"Medicus" was the pseudonym of Gordon Stables, M.D., R.N., who was also a naturalist (and wrote sveral of the articles featured in our Nature section). He was clearly an advocate of natural health and "common sense" -- most of the articles below offer tips on how to "live better" for better health.

Girls' Own Paper - 1880 (Vol. 1) How Can I Look My Best? Health and Beauty for the Hair Lissom Hands and Pretty Feet Bright Eyes and Teeth Like Pearl The Care of the Voice Baths at Home and Baths by the Sea On Nursing the Sick	Girls' Own Paper - 1880-1881 Chilblains How to be Healthy, Happy and Beautiful Comedones Some Useful Hints on Surgery A Word with the Nervous Some Useful Hints on Surgery II The Toilet Table, and What Should Lie Thereon On Summer Drinks What May Be Done with Simple Herbs The Holiday and How to Make the Best of It The Eyes and Eyesight
Girls' Own Paper - 1881-1882 A Seasonable Word to the Wise The Mind and the Health Maxims for the New Year The Girl's Own Room How to Be Healthy in Springtime On the Benefits of Pure Water (with a diagram for making a water filter) A Few Facts About Food and Digestion A Few Words About Colds and Coughs On the Virtues of Simple Herbs and Flowers Tic-Douloureux and Toothache: Prevention and Cure	Girls' Own Paper - 1882-1883 Tea in Health and Sickness How to Nurse and Tend the Aged Medicines: When to Take and When to Avoid Exercise, and How to Benefit By It Early to Bed and Early to Rise A Plea for Vegetables v. Drugs Pure Air: What It Can Do What a House Ought to Be to Be Healthy Sleep The Secret of Home Happiness and Wealth In the Fall of the Year
Girls' Own Paper - 1886-1887 The Weather and Health I Only Wish I Had Spring: Its Troubles and Dangers Health in the Kitchen Garden Hope as a Tonic for Body and Mind Are We Leading Natural Lives? Sleep, Gentle Sleep Healthy Lives for Working Girls	Girls' Own Paper - 1888-1889 Remove the Cause Before and Behind the Counter (not, as you might suppose, about medical products, but about the potential health hazards of shopping -- on the shopper and the clerk!) It's Strange, but It's True What Summer May Do for the Invalid