Image: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery (1902) (14761381441)

Description: Identifier: feminologyguidef00dres (find matches) Title: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors: Dressler, Florence Subjects: Publisher: Chicago, C. L. Dressler & co. Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Impregnated Uterus at SixMonths. 136 FEMINOLOGY. Duration of Pregnancy.— As with almost every func-tion of life, the duration of pregnancy is subject to varia-tions; 40 weeks, or 280 days, is the approximate length of Text Appearing After Image: Natural Position of the Child at Nine Months. time. If birth occurs more than two weeks short of thisperiod, the infant will show some indication of prematuredelivery. It is not uncommon that gestation is prolongedbeyond 40 weeks; in rare cases, has reached a period of 45weeks. PREGNANCY. 137 When the date of impregnation is not known, the pro-spective mother can reckon with tolerable accuracy thatdelivery will occur 280 days after the close of her last men-strual period, or four and half to five months after quick-ening. When impregnation takes place before the monthlyflow, that period will produce a flow much diminished inquantity and duration. Women have become pregnant while nursing, and conse-quently put out of their reckoning. The count must thenbe computed from the time of quickening, but it cannot beso accurate as when reckoned from the last day of themenses. A well-known writer has prepared a table for theuse of prospective mothers who do not know the date ofimpregnation. The Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Feminology; a guide for womankind, giving in detail instructions as to motherhood, maidenhood, and the nursery (1902) (14761381441)
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