re liable to develop into a strong, healthy woman?

If a girl in the business world is intrusted with a delicate piece of
machinery she is taught the structure, use and care of it. Why is it not
just as necessary that the girl, who is intrusted with the care of
delicate organisms upon whose condition depends the health of the future
generation, be instructed regarding the care of these organs? Instead,
she is left in absolute ignorance and then blamed if she mars them.

Every woman should have some knowledge of the structure and care of her
body, especially of those parts which are concerned so intimately in the
welfare of the future generation. Every woman, too, should receive some
instruction regarding the care of young children and the proper
management of the home. A woman who attempts to care for herself and her
children without proper knowledge of these subjects is like a man who
tries to run his business blindfolded.

That thinking women are awakening to the fact that they have been
suffering unnecessarily and are realizing the necessity for more
knowledge concerning the hygiene and physiology of their own bodies is
shown by the fact that nearly every chapter in this book has been
written in answer to questions asked by women readers of the author's
magazine articles. With the hope that the plain facts herein set forth
will aid some women to have healthier and happier lives and healthier
and happier babies this series of talks has been written.

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE ORGANS 11

II MENSTRUATION--PUBERTY--MENOPAUSE 23

III DISEASES OF THE FEMALE ORGANS 33

IV CONSTIPATION--HEMORRHOIDS 47

V THE BLACK PLAGUES 55

VI FAKE MEDICAL ADVICE FOR WOMEN 65

VII THE MARRIAGE RELATION 71

VIII EMBRYOLOGY 81

IX ABORTIONS 89

X MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS--HEREDITY 97

XI CHILDLESS HOMES AND REAL HOMES 103

XII PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY 109

XIII SOME OF THE CAUSES OF DIV