Excerpt from Lectures on the Physiological Laws of Life, Hygiene, and a General Outline of Diseases Peculiar to Females: Embracing a Reviewal of the Rights and Wrongs of Women, and a Treatise on Diseases in General, With Explicit Directions How to Nurse, Nourish and Administer Remedies to the Sick

IN presenting a book to the public on Hygiene, and the symp toms and treatment of the various diseases with which the human family is frequently afflicted, I wish to impress it upon the minds of my readers that no one should presume to practice medicine who has not been properly educated in the profession of medicine, yet all who carefully read this work will be prepared for emergencies, and be enabled to give timely aid, and Often absolute relief, to the sufferer before a physician arrives. To those residing at a great distance from a physician this book will be invaluable, as it will teach how to relieve the sick, save time and trouble, and possibly the expense of a medical practitioner. Careful nursing, attention to Hygiene, and the observance Of administering medicinal prepa rations and properly prepared nourishment, at regular intervals, are absolutely necessary to aid the Sick to convalescence. Medi cines are but aids to nature in overcoming disease, while hygienic care, such as sponging the body, ventilating the bed chamber, keeping the linen and bed clothing clean, and good food properly cooked, are all very essential and Of the utmost importance.

The question may be asked, of what use or benefit is such a book to the public? I answer, its use is to teach its readers how to pro teet themselves against dangers, which most people are totally ignorant of, and the course to pursue to avoid disease, and when sick how to nurse and care for the afflicted, and thus aid nature and the physician to overcome the malady.

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