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Editors' Note: The following description of an aid in practice is presented because it may be useful to other practitioners, and as a stimulus for readers to write short descriptions of methods they have found useful in practice. While it would be ideal if such innovations were thoroughly evaluated, our purpose in publishing them is to stimulate others to try out such new ideas, and to evaluate their effectiveness.
The use of small tape-recorders has proved an invaluable aid in solving the dilemma of providing the mother of a newborn infant with meaningful information concerning the care of her baby, in a personal manner and in the shortest possible time.