Searchlights on Health | Page 2

The Mysteries of the
Formation of Life, page 238 Conception--Its Limitations, page 240
Prenatal Influences, page 244 Vaginal Cleanliness, page 246 Impotence
and Sterility, page 248 Producing Boys or Girls at Will, page 252
Abortion or Miscarriage, page 253 The Murder of Innocents, page 256
The Unwelcome Child, page 258 Health and Disease, page 263
Preparation for Maternity, page 266 Impregnation, page 269 Signs and
Symptoms of Pregnancy, page 270 Diseases of Pregnancy, page 274
Morning Sickness, page 282 Relation of Husband and Wife During
Pregnancy, page 283 A Private Word to the Expectant Mother, page
284 Shall Pregnant Women Work?, page 285 Words for Young
Mothers, page 286 How to Have Beautiful Children, page 288
Education of the Child in the Womb, page 292 How to Calculate the
Time of Expected Labor, page 295 The Signs and Symptoms of Labor,
page 297 Special Safeguards in Confinement, page 299 Where Did the
Baby Come From?, page 303 Child Bearing Without Pain, page 304
Solemn Lessons for Parents, page 312 Ten Health Rules for Babies Cut

Death Rate in Two, page 314 The Care of New-Born Infants, page 315
Nursing, page 317 Infantile Convulsions, page 319 Feeding Infants,
page 319 Pains and Ills in Nursing, page 321 Home Lessons in Nursing
Sick Children, page 325 A Table for Feeding a Baby on Modified Milk,
page 329 Nursing [Intervals Table], page 329 Schedule for Feeding
Healthy Infants During First Year [Table], page 329 How to Keep a
Baby Well, page 330 How to Preserve the Health and Life of Your
Infant During Hot Weather, page 332 Infant Teething, page 336 Home
Treatments for the Diseases of Infants and Children, page 338 Diseases
of Women, page 348 Falling of the Womb, page 350 Menstruation,
page 351 Celebrated Prescriptions for All Diseases and How to Use
Them, page 354 How to Cure Apoplexy, Bad Breath and Quinsy, page
365 Sensible Rules for the Nurse, page 366 Longevity, page 367 How
to Apply and Use Hot Water in All Diseases, page 368 Practical Rules
for Bathing, page 371 All the Different Kinds of Baths and How to
Prepare Them, page 372 Digestibility of Food, page 374 How to Cook
for the Sick, page 375 Save the Girls, page 380 Save the Boys, page
390 The Inhumanities of Parents, page 396 Chastity and Purity of
Chracter, page 400 Exciting the Passions in Children, page 404 Puberty,
Virility, and Hygenic Laws, page 406 Our Secret Sins, page 409
Physical and Moral Degeneracy, page 414 Immorality, Disease, and
Death, page 416 Poisonous Literature and Bad Pictures, page 421
Startling Sins, page 423 The Prostitution of Men, page 427 The Road to
Shame, page 430 The Curse of Manhood, page 433 A Private Talk to
Young Men, page 437 Remedies for the Social Evil, page 440 The
Selfish Slaves of Doses of Disease and Death, page 441 Object Lessons
of the Effects of Alcohol and Smoking, page 445 The Destructive
Effects of Cigarette Smoking, page 449 The Dangerous Vices, page
451 Nocturnal Emissions, page 457 Lost Manhood Restored, page 459
Manhood Wrecked and Rescued, page 461 The Curse and
Consequence of Secret Diseases, page 464 Animal Magnetism, page
470 How to Read Character, page 473 Twilight Sleep, page 479
Painless Childbirth, page 479 The Diseases of Women, page 480
Remedies for Diseases of Women, page 483 Alphabetical Index, page
486
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HE STUMBLETH NOT, BECAUSE HE SEETH THE LIGHT.
[Illustration: "Search Me. Oh Thou Great Creator."]
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KNOWLEDGE IS SAFETY.
1. The old maxim, that "Knowledge is power," is a true one, but there is
still a greater truth: "KNOWLEDGE IS SAFETY." Safety amid
physical ills that beset mankind, and safety amid the moral pitfalls that
surround so many young people, is the great crying demand of the age.
2. CRITICISM.--This work, though plain and to some extent startling,
is chaste, practical and to the point, and will be a boon and a blessing to
thousands who consult its pages. The world is full of ignorance, and the
ignorant will always criticise, because they live to suffer ills, for they
know no better. New light is fast falling upon the dark corners, and the
eyes of many are being opened.
3. RESEARCHES OF SCIENCE.--The researches of science in the
past few years have thrown light on many facts relating to the
physiology of man and woman, and the diseases to which they are
subject, and consequently many reformations have taken place in the
treatment and prevention of diseases peculiar to the sexes.
4. LOCK AND KEY.--Any information bearing upon the diseases of
mankind should not be kept under lock and key. The physician is
frequently called upon to speak in plain language to his patients upon
some private and startling disease contracted on