When I was a teenager<br >Kotex and said， "Here， you<br >was my total introduction<br >my mother gave me a box of<br >"ll be needing these soon. " That<br >to menstruation and puberty.<br > From talking to teenage patients now in my practice， I<br >don t think things have progressed much further.<br > Why couldn t such a~ book have been available then--a<br >book that explained hot~ other girls felt; a book that told<br >me how to pronounce the words that described the parts of<br >my body that suddenly seemed new and strange.<br > I applaud this book， and I know it will save young girls<br >from fear of the unknown and make this experience the re-<br >markable passage to a full and healthy life that it really is.<br >Jane D. Patterson， M.D<br >Dr. Patterson is the author of<br >tion of Jane Patterson， M.D.<br >Womancare: A Gynecological<br >Woman Doctor: The Educa-<br >and， with Lynda Madaras，<br >Guide to Your Body.<br ><br >