Advice to a Wife and Mother

About this eBook

Author

Chavasse, Pye Henry, 1810-1879

Title

Advice to a wife and mother in two parts : Embracing advice to a wife, and advice to a mother

Original Publication

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1881.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, MFR, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics

Subject

Pregnancy -- Popular works

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71887

Release Date

October 15, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ADVICE TO A WIFE AND MOTHER. IN TWO PARTS. EMBRACING ADVICE TO A WIFE, AND ADVICE TO A MOTHER.
2. 2.ADVICE TO A WIFE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HER OWN HEALTH, AND ON THE TREATMENT OF SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS INCIDENTAL TO PREGNANCY, LABOR, AND SUCKLING; WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER ESPECIALLY ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG WIFE.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
6. 6.PART I. MENSTRUATION.
7. 7.PART II. PREGNANCY. — SIGNS OF PREGNANCY. — CLOTHING. — ABLUTION. — AIR AND EXERCISE. — VENTILATION—DRAINAGE. — NECESSITY OF OCCASIONAL REST. — DIETARY. — SLEEP. — MEDICINE. — MISCARRIAGE. — FALSE LABOR PAINS. — PERIOD OF GESTATION—“THE COUNT.” — BEING OUT IN THE RECKONING. — “IS IT A BOY OR A GIRL?” — MONTHLY NURSE.
8. 8.PART III. LABOR. — THE PRECURSORY SYMPTOMS OF LABOR. — PREPARATIONS FOR LABOR. — CHLOROFORM IN HARD AND IN LINGERING LABOR. — HINTS TO ATTENDANTS IN CASE THE DOCTOR IS UNAVOIDABLY ABSENT. — REST AFTER DELIVERY. — CLOTHING AFTER LABOR. — REFRESHMENT. — BANDAGE AFTER A CONFINEMENT. — POSITION. — THE LYING-IN ROOM. — THE BLADDER. — THE BOWELS. — “CLEANSINGS”—ABLUTIONS. — REST AND QUIETUDE. — DIETARY. — BEVERAGE. — CHANGE OF ROOM. — EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR.
9. 9.PART IV. SUCKLING. — THE DUTIES OF A NURSING MOTHER — THE BREAST. — STATED TIMES FOR SUCKLING. — CLOTHING. — DIETARY. — FRESH AIR AND EXERCISE. — THE POSITION OF A MOTHER DURING SUCKLING. — THE TEMPER. — OCCUPATION. — AILMENTS, Etc. — WEANING.
10. 10.INDEX.
11. 11.ADVICE TO A MOTHER ON THE MANAGEMENT OF HER CHILDREN, AND ON THE TREATMENT ON THE MOMENT OF SOME OF THEIR MORE PRESSING ILLNESSES AND ACCIDENTS.
12. 12.PREFACE.
13. 13.CONTENTS.
14. 14.PART I.—INFANCY. — PRELIMINARY CONVERSATION. — ABLUTION. — MANAGEMENT OF THE NAVEL. — CLOTHING. — DIET. — VACCINATION. — DENTITION. — EXERCISE. — SLEEP. — THE BLADDER AND THE BOWELS OF AN INFANT. — AILMENTS, DISEASE, Etc. — CONCLUDING REMARKS ON INFANCY.
15. 15.PART II. CHILDHOOD. — ABLUTION. — CLOTHING. — DIET. — THE NURSERY. — EXERCISE. — AMUSEMENTS. — EDUCATION. — SLEEP. — SECOND DENTITION. — DISEASE, Etc. — WARM BATHS. — WARM EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS. — ACCIDENTS.
16. 16.PART III. BOYHOOD AND GIRLHOOD. — ABLUTION, Etc. — CLOTHING. — DIET. — AIR AND EXERCISE. — AMUSEMENTS. — EDUCATION. — HOUSEHOLD WORK FOR GIRLS. — CHOICE OF PROFESSION OR TRADE. — SLEEP. — ON THE TEETH AND THE GUMS. — PREVENTION OF DISEASE, Etc.
17. 17.INDEX.

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