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[Maude followed by a woman, hiking through forest]	[Maude carrying crying baby up brick steps]	[Close-up of newborn, midwife's hands and scissors cutting umbilical cord]	Newborn Baby in Makeshift Crib near Cold Stove
Nurse Midwife -- Store-bought food donated by Maude fascinated youngsters outside log cabin. She frequently finds families with only two or three items on their diet, recently found this one living entirely on corn.	[Nurse-midwife Maude Callen, outside, giving inoculation to little boy.]	[Nurse midwife Maude Callen, outside, inoculating wailing boy.]	[Crippled girl crossing yard to meet Maude by her car]
[baby lying on scale]	[Nurse Midwife -- 4 a.m. as hard labor begins, the face of Alice Cooper seems to sum up all the suffering of every woman who has ever borne a child.]	[newborn infant being presented to Alice Cooper]	Nurse Midwife -- Extra duty assumed by Maude includes cashing of relief checks and dealing with store-keepers for several people who are mentally incompetent or, like this man, blind.