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OUTLINES OF TREATMENT IN THE HOUR 



OF LABOR. 



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As there are but very few women, who hare 

 had children, but what know the necessity of 

 having every thing in readiness before it can pos- 



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such articles of dress as the mother may require, 

 it will only be necessary to remark that the dress 

 of the vvomaii; during labor, should be simplcy 

 light, and constructed in such a way that it may 

 he quickly and easily rferaoved with very littlfi 

 trouble. The bed, on which the patient U to 

 be delivered, should be properly prepared, tjjat 

 it may not continue wet and disagreeable afier 

 the woman is delivered; and it should also be 

 placed in such a situation that the room may be 

 ventilated, without the patient being exposed to 

 a current of air. In these cases it would always 

 be preferable to put the mattrass uppermost, as 

 it is more comfortable than a feather bed, when 

 not daily made up. A dressed sheep skin, or 

 folded blanket should be laid on top of this, that 

 it may not be wet or soiled; and over this a bed 

 sheet is thrown, and the bed made up as usual. 

 When this is done, a sheet, in five or six folds, 

 is laid across the bed; so that when the child is 



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