and perils of, 389

Changes, the monthly, precautions during, 45
precautions in the intervals of, 46
when delayed, 48
painful, 49
worked by puberty, 30

Child, the, 271
attention to, at birth, 231
can it cry before birth?, 198
education, of before birth, 191

Child-bearing, excessive, 115

Childbed, diseases of, 361
mortality of, 237

Childbirth, imprudence after, 240
preparations for, 219
to preserve form after, 242

Children, bathing of, 303
bed for, 297
clothing of, 300
decreased number of, 73
diet for, 288
new-born, weight and length of, 238
three and more at a birth, 164

Children's diseases, home management of, 325

Chlorosis, 36

Choice of a husband, 69

City life, effect of, on puberty, 29, 47

Cleanliness, curative influence of, 378
importance of, to wives, 131

Climate, effect of, on puberty, 27

Clothing at puberty, 43
at confinement, 227
during pregnancy, 209
of new-born infants, 222
of young children, 300

Cold, effect of, on infants, 300

Color of infant, influence of mind of mother on, 182

Completion of puberty, 32

Complexion, 136
inheritance of, 125

Conception, is it possible during pregnancy?, 192
nature of, 125
signs of, 128

Confinement, bed for, 226
day of, how to calculate, 206
dress for, 227
hints for attendants at, 229
imprudence after, 240
preparations for, 219

Constipation of pregnancy, 358

Constitution, effect of the, on puberty, 21
on change of life, 398

Consumption, 41, 71, 94, 148, 151

Continence demanded from husbands, 121

Cough of pregnancy, 359

Count, how to make the, 206

Country life, effect of, on puberty, 29

Courtship, 65

Cousins, shall they marry?, 69

Crime of abortion, 122

Croup, home treatment of, 325

Culture of the skin, 306

Dangers of puberty, 35

Daughters, influenced by fathers, 144

Deformities, are they hereditary?, 139

Degeneracy, cause of, 349
of the human race, a query, 348

Diet for infants, 274, 288
children, 292
the pregnant, 208

Diarrhoea during pregnancy, 357
of infants, 339

Directions for mothers who cannot nurse their own children, 267

Dignity and propriety of the sexual instinct, 96

Disease, communication of, 80

Diseases, hereditary, 148
of children, home management of, 325
of wives and mothers, 352

Distinction of the sexes, 18

Divorce, unnatural and improper, 63

Dress, attention to,