Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon.

  • Dixon, Edward H., 1808-1880.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Woman and her diseases : from the cradle to the grave : adapted exclusively to her instruction in the physiology of her system and all the diseases of her critical periods / by Edward H. Dixon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    used in place of the lancet, in considerable num. bors. These remedies sre rarely required more than once Dr twice, and if timed judiciously, they almost always produce beneficial results. A second application is frequently demanded by the patient herself, if suffi- ciently intelligent to judge of their cllicacy, and the relief afforded by the first. The diet of a young gip] under there circumstances should be of the mildest character—almost exclusively vegetable ; and if animal at all, fish or fowl should be the strongest food that is given. Bxercise in this state may be left exclusively to the natural inclination, requiring only supervision when it is likely to exceed (from too youthful impulse) the bounds of discretion. It may often happen that the in is oppressed with lassitude, and rather shuns active exercise than seeks it. The second style of personal appearance in which menstruation does not occur at the expected time, is characterized, it is true, by a sufficient development of the person, yet the great contrast to the state just described, is at once evident to the beholder. The face is pallid, and only flushed on of violent mental excitement, or unusual exercise, which is not endured as it is by her of the sanguine and robust temperament, but soon oppresses and exhausts the