Advice to a Wife on the Management of Her Own Health and on the Treatment of Some of the Complaints Incidental to Pregnancy, Labour, and Suckling: With an Introductory Chapter Especially Addressed to a Young Wife |
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... better than fixtures ; they seem , for hours together , to be almost glued to their seats ! Such persons are usually nervous , dispirited , and hysterical , and well they might be fancying they have every disease under the sun - which ...
... better than fixtures ; they seem , for hours together , to be almost glued to their seats ! Such persons are usually nervous , dispirited , and hysterical , and well they might be fancying they have every disease under the sun - which ...
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... better still , let her have a dance with her husband , or a romp with her children , if she have any . 35. Some ladies declare that they are always cold , their feet especially , which are as cold as ice ! The fact is , they not only do ...
... better still , let her have a dance with her husband , or a romp with her children , if she have any . 35. Some ladies declare that they are always cold , their feet especially , which are as cold as ice ! The fact is , they not only do ...
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... better . The necessity of a constant swallowing of opening medicine is a proof of chronic ill - health , and will in time in- jure her constitution beyond remedy . I cannot speak too strongly on this subject ; I have , in my ...
... better . The necessity of a constant swallowing of opening medicine is a proof of chronic ill - health , and will in time in- jure her constitution beyond remedy . I cannot speak too strongly on this subject ; I have , in my ...
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... better . She cannot cleanse her own shoulders , back , and loins with a sponge - she cannot get to them . To obviate this difficulty , she ought to soak a piece of flannel , a yard and a half long and half - a - yard wide , folded ...
... better . She cannot cleanse her own shoulders , back , and loins with a sponge - she cannot get to them . To obviate this difficulty , she ought to soak a piece of flannel , a yard and a half long and half - a - yard wide , folded ...
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... better it will be for the health and strength and spirits of the bather : - " The warm ablution , just enough to clear The sluices of the skin , enough to keep The body sacred from indecent soil . Still to be pure , even did it not ...
... better it will be for the health and strength and spirits of the bather : - " The warm ablution , just enough to clear The sluices of the skin , enough to keep The body sacred from indecent soil . Still to be pure , even did it not ...
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Page 71 - Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant, is a mind distress'd.
Page 76 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom ; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 63 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 80 - Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven ; the fated sky Give us free scope ; only, doth backward pull Our slow designs, when we ourselves are dull.
Page 110 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark! how blithe the throstle sings! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher.
Page 174 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 59 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Page 73 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Page 68 - As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 60 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.