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What are the causes of a rupture of the navel? What ought to be done? Can it be cured? A rupture of the navel is sometimes occasioned by a meddlesome nurse. She is very anxious to cause the navel-string to separate from the infant's body, more especially when it is longer in coming away than usual. She, therefore, before it is in a fit state to drop off, forces it away.

Should the navel-string be wrapped in SINGED rag? There is nothing better than a piece of fine old linen rag, unsinged; when singed, it frequently irritates the infant's skin.