The Four Epochs of Woman s Life; a study in hygiene
Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary), 1859-
English
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THE FOUR EPOCHS OF WOMAN'S LIFE
A Study in Hygiene
BY
ANNA M. GALBRAITH, M.D.
Author of "Hygiene and Physical Culture for Women"; Fellow of the New
York Academy of Medicine ; Ex-President of the Alumnae Association,
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania; Attending Physician,
Neorological Department, New York Orthopedic Hospstal and Dispensary.
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WITH AN
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
by
JOHN H. MUSSER, M.D.
Late Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
"As in a building
Stone rests on stone, and wanting the foundation
All would be wanting, so in human life
Each action rests on the foregoing event
That made it possible, but is forgotten
And buried in the earth."
-- LONGFELLOW.
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INTRODUCTORY NOTE
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IT has been well said that the bulwarks of a nation are the mothers.
Any contribution to the physical, and hence the mental, perfection of
woman should be welcomed alike by her own sex, by the thoughtful
citizen, by the political economist, and by the hygienist. Observation
of the truths, expressed in a modest, pleasing, and conclusive manner,
in the essay of Dr. Galbraith contribute to this end. These truths
should be known by every woman, and I gladly commend the essay to
their thoughtful consideration.
JOHN H. MUSSER, M.D.,
Late Professer of Clinical Medicine
in the University of Pennsylvania.
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
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THE author takes this opportunity to thank the medical profession and
the laity for the very cordial reception which has been tendered the
first edition of this small volume.
The necessity for the use of technical expressions in a book written
expressly for the laity must always be a matter of regret. And only
those who have attempted to write a similar work can fully appreciate
the truth of Herbert Spencer's remark, that "Nothing is so difficult
as to write an elementary book on scientific subjects."
The author has added to this edition a section on "The Hygiene of
Puberty," one on "Hemorrhage at the Menopause a Significant Symptom of
Cancer," and one on "The Hygiene of the Menopause."
ANNA M. GALBRAITH.
15 WEST NINETY-FIRST STREET, NEW YORK.
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PREFACE.
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"Ignorance is the curse of God;
Knowledge, the wings wherewith we fly to heaven."
-- "Henry VI."
PERFECT health is essential to perfect happiness. The greater the
knowledge of the laws of nature, and the more closely these laws are
lived up to, so much nearer "ideal" will be the health and happiness
of the individual. Hence the necessity that these same laws should be
as familiar to the adult man and woman as the alphabet. Further, with
our present knowledge of the certain suffering, disease, and death
that are bred by ignorance of all these subjects, it is little less
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