=Bathing= is more important in pregnancy than at other times. The more the skin secretes, the less the burden on the kidneys. The skin must be kept warm, clean, and active. Then again, during pregnancy the skin is often unusually sensitive and only the mildest soaps and blandest applications can be used. The water must be neither hot nor cold, but just a comfortable temperature. Cold bathing, whether shower, plunge, or sitz, must be denied. Sea bathing is also unwise. The warm tub bath of plain water or with bran answers all conditions until the expected labor is near, then the warm shower or sponge bath should be substituted, lest germs from the bath water enter the vagina. If the kidneys need aid, a hot pack may be used; but in all cases, frequent rubbing of the skin with a coarse towel should follow the bath. =The dress= must be warm, loose, simple and suspended from the shoulders. To prevent chilling, wool or silk, or a mixture of both, should be worn next to the skin,—light in summer and heavy in winter. The patient must be sensibly clad in broad, loose, low-heeled shoes. There should be no constriction about chest or abdomen. Circular garters must not be worn. If a corset is insisted upon, it must support the abdomen from below and _lift it up_. No corset is admissible that pushes down on the abdomen. This is especially true if the woman has borne one or more children and has a pendulous abdomen. The breasts may get heavy and require the rest and ease supplied by a properly fitting bust supporter. =Fainting= is an annoying symptom in some women. It may come when quickening is first perceived, or from the excitement of crowds, or from hysteria. It usually passes quickly. The pallor is not deep, the pulse is not affected, and consciousness is not lost. It does not affect the ovum. Heart trouble should be excluded, and the daily habits of dress, diet, and bowels investigated. Smelling salts will usually suffice for the attack. =The abdominal walls= may be strengthened by appropriate exercise before and after gestation, so that the muscles will preserve their tone. After delivery nursing the child will help greatly in the preservation of the waist line and figure, by aiding involution. About the seventh month in primiparas, the abdomen gets very tense and in places the skin is stretched until it gives way and forms striæ. This tightness can be relieved to a considerable degree by inunctions of cocoanut oil or albolene. Pain in the abdomen at this time may be due to mechanical distention, to strain on the muscles, to stretching of operative adhesions, to gas, constipation, or appendicitis. The physician should be informed of it. In every case, constipation, swelling of feet, hands or eyelids, blurring of vision, ringing in the ears, vomiting, persistent backache, or the passage of blood, no matter how slight, should be reported to the doctor.