If these douches do wash out the discharges and temporarily cleanse the uterus and vagina it will be but a few moments till they are again contaminated by the continuous flow. Of course,if the parts are torn in labour there is greater absorption of the discharge, which must be duly considered. In my humble opinion it is not that which is outside that contaminates and causes trouble, but that which is inside or the douches or packing.
I have attended labour cases in sod-dugouts, the floor of which was common earth. Pools of dish water or leakage through the sod roof formed puddles about the one room. In some of these cases the bed clothing was so filthy I avoided coming in contract with it. And yet I never knew of a single case of puerperal fever. The mother and child did well and had no trouble whatever. I never had a child-bed fever case among my own patients.
“After Foster had demonstrated that mice, pigeons and dogs fed with demineralised meat, which means meat robbed of its juice after having been soaked in hot water or distilled water over night, acted like animals altogether starved, even though to their diet of demineralised meat were added starch, sugar and fat, Starling repeated the demonstration.
He report says : Animals fed upon demineralised or refined food rapidly show distaste for such food, become ill and die sooner than if they received no food at all. The writer has repeated similar experiments, with many others equally significant, in his laboratories at 91 Seventh Avenue, New York City.” ALFRED McCANN, The Science of Keeping Young.
YINGLING, lived and practiced in Emporia, KS from 1896 until his death. He was educated for medical missionary work, but after receiving his appointment to go to Bombay, India he became ill and could not carry out that mission. He filled the pulpit at Findlay, OH for seven years, and then moved to Dodge City where he engaged in the cattle business. He named the Ness county town of Nonchalanta in 1886. He reluctantly returned to the practice of medicine to relieve the suffering in the area north of Dodge City. His practice became extensive, extending to the neighboring states. He was quite religious and missed Methodist church services just once in 32 years.