THE CARESS
From the painting by Gari Melchers

I hold you close: and I could cry

Because you seem so new and dear;

And such a helpless warder I

To keep your candle burning clear:

The curious candle of your breath,

Body’s and spirit’s throbbing breath.

Fanny Stearns Gifford.

OBSTETRICAL NURSING
A TEXT-BOOK ON THE NURSING CARE OF THE EXPECTANT MOTHER, THE WOMAN IN LABOR, THE YOUNG MOTHER AND HER BABY