---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- | At Birth, | | | but before | From | From | Respiration. | 1 to 24 Hours. | 2 to 3 Days. ---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- _Skin_. |As a rule, |The skin is |The skin assumes | very red, soft, |firmer and rosy,|a yellowish |smooth, and |and the vernix |tint. Sometimes |covered with |caseosa not so |on the |a whitish, fatty,|white. |abdomen and |sticky coat | |base of the chest, |(vernix caseosa).| |the epidermis | | |shows signs of | | |approaching | | |exfoliation. ---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- _Head_. |Presence of caput| |The caput |succedaneum. | |succedaneum has | | |disappeared, | | |leaving only a | | |slight ecchymosis. ---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- _Umbilical_|Is fresh, firm, |The umbilical |The cord is _Cord_. |bluish, roundish,|cord is |brown from its |more or less |withering, and |extremity to its |spongy. |the calibre of |base, is less |The ductus |the arteries is |moist, and already |arteriosus is |beginning to |shows signs of |four to six |diminish from |mummification. The |long. Its |the thickening |vessels are not |lines diameter |of their walls. |easily made out, |is double | |being flattened, |that of each of | |and contain a |the branches of | |fine clot more or |the pulmonory | |less contracted. |artery. | | ---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- _The_ |The large |The meconium |The green mucus _Large_ |intestine |is discharged, |which covered the _Intestine_.|contains |but the large |intestine is |meconium. |intestine still |detached in | |contains thick |places. | |greenish mucus. | ---------+-----------------+----------------+------------------- ---------+--------------------+------------------+---------------