1. A man that naturally wears his hat upon the top or back of the head is
frank and outspoken; will easily confide and have many confidential
friends, and is less liable to keep a secret. He will never do you any
harm.
2. If a man wears his hat well down on the forehead, shading the eyes more
or less, will always keep his own counsel. He will not confide a secret,
and if criminally inclined will be a very dangerous character.
3. If a lady naturally inclines to high-necked dresses and collars, she
will keep her secrets to herself if she has any. In courtship or love she
is an uncertainty, as she will not reveal sentiments of her heart. The
secretive girl, however, usually makes a good housekeeper and rarely gets
mixed into neighborhood difficulties. As a wife she will not be the most
affectionate, nor will she trouble her husband with many of her trials or
difficulties.
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Dictionary of Medical Terms.
_Found in this and other works._
ABDOMEN--The largest cavity of the body, containing the liver, stomach,
intestines, etc.
ABNORMAL--Unhealthy, unnatural.
ABORTION--A premature birth, or miscarriage.
ABSCESS--A cavity containing pus.
ACETIC--Sour, acid.
ACIDITY--Sourness.
ACRID--Irritating, biting.
ACUTE--Of short duration.
ADIPOSE--Fatty.
ALBUMEN--An animal substance resembling white of egg.
ALIMENTARY CANAL--The entire passage through which food passes; the
whole intestines from mouth to anus.
ALTERATIVE--Medicines which gradually restore healthy action.
AMENORRHOEA--Suppression of the menses.
AMORPHOUS--Irregular.
ANAEMIA--Bloodlessness.
ANAESTHETICS--Medicines depriving of sensation and suffering.
ANATOMY--Physical structure.
ANODYNE--A remedy used for the relief of pain.
ANTE-NATAL--Before birth.
ANTEVERSION--Bending forward.
ANTIDOTE--A medicine counteracting poison.
ANTI-EMETIC--That which will stop vomiting.
ANTISEPTIC--That which will prevent putrefaction.
ANUS--Circular opening or outlet of the bowels.
AORTA--The great artery of the heart.
APHTHA--Thrush; infant sore mouth.
AQUA--Water.
AREOLA--Circle around the nipple.
ASTRINGENT--Binding; contracting.
AURICLE--A cavity of the heart.
AXILLA--The armpit.
AZOTE--Nitrogen.
BACTERIA--Infusoria; microscopical insects.
BICUSPID--A two-pointed tooth.
BILE--Secretion from the liver.
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BRONCHITIS--Inflammation of the bronchial tubes which lead into the
lungs.
CALCULUS--A stone found in the bladder, gall-ducts and kidneys.
CALLOUS--A hard bony substance or growth.
CAPILLARIES--Hair-like vessels that convey the blood from the arteries
to the veins.
CARBONIC ACID--The gas which is expired from the lungs.
CARDIAC--Relating to the heart.
CATARRH--Flow of mucus.
CATHARTIC--An active purgative.
CAUSTIC--A corroding or destroying substance.
CELLULAR--Composed of cells.
CERVIX--Neck.
CERVIX UTERI--Neck of the womb.
CHRONIC--Of long standing.
CLAVICLE--The collar bone.
COCCYX--Terminal bone of the spine.
CONDIMENT--That which gives relish to food.
CONGESTION--Overfullness of blood vessels.
CONTUSION--A bruise.
CUTICLE--The outer skin.
DENTITION--Act of cutting teeth.
DIAGNOSIS--Scientific determination of diseases.
DIARRHOEA--Looseness of the bowels.
DISINFECTANT--That which cleanses or purifies.
DIAPHRAGM--Breathing muscle between chest and abdomen.
DUODENUM--The first part of the small intestines.
DYSPEPSIA--Difficult digestion.
DYSURIA--Difficult or painful urination.
EMETIC--Medicines which produce vomiting.
ENAMEL--Covering of the teeth.
ENEMA--An injection by the rectum.
ENTERITIS--Inflammation of the intestines.
EPIDEMIC--Generally prevailing.
EPIDERMIS--Outer skin.
EPIGASTRIUM--Region of the pit of the stomach.
EPILEPSY--Convulsions.
EUSTACHIAN TUBE--A tube leading from the side of the throat to the
internal ear.
EVACUATION--Discharging by stool.
EXCRETION--That which is thrown off.
EXPECTORANT--Tending to produce free discharge from the lungs or throat.
FALLOPIAN TUBES--Tubes from ovaries to uterus.
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FAECES--Discharge from the bowels.
FOETUS--The child in the womb after the fifth month.
FIBULA--The smallest bone of the leg below the knee.
FISTULA--An ulcer.
FLATULENCE--Gas in the stomach or bowels.
FLOODING--Uterine hemorrhage.
FLUOR ALBUS--White flow; leucorrhoea; whites.
FLUX--Diarrhoea, or other excessive discharge.
FOMENTATION--Warm or hot application to the body.
FRIABLE--Easily crumbled or broken.
FRICTION--Rubbing with the dry hand or dry coarse cloth.
FUMIGATE--To smoke a room, or any article needing to be cleansed.
FUNCTION--The office or duty of any organ.
FUNDAMENT--The anus.
FUNGUS--Spongy flesh in wounds; proud flesh.
FUSION--To melt by heat.
GALL--Bile.
GALL-STONES--Hard biliary concretions found in the gall bladder.
GANGRENE--The first stage of mortification.
GARGLE--A liquid preparation for washing the throat.
GASTRIC--Of the stomach.
GASTRITIS--Inflammation of the stomach.
GELATINOUS--Like jelly.
GENITALS--The sexual organs.
GENU--The knee.
GENUS--Family of plants; a group.
GERM--The vital principal, or life spark.
GESTATION--Period of growth of child in the womb.
GLEET--Chronic gonorrhoea.
GLOTTIS--The opening of the windpipe.
GONORRHOEA--An infectious discharge from the genital organs.
GOUT--Painful inflammation of the joints of the toes.
GRAVEL--Crystalline sand-like particles in the urine.
GUTTURAL--Relating to the throat.
HECTIC--A fever which occurs generally at night.
HEMORRHAGE--A discharge of blood.
HEMORRHOIDS--Piles; tumors in the anus.
HEPATIC--Pertaining to the liver.
HEREDITARY--Transmitted from parents.
HERNIA--Rupture which permits a part of the bowels to protrude.
HYGIENE--Preserving health by diet and other precautions.
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HYPERAEMIA--Excess of blood in any part.
HYSTERITIS--Inflammation of the uterus.
IMPREGNATION--The act of producing.
INCISION--The cutting with instruments.
INCONTINENCE--Not being able to hold the natural secretions.
INFLUENZA--A disease affecting the nostrils and throat.
INFUSION--The liquor in which plants have been steeped, and their
medicinal virtues extracted.
INHALATION--Drawing in the breath.
INJECTION--Any preparation introduced into the rectum or other cavity by
syringe.
INSPIRATION--The act of drawing air into the lungs.
INSOMNIA--Sleeplessness.
INVOLUNTARY--Against the will.
INTROVERSION--Turned within.
JAUNDICE--A disease caused by the inactivity of the liver or ducts
leading from it.
JUGULAR--Belonging to the throat.
KIDNEYS--Two organs which secrete the urine.
LABIA--The lips of the vagina.
LARYNGITIS--Inflammation of the throat.
LARYNX--The upper part of the throat.
LASSITUDE--Weakness; a feeling of stupor.
LAXATIVE--Remedy increasing action of the bowels.
LEUCORRHOEA--Whites; fluor albis.
LIVID--A dark colored spot on the surface.
LOIN--Lower part of the back.
LOTION--A preparation to wash a sore.
LUMBAGO--Rheumatism of the loins.
MALARIA--Foul marsh air.
MALIGNANT--A disease of a very serious character.
MALFORMATION--Irregular, unnatural formation.
MASTICATION--The act of chewing.
MASTURBATION--Excitement, by the hand, of the genital organs.
MATRIX--The womb.
MECONIUM--The first passage of babes after birth.
MEMBRANE--A thin lining or covering.
MENOPAUSE--Change of life.
MENSTRUATION--Monthly discharge of blood from the uterus.
MIDWIFERY--Art of assisting at childbirth.
MUCUS--A fluid secreted or poured out by the mucous membrane, serving to
protect it.
NARCOTIC--A medicine relieving pain and producing sleep.
NEPHRITIS--Inflammation of the kidneys.
NEURALGIA--Pain in nerves.
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NORMAL--In a natural condition.
NUTRITIOUS--A substance which feeds the body.
OBESITY--Excess of fat or flesh.
OBSTETRICS--The science of midwifery.
OCULUS--The eye.
OESOPHAGUS--The tube leading from the throat to the stomach.
OPTIC NERVE--The nerve which enters the back part of the eye.
ORGANIC--Having organs.
OS--Mouth; used as mouth of womb.
OSTALGIA--Pain in the bone.
OTITIS--Inflammation of the ear.
OVUM--An egg.
OXALIC ACID--An acid found in sorrel, very poisonous.
PALATE--The roof of the mouth.
PALLIATIVE--To afford relief only.
PALPITATION--Unnatural beating of the heart.
PARALYSIS--Loss of motion.
PARTURITION--Childbirth.
PATHOLOGICAL--Morbid, diseased.
PELVIS--The bony cavity at lower part of trunk.
PERICARDIUM--Sac containing the heart.
PERINAEUM--The floor of the pelvis, or space between and including the
anus and vulva.
PERITONITIS--Inflammation of lining membrane of bowels.
PLACENTA--After-birth.
PLEURA--Membrane covering the lungs.
PLEURISY--Inflammation of the pleura.
PREGNANCY--Being with child.
PROGNOSIS--Prediction of termination of a disease.
PROLAPSUS--Falling; protrusion.
PROLAPSUS UTERI--Falling of the womb.
PROSTRATION--Without strength.
PRURITIS--A skin trouble causing intense itching.
PUBERTY--Full growth.
PUBES--External part of the organs of generation covered with hair.
PUERPERAL--Belonging to childbirth.
PULMONARY--Pertaining to the lungs.
PULMONITIS--Inflammation of the lungs.
PUS--Unhealthy matter.
PUTRID--Rotten, decomposed.
PYLORUS--Lower opening of the stomach.
RECTUM--The lower portion of the intestines.
REGIMEN--Regulated habits and food.
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RETCHING--An effort to vomit.
RETINA--Inner coat of the eye.
RETROVERSION--Falling backward.
RIGOR--Chilliness, convulsive shuddering.
SACRUM--Bone of the pelvis.
SALIVA--Fluid of the mouth.
SALIVATION--Unnatural flow of saliva.
SANATIVE--Health-producing.
SCIATIC--Pertaining to the hip.
SCROFULA--A constitutional tendency to disease of the glands.
SCROTUM--The sac which encloses the testicles.
SEDATIVE--Quieting, soothing.
SEMEN--Secretion of the testes.
SITZ-BATH--Bath in a sitting position.
STERILITY--Barrenness.
STIMULANT--A medicine calculated to excite an increased and healthy
action.
STYPTIC--A substance to stop bleeding.
SUDORIFIC--Inducing sweat.
TAMPAN--A plug to arrest hemorrhage.
TONIC--A medicine which increases the strength of the system.
TESTICLE--Gland that secretes the semen.
THERAPEUTIC--Treatment of disease.
TISSUE--The peculiar structure of a part.
TONSILS--Glands on each side of the throat.
TRACHEA--Windpipe. Triturate--To rub into a powder.
TUMOR--A morbid enlargement of a part.
ULCERATION--The forming of an ulcer.
UMBILICUS--The navel.
URETER--Duct leading from kidney to the bladder.
URETHRA--Duct leading from the bladder.
UTERUS--The womb.
VAGINA--The passage from the womb to the vulva.
VARICOSE VEINS--Veins dilated with accumulation of dark colored blood.
VASCULAR--Relating to the blood vessels.
VENA CAVA--The large vein communicating with the heart.
VENOUS--Pertaining to the veins.
VENTRICLE--One of the lower chambers of the heart.
VIABLE--Capable of life.
VULVA--Outer lips of the vagina.
WOMB--That organ of the woman which conceives and nourishes the
offspring.
ZYMOTIC--Caused by fermentation.
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Alphabetical Index.
A broken heart, Page. 159-161
Abortion, or miscarriage, 253, 254
Adaptation, conjugal, affection, etc, 181-185
Advantages of wedlock, 135-137
Advice to the married and unmarried, 181-188
Advice to the newly married couples, 201-205
A good name, 18-20
Amenorrhoea, 355
Animal magnetism, 470
A perfect human figure, how to determine, 99
A plea for the girls, 380-389
Apoplexy, how to cure, 365
Associates, influence of, 11
Bad company, result of, 11
Bad breath and quinsy, how to cure, 365
Babies, how to keep well, 330-331
Bathing, practical rules for, 370, 371
Baths, all the different kinds of, 372, 373
Beauty, a dangerous gift, 27
Beauty, 91-94
Beauty, sensible helps to, 95, 96
Beautiful children, how to have, 288-290
Beginning of life, 5
Beware of idleness, 436
Beware of advertising quacks, 457
Biliousness, 357
Blackheads and flesh worms, 112
Bleeding, to check, 356
Bleeding, from the nose, 364
Boils, 364
Boys, save them, 390-394
Bruises or cuts, 360
Bunions, 364
Burns and sores, 355
Care of the hair, 107-110
Care of the new born infants, 315
Cases cited, 314
Cause of family troubles, 217, 218
Celebrated prescriptions and how to use them, 354-364
Celibacy, disadvantages of, 138
Character, exhibits itself, 15
Character, how to read, 473-478
Child in the womb, education of, 292-294
Child bearing without pain, 304-310
Chilblains, sprains, etc, 359
Children, too many, 229-231
Chapped hands, 355
Chicken pox, 346
Choosing a partner, sensible hints in, 165-169
Chastity and purity of character, 400-403
Cigarette smoking, the destructive effects of, 449-450
Cooking for the sick, 375-379
Confinement, special safeguards in, 299-301
Correspondence, 36
Conversation, 79-83
Conversation, home lessons, 80-83
Corset, benefit and injury, 101-103
Costiveness, 362
Courtship and marriage, hints and helps, 144-152
Conjugal affections and fatal errors, 181-185
Conception, prevention of, 240-245
Colic, 338
Constipation, how to cure, 339
Coughs and colds, 360
Croup, spasmodic and true, 342
Cramps and colic, remedies for, 356
Dangerous vices, 451-456
Deafness, cure for, 362
Dictionary of medical terms, 479-484
Diarrhoea, 363
Diphtheria, home treatment of, 346
Disinfectant, 360
Diseases of women, 348-350
Disposition, an easy going, ???
Diseases of infants and children, home treatment for, 338-347
Diseases, transmission of, 263-265
Diseases of pregnancy, 274-281
Doses, of disease and death, 441-444
Dress, 88-90
Dress, diet, and exercise during pregnancy, 304-310
Duration of pregnancy, 295
Dyspepsia, cure of, 360
Education of child in the womb, 292-294
Eruption of the skin, 111, 112
Etiquette, rules on, 49-54
Etiquette of calls, 56
Etiquette in your speech, 57
Etiquette of dress and habit, 58
Etiquette on the street, 59
Etiquette between sexes, 60
Expectant mother cautioned 284
Exciting the passions in children, 404, 405
Eye wash, 355
Falling of the womb, 350
Family troubles, cause of, 217
Family, government, 76-78
Facial eruptions, how to cure, 111-112
Feeding a baby on cow's milk, 329
Felons, how to treat, 364
Female character, influence of, 30
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First love, desertion, etc., 185
Films and cataracts of the eyes, 355
Flirting and its dangers, 190, 191
Fleshworms, etc., 112
Form and deformity, 98-103
Foreign bodies in the eye, to remove, 358
Former customs among men, 162-163
Formation of life, mystery of, 238, 239
Food, digestibility of, 374
Friends, procure none in haste, 12
Generative organs--Male and female, 234-237
Good behavior, at all times and places, 49
Good character, influence of, 73, 74
Gout, cure for, 362
Guard modesty, 210
Habit, 17
Hair, the care of, 107-110
Headache, sick, cure for, 355, 360
Health, a duty, 7
Heartburn, 357
Heredity and transmission of diseases, 263-265
Hints and helps on good behavior, 49
Hints in choosing a partner, 165-169
Hives, cure for, 354
Home power, 23-25
Honeymoon, how to perpetuate, 209
Home lessons in nursing sick children, 325-328
Home treatment of the secret habit, 455-456
Hot water, how to use in all diseases, 368-369
How to keep the bloom and grace of youth, 97
How to be a good wife, 210-212
How to be a good husband, 212-215
How to feed infants, 329
How to keep a baby well, 330-335
How to apply and use hot water in all diseases, 368, 369
How to mesmerize, ???
How the mind speaks through the nerves and muscles, ???
How to cook for the sick, 375-379
Human magnetism, effects of, ???
Human figure, a perfect, 99-100
Hygienic laws, 406-408
Ignorance, coarseness, etc., 24
Illustrations, ???
Immorality, disease and death, 416-419
Impotence and sterility, 248-251
Improvement of offspring, 222-227
Impregnation, 269
Impregnation, artificial, 270
Infant teething, 336, 337
Infants, feeding, 319
Infants, care of, 315-320
Influence of good character, 73-74
Inhumanities of parents, 396-399
Intoxication, 355
Infants, care of during hot weather, 332-335
Infantile convulsions, 319, 320
Influence of associates, 11
Influence of female character, 30
Indigestion, symptoms of, 328
Inward graces, 28