Comparative evaluation of different methods of care for the umbilical cord

At the suggestion of the author in the Maternity Department of the Transcaucasian Midwife Institute since 1887, the following method of caring for the umbilical cord has been used: 1) bandaging the umbilical cord with an antiseptic paper or silk cord (preserved after an hour of boiling in an aqueous solution of mercuric chloride 1: 500 in alcohol 1: 500. 1000): 2) washing the remainder of the umbilical cord with a 21/2% solution. carbolic acid, wrapped in absorbent cotton wool (the remainder is then placed on the left side of the abdomen, covered with carbolic acid gauze, with two layers of plain cotton wool and bandaged).