Chapter XXVIII: Part III

What is love—Should include mental conjugality, spiritual
sympathy and physical attraction—Responsibility in
marriage—Antecedents, talents and habits of young man—The
law of heredity—Beneficial—Effects of stimulants upon
offspring—Inherited effects of immorality—Good characteristics
also transmitted—Requisites in a husband—Engagements—Benefits
of, evils of—Holding to the highest ideals—Weddings—Gifts,
tours and realities of life.

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“What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know”

BY MRS. EMMA F. A. DRAKE, M. D.

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KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMACTERIC NECESSARY

Why women are not prepared to meet the climacteric—The
fear that unnerves many—Error of views concerning “Change
of Life”—Correct teaching stated—Influence of medical
literature—Three periods in a woman’s life—Relation of early
habits to later aches and ills—The menopause—Conditions which
influence the period of the climacteric—The age at which it
usually appears—Effects of heredity—Childless women—Mothers of
large families—Effects of different occupations—Excesses.

HERALDS OF CHANGE—DISEASES AND REMEDIES

Mental states during menopause—Change in blood
currents—Flushes, chilliness, dizziness, etc.—Nervous
Symptoms—Disturbed mental and nervous equilibriums—Nature
as woman’s helper—Troublesome ailments—Mental troubles
considered—Suggested help—Cancer—Benefits named—Apprehensions
dispelled—How to banish worry—Simplifying daily duty—An eminent
physician’s prescription—A word to single women—Reluctance of
unmarried women to meet the menopause—How to prolong one’s
youth—Dress during this period—The mother “At Sea”—Guarding
against becoming gloomy—Effects of patent medicine
advertising—Drug fiends—Lustful indulgence.

WHAT BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE SHOULD REMEMBER

Slights and inattentions keenly felt by her—Need of patience—A
word of private counsel—Value of little attentions—Wife’s
duty to her husband—Holding husband’s affections—Making home
attractive—Unselfishness.

AUTO-SUGGESTION AND OTHER SUGGESTIONS

Influence of mind over body—The mind as a curative agent—How
to rise out of depression—Mental philosophy and physical
betterment—Relation of health to sight—Care of the teeth—The
hair—Constipation—Self cure—Choice of foods—Exercise—Physical
development—Exercise of mind and soul.

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“What a Young Boy Ought to Know.”

BY SYLVANUS STALL, D. D.

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