The female's guide to health : containing an address to the married lady, together with a complete treatise on female complaints, and midwifery : to which is added a few remarks on the management of infants / by Jonah Spaulding.

  • Spaulding, Jonah, 1778-1870.
Date:
1837
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Credit: The female's guide to health : containing an address to the married lady, together with a complete treatise on female complaints, and midwifery : to which is added a few remarks on the management of infants / by Jonah Spaulding. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    longevity, the person had been from his youth accustomed to early rising. Uniformity in the state of the atmosphere, particularly in regard to heat and cold, the avoidance of close hot rooms, the keeping the feet warm and dry, con- tribute in a considerable degree to the enjoyment of health, and the duration of life. These, with moderation in every thing that relates to both •body and mind, a rigid adherence to the habits of virtue, and in every vicissitude to endeavor as much as possible to preserve a calm and tranquil state of mind, constitute the means of greatest efficacy for the attainment of that healthy condi- tion which is the most favorable to a happy old aire. CHAPTER VII. Diseases of Women. The natural structure of the constitution of women is such, as subjects them to several pecu- liarities different from men ; consist!; chiefly in their periodical evacuations, pregnancy and child-