CHAPTER XVII.

OBSTETRICS.

Overloading--Similarity of Stomach and Womb--Births--Preparation for Delivery--Caution--Lasceration Need Not Occur--Care of Cord--Severing Cord--Putting on Belly Band--Delivery of Afterbirth--Preparing for Mother's Comfort--Post-Delivery Hemorrhage--Treatment for--Food for Mother--Treatment for Sore Breast. Page 234