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organs nor nourishment requisite even to make a beginning. . . . Why should there be such a difference between the women of our times and their mothers or grandmothers ? Why should there be such a difference between our American women and those of foreign origin residing in the same locality, and surrounded by the same external influences ? The explanation is simple : they have not the right kind of organization ; there is a want of proper development of the lymphatic and sanguine temperaments, — a marked deficiency in the organs of nutrition and secretion. You cannot draw water without good, flowing springs. The brain and nervous system have , for a long time , made relatively too large a demand upon the organs of digestion and assimilation, while the exercise and development of certain other tissues in the body have been sadly neglected. ... In consequence of the great neglect of physical exercise, and the continuous application to study , together with various other influences, large numbers of our American women have