11.  HOT FOMENTATIONS.—­Applying flannel cloths wrung out of simple or medicated hot water is a great relief for acute suffering, such as neuralgia, rheumatic pain, biliousness, constipation, torpid liver, colic, flatulency, etc.

12.  THE HOT WATER-BAG.—­The hot water-bag serves the same purpose as hot fomentations, and is much more convenient.  No one should go through the period of gestation without a hot water-bag.

13.  THE COLD COMPRESS.—­This is a very desirable and effectual domestic remedy.  Take a towel wrung from cold water and apply it to the affected parts; then cover well with several thicknesses of flannel.  This is excellent in cases of sore throat, hoarseness, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, croup, etc.  It is also excellent for indigestion, constipation or distress of the bowels accompanied by heat.

14.  DIET.—­The pregnant woman should eat nutritious, but not stimulating or heating food, and eat at the regular time.  Avoid drinking much while eating.

15.  AVOID salt, pepper and sweets as much as possible.

16.  EAT all kinds of grains, vegetables and fruits, and avoid salted meat, but eat chicken, steak, fish, oysters, etc.

17.  THE WOMAN WHO EATS INDISCRIMINATELY anything and everything the same as any other person, will have a very painful labor and suffer many ills that could easily be avoided by more attention being paid to the diet.  With a little study and observation a woman will soon learn what to eat and what to avoid.

[Illustration:  Nature Versus Corsets Illustrated

A. The ribs of large curve; the lungs large and roomy; the liver, stomach and bowels in their normal position; all with abundant room.

B. The ribs bent almost to angles; the lungs contracted; the liver, stomach and intestines forced down into the pelvis, crowding the womb seriously.]

18.  The above cuts are given on page 113; we repeat them here for the benefit of expectant mothers who may be ignorant of the evil effects of the corset.

Displacement of the womb, interior irritation and inflammation, miscarriage and sterility, are some of the many injuries of tight lacing.  There are many others, in fact their name is legion, and every woman who has habitually worn a corset and continues to wear it during the early period of gestation must suffer severely during childbirth.

[Illustration:  "The House We Live In” for nine months:  showing the ample room provided by Nature when uncontracted by inherited inferiority of form or artificial dressing.]

[Illustration:  A Contracted Pelvis.  Deformity and Insufficient Space.]

19.  THIS IS WHAT DR. STOCKHAM says:  “If women had common sense, instead of fashion sense, the corset would not exist.  There are not words in the English language to express my convictions upon this subject.  The corset more than any other one thing is responsible for woman’s being the victim of disease and doctors....