Alice B. Stockham.

Alice B. Stockham.

TOKOLOGY

A Book for Every Woman

BY
ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.

ILLUSTRATED

Maternal love! Thou word that sums all bliss;
Gives and receives all bliss, fullest when most
Thou givest!

—Pollock

REVISED EDITION

R. F. FENNO & COMPANY
18 East 17th St., New York

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893,
By ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.
In the office of Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886,
By ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883,
By ALICE B. STOCKHAM, M. D.
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TOKOLOGY IS DEDICATED

FIRST:

To My Daughter,
whose faith in the physical
redemption of woman by correct
living has been a constant
inspiration in its
production!


SECOND:

To all Women
who, following the lessons
herein taught, will be saved the
sufferings peculiar to
their sex.

[Pg ix]

CONTENTS.

Portrait of Author.
CHAPTER I.
PAINLESS CHILDBIRTH.
Painless childbirth—Testimony of travelers, missionaries and physicians—Sufferings in childbirth greater in this country than in any other—Is this a curse upon woman?—Indian women do not suffer in labor—Dr. Dewees—Prof. Huxley—Remarkable cases of parturition without pain—Author’s professional experience—Anecdote of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes—Proofs of science—Lay aside prejudice17-24
CHAPTER II.
CONCEPTION—FETAL DEVELOPMENT.
The reproductive apparatus—The ovaries—The oviducts—The uterus—The vagina—Mammary glands—Conception—Law of conception—Development of the embryo—The placenta—Fetal circulati
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