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The Married Woman’s Private Medical Companion

The Married Woman’s Private Medical Companion

by A. M. Mauriceau

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Author
Mauriceau, A. M.
Title
The married woman's private medical companion : embracing the treatment of menstruation, or monthly turns, during their stoppage, irregularity, or entire suppression. Pregnancy, and how it may be determined; with the treatment of its various diseases. Discovery to prevent pregnancy; its great and important necessity where malformation or inability exists to give birth. To prevent miscarriage or abortion. When proper and necessary to effect miscarriage. When attended with entire safety. Causes and mode of cure of barrenness, or sterility.
Original Publication
US:
Credits
Richard Tonsing 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
Abortion
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 71485
Release Date
August 25, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE MARRIED WOMAN’S PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION, EMBRACING THE TREATMENT OF MENSTRUATION, OR MONTHLY TURNS, DURING THEIR STOPPAGE, IRREGULARITY, OR ENTIRE SUPPRESSION. PREGNANCY, AND HOW IT MAY BE DETERMINED; WITH THE TREATMENT OF ITS VARIOUS DISEASES. DISCOVERY TO PREVENT PREGNANCY; ITS GREAT AND IMPORTANT NECESSITY WHERE MALFORMATION OR INABILITY EXISTS TO GIVE BIRTH. TO PREVENT MISCARRIAGE OR ABORTION. WHEN PROPER AND NECESSARY TO EFFECT MISCARRIAGE. WHEN ATTENDED WITH ENTIRE SAFETY. CAUSES AND MODE OF CURE OF BARRENNESS, OR STERILITY.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.INDEX
  4. 4.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. — MENSTRUATION.
  5. 5.RETENTION OF THE MENSES. — Description. — Causes. — Symptoms. — Treatment.
  6. 6.SUPPRESSION OF THE MENSES. — Description. — Treatment.
  7. 7.PAINFUL AND IMPERFECT MENSTRUATION. — Description. — Treatment.
  8. 8.IMMODERATE FLOW OF THE MENSES. — Symptoms. — Causes. — Treatment. — Regimen. — Prevention.
  9. 9.DECLINE OF THE MENSES.
  10. 10.CONCEPTION; OR, PREGNANCY. — CONCEPTION.
  11. 11.OF THE MODE BY WHICH PREGNANCY MAY BE DETERMINED. — Ceasing to be unwell. — Morning Sickness. — Shooting pains through—enlargement of—and other changes of the breast. — Quickening.
  12. 12.ON THE DISEASES OF PREGNANCY, AND HINTS FOR THEIR PREVENTION AND RELIEF. — Morning Sickness. — Heartburn. — Costiveness. — Diarrhœa. — Piles. — Enlargement of the Veins of the Legs. — Swelling of the Feet and Legs. — Palpitation of the Heart. — Fainting Fits. — Toothache. — Salivation. — A Painful and Distended Condition of the Breasts. — Cramp, and Pains in the Legs, &c. — Violent movements of the Child. — Soreness and Cracking of the Skin of the Abdomen. — Inconvenience from Size. — Being Unwell during Pregnancy.
  13. 13.PREVENTION TO CONCEPTION.
  14. 14.PREVENTION TO CONCEPTION; CONSIDERED IN ITS SOCIAL BEARINGS.
  15. 15.SEXUAL WEAKNESS — Symptoms. — Causes. — Treatment. — Regimen.
  16. 16.FALLING DOWN OF THE WOMB.
  17. 17.MISCARRIAGE OR ABORTION. — Symptoms. — Causes. — Treatment. — Regimen. — Prevention. — When necessary to effect Miscarriage or Artificial Delivery. — Pelvic Deformities. — Premature Artificial Delivery.
  18. 18.LABOR, DELIVERY, ETC.
  19. 19.MANAGEMENT OF LABOR.
  20. 20.TREATMENT AFTER DELIVERY.
  21. 21.NURSING.
  22. 22.INFLAMMATION OF THE BREASTS. — To prevent Inflamed or Broken Breasts.
  23. 23.MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN.
  24. 24.BARRENNESS. — Causes. — Treatment.
  25. 25.CONCLUDING REMARKS.

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