Advice to a wife and mother in two parts : embracing Advice to a wife and Advice to a mother / by Pye Henry Chavasse.

  • Q52148313
Date:
1881
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Credit: Advice to a wife and mother in two parts : embracing Advice to a wife and Advice to a mother / by Pye Henry Chavasse. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    are so many barren wives in England ? It looks, on the first blush, that many of the customs and practices of the present day were to cause barrenness; for, as- suredly, if they had been instituted on purpose, they could not have performed their task more surely and successfully. ] 20. It might be said that the dews of the morning are dangerous! The dews of the early morning are beneficial to health, while the dews of the evening are detrimental. How truly the poet sings— Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve !* 121. Early rising imparts health to the frame, strength to the muscles, and comeliness to the counte- nance; it clears the brain, and thus brightens the intellect; it is a panacea for many of the ills of life, and, unlike many panaceas, it is both simple and pleasant in its operation ; it calms the troubled breast; it gives a zest to the after-employments and pleasures of the day;- and makes both man and woman look up from nature's works to nature's Godl 122. Early rising rejuvenizes the constitution : it makes the middle-aged look young, and the old look middle-aged; it is the finest cosmetic in the world, and tints the cheeks with a bloom the painter emulates, but in vain I On the other hand, late rising adds * Coleridge.