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one considers that "a child is born every minute" as the saying goes, and which is approximately true, and at the same time remembers that statistics prove, as near as can be estimated, that there is only one death of a mother in twenty thousand confinements, it would really seem as though we were "looking for trouble" to even regard the subject as worthy of the smallest consideration. It is much more dangerous to ride five miles on a railroad, or on a street c

was given a dinner by his friends in celebration of his 85th bir

troubles and many worries as well as much happiness and pleasure, and thinking of i

a dread of it, shows that you are not doing your part. One of the saddest parts of life, one of the real tragedies of living, is the fact that most of us have to live so long before we really begin to profit by our experiences. Could we only be taught to learn the lesson of experience earlier, when life is younger and hope stronger, we would have so much more to live for and so many more satisfied moments to profit by. One of the most valuable lessons experience

the disposition of the patient and the viewpoint of the physician in charge of the case. It is a fact that a large number of confinements are easy and are admitted to be so, by the patients themselves, and in which it would be medically wrong to give an anesthetic. In a normal confinement, however, when the pains are particularly severe and the progress slow, there is no medical reason why an anesthetic could not be given to ease the pain. In these cases it is not necess

ption to this rule in the interest of the patient, by permitting the mother or husband to remain. If this exception is made, however, they must be told to conduct themselves in a way that will tend to keep

consequences may be serious if it is misused in any way. Friends and relatives do not appreciate the absolute necessity of guarding the patient from small talk and gossip, and an un

sumes again its normal condition. This decrease cannot be accomplished quickly by any known medical miracle. Nature takes time and she will not be hurried: she will do it in an orderly, perfect manner if she is allowed to. The womb will again find its proper location and will resume its work, in a painless, natural way, in due time, if all goes well. The uterus or womb is held in its place by two bands or ligaments, one on either side, and is supported in front and back by the structures next to it. These bands keep the womb in place in much the same way as a clothes pin sits on a clothes line, and it will retain its proper place provided everything is just right. After labor, it is large and top heavy. If you put a weigh

e that nature will cure, unaided, a great many diseased conditions, if she has half a chance. This, to a very large extent, is the secret of Christian Science, yet the principle is known to everyone. A mechanical condition, on the other hand, has absolutely no tendency to get well of its own accord, or without mechanical aid. This is why Christian Science cannot cure a broken leg. It is this principle that makes diseases of the womb so persistent, and so stubborn of cure. When a womb once becomes slightly displaced, the tendency always is for it

in bed as long as a physician knows she should, there is, however, a large degree of truth in this excuse. And we are of the opinion that,

ned, and the distance of the chair from the bed increased. This procedure gives her the opportunity to walk a little further each day, thereby to test her strength and ability to use her limbs. On the fourth day, if all has gone well, she may stay up all day and she may walk more freely about the room. She should be just to herself, however. As soon as she is fatigued she should not make any effort to try to "work it off." When a feeling of fatigue appears she should rest completely. If she has any p

r has to a physician, is whether the laceration or tear is of sufficient importance to need surgical interfer

ete rupture of the womb, and this is such a rare accident that most physicians practice a lifetime and never see or hear of one single case. Those on the outside are always attended to immediately after labor, or should be, u

it is practically painless then, owing to the parts having been so stretched and bruised that they have little or no feeling. If it is left for a day or two and then repaired, it will be more

ep her knees together for twelve hours, thus keeping the torn edges together and at rest, thereby favoring quick and healthy r

e womb. No physician can tell at the time of labor just how much damage has been done, because the mouth of the womb, at the time of labor, is so stretched and thinned out, that it is impossible to tell. After the womb has contracted to about its normal

eriously undermined and the cause of it may not be understood or even guessed at. A woman who becomes nervous and irritable, loses vim and vitality, has headaches, backaches and anemia, and no symptoms, or few, that point

bsequent time, by another physician that she is badly torn, and she was not told of it by the physician who confined

s patients when it is possible to tell that a tear of any consequence exists. If such an examination is made, he is in a position to state that a tear exists of sufficient extent to justify careful attention. Immediate operation is seldom necessary, and if the patient is comparatively young, it may not be wise to operate, because if pregnancy takes place within a reasonable time the womb will again tear. She should be told, however, that should she not become pregnant during the next three years she shoul