which fall more properly within the regulation of the medical attendant, who alone is a competent judge, and whose decisions should always be implicitly obeyed.
From what we have advanced here, it will naturally occur to the reader that what is required in infantile clothing is warmth, freedom, and where support is required, elasticity. To meet all such necessities, we have constructed an Umbilical Band, which affords sufficient umbilical pressure and allows all the great organs of life to perform their natural functions. The construction is simple, and the elasticity so great that the tender organs are never oppressed: thus, whilst we afford all needful support to the abdomen, the heart, lungs, liver, and stomach are left perfectly free.
We repeat, then, that the baby must never be pressed and confined; its little chest and shoulders
UMBILICAL CONTRACTING BELT.
must be covered, and every part, except the face, shielded from the cold. There are certain physio-
