ABLUTIONS and cleansings are very necessary at this time. The parts should be carefully cleansed every day, and it is never amiss to use for this purpose a weak solution of chlorinated soda, or carbolic acid, or permangenate of potassa, etc., (F. 153.) They may be used quite weak at first, and afterwards of greater strength, if they do not cause smarting. Tar water is excellent for an injection. The woman should daily assume a position that will facilitate the discharge of the lochia; sometimes get on her knees, or she may occasionally lie on her face and stomach. There should be no bandages applied so as to confine the secretions. A soft sponge and warm water may be used for ablutions at first, or the parts may be bathed with warm water and oat meal gruel; after bathing they should be dried with warm, dry towels; they may then, by means of a piece of linen rag, be anointed with salad oil or vaseline, or other bland oil. Once or twice a day the vagina should be syringed out with some injection. (F. 153, 155.) TO WASH OR CLEANSE the patient so that the pores of the skin in every part are free and unobstructed, a soft napkin wet with warm soap and water, should be passed underneath the bedclothing, and she should be rubbed all over without any exposure to a draught of air. In some way she should take a sponge bath every day. The CLOTHING which a patient will wear immediately after a labor has been already, indicated. As some garments worn during labor are not necessarily soiled, they may be worn until the third or fourth day, when the dress should be changed. This may be done without tiring or exposing the patient. Without raising her up you can pull the bedgown down from over each arm, and after removing it from under the body, you can draw down the chemise and remove it from below. You can place her arms in the sleeves of the clean chemise, throw it over her head and pull it down; and put on a clean bedgown in a similar manner, or both may be put on at once. The BED CLOTHING as well as the body linen should be changed frequently. In changing the upper sheet it should be pulled off from below, and the clean one can be carried down in its place without removing the other bedclothes, by plaiting the lower half of it. To put on a clean under-sheet, plait one side of it, and place that under the patient while she lies on her side, then let her turn on her back or other side onto it, and draw out the plaited part. Care of this kind is necessary until she is able to sit. Have the sheets well aired, and have a proper temperature in the room.