> Recently, there was a case of infant tetanus in Texas caused by midwifery > practice of applying a local clay to the umbilical stump. Oh, dear, I hadn't heard about this. If you can get me more details, I'll track it down and get back to you with more details. -- Jeanne Mitchell, Austin, TX - who also works at the Texas Department of Health http://www.flash.net/~xanth/home.htm mailto:[log in to unmask] "You can tell the quality of a person by how they treat people they don't need." My Dad