Bathing in a quiet stream or lake is apparently harmless, but sea bathing, if the surf is rough, is inadvisable because of the impact of the waves upon the abdomen and the general violence of the exercise. The importance of keeping the body evenly warm throughout pregnancy cannot be overemphasized, for a sudden chilling or wetting may so check the excretory function of the skin as to throw a greater burden upon the kidneys than they can meet, in their effort to eliminate the skin’s share of the body waste. Accordingly, a single chilling will sometimes be enough to precipitate an eclamptic seizure. This may be one reason why we see eclampsia more frequently during cold weather or after a sudden drop in the temperature after warm or mild days. =Bowels.= The bowels, also, eliminate a certain amount of toxic material and if they do not move thoroughly at least once a day, deleterious substances are absorbed into the system and an extra tax is placed upon the kidneys in an attempt to excrete them. Unhappily, a large proportion of pregnant women suffer from constipation, particularly during the later weeks, though women who have always had a tendency of this kind may have trouble from the very beginning of pregnancy. Sluggish peristalsis, due to pressure by the enlarged uterus upon the intestines, is probably the prime cause, though impaired tone of the stretched abdominal muscles also may be a factor. The bowels should move regularly every day, and to this end the patient should regularly attempt to empty them, immediately after breakfast usually being the best time. The importance of regularity in making the attempt cannot be overemphasized, even though the bowels do not always move. Exercise, the intake of an abundance of fluids, eating fresh fruit, coarse vegetables and bulky cereals, such as bran, to stimulate peristalsis, and drinking a glass of hot or cold water upon retiring and arising are all laxative in their effect. As the regular use of enemata only tends to lessen intestinal tone, they should not be employed unless ordered by the doctor; nor should the patient take cathartics without the doctor’s order. But she may safely increase the amount of her fluids and the bulk of her food, in order to regulate her bowels, and may also take senna and prunes cooked together. A simple way of preparing prunes for this purpose is to pour a quart of boiling water over an ounce of senna leaves and allow it to stand for about two hours. A pound of well washed prunes should soak over-night in this infusion, which has been strained, and the combination cooked until tender. They may be sweetened with two tablespoons of brown sugar, and the flavor improved by adding a stick of cinnamon or slice of lemon while they are cooking. Half a dozen of these prunes, with some of the syrup, may be taken at the evening meal to start with, and increased or decreased in number as necessary.