Searchlights on Health

Searchlights on Health
by B. G.
Jefferis and J. L. Nichols

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Title: Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics
Author: B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols
Release Date: September 12, 2004 [EBook #13444]
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SEARCHLIGHTS ON HEALTH

THE SCIENCE OF EUGENICS
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A Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood Advice to Maiden, Wife and
Mother Love, Courtship, and Marriage
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By
PROF. B.G. JEFFERIS, M.D., PH. D.
and
J.L. NICOLS, A.M.

With Excerpts from Well-Known Authorities
REV. LEONARD DAWSON DR. M.J. SAVAGE REV. H.R.
HAWEIS DR. PANCOAST DR. STALL DR. J.F. SCOTT DR.
GEORGE NAPHEYS DR. STOCKHAM DR. T.D. NICHOLLS DR.
R.L. DUGDALE DR. JOHN COWAN DR. M.L. HOLBROOK
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Published by J.L. NICHOLS & COMPANY Naperville, Illinois, U.S.A.
1920 AGENTS WANTED
"Vice has no friend like the prejudice which claims to be virtue."--Lord
Lytton.
"When the judgment's weak, the prejudice is strong."--Kate O'Hare.
"It is the first right of every child to be well born."
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COPYRIGHTED 1919,
BY
J.L. NICHOLS & CO.
OVER 1,000,000 COPIES SOLD
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
[Transcriber's Note: This Table of Contents does not appear in the
original book. It has been added to this document for ease of
navigation.]
Knowledge is Safety, page 3 The Beginning of Life, page 5 Health a
Duty, page 7 Value of Reputation, page 9 Influence of Associates, page
11 Self-Control, page 12 Habit, page 17 A Good Name, page 18 The
Mother's Influence, page 21 Home Power, page 23 To Young Women,
page 26 Influence of Female Character, page 30 Personal Purity, page
31 How To Write All Kinds of Letters, page 34 How To Write a Love
Letter, page 37 Forms of Social Letters, page 39 Letter Writing, page
43 Forms of Love Letters, page 44 Hints and Helps on Good Behavior
at All Times and at All Places, page 49 A Complete Etiquette in a Few
Practical Rules, page 52 Etiquette of Calls, page 56 Etiquette in Your
Speech, page 57 Etiquette of Dress and Habits, page 58 Etiquette on the
Street, page 59 Etiquette Between Sexes, page 60 Practical Rules on
Table Manners, page 63 Social Duties, page 65 Politeness, page 70
Influence of Good Character, page 73 Family Government, page 76
Conversation, page 79 The Toilet or The Care of the Person, page 84 A
Young Man's Personal Appearance, page 86 Dress, page 88 Beauty,
page 91 Sensible Helps to Beauty, page 95 How to Keep the Bloom
and Grace of Youth, page 97 Form and Deformity, page 98 How to
Determine a Perfect Human Figure, page 99 The History, Mystery,
Benefits and Injuries of the Corset, page 101 Tight-Lacing, page 104
The Care of the Hair, page 107 How to Cure Pimples or Other Facial
Eruptions, page 111 Black-Heads and Flesh Worms, page 112 Love,

page 114 The Power and Peculiarities of Love, page 118 Amativeness
or Connubial Love, page 122 Love and Common Sense, page 123
What Women Love in Men, page 126 What Men Love in Women, page
129 History of Marriage, page 132 Marriage, page 134 The Advantages
of Wedlock, page 135 The Disadvantages of Celibacy, page 138 Old
Maids, page 140 When and Whom to Marry, page 144 Choose
Intellectually--Love Afterward, page 148 Love-Spats, page 154 A
Broken Heart, page 159 Former Customs and Peculiarities Among Men,
page 162 Sensible Hints in Choosing a Partner, page 165 Safe Hints,
page 170 Marriage Securities, page 174 Women Who Make the Best
Wives, page 178 Adaptation, Conjugal Affection, and Fatal Errors,
page 181 First Love, Desertion and Divorce, page 185 Flirting and Its
Dangers, page 190 A Word to Maidens, page 192 Popping the Question,
page 194 The Wedding, page 200 Advice to Newly Married Couples,
page 201 Sexual Proprieties and Improprieties, page 206 How to
Perpetuate the Honey-Moon, page 209 How to Be a Good Wife, page
210 How to Be a Good Husband, page 211 Cause of Family Troubles,
page 217 Jealousy--Its Cause and Cure, page 219 The Improvement of
Offspring, page 222 Too Many Children, page 229 Small Families and
the Improvement of the Race, page 232 The Generative Organs, page
234 The Female Sexual Organs, page 235