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206 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
months from his first connection to the birth of a full-
grown infant, he has no reason to be dissatisfied. Seven
months children are said to occur oftenest in a first
pregnancy.
MENSTRUATION IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION.
The cessation of the menses is the usual sign of preg
on the other
nancy, though by no means a certain one ;
hand, there are women who menstruate, or, at least,
have periodical hemorrhages, through pregnancy and
lactation. I am persuaded that the cause of this un
natural and very exhausting condition is to be found in
sexual intercourse at that period.
WHAT CAN A WOMAN DO?
Yes, a loving, kind, jealous woman, who would not
for the world have her husband satisfy his wants else
where, what is she to do ? I have given what I believe
to be the law ; but sometimes all we have left us is a
choice of evils. If a man can be very moderate, ten
der, and careful of his wife, and she can restrain her
self so as not to join in the sexual orgasm, there can
be, I think, no great amount of mischief, and less than
might come from the sense of neglect or jealousy.
Now,
WHAT IS JEALOUSY ?
Let us ask Noah Webster, and see if we can accept
his definition. It is "
That passion, or peculiar uneasi
ness, which arises from the fear that a rival may rob us
of the affection of one whom we love, or the suspicion
that he has already done it ; or it ia the uneasiness that