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5. Hygiene for girls

23. The family medical guide: a complete popular dictionary of medicine and hygiene : comprising all possible self-aids in the treatment of diseases, accidents, emergencies, etc., with articles on general physiology, on diet and food, on the different drugs, plants, and medical preparations used in general practice, definitions of technical terms used in medicine, recipes for the preparation of everything useful in the domestic treatment of disease, etc., etc., etc

25. The household monitor of health

28. A physician in the house for family and individual consultation: containing valuable articles on life and its preservation, the actions of the body in health and disease, the rules of hygiene and proper living, characteristics of food, etc. : also a complete cyclopaedia of diseases and their treatment by non-poisonous remedies with descriptions of medicinal agents and numerous formulas and special articles, written in plain language

30. The doctor's advice : or how, when, and what to eat and drink, how to secure good health and long life, how to prevent and treat disease, what mothers and nurses ought to know : how to care for the baby, and give to our boys and girls the best moral, mental, and physical culture, when and whom to marry, how to choose a wife or husband, and how to be happy

32. Gunn's newest family physician, or, Home-book of health: an approved household guide for avoiding disease and prolonging life, giving clear directions in case of drowning, poisoning, wounds and other emergencies, with plain instructions for managing the sick-room and nursing the sick : and pointing out the best methods for securing pure air, pure water, and proper drainage for dwellings and premises, and familiarly indicating the causes and symptoms and the requisite treatment for the cure of the diseases incident to men, women, and children : with the simplest and best remedies, more especially those from the vegetable materia medica : accurate descriptions are given of the forms, properties, and uses of hundreds of well-known medicinal plants : also, separate treatises on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, on domestic and sanitary economy, and illustrated lessons for physical recreation in swimming, rowing, riding, jumping, etc. : with an appendix containing some 400 tested practical recipes and remedies for diseases of domestic animals

37. The mother's guide and daughter's friend: a compendium of valuable information for women : embracing sexual physiology, sexual hygiene, housekeeping and home-making, care and culture of children, description and hints on home treatment of the most common diseases of women and children, what to do until the doctor comes, occupations suitable for women, domestic economy, etc., etc

40. The woman's medical companion and nursery-adviser: containing rules for preserving the health of unmarried females, directions to pregnant and lying-in women, and an account of their diseases : together with instructions for the rearing of children from the hour of their birth, and an account of the diseases of infancy

46. Healthy children--how to get them, or, Useful information for all, telling you how to live in health, what to do in disease: with an essay on temperamental adaptation, or what kind of persons should marry, at what time should they marry, and its relations to future generations through the offspring : with general remarks on hygiene and the laws of life and health, together with personal remarks to women in relation to themselves