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CHAPTER V.
BREATHING. |
| How often we breathe — What is accomplished by breathing — Office of oxygen in the blood — Breathing our measure of ability — Breathing gymnastics, their value — Importance of the diaphragm in breathing |
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CHAPTER VI.
HINDRANCES TO BREATHING. |
| Effect of sitting attitudes — How to counteract this — Wrong positions in standing — Restrictions of clothing — Rule for the tightness of clothing — Why tight dresses may feel comfortable |
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CHAPTER VII.
ADDED INJURIES FROM TIGHT CLOTHING. |
| The effect upon the heart — Danger of exercising in tight dress — Effect of tight clothing upon the kidneys, upon the liver, stomach, and bowels — How the bowels are held in the abdomen — Influence of tight clothing upon the pelvic organs — Upon the circulation — A tapering waist a deformity |
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CHAPTER VIII.
EXERCISE. |
| The purpose of physical culture — Balance between waste and supply — Gymnastic dress a necessity — Value of housework — Bicycle riding — Dancing — Skating — Lawn tennis — Running up and down stairs — Bathing |
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CHAPTER IX.
BATHING. |
| Beauty of complexion — Condition of skin indicates condition of digestive organs — Pimples — Constipation — Thermal bath — Foot bath — Time to bathe — Daily baths — The use of soaps — Wrinkles — Care of the hands |
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PART II. |
CHAPTER X.
CREATIVE POWER. |
| We have Godlike powers: reason, imagination, conferring life — Organs of individual life same in both sexes — Differences between the sexes in size — Dignity of man |
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CHAPTER XI.
BUILDING BRAINS. |
| Babies born deaf, dumb, blind and helpless — The activities of the baby build its brains — Our brains develop through cultivation of the senses — Certain areas of brain govern certain movements of body — Can learn how to build up any part of brain — Professor Gates' experiments in training dogs — Creation of habits — Effects of malevolent passions, such as anger, worry, etc. |
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CHAPTER XII.
YOU ARE MORE THAN BODY OR MIND. |
| You are neither body nor mind, you are spirit — Your relationship to God — God's obligation to us — Our obligation to Him — God's school — His method of teaching us. |
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CHAPTER XIII.
SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGY. |
| Differences between boys and girls — Boys need our sympathy — The crisis in the girl's life — Sex in mind — Description of the sex organs |
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CHAPTER XIV.
BECOMING A WOMAN. |
| All life from an egg — The human egg — Menstruation — Girls may injure themselves through ignorance — Value of sex. |
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CHAPTER XV.
ARTIFICIALITIES OF CIVILIZED LIFE. |
| Menstruation should be painless — Dr. Mary Jacobi's opinion — Dr. Emmett on the artificial life of young women. |
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CHAPTER XVI.
SOME CAUSES OF PAINFUL MENSTRUATION. |
| Woman not necessarily a semi-invalid — Effects of wrong clothing on the young girl — Evils of novel reading — Evils of constipation — Congestions produced by displacements — Serious results of abdominal displacements — Value of abdominal bandage — How to make one — How to wear it — Effects of wrong attitude — Standing on one foot — Correct attitude. |
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CHAPTER XVII.
FEMALE DISEASES. |
| Displacements of uterus — Leucorrhea — Patent medicines — Honest physicians — Sitz baths for reducing congestions — Age at which menstruation first appears — Non-menstruation and consumption — Mechanical hindrances to menstruation — Suppression — Scanty flow — Profuse flow — Treatment. |
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CHAPTER XVIII.
CARE DURING MENSTRUATION. |
| No long walks or rides — May pursue usual avocations — If pain, keep quiet — Do not use alcoholics of any kind — Use of heat
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