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time_n of_o travel_n chap._n iu._n contain_v direction_n to_o a_o midwife_n what_o to_o do_v when_o the_o child_n be_v just_o come_v into_o the_o world_n chap._n v._o how_o to_o manage_v the_o woman_n when_o deliver_v chap._n vi_o how_o to_o know_v whether_o the_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n be_v dead_a or_o alive_a if_o dead_a how_o to_o perform_v her_o office_n with_o direction_n in_o case_n of_o a_o mola_n or_o false_a conception_n chap._n vii_o of_o the_o different_a sort_n of_o vnatural_a labour_n with_o the_o best_a method_n of_o assistance_n on_o such_o extraordinary_a occasion_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o cesarean_a section_n or_o cut_v the_o child_n out_o of_o the_o mother_n womb._n chap._n ix_o of_o the_o various_a symptom_n happen_v to_o woman_n in_o child_n bed_n and_o the_o most_o successful_a method_n of_o cure_n section_n ii_o of_o the_o instrument_n of_o generation_n in_o woman_n the_o membrane_n that_o infold_v the_o child_n in_o the_o womb_n the_o manner_n of_o its_o 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