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i care, till the shoulders atid hips are received, 



the child with 





at the satrre Vime supportin 

 care, and the delivery is over. The child should 

 at this time have a few minutes rest, and breathe 

 the fresh air, after which the pulsation in the 

 navel cord, (which should be suffered to subside 

 of itself before you separate the child from the 

 mother;) will begin to diminish; when, with a 

 string or waxed thread, you may make a tolera- 

 bly firm tie, about three inches from the navel of 

 the child, and another, three inches from that, 

 between which you may then separate the navel 

 cord with a knife or scissors, and luind the child 

 OTer to a proper attendant who will carefully 

 cleanse the face with tenderness aiid caution, 

 with a little milk and water made pleasantly 



and then cover the body with thin soft 

 muslin, over which is to be put the flannel. In 

 a few days, the mealy covering, w hich nature 

 has intended to shield the child from the irritatioB 

 of the air, and other friction, will entirely peal 

 off, and exhibit a healthy, delicate, and beauti- 

 ful skin, entirely exempt from all those painful 

 and eruptive diseases, so often occasioned bj 

 scaldine; the skin of the child, by the old method 



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