386 OF LABOUR AND ITS SUqUELJE. 



discharged, for the most part very similar to the cata- 

 menia, but rather more copious, especially if the mo- 

 ther does not suckle ber offspring. About the sixth 

 day their red colour becomes fainter, and afterwards 

 changes to white. At the same time the uterus is libe- 

 rated from the remaining shreds of the decidua, and, 

 having thus completed the function of pregnancy, is 

 again ready for menstruation or conception. 



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