lothes pin sits on a clothes
line, and it will retain its proper place provided everything is just
right. After labor, it is large and top heavy. If you put a weight on the
top of a clothes pin as it sits on a clothes line, what will take place? It
will tilt one way or the other, and if the weight is heavy, it will turn
completely over. So long as the woman lies in bed the womb will gradually
shrink back to its proper size and place; if she sits up or gets out of bed
too soon, the weight of the womb, being top heavy, will cause it to tilt
and sag out of its true position. As soon as it does this the weight of the
bowels and other structures above will push and crowd it further out [115]
of place. This crowding and tilting interferes with the circulation in the
womb and its proper contraction is interfered with, and thus is laid the
foundation for the multitude of womb troubles that exist.

It is a mechanical as well as a medical problem. Being partly mechanical,
it is subject to the rules that govern mechanical problems. The importance
of this dual process will be appreciated by considering the following fact.
Many medical conditions tend to cure or rectify themselves because nature
is always working in our behalf if we give her a chance. Take for example
an ordinary cold. You can have a very severe cold and you can neglect it,
and in spite of your neglect you will get well. It is not wise to neglect
colds, nevertheless, it is true that nature will cure, unaided, a great
many diseased conditions, if she has half a chance. This, to a very large
extent, is the secret of Christian Science, yet the principle is known to
everyone. A mechanical condition, on the other hand, has absolutely no
tendency to get well of its own accord, or without mechanical aid. This is
why Christian Science cannot cure a broken leg. It is this principle that
makes diseases of the womb so persistent, and so stubborn of cure. When a
womb once becomes slightly displaced, the tendency always is for it to grow
worse and never to cure itself. The longer it lasts the worse it gets. Its
cure depends upon mechanically putting it back in place and holding it long
enough there to permit nature to reestablish its circulation, and by toning
and strengthening it so that when the mechanical support is taken away it
will retain its position. There is no other possible way of doing it. Now
since it has been proved that nature takes many days to contract a pregnant