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«g clean, and as free from any d 

 as any other part of the house. 

 The patient should, often 

 clean linen, well aired; fur cleanliness and free 

 air, are very essential in this situation; and upon 

 tbe^slrictest examination, it appears that there 

 never was created a puerweral, or child-bed fe- 

 ver without tracing it to foul air. The heat of 

 the room ougl»t to be tempered so, that the pa- 

 tient may neither be chilled with the cold, nor 

 yet suffer from too much heat. The strictest 

 attention should be observed to have an evacua- 

 tion daily by the use of proper medicines, by the 

 ose of injections, or if necessary to take the pa- 

 tient through several courses of medicine shot tly 

 after delivery; as it is tiie most certain security 

 against fever and inlUmmation. An equal regard 

 ^should always be observed to get the palienl'out 

 of bed- as soon as convenient, with propriety, and 

 to set u[i as long as poi^sible wlihtint fatigue at 



the commencement of her recovery. ' If tl^e lo- 

 chia^ or that dischar«:e mlxe^ with blood and wa- 

 tery fluid, whi^i takes place from the womb, 

 and continues fftr four or live days, aft«^r the 

 birth uf a child, should not flow as plentifully as 

 j^may be expected, or if it stops entirely, no re-^ 

 gard need be paid to this circumstance, provided 

 the patient be Otberwise^as well as can be wish- 

 Fur we not onlv find this evacuation differ- 



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