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Title: The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to
the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
Author: W. Grant Hague, M.D.
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The Eugenic Marriage
A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better
Babies
By W. GRANT HAGUE, M.D.
College of Physicians and Surgeons (Columbia University), New York;
Member of County Medical Society, and of the American Medical
Association
In Four Volumes
VOLUME I
New York
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY
1916
Copyright, 1913, by W. GRANT HAGUE
Copyright, 1914, by W. GRANT HAGUE
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[i] INDEX OF THE FOUR VOLUMES
NOTE--The Roman numerals I, II, III and IV indicate the volume; the
Arabic figures 1, 2, 3, etc., indicate the page number.
Accidents and emergencies, IV, 629.
Accouchement Beds, how to prepare, I, 65.
Acne, IV, 576.
Adenoids, IV, 519; how to tell when child has, IV, 520; treatment of,

IV, 521.
Adentitis, acute, IV, 558; causes of, IV, 558; symptoms of, IV, 558;
treatment of, IV, 558.
Advice to young wives, III, 357.
After-birth, expulsion of, I, 101.
After-pains, I, 103.
Age at which to marry, III, 331.
Albumen water, II, 245.
Alcohol, in patent medicines, III, 455.
Alcoholic drunkenness, I, 44; Dr. Branthwaite on, I, 45; Dr. Sullivan on,
I, 44.
Amenorrhea, causes, II, 192; absence of menstruation, II, 191;
treatment of, II, 192.
Anemia, severe, IV, 567; simple, IV, 565; treatment of various forms,
IV, 567.
Anesthetics, new, IV, 654; use of in confinements, I, 112.
Angina, IV, 508.
Anti-meningitis, serum, IV, 656.
Aperient waters, abuse of in constipation, III, 326.
Appendicitis, IV, 546; treatment of, IV, 546.
Appetite, loss of, II, 287; poor, II, 286; treatment for loss of, II, 288.
Arrest of hemorrhage, IV, 635.

Artificial Food, II, 249; formulæ for, II, 253; mistakes in preparing, II,
267.
Aseptic surgery, IV, 653.
Baby, amusing the, II, 217; bathing the, II, 213; care of eyes, II, 215;
care of genital organs, II, 216; care of mouth and teeth, II, 215; care of
newly-born, II, 210; care of skin, II, 216; clothing of, II, 214;
constipation in bottle-fed, II, 309; food for first year, II, 261; fresh air
for, II, 232; how it gets nourishment in womb, II, 183; how long it
should sleep, II, 236; how to weigh, II, 220; hygiene and development
of, II, 209; intervals of feeding, II, 225; night-clothes of, II, 215;
overfeeding the, II, 224; proper way to lay in bed, II, 235; what to
prepare for the coming, II, 209; why it cries, II, 237.
Baby's comforter, II, 241.
Bacteria, what happens if we inhale, III, 410.
Barley gruel, II, 244.
Barley water, II, 244, 256.
[ii] Bath, bran, IV, 591; cold, for reducing fever, IV, 590; cold sponge
or shower, IV, 592; during pregnancy, I, 76; hot air or vapor, IV, 591;
hot, IV, 591; mustard, IV, 590; tepid, IV, 592; various kinds of, IV,
590.
Bathing, the baby, II, 213.
Bed, proper way to lay baby in, II, 235.
Bed-wetting, IV, 580.
Beef juice, II, 262.
Beef or meat pulp, II, 244.
Bichloride of mercury solution, IV, 627.

Binder, how to apply, I, 66.
Birth, management of, I, 99.
Birth-chamber, the, I, 61.
Birth marks, I, 128.
Bites, dog, IV, 638.
Blackheads, IV, 576.
Blood, children suffering from poor, IV, 566; poor, IV, 565.
Boils, IV, 559.
Boracic Acid, solution of, IV, 626.
Bottle-feeding, method of, II, 256; what a mother should know about,
II, 264.
Bowels, daily movement necessary, II, 307; how to wash out, IV, 586;
importance of clean, II, 306.
Boy, building of, II, 139; chancre, the, II, 145; gonorrhea or "clap," II,
142; sex-hygiene for, II, 139; social evil, II, 141; sources of immorality,
II, 141; syphilis or "pox," II, 144.
Brain, complications of in syphilis, II, 146.
Bran, as a food, II, 292; bath, IV, 591; muffins, recipe for, II, 311.
Branthwaite, Dr., on alcoholic drunkenness, I, 45.
Bread, II, 273.
Breasts, care of when weaning, I, 125; colostrum in, I, 108; how long
should baby stay at, II, 225; putting baby to