PIP: There is an ancient area in Northern Nigeria inhabited mainly by traditionally-oriented natives, mostly Hausas and Fulanis. Women of these tribes traditionally deliver their babies at home under the care of midwives, using hospitals only as a last resort. Since cold is thought to carry puerperal illnesses, it is the practice among these people to initiate hot baths for mothers immediately after delivery. 2 major complication of the practice are peripartal cardiac failure and burns. The case is reported of 1 woman who was taken to a hospital with superficial burns as a result of the practice. She had continued to follow this practice despite earlier experience of cardiac failure by doing so. It may be easier to persuade these natives to use slightly colder water than to give up completely this entrenched practice.