B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Menstruation (1919)
“ THE BOUNDARY-LINE.—Menstruation—"the periods"—the appearance of the catamenia or the menses—is then one of the most important epochs in a girl's life. It is the boundary-line, the landmark between childhood and womanhood; it is the threshold, so to speak, of a woman's life. Her body now develops and expands, and her mental capacity enlarges and improves. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Menstruation (1919)
“ THE PALE, COLORLESS-COMPLEXIONED.—The pale, colorless-complexioned, helpless, listless, and almost lifeless young ladies who are so constantly seen in society, usually owe their miserable state of health to absent, to deficient, or to profuse menstruation. Their breathing is short—they are soon "out of breath," if they attempt to take exercise—to walk, for instance, either up stairs or up a hill, or even for half a mile on level ground, their breath is nearly exhausted—they pant as though they had been running quickly. ”
B. G. Jefferis and J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health — Menstruation (1919)
“ Great attention and skillful management is required to ward off many formidable diseases, which at the close of menstruation—at "the change of life"—are more likely than at any time to be developed. If she marry when very young, marriage weakens her system, and prevents a full development of her body. ”
