reat service. Walking or standing aggravate this
complaint. Lying down alleviates it. Dr. Shaw says, "There is nothing in
the world that will produce so great relief in piles as fasting. If the fit
is severe, live a whole day, or even two, if necessary, upon pure soft cold
water alone. Give then very lightly of vegetable food."

25. TOOTHACHE.--There is a sort of proverb that a woman loses one tooth
every time she has a child. Neuralgic toothache during pregnancy is, at any
rate, extremely common, and often has to be endured. It is generally
thought not best to have teeth extracted during pregnancy, as the shock to
the nervous system has sometimes caused miscarriage. To wash out the mouth
morning and night with cold or lukewarm water and salt is often of use. If
the teeth are decayed, consult a good dentist in the early stages of
pregnancy, and have the offending teeth properly dressed. Good dentists, in
the present state of the science, extract very few teeth, but save them.

26. SALIVATION.--Excessive secretion of the saliva has usually been
reckoned substantially incurable. Fasting, cold water treatment, exercise
and fruit diet may be relied on to prevent, cure or alleviate it, where
this is possible, as it frequently is.

27. HEADACHE.--This is, perhaps, almost as common in cases of pregnancy as
"morning sickness." It may be from determination of blood to the head, from
constipation or indigestion, constitutional "sick headache," from
neuralgia, from a cold, from rheumatism. Correct living will prevent much
headache trouble; and where this does not answer the purpose, rubbing and
making magnetic passes over the {281} head by the hand of some healthy
magnetic person will often prove of great service.

28. LIVER-SPOTS.--These, on the face, must probably be endured, as no
trustworthy way of driving them off is known.

29. JAUNDICE.--See the doctor.

30. PAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE.--This is liable to occur from about the fifth
to the eighth month, and is attributed to the pressure of the enlarging
womb upon the liver. Proper living is most likely to alleviate it. Wearing
a wet girdle in daytime or a wet compress at night, sitz-baths, and
friction with the wet hand may also be tried. If the pain is severe a
mustard poultice may be used. Exercise should be carefully moderated if
found to increase the pain. If there is fever and inflammation with it,
consult a physician. It is usually not dangerous, but uncomfortable only.