XV. NURSING CARE DURING THE NORMAL PUERPERIUM 323 XVII. THE NURSING MOTHER 357 XVII. NUTRITION OF THE MOTHER AND HER BABY 368 XVIII. COMPLICATIONS OF THE PUERPERIUM 391 PART VI. THE MATERNITY PATIENT IN THE COMMUNITY XIX. ORGANIZED PRENATAL WORK 405 XX. CARE OF THE MOTHER AND BABY BY VISITING NURSES 437 PART VII. THE CARE OF THE BABY XXI. CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE AVERAGE NEW-BORN BABY 451 XXII. NURSING CARE OF THE AVERAGE NEW-BORN BABY 461 XXIII. COMMON DISORDERS AND ABNORMALITIES OF EARLY INFANCY 518 XXIV. A FINAL WORD 544 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND CHARTS ILLUSTRATIONS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. FIG. PAGE 1 a. Normal female pelvis 21 b. Normal male pelvis 21 2. Diagram of pelvic inlet seen from above 22 3. Diagram of pelvic outlet seen from below 23 4. Sagittal section of the pelvis 24 5. Two types of pelvimeters 25 6. Diagram showing method of measuring distance between crests, spines and trochanters 26 7. Diagram showing method of measuring Baudelocque’s diameter 27 8. Diagram showing method of estimating true conjugate 28 9. Diagram showing method of measuring intertuberous diameter 29 10. Anterior view of external and internal female generative organs 31 11. Diagrams of sections of virgin and multiparous uteri 32 12. Sagittal section of female generative tract 35 13. Diagram of external female genitalia 39 14. Sagittal section of breast 42 15. Front view of breast 43 16. Diagram of human ovum 47 DEVELOPMENT OF THE BABY 17. Diagram of human spermatozoa 61 18. Diagram of segmenting rabbit’s ovum 65