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                 TOKOLOGY



                         A Book for Every Woman



                                   BY



                        ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.



                              ILLUSTRATED



             Maternal love! Thou word that sums all bliss;

            Gives and receives all bliss, fullest when most

                              Thou givest!



                              --Pollock

                           REVISED EDITION

                         R. F. FENNO & COMPANY

                       18 EAST 17TH ST., NEW YORK

        Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893,

                      BY ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.

       In the office of Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.



        Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886,

                      BY ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.

       In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.



        Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,

                      By ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.

       In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

                          ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

                         TOKOLOGY IS DEDICATED

                                 FIRST:



                            TO MY DAUGHTER,

                      WHOSE FAITH IN THE PHYSICAL

                     REDEMPTION OF WOMAN BY CORRECT

                       LIVING HAS BEEN A CONSTANT

                           INSPIRATION IN ITS

                              PRODUCTION!

                                SECOND:



                              TO ALL WOMEN

                       WHO, FOLLOWING THE LESSONS

                    HEREIN TAUGHT, WILL BE SAVED THE

                         SUFFERINGS PECULIAR TO

                               THEIR SEX.

                               CONTENTS.

                          PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR.

  CHAPTER I.


PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH.


Painless childbirth--Testimony of travelers, missionaries and
physicians--Sufferings in childbirth greater in this country than in
any other--Is this a curse upon woman?--Indian women do not suffer
in labor--Dr. Dewees--Prof. Huxley--Remarkable cases of parturition
without pain--Author’s professional experience--Anecdote
of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes--Proofs of science--Lay aside
prejudice                                                        17-24

  CHAPTER II.


CONCEPTION--FETAL DEVELOPMENT.


The reproductive apparatus--The ovaries--The oviducts--The uterus--The
vagina--Mammary glands--Conception--Law of conception--Development
of the embryo--The placenta--Fetal circulation--Blue
baby--Duration of pregnancy--Growth of the embryo--Eight
months baby                                                      25-36

  CHAPTER III.


PREGNANCY--SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.