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first seven months and every two weeks during the last two months. The
urine examined during the first seven months should be the first urine
passed on the day it is sent for examination. During the last two months of
pregnancy the patient should pass all her water into a chamber for an
entire day, and take about three ounces of this mixed water for
examination. She should measure the total quantity passed during these days
and mark it with her name on the label of the bottle. The physician will
thus have an absolute record and guide of just how the kidneys are acting,
and as they are the most important organs to watch carefully during every
pregnancy, the greatest care should be taken to see that failure to note
the first symptom of trouble does not take place.

ATTENTION TO NIPPLES AND BREAST.--The physician should inspect the breasts
and nipples of every pregnant woman when she first visits his office.
Frequently the nipples are found to have been neglected, probably subjected
to pressure by badly fitting corsets or too tight clothing. Instructions
gently to pull depressed nipples out once daily, if begun early, will
result in marked improvement by the end of pregnancy. During the latter
part of pregnancy the breasts should be carefully and thoroughly bathed
daily in addition to the daily bath. This special bath should be with a
solution of boric acid (one teaspoonful to one pint of water). After the
bath apply a thin coating of white vaseline to the nipples. It may be
necessary to resort to the following mixture to harden the nipples and to
make them stand out so that the child can get them in its mouth: Alcohol
and water, equal parts into which put a pinch of powdered alum; this
mixture should be put in a saucer and the nipples gently massaged with it
twice daily. A depressed nipple may also be drawn out by means of a breast
pump. If the nipples are not pulled out the child will be unable to nurse.
It may then be necessary to put the child on the bottle and when the
nipples are ready he may not take them after being used to the rubber
nipple. The breasts may become caked and as a caked breast is a very
painful and serious ailment it is wise to attend to this matter in [90]
time.

THE VAGARIES OF PREGNANCY.--Certain foolish, old-fashioned ideas, have
crept into the minds of impressionable people regarding pregnancy, which
are aptly termed vagaries. It is believed by some that if the pregnant
woman is the