Importance of Attention to this Period—Evils of too much Company—Bathing—The Bandages, Compresses, etc.—Sleep—Sitting up soon after the Birth—Walking about—The Food and Drink 285 LETTER XXIX. MANAGEMENT OF THE CHILD. Of Separating the Umbilical Cord—Practices of different Nations—Of Still-Birth, and Resuscitation of the Child—Washing and Dressing it 292 LETTER XXX. HYGIENE OF NURSING. Lactation a Natural and Healthful Process—Rules for Nursing—At what time should Lactation cease?—Food and Drink proper during the Period 308 LETTER XXXI. OF TWINS, TRIPLETS, ETC. Twins, Triplets, and Quadrigemini of comparatively rare Occurrence—Of the Signs of two or more Children in the Womb—Management of Twin and Triplet Cases—The Nursing of Twins 316 LETTER XXXII. TREATMENT OF AFTER-PAINS. The Nature of After-Pains—The different Kinds—Their Causes—Treatment—The great Value of Water-Cure Page 328 LETTER XXXIII. THE LOCHIAL DISCHARGE. The Mosaic Law concerning Purification of Women—Nature of the Lochia—Excessive and Offensive Discharge—Treatment of Suppression of the Lochia 336 LETTER XXXIV. OF CHILDBED FEVER. Milk Fever as distinguished from Puerperal Fever—The great Danger of Childbed Fever—Its Symptoms and Nature—Modes of Treatment—Is it a Contagious Disease? 342 LETTER XXXV. OF SORE NIPPLES. This Complaint is a very common one—Its Causes—Methods of Prevention and Cure 362 LETTER XXXVI. INFLAMMATION OF THE BREAST. Structure of the Mammary Gland—Nature and Causes of Inflamed Breast—Means of Prevention and Cure 370 LETTER XXXVII. CASES IN MIDWIFERY. A Collection of Facts Illustrative of the Effects of Water-Treatment before, during, and after Childbirth 383 LETTER XXXVIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS. Hysteria—Its Prevention and Cure—Leucorrhea, or Whites—Falling of the Womb 428 LETTERS TO WOMEN LETTER I. HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY.