This, as I have remarked, was her first child. Under such circumstances there is usually but slight loss of blood. But in this case, owing perhaps, partly to the patient’s constitution or state of health, and partly to the severity of her labor, considerable flooding succeeded the expulsion of the after-birth. To check this, she was at once raised and put in the cold sitting-bath. The effect was as sudden and as favorable as could be desired. The patient had something of after-pains, but not a great deal. Three and four baths were taken daily, and the cooling compresses were freely used. There were circumstances in this case which caused me some trouble in anticipation; no urine was passed for full thirty-one hours after delivery. Considering how much had been done in the way of bathing, water-drinking, and wet compresses, it was singular that such should have been the case. But no harm whatever occurred in consequence of the renal secretion being so long prevented. Day by day, the patient gained strength; it was against her recovery somewhat that she was obliged to remain in the same room—and a rather small one—where the family cooking and other work was done. Still, through great faithfulness and perseverance in the treatment, she recovered in all respects remarkably well. The notes I made of the case at the time are as follows: “_First Day._—Patient was sponged over in bed a number of times, whenever the cooling compresses were not found sufficient to check the after-pains. Slept considerably during the first night, but, as is common after the rest has been broken a number of nights in succession, the sleep was somewhat disturbed. The compresses were changed very often. She was not raised up for a bath, as it was thought that, in consequence of the severity and great length of the labor, she was too weak. “_Second Day._—Bath in the wash-tub three times, and body sponged in bed two or three times besides. Urine was passed thirty-one hours after the birth. Patient sat up to-day in bed. “_Third Day._—Bath in the tub four times; the water cold as usual. She preferred this; it gave her nerve. It made her shake a good deal at the time, but this circumstance is attended with no danger. Sat up an hour and a half at a time to-day. Appetite good.” It was remarkable in this case, that the pulse remained at 100 and upward for a number of days after delivery; yet the recovery was certainly highly favorable. Within the second week the patient was able to go out and walk in the open air. In eighteen days she brought her infant in her own arms to my house, a distance of about one mile, and returned again home, experiencing very little fatigue.