The female's medical guide and married woman's adviser : containing a description of the causes, symptoms and cure of diseases peculiar to females, whether married or single, from early childhood to old age, such as retention, suppression and cessation of the menses - difficult and irregular menstruation - pregnancy, its indications and attendant diseases - miscarriage or abortion - midwifery, the turn of life -causes and cure of barrennness, and female complaints generally. The whole adapted to the private use of families / by H. B. Skinner.

  • Skinner, Henry Burchstead, active 1849.
Date:
1849
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Credit: The female's medical guide and married woman's adviser : containing a description of the causes, symptoms and cure of diseases peculiar to females, whether married or single, from early childhood to old age, such as retention, suppression and cessation of the menses - difficult and irregular menstruation - pregnancy, its indications and attendant diseases - miscarriage or abortion - midwifery, the turn of life -causes and cure of barrennness, and female complaints generally. The whole adapted to the private use of families / by H. B. Skinner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    CONTENTS. CH APT Ell I. Pa?e FUepa.ce -i Introductory Remarks 6 Menstrual Discharge 6* CHAPTER 11. tjiaxs r.Y which fueqnaxcy may ee known. First Sign — Ceasing to be unwell B Second Sign — Morning Sickness 11 Third Sign — Shooting Pains, Enlargement, and other Changes of the Breast 12 Fourth Sign — Quickening / 14 CHAPTER HI. DISEASES OF PItF.GXAXCY THEIR I CVJtMTlOX A>'D MANX Ell OF CUUU. 1. Morning Sickness IS 2. Heartburn l(j 3. Costiveness 17 4. Diarrhoea IS ft. Piles IS 6. Swelling of the Legs and Feet ln 7. Palpitation of the Heart 30 8. Fainting Fits—Remedy for 20 S). Toothache — Remedy for 21 10. Swelling of the Breasts — Remedy for 21 11. Violent Movements of the Child — Remedy for 22 12. Soreness and Cracking of the Skin of the Abdomen... 2,> 13. Inconvenience from Size—Remedy for 31 CHAPTER IV. or MIS CARRIAGE. 1. The Period at which it most frequently occurs 2] 2. Its Symptoms 2.5 S. Its Causes 2;l 1. Accident; 2. Violent Exertion, Kc. ; 3. Violent Purgatives or Emetics; 4. Violent Mental Emo- tions ; 5. Force of Habit, &c.; C. Delicacy of Con- stitution, Sc. 4 The Means to be adopted for its Prevention 27 i. The Plan to be adopted by a Female of delicate and feeble Health ; 2. The Plan to be adopted by a Fe- male of vigorous and robust Health. 6. The Means which are to be employed to put a stop to Mi5*sri:359 r,hu it la thre*t*n«d 20