A Valuable Home Book for Women.

TALKS TO MY PATIENTS;

Hints on Getting Well and Keeping Well.

BY MRS. R. B. GLEASON, M. D.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Growing Girls; Menstruation; Amenorrhea; Menorrhagia; Dysmenorrhea; Prolapsus Uteri; Leucorrhea; Pregnancy; Approaching Confinement; Delivery; After Delivery; Care of the Breasts; After Confinement; Bathing of Babies; Dress of Infants; Nursing; Weaning; Feeding of Infants; Infantine Diseases; Diseases of Children; Children's Dress; Confidential to Mothers; Intentional Abortion; Accidental Abortion; Sterility; Nervous Derangements; Sleep; Indigestion; Constipation; Menopause, or Change of Life.

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