1888 PHYSICAL LIFE OF WOMAN Marriage Pregnancy Women Health Wife Medical

The Physical Life of Woman

Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother

George H. Napheys, M.D.

This early volume covers the Physical Health of Women at various stages in life.

Most of the work covers women's reproductive health including puberty, pregnancy, nursing. Menstruation and Hysterics are covered alongside other dangers of puberty.

Marriage considerations are tended too with notes on love and temperament, but also the mixing of races and marrying cousins.

For the wife it includes marital relations, barrenness, and a great deal of information on pregnancy and what to expect in all areas including birth.

Motherhood includes nursing and care instructions for the infant, including child illnesses and death. Lastly the change of life is covered with its own pitfalls and reassurances.

This book is an all-inclusive source of information for women about their own bodies, with recommendations for nearly every sort of issue one might have regarding procreation.