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being her only compeusatiou for her services. The iiiotlier of the iufaut 

 ate heartily and at half-past seven in the morning she walked fully 200 

 yards from the house down a declivity, and on her return to the house 

 was batlied for the flrst time since her confinement, she herself doing 

 the bathing. 



Fig. 20 is the copy of a photograph of the infant the fourth morning 

 after Ijirth. 



The lochial discharge ceased after the fourth day, and from this time 

 until the expiration of the nine days but one fresh gown was worn each 

 day. The infant was bathed each of the first four mornings by the doc- 

 tress, and afterwards by the grandmother until the tenth morning, 

 when the mother bathed thechild. The infant's bed was changed several 

 times daily, the bedding being put upon the cradle a couple of hours 

 after washing. The night of the fourth day the doctress came about 



Fig. 20. — Mother with bt-r iufantluur d;iya ulil. 



o'clock and bathed the child; the ashes which had been applied to 

 the child from its birth after each bath not being omitted. The fifth 

 day the skin of the infant showed evidence of exfoliation, and the 

 grandfather remarked, "When the new skin comes then all will be 

 well." The sixth day the remnant of the umbilical cord was removed 

 by lifting the raw cotton, and a finely powdered pigment of bluish-gray 

 color was rubbed upon the umbilicus and a cotton cloth laid over it. 

 When there is any ap])earance of suppursition the mother milks a few 

 drops from her breast upon the umbilicus and applies fresh pigment. 



Prof. F. W. Clark furnishes the following analysis of this pigment: 

 "A slight amount is soluble in water, this consisting of sulphates of 



