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Title: Transmission; or, Variation of Character Through the Mother

Author: Georgiana Bruce Kirby


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Language: English

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TRANSMISSION.

TRANSMISSION;

OR,

VARIATION OF CHARACTER

THROUGH

THE MOTHER.

BY
GEORGIANA B. KIRBY

NEW EDITION,

Revised and Enlarged.

NEW YORK:
FOWLER & WELLS, PUBLISHERS,
753 Broadway.
1882.

COPYRIGHT, 1877, BY

S. R. WELLS & COMPANY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER/SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION 5
TRANSMISSION 9
  CONCEPTION 11
  SLEEPING 13
  AMATIVENESS 15
  DESIRES AND FANCIES 19
  BIRTH-MARKS 21
  DEFICIENT CHILDREN 21
  OVER-EXERTION 23
  EFFECT OF IMAGINATION 29
  RESULTS OF UNUSED TALENT 33
  CONSTRUCTIVENESS AND ARTISTIC TENDENCY 37
  JEALOUSY 39
  THE NEW BERLIN PROSTITUTE 45
  VIOLATION OF SEXUAL LAW DURING PREGNANCY 47
  THE FATHER’S INFLUENCE THROUGH THE WIFE 49
  ILL EFFECTS OF MORAL COWARDICE 52
  UNIMPRESSIBILITY 53
  ASKING FOR MONEY 54
  REPRESSED EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES 55
  BEAUTY 57
  DAISY B—— 59
  MINISTERS’ CHILDREN 60
  VALUE OF TEMPORARY EFFORT 62
  MUSICAL ABILITY 64
  GRIEF 66
  THE BLACK SHEEP 68
  “MY CONSOLATION” 70
  KLEPTOMANIA 74
  SPECULATIVE INTELLECT 75
  INTEMPERANCE 77
  CONCLUSION 79