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moflern times however this practice has passed 

 from one extreme to another, and both should be 

 avoided or pursued, agreeable to the health and 

 strength of the patient. When the woman feels 

 that she can easily undergo the fatigue of rising, 

 she ought to be taken out of bed 'that it may be 



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adjusted. If she be made to sit up- 

 righ^i, she will sutler much uneasiness; and, at 

 the same time, by the bulky tvonib, (for that or- 



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delivery,) prej^sing 



the soft parts at the bottom of the bason, the 

 foundation for a very troublesome and disagree- 

 ble complaint, namely, the falling down of the 

 womb, must uuavuidably be laid. ^ This com- 

 plaint should always be guarded against as much 

 as possible, and of course^ too much walking, 

 at least as the lochial discharge continues, is al- 

 together improper. The importance of cleanli- 

 ness, as long as the lochia! discharge continues, 

 does not requite being pointed out; but when 

 this evacuation has a bad smell, comnum atten- 

 tion in that respect is not alone sufficient; for un- 

 less the most scrupulous regard be paid to pre- 

 vent its stagnation in the passage of the womb, 

 €xcofiations or inflammations, with all its formid- 

 able consequences, will ensue. The nursa 

 should, therefore, on such occasions, be directed 

 to w»8h that organ by means of » syringe, twict 

 or three times a day, with warm milk and 



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