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Title: Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
Author: E. B. Lowry
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HIMSELF Talks with Men Concerning Themselves $1.00
CONFIDENCES Talks with a Young Girl Concerning Herself 50 cts.

TRUTHS Talks with a Boy Concerning Himself 50 cts.
FALSE MODESTY 50 cts.
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HERSELF
TALKS WITH WOMEN CONCERNING THEMSELVES
BY E. B. LOWRY, M.D.
Author of "Confidences," "Truths," etc.
CHICAGO FORBES & COMPANY 1917
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COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY FORBES AND COMPANY
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PREFACE
A recent number of the Journal of the American Medical Association
contained this paragraph:
"A correspondent asks for a good book describing the female
generative organs anatomically, physiologically and pathologically,
treating also of childbirth, written in language easily understood by a
layman. He desires to give copies to some of his young women patients.
The editor regrets there is no satisfactory book on the subject although

there is great need for one."
It is a lamentable fact that the majority of women and girls are ignorant
of the structure of their most important organs. In the majority of
schools and colleges where physiology is taught, absolutely nothing is
mentioned about the reproductive organs. As far as books or instruction
are concerned, the girl is ignorant of their very existence. If she knew
something of the structure of such important organs and the harmful
results of many practices or acts of carelessness affecting them, would
she not be better prepared to take the proper care of herself and more
liable to develop into a strong, healthy woman?
If a girl in the business world is intrusted with a delicate piece of
machinery she is taught the structure, use and care of it. Why is it not
just as necessary that the girl, who is intrusted with the care of delicate
organisms upon whose condition depends the health of the future
generation, be instructed regarding the care of these organs? Instead,
she is left in absolute ignorance and then blamed if she mars them.
Every woman should have some knowledge of the structure and care of
her body, especially of those parts which are concerned so intimately in
the welfare of the future generation. Every woman, too, should receive
some instruction regarding the care of young children and the proper
management of the home. A woman who attempts to care for herself
and her children without proper knowledge of these subjects is like a
man who tries to run his business blindfolded.
That thinking women are awakening to the fact that they have been
suffering unnecessarily and are realizing the necessity for more
knowledge concerning the hygiene and physiology of their own bodies
is shown by the fact that nearly every chapter in this book has been
written in answer to questions asked by women readers of the author's
magazine articles. With the hope that the plain facts herein set forth
will aid some women to have healthier and happier lives and healthier
and happier babies this series of talks has been written.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE ORGANS 11
II MENSTRUATION--PUBERTY--MENOPAUSE 23
III DISEASES OF THE FEMALE ORGANS 33
IV CONSTIPATION--HEMORRHOIDS 47
V THE BLACK PLAGUES 55
VI FAKE MEDICAL ADVICE FOR WOMEN 65
VII THE MARRIAGE RELATION 71
VIII EMBRYOLOGY 81
IX ABORTIONS 89
X MATERNAL IMPRESSIONS--HEREDITY 97
XI CHILDLESS HOMES AND REAL HOMES 103
XII PREVENTION OF PREGNANCY 109
XIII SOME OF THE CAUSES OF DIVORCE 115
XIV THE NEED OF EARLY INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS 121
XV WHY GIRLS GO ASTRAY 131
XVI SELF-ABUSE 137
XVII EFFECTS OF IMMORAL LIFE 149

XVIII FLIRTATIONS AND THEIR RESULTS 157
XIX WHITE SLAVERY 163
XX THE NEED OF EARLY INSTRUCTION OF BOYS 171
XXI WHY BOYS GO ASTRAY 177
XXII HOW SHALL THE CHILD BE TOLD 183
XXIII WOMEN IN BUSINESS 189
XXIV NERVOUSNESS--A LACK OF CONTROL 195
XXV A WOMAN IS AS YOUNG AS SHE WANTS TO BE 203
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HERSELF
CHAPTER I
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE FEMALE ORGANS
Before we can understand the care of anything we must have some
knowledge of its structure; so I think it well, in this our first talk, that
we should