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When Negro mid wives were taken “under the wing1’ ol the Board’s Miss Osborn a few years ago, only a handful of them couldread or write. They were dirty, and primitive superstitions were foremost in their minds. Cobwebs and vinegar were applied to “stop bleeding and promote healing.” Concoctions of dirt-daubers’ nests and herbs were given the mother “to make labor easy.” Turpentine was given for convulsions, adckrvginsult to already injured organs.Today, the equipment of State-instructed Negro midwives is clean and practical. Their technique is to “let aiono” and give nature -a chance—a fundamental in all good obstetrics; to recognize salient danger signs and call physicians for help.This program has resulted in cutting down the Negro maternal death rate 75 per cent in 20 years.
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Greenville Delta Weekly

Greenville, Mississippi, US

Mon, Nov 29, 1937

Page 13

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