap.

_Silicea._--Pure flint.

_Sitz-bath._--A bath in a sitting position.

_Sphincter muscle._--Circular, contracting muscle.

_Sperm._--Seed. Fecundating principle.

_Sputa._--Matter coughed up from throat and lungs. Phlegm.

_Sterility._--Barrenness.

_Stertorious._--Stertorous. Deep. Labored. Snoring.

_Stroma._--Connective tissue.

_Strumous._--Scrofulous.

_Styptic._--An astringent. A substance that arrests hemorrhage.

_Synchronous._--Happening at the same time.

_Tampon._--A plug to arrest hemorrhage.

_Term._--Full time of gestation.

_Testes._--Glands which secrete the semen.

_Testicle._--Gland that secretes the semen.

_Therapia._--Therapeutics. Remedies.

_Therapeutic._--The treatment of disease. Curative.

_Tissue._--The peculiar structure of a part.

_Tokology._--Science of midwifery. From Greek _Tokos_, childbirth and
_Logos_, discourse.

_Toxicological._--Pertaining to poisons.

_Trachea._--Windpipe.

_Transudation._--The oozing of blood through a membrane.

_Tympanitic._--Distension of abdomen. Drum-like.

_Umbilical._--Pertaining to the navel.

_Umbilicus._--The navel. The place in the abdomen from which the cord
is removed.

_Urachus._--A ligament that sustains the bladder.

_Urinary._--Pertaining to the urine.

_Uterus._--Womb.--The organ in which the fetus is developed.

_Vagina._--Passage leading from the womb.

_Varicose Veins._--Veins permanently dilated, with accumulation of
dark-colored blood.

_Vascular._--Relating to the bloodvessels.

_Vena Cava._--The large vein communicating with the heart.

_Venous._--Pertaining to the veins.

_Ventricle._--One of the lower chambers of the heart.

_Veratrum Album._--White hellebore.

_Vernix Caseosa._--Unctuous material found on a new-born babe.

_Vesicles._--A small cavity or sac in the human body.

_Viable._--Capable of life.

_Viability._--Capacity of living.

_Villi._--Minute papillary elevations for absorption.

_Viscera._--Organs within the cavity of the body.

_Vulva._--Outer lips of the vagina.

_Zymotic._--Caused by fermentation. A zymotic disease is one caused by
bacteria, or some morbific principle, acting like a ferment.

                                INDEX.

                                                                  PAGE.

  Abortion, 243

  Absolute freedom of dress, 335

  Accidental experience, 329

  After pains, 197

  ” removed, 333

  Agent’s testimony, 336

  Alcoholic stimulant, 258

  Amenorrhea, 253

  Analysis of food, 137

  Analysis of milk, 213

  Aphtha, 217

  Appetite, greedy, 80

  ” loss of, 81

  Artificial human milk, 212

  Author’s special request, 351

  Bandage, 181

  Bates Waist, 103

  Bathing in pregnancy, 111

  Bath, sitz, 113

  ” ” hot, 184

  ” sponge, 112

  ” thermal, 118

  ” Turkish, 118

  Better way, 343

  Biliousness, 46

  Bill of fare in pregnancy, 135

  Blue baby, 31

  Breathing, waist, 141

  ” instructions for, 142, 143

  Burning feet, 85

  Cathartic drugs, 57

  Caustic treatment, 269

  Change of life, 276

  Chastity in marriage, 150

  Chemiloon, 102

  Child bed fever, 199

  Childbirth, painless, 17

  Children’s rights, 151

  Climbing hills, 148

  ” stairs, 147

  Cohosh, 187

  Colic of infants, 219

  Common sense shoes, 99

  Control of sex, 321

  Compress, cold, 116

  ” ” in croup, 117

  Conception, 28

  Constipation, 51

  ” causes of, 52

  ” effects of, 51

  ” exercise in, 68

  ” exercises for, 69

  ” of infants, 222

  ” treatment of, 58

  Contagious diseases, 238

  ” health, 242

  Continence, theory of, 157

  ” in pregnancy, 159

  Convulsions, 240

  Corsets, 105

  Cramps, 85

  Croup, spasmodic, 234

  ” membranous, 334

  Curse of suffering removed, 332

  Dentition, 229

  Diarrhea in pregnancy, 82

  ” of infants, 224

  Diet in pregnancy, 124

  Dietetics, 286

  ” index, 365

  Difficult labor, 183

  Diphtheria, 236

  Diseases of women, 263

  Displacement of the uterus, 273

  Divided skirt, 103

  Dress and freedom, 104

  ” errors in, 255, 265

  ” physiological, 98

  ” in pregnancy, 98

  Duration of pregnancy, 33

  Dysentery of infants, 224

  Dysmenorrhea, 254

  Dyspepsia, 42

  Education of respiratory muscles, 139

  Eight months child, 36

  Embryo, development of, 29

  ” growth of, 33

  Enema, warm or hot, 48

  ” for sick headache, 78

  Eminent testimony, 234, 271.

  Entire wheat flour, 61

  Equestrian tights, 103

  Ergot, 187

  ” cause of child-bed fever, 201

  Errors in dress, 255, 265

  Excess of milk, 196

  Exercise in constipation, 68

  ” ” pregnancy, 138

  ” results from, 340

  Exercises in constipation, 69

  ” ” pregnancy, 144

  ” for uterine diseases, 267

  Excoriation, 218

  Excoriated nipples, 194

  Experience extraordinary, 133

  ” Mrs. Rowbotham, 125

  ” touching, 156

  Fallopian tubes, 26

  Fashion in deformity, 108

  Fetal circulation, 30

  ” heart-beat, 38

  ” nutrition, 29, 32

  Feticide, 245

  Fetus, development of, 35

  Fetus, position, 36

  Flatulence, 79

  Flour of entire wheat, 61

  Fomentation, hot, 115

  Food, analysis of, 137

  ” constipating, 67

  ” laxative, 67

  Fowler’s clarion note, 109

  Fruit diet for pregnancy, 126

  ” feast on, 65

  Gardening, light, 139

  Glossary, 354

  Greedy appetite, 80

  Habits of cleanliness, 209

  Headache, 74

  ” enema for, 78

  ” sick, 74

  ” and tea-drinking, 74

  ” remedies for, 78

  Health contagious, 242

  ” for all possible, 350

  Heart-burn, 78

  Hemorrhage, 198

  ” hot applications for, 198

  ” uterine, 279

  Hemorrhoids, 79

  Hot bread, 54

  ” flashes, 278

  ” fomentations, 114

  ” water bottle, 115

  ” sitz-bath, 184

  Hygiene in pregnancy, 90

  Hysteria, 274

  Impregnation, 28

  Indian tradition, 342

  Induration, 265

  ” effects of, 341

  Infants, 204

  Infants, artificial food, 210

  ” bathing, 205, 209

  Infant clothing, 206

  ” diseases, 217

  ” nursing, 210

  Inflammation of the bowels, 229

  Injections, 48

  Insomnia, 87

  Insufficient milk, 194

  Instruments, 188

  Labor, 174

  ” cohosh in, 187

  ” difficult, 183

  ” ergot in, 187

  ” instrumental, 189

  ” natural, 174

  Law of continence, 157, 324

  Law of Ovulation, 324

  Lesson for husbands, 155

  Leucorrhea, 272

  ” in pregnancy, 88

  Lime and Charcoal, 168

  Limiting offspring, 323

  Liquor amnii, 31

  Lochia, 197

  Longevity and lung power, 142

  Longings, 82

  Loss of appetite, 81

  Lucrative work, 96

  Lung power, 142

  Magnetism, 84

  Mammary abscess, 193

  ” glands, 28

  Measles, 239

  Meat-fed children, 215

  Meddlesome midwifery, 178

  Membranes, fetal, 31

  Menopause, 276

  Menorrhagia, 260

  Menstruation, 252

  Menstruation, cessation, of, 37

  Metrorrhagia, 198

  Milk, analysis of, 213

  ” artificial human, 212

  ” excess of, 196

  ” insufficient, 194

  ” for nursing mothers, 195

  Military position, 144

  Mind cure, 275, 347

  Morning sickness, 44

  Mothers overtaxed, 92

  Natural remedies, 282

  Nausea, 44

  Navel, dressing of, 205

  ” pouching of, 206

  Neuralgia, 83

  ” treatment for, 84

  Nutrition of the fetus, 29

  Obstetric harness, 177

  Offspring, best interests of, 345

  Olivet students, 348

  Opiates, 220

  Ovaries, 25

  Oviducts, 26

  Ovulation, law of, 324

  Pack, wet sheet, 225

  ” infant, 225

  Pains in the side, 86

  Painless childbirth, 17

  Pathological symptoms, 39

  Parturition, 174

  ” without pain, 17

  Peritoneum, 27

  Perspiration, profuse, 279

  Physicians’ opinions, 19, 271

  Piles, 79

  Placenta, 30

  ” adhered, 180

  Post partum diseases, 190

  ” ” treatment, 190

  Pouching navel, 206

  Pre-natal culture, 327

  Pregnancy, diseases of, 42

  ” dress in, 98

  ” duration of, 33

  ” hygiene of, 90

  ” signs of, 37

  ” rest in, 169

  Princess garment, 102

  Prophecy for the future, 97

  Pruritus, 89

  Puerperal fever, 199

  ” ” treatment of, 202

  ” peritonitis, 199

  ” septicemia, 202

  Quickening, 38

  Regulating sex of offspring, 321

  Removal of placenta, 180

  Rest in pregnancy, 169

  Rigidity of integument, 87

  Rights of children, 151

  Rubber nipples, 214

  Saliva, excessive secretion, 80

  Salt rheum, 122

  Satisfactory results, 331

  Scarlet fever, 238

  Self healing, 275, 281, 349

  Septicemia, 202

  Siesta, daily, 169

  Sitz-bath, 113

  ” hot, 184

  Sleeplessness, 87

  Soap suppositories, 223

  Social evil, 153

  Sponge bath, 112

  Stairs, climbing, 147

  Stanton, E. C., testimony of, 172

  Summer complaint, 225

  Swelling of limbs, 86

  Table of foods, 67

  Tea and sick headache, 74

  Temperance worker’s words, 337

  Testimonials, 327

  Terry’s theory, 322

  Thermal bath, 118

  Thury’s theory, 322

  Tight lacing, 109

  Umbilical cord, 31

  ” ” treatment of,  179

  Union undergarments, 101

  ” ” patterns of, 102

  Unwelcome children, 154

  Urine, incontinence of, 233

  ” retention of, 233

  Uterus, 26

  ” inflammation of, 263

  ” ulceration of, 264

  Uterine diseases, 263

  ” ligaments, 27

  Vagina, 27

  Ventilation, 163

  ” in bedrooms, 164

  Vocation, value of, 346

  Weaning, time for, 215

  Wheat, rolled or cracked, 64

  Wheatlet, 64

  Whooping cough, 240

  Wiser parenthood, 326

  Worms, 332

                          INDEX OF DIETETICS.

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  Apples, baked, 318

  Apple pie cake, 315

  Apple snow, 318

  Apple tapioca pudding, 312

  Asparagus on toast, 308

  Baked apples, 318

  Baked eggs, 310

  Baked Indian pudding, 313

  Baked macaroni, 319

  Baked milk, 290

  Baked pears, 318

  Baked pie plant, 318

  Barley coffee, 289

  Beef tea, 288

  Blanc-mange, farina, 311

  ” fruit, 319

  ” wheatlet, 297

  Boiled eggs, 309

  Boston brown bread, 303

  Bran gruel, 290

  ” jelly, 294

  Bread, 300

  ” Boston brown, 303

  ” corn, 303

  ” graham, 303

  ” unleavened, 302

  ” white, with yeast, 304

  Breakfast patties, 307

  Broiled oysters, 311

  Broth, chicken, 292

  Brown gems, 302

  Browned rice, 299

  Buckwheat cakes, 306

  Buttermilk, 291

  Buttermilk pop, 292

  Cake, 315

  ” apple pie, 315

  ” coraline, 316

  ” eureka sponge, 316

  ” graham, 316

  ” huckleberry, 317

  Cereals, 295

  Chicken broth, 292

  Cracked wheat, 296

  Cracked wheat pudding, 311

  Crackers, graham, 305

  ” ” fruit, 305

  Cracker omelet, 320

  Codfish toast, 307

  Coffee, wheat, oat or barley, 289

  Coraline cake, 316

  Corn bread, 303

  Corn griddle cakes, 306

  Corn meal gruel, 290

  ” mush pudding, 313

  ” tea, 289

  Dessert, strawberry, 314

  Drinks for the sick, 286

  Eggs as food, 308

  ” baked, 310

  ” escalloped, 310

  ” boiled, 309

  Egg lemonade, 287

  ” omelet, 310

  ” poached, 309

  ” ” in milk, 309

  ” scrambled, 310

  ” steamed, 310

  ” on toast, 308

  Escalloped eggs, 310

  Eureka spongecake, 316

  Farina blanc-mange, 311

  ” mush, 296

  ” soup, 293

  Flaxseed lemonade, 287

  Fruit blanc-mange, 319

  ” ice, 319

  ” sauce, 317

  Gelatine, lemon, 294

  Gems, brown, 302

  ” graham, 301

  ” oatmeal and graham, 302

  ” white flour, 302

  Gem toast, 307

  Graham biscuit, 302

  ” best light biscuit, 303

  ” bread, 303

  ” Cake, 316

  ” crackers, 305

  ” fruit crackers, 305

  ” fruit roll, 317

  ” gems, 301

  ” gem pudding, 311

  ” gruel, 290

  ” muffins, 301

  ” mush, 296

  ” wafers, 305

  Granula, 297

  Gravy, 319

  Griddle cakes, buckwheat, 306

  ” corn, 306

  ” rice, 299, 306

  ” shorts, 306

  ” wheatlet, 306

  Gruel, bran, 290

  ” corn meal, 290

  ” graham, 290

  ” oatmeal, 290

  ” rice, 289

  Gum Arabic water, 287

  Hominy, 297

  Hot milk, 291

  Huckleberry and bread pudding, 313

  ” cake, 317

  Ices, fruit, 319

  Indian meal fruit pudding, 312

  ” mush,  296

  Jelly, bran nutrina, 294

  ” lemon, 292

  ” sago, 294

  ” sago currant, 294

  ” water, 287

  Lemonade, 286

  ” egg, 287

  Lemonade, flaxseed, 287

  ” hot, 286

  Lemon gelatine, 294

  ” jelly, 293

  Macaroni, baked, 319

  ” soup, 293

  ” stewed, 319

  Milk, baked, 290

  ” hot, 291

  ” porridge, 290

  ” toast, 307

  Mother’s apple pudding, 313

  Muffins, graham, 301

  Muffins, rice, 305

  Mush, farina, 296

  ” graham, 296

  ” Indian meal, 296

  ” oatmeal, 296

  ” wheatlet, 297

  Nutrina, 294

  Oat coffee, 289

  Oatmeal cake, 303

  ” gruel, 290

  ” and graham gems, 302

  ” mush, 296

  ” snaps, 304

  ” tea, 287

  Omelet, cracker, 320

  ” egg, 310

  ” rice, 299

  Orange pudding, 312

  ” whey, 286

  Oysters, broiled, 311

  ” raw, 310

  ” stewed, 311

  Oyster toast, 307

  Patties, breakfast, 307

  Peaches, 317

  Pears, baked, 318

  Pie-plant, baked, 318

  Pies, 314

  Pie for dyspeptics, 314

  Pie, strawberry, 314

  Plum pudding, 313

  Poached eggs, 309

  ” in milk, 309

  Porridge, milk, 290

  Pudding, apple tapioca, 312

  ” baked Indian, 313

  ” corn mush, 313

  ” cracked wheat, 311

  ” graham gem, 311

  ” huckleberry bread, 313

  ” Indian fruit, 312

  ” mother’s apple, 313

  ” orange, 312

  ” plum, 313

  ” rice, 312

  ” ” and apple, 298

  ” ” ” berry, 299

  ” wheatlet and apple, 297

  Puree of split peas, 293

  Raw oysters, 310

  Rennet whey, 286

  Rhubarb toast, 308

  Rice and apple pudding, 298

  ”  ” berry ”, 299

  ” boiled, 300

  ” browned, 299

  ” cream, 299

  ” griddle cakes, 299, 306

  ” gruel, 289

  ” Japanese, 300

  ” muffins, 305

  ” omelet, 299

  ” pudding, 312

  ” and raisins, 298

  ” snow, 298

  ” snowballs, 298

  Rolled wheat, 296

  Sago, currant jelly, 294

  Sago, jelly, 294

  ” milk, 287

  Scalloped tomatoes, 320

  Scrambled eggs, 310

  Snaps, oatmeal, 304

  Soup, farina, 293

  ” macaroni, 293

  ” tomato, 293

  ” pea, 293

  Steamed eggs, 310

  Stewed macaroni, 319

  Stewed oysters, 311

  Snowballs, rice, 298

  Snow, apple, 318

  ” rice, 298

  Strawberry dessert, 314

  ” pie, 314

  ” short-cake, 315

  Tamarind water, 288

  Tea, beef, 288

  ” corn, 289

  ” oatmeal, 287

  Toast, asparagus on, 308

  ” codfish, 307

  ” eggs on, 308

  ” gem, 307

  ” milk, 307

  ” oyster, 307

  ” rhubarb, 308

  ” tomato, 308

  Toast water, 287

  Tomatoes, scalloped, 320

  Tomato soup, 293

  ” toast, 308

  ” with corn, 320

  Unleavened bread, 302

  Wafers, graham, 305

  Wheat coffee, 289

  ” cracked, 296

  ” rolled, 296

  Wheatlet and apple pudding, 297

  ” blanc-mange, 297

  ” griddle cakes, 306

  ” mush, 297

  ” pudding, 297

  Whey, orange, 286

  ” rennet, 286

  White flour bread, 304

  ” ” gems, 302

  Water, gum Arabic, 287

  ” jelly, 287

  ” tamarind, 288

  ” toast, 287

                          Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation and spacing errors have been corrected.

In the Table of Contents, “Abcess of the breast” changed to “Abscess of
the breast”

Page 25: “apparantly insignificant structure” changed to “apparently
insignificant structure”

Page 28: “the utering cavity” changed to “the uterine cavity”

Page 37: “cessation of menstrution” changed to “cessation of
menstruation”

Page 38: “action acccompanying” changed to “action accompanying”

Page 48: “benfit of offspring” changed to “benefit of offspring”

Page 49: “in sick hadache” changed to “in sick headache”

Page 56: “induce and agravate” changed to “induce and aggravate”

Page 67: “New Orleans asses” changed to “New Orleans molasses” “Starc”
changed to “Starch”

Page 70: “taking this execise” changed to “taking this exercise”

Page 79: “the fellowing day” changed to “the following day” There is
missing text between “drink hot water” and “warm water enemas,” in the
original as well as other editions.

Page 96: “ abor is life!” changed to “Labor is life!”

Page 102: “the the vest” changed to “the vest”

Page 120: “give give good” changed to “give good”

Page 137: “Carbonnaceous” changed to “Carbonaceous”

Page 140: “constnnt gentle motion” changed to “constant gentle motion”

Page 142: “fatigue or hoarsness” changed to “fatigue or hoarseness”

Page 161: “will cherfully” changed to “will cheerfully”

Page 169: “deficiency of oxgen” changed to “deficiency of oxygen”

Page 176: “comfortable and sanitive” changed to “comfortable and
sanative”

Page 180: “Indian pappoose” changed to “Indian papoose”

Page 181: “a banage applied” changed to “a bandage applied”

Page 188: “great restlesness” changed to “great restlessness”

Page 189: “far more freqently” changed to “far more frequently”

Page 214: “earthern or granite” changed to “earthen or granite”

Page 219: “is freqaently born” changed to “is frequently born”

Page 220: “child, once quited” changed to “child, once quieted”

Page 221: “to this practiee” changed to “to this practice”

Page 227: “drink make by steeping” changed to “drink made by steeping”

Page 234: “MEMBRANOUS CROU” changed to “MEMBRANOUS CROUP”

Page 240: “roling of the head” changed to “rolling of the head” “throw
of disease” changed to “throw off disease”

Page 241: “enroachments of disease” changed to “encroachments of
disease”

Page 245: “The embyro” changed to “The embryo”

Page 254: “enemic condition” changed to “anemic condition” “face palid”
changed to “face pallid”

Page 265: “were caustic treatmen” changed to “where caustic treatment”

Page 267: “absorbent cottton” changed to “absorbent cotton”

Page 269: “caustic treatmemt” changed to “caustic treatment”

Page 272: “Leuchorrhea” changed to “Leucorrhea”

Page 295: “various sa ces” changed to “various sauces”

Page 299: “yokes and whites” changed to “yolks and whites”

Page 303: “required for bkaing” changed to “required for baking”

Page 315: “dietic food” changed to “dietetic food”

Page 316: “should be make” changed to “should be made”

Page 321: “FAMILIAR LETTFR” changed to “FAMILIAR LETTER”

Page 324: “the embyro” changed to “the embryo”

Page 334: “the dear oy” changed to “the dear boy”

Page 353: “nystitis” changed to “Cystitis”

Page 358: “Toxocological” changed to “Toxicological” “Unctious
material” changed to “Unctuous material”