[Illustration: _Alice B. Stockham._]
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