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A93039 The midwives book, or, The whole art of midwifry discovered. Directing childbearing women how to behave themselves in their conception, breeding, bearing, and nursing of children in six books, viz. ... / By Mrs. Jane Sharp practitioner in the art of midwifry above thirty years.; Midwives book Sharp, Jane, Mrs. 1671 (1671) Wing S2969B; ESTC R203554 186,081 442

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to_o ulcer_n yet_o sometime_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o womb_n have_v be_v ulcerate_v and_o rot_v away_o a_o dead_a child_n in_o the_o womb_n may_v cause_v a_o ulcer_n but_o all_o these_o ulcer_n and_o rottenness_n be_v to_o be_v deal_v withal_o as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o sometime_o there_o may_v be_v a_o rupture_n of_o the_o womb_n i_o never_o see_v but_o one_o and_o that_o be_v exceed_v rare_a it_o happen_v so_o seldom_o the_o womb_n be_v so_o fence_v by_o the_o adjacent_a part_n that_o it_o be_v seldom_o wound_v unless_o the_o chirurgeon_n chance_v to_o do_v it_o in_o cut_v the_o child_n forth_o of_o the_o womb_n there_o be_v more_o pain_n in_o the_o neck_n of_o the_o womb_n than_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o but_o this_o cut_n may_v be_v cure_v by_o injection_n and_o glister_v for_o the_o womb_n make_v with_o decoction_n of_o round_a birthwort_n cypress_n nut_n boil_v in_o steel_n water_n and_o astringent_a wine_n and_o a_o little_a honey_a water_n and_o agrimony_n 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