,--most often it is a bill, but it may only be a grudge. There is
no class of men in any community who are maligned and abused so much as are
physicians. They seem to be the choice victims of the enmity and spite of
every malicious feminine tongue. A woman should think twice before she
utters a criticism regarding the work of a physician. She would, if she but
knew how quickly she brands and advertises herself as irresponsible and
lacking in ordinary courtesy and good breeding, as she is not qualified to
criticise the professional capability of a physician, nor is she qualified
to estimate the extent of the wrong she perpetrates. There is no class of
men who do more conscientious work, day after day, than do physicians, [73]
and there is no class of men who are more deserving of the commendation of
the entire community than the thousands of self-sacrificing, underpaid
members of the medical profession. Be suspicious therefore when you hear a
criticism, and be very, very sure before you utter one,--rather give him
the benefit of the doubt and you will do no wrong, and it may be at some
future date you will be thankful you did not criticise.

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CHAPTER VII

THE HYGIENE OF PREGNANCY.

DAILY CONDUCT OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING HOUSEHOLD
WORK--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING WASHING AND SWEEPING--INSTRUCTIONS
REGARDING EXERCISE--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING PASSIVE
EXERCISE--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING TOILET PRIVILEGES---INSTRUCTIONS
REGARDING BATHING--INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE--CLOTHING
DURING PREGNANCY--DIET OF PREGNANT WOMEN--ALCOHOLIC DRINKS DURING
PREGNANCY--THE MENTAL STATE OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN--THE SOCIAL SIDE OF
PREGNANCY--MINOR AILMENTS OF PREGNANCY--MORNING NAUSEA, OR
SICKNESS--TREATMENT OF MORNING NAUSEA, OR SICKNESS--NAUSEA OCCURRING AT
THE END OF PREGNANCY--UNDUE NERVOUSNESS DURING PREGNANCY--THE 100 PER
CENT. BABY--HEADACHE--ACIDITY OF THE STOMACH, OR
HEARTBURN--CONSTIPATION--VARICOSE VEINS, CRAMPS,
NEURALGIAS--INSOMNIA--TREATMENT OF INSOMNIA--PTYALISM, OR EXCESSIVE
FLOW OF SALIVA--VAGINAL DISCHARGE, OR LEUCORRHEA--IMPORTANCE OF TESTING
URINE DURING PREGNANCY--ATTENTION TO NIPPLES AND BREASTS--THE VAGARIES
OF PREGNANCY--CONTACT WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES--AVOIDANCE OF DRUGS--THE
DANGER SIGNALS OF PREGNANCY.

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