Very few nurses know how to dress the cord. It seems to be impossible to impress them with the need of frequent attention to the cord. Fresh powder should be put on every time the diaper is removed, every time the infant urinates, and at other times during the day. The cord should be kept absolutely dry. Putting on powder twice daily will not keep the cord dry and many nurses are too lazy to bother to do it oftener. You cannot make a mistake in putting on too much powder, you can make a serious mistake by not putting on enough. Every time the cord is powdered it should be lifted up, away from the skin of the abdomen, and the powder put below it. The cord should be slightly drawn out and the powder applied round its base where it meets the skin. Many nurses are afraid to touch or handle the cord--they find it easier to neglect it. The mother should see that the nurse dresses the cord at least five times every day. APPLYING THE STERILE GAUZE TO THE CORD.--A piece of gauze, six inches square is taken, a hole is cut the size of a ten-cent piece out of the center, the cord is drawn through the hole, the gauze folded lengthwise over the cord and then sidewise, and this is held in place by the binder. This piece of gauze will adhere to the cord and will most likely be removed with the cord on the fifth day. If it should fall off, another piece may be put on in the same way. If the cord does not fall off until very late it is because it has not been attended to rightly or because it was a very thick cord. TREATMENT AFTER THE CORD FALLS OFF.--The stump of the cord should be powdered with the same powder used on the cord; a pad two inches square of sterile gauze and quite thick should be held over the stump for a number of days by the abdominal binder. This is used to prevent a possible rupture. After a week the size of the pad may be reduced, but a small pad should be used over the stump of the cord for a month or more. A POUTING NAVEL.--If the stump of the cord should protrude, a piece of strong pasteboard, the size of a fifty-cent piece, should be wrapped in soft gauze and placed over the navel, over this a gauze pad, and if necessary this should be held in place by a strip of adhesive plaster, though the binder is usually sufficient if it is put on carefully. If this pad is held properly and worn for a month the tendency to protrusion or rupture will have passed away. These pads may of course, be removed when the baby is being bathed and put back again before the binder is applied. BATHING BABY.--A baby should not be put into water for a bath until after the cord has been off for forty-eight hours.