orders the Women to endeavour an expulsion and to stop her Breath when the Ligaments stick fast to the VVomb so that the VVoman is tired before the time of her Delivery Difficult Labour is known by the VVoman the By-standers and the Midwife And first if the VVoman continue a long time in Labour namely two three four or more Days whereas a natural Birth is finished in twenty four Hours Languid pains returning at long distances are a sign of difficult Labour also the Pains tending backward rather than forward But the causes of difficult Labour may be known by the Womans Relation and most commonly upon sight So the Weakness of the Woman or Leanness or over Fatness may be seen by the Habit of the Body The diseases of the Womb may be known by their proper signs The weakness of the Child by the weak and slow motion of it The bigness of the Child may be Judged of by the Stature of the Parents especially if a Gigantick man be Married to a Dwarfish Woman but when there are none of these Causes and the Womans and Child's endeavours are strong and yet the Labour is difficult they signifie that the Secundine is so strong that it cannot be easily broken and this will be confirmed if no Water or Moisture flows out in Labour The proposterous Figure of the Child may be perceived by the Midwife As to the Cure of hard Labour First all those things that retard it must be removed as much as may be Afterwards Medicines that further Labour must be given And first it is common with Women to give a spoonful or two of Cinnamon water or Cinnamon powdered with a little Saffron or half a dram of Confection of Alkermes in Broath or half a scruple of Saffron alone in some Brâ—ath or every Hour a little Wine If these things are not sufficient the following may be used which have been frequently very effectual Give five grains of extract of Saffron or five drops of Oyl of Cinnamon or thirty drops of my Cephalick Tincture in a Glass of Wine for it powerfully hastens Delivery Sneezing is also very Beneficial It may be provoked by the following Powder Take of white Hellebore half a dram of long Pepper one Scruple of Castor five grains Make a Powder Let the quantity of a Pease be blown up the Nostrils But difficult Labour must be helpt also by outward Remedies Let the Midwife frequently anoint the Womb with Oyl of Sweet almonds and let the Belly be somented with an emollient Decoction made of the Roots of marsh Mallows the Leaves of Mallows and Mugwort Linseeds Fenugreek Seeds and the Flowers of Camomile and Melilot And sharp Glisters must be injected Anoint the Navel with the Oyl of Amber If the Child begins to come forth preposterously as with one Arm or first with a Foot or the like the Midwife â—ust thrust them back and turn the Child right which may be done by placing the Woman in a Bed upon her Back with her Head low and her Feet high and then she must thrust the Child gently into the Womb and endeavovr to turn it right namely the Face towards the Mothers back and the Buttocks and Legs must be Elevated towards the Mothers navel to hasten a natural Birth Chap. XI Of Miscarriage MIscarriage is the exclusion of an imperfect or unripe Child The causes of Miscarriage are some inward some outward The inward may be reduced to four Heads Namely to the humours to the Child to the Womb and to the Disease of the Mother The humours may occasion Miscarriage when they offend in quantity or quality They offend in quantity either by way of excess or defect The quantity is excessive when there is more Blood than is requisite to nourish the Child for then it flows into the Veins of the Womb and is excluded like the Monthly Courses and so the Child comes away with it There is too small a quantity of the nutritious humour when the Child's nourishment is by any means lessened as by fasting and when the Woman with Child nauseats all sorts of of Food or Vomits it up again or the like In respect of the Child Miscarriage may happen if it be too big so that by reason of it's â—ulk it cannot be contained in the Womb. And for this reason little Women often Miscarry especially if they are Married to men bigger than ordinary Plurality of Children may also occasion Miscarriage as when one or two or three are contained in the Womb at one time The womb it self occasions Miscarriage if it be not large enough or if it be inflamed or impostumated or moist and slack so that it cannot contain the Child so well as it ought to do Miscarriage comes two ways from the Disease of the Mother First when her Diseaâ—es are communicated to the Child whereby it is killed or so weakened that it cannot receive due Nourishment or Growth such are continual Fevers and Agues the Frâ—nch Pox and many such like Secondly when the said Diseases of the Mother cause great evacuations or great commotions of the Body as large Bleeding from what part of the Body soever Fluxes of the Belly grievous Swooning Falling Sickness Vomiting and a continual endeavour to go to sâ—ool called Tenesms which above all other is wont to occasion Miscarriage Outward causes which further Miscarriage do some of them Kill the Child others draw away the nourishment and others dissolve the bands wherewith it is fastened to the VVomb The Child is Killed by great commotions of the mind by Anger Sadness Frights and the like by meats earnestly Longed for and not obtained by strong Purging medicines by things that provoke the Courses and by ill smells especially the stink of a Candle ill put out violent exercise as Dancing Running Riding Jolting in a Coach or Cart Carrying or Lifting from the Ground an heavy Weight a violent Fall a blow on the Belly vehement motion of the Belly Coughing Vomiting Loosness Sneezing Convulsions Crying out immoderrate or over wanton embraces Vehement motion of the Arms and the like occasion Miscarriage The signs of present Miscarriage are manifest of themselves but such as go before and shew the same are these an unusual heaviness of the Loyns and Hips an unwillingness to stir appetite gone Shivering and Shaking coming by Fits Pain of the Head especially about the Roots of the Eyes a straightening of the Sides and Belly above the Navel the Flaging or Falling and Extenuation of the Dugs But if frequent and almost continual Pains torment the Reins and Loyns with endeavours to Evacuate the Womb the Woman will certainly Miscarry in a short time If from violent external Causes as a Blow Fall and the like vehememt Pain and Disturbance arise in a Woman with Child she ought to Bleed presently and to keep her Bed three or four Days or longer The Cure of Miscarriage consists in Preservation for that which is past cannot be helpt But all the Symptoms which follow
Mother and an Inflamation which is suddenly communicated to the Belly which thereupon becomes much swelled and blown up there happens also a great difficulty in Breathing Choakings Beating of the Heart Fainting Convulsions and often Death it self if the Suppression continues And if the VVoman outlives it she is in danger of an Abscess in the VVomb and afterwards of a Cancer or there may happen great Imposthums in the Belly also the Gout Sciatica and Lameness or an Inflamation and Abscess in the Breast The Causes of the Stoppage of the Child-bed Purgations proceed either from a great Loosness or strong Passions of the Mind also from great Colds and cold Drink To bring the Child-bed Purgations well down let the VVoman avoid all Perturbations of Spirit which may stop them let her ly in Bed with her Head and Breast a little raised keeping her self very quiet that so the Humours may be carried downwards by their natural tendency let her observe a good Diet some what hot and moist and apply the Plaster mentioned in the Chapter of Vapours to her Navel Take of the Conserves of Roman Wormwood and of Ruâ— each one Ounce of the Troches of Myrth two Drams of Castor English Saffron Volatile Salt of Salarmoniak and of Assafoetida each half a Dram with a sufficient quantity of the Syrup of the five opening Roots make an Electuary Let her take the quantity of a large Nutmeg every third Hour drinking upon it three or four Spoonfuls of the following Mixture Take the Waters of Pennyroyal and Balm each three Ounces of Compound Briony Water two Ounces of Sypup of Mugwort three Ounces and an half of Saffron two Drams of Castor tyed up in a Rag and hanged in the Glass one Scruple mingle them If these things are used presently upon the Suppression they generally take it off Chap. XIV Of Quinsey A Quinsey comes at any time of the Year especially between Spring and Summer and chiefly seizes Young Men and such as are of a Sanguine Complection and Red Haired People more than any other The Sick shiver and shake presently a Fever follows and a little after a Pain and Inflamation of the Jaws and if the Sick be not presently relieved he can neither-Swallow nor draw his Breath so that he is under the Apprehension of being Strangled by reason the Jaws are stoped by the Inflamation and Swelling There is great danger in this Disease for it sometimes destroys a Man in a few Hours In order to the Cure Bleed presently in the Arm and take away a large quantity of Blood and presently afterwards open the Veins under the Tongue and then touch the inflamed parts with Honey of Roses made very sharp with Spirit of Vitriol or Sulphur and the following Gargarism must be used often not in the common way for it must be kept in the Mouth without motion till it wax hot and then it must be spit out Take of the Waters of Plantain Roses and Frogs spawn each four ounces the Whites of three Eggs turned to a Water by beating of White-Sugar-candy three drams make a Gargarism The Patient must also take daily of the Emulsion to be mentioned in the cure of a Pleurisie the next Morning bleed again unless the Fever and difficulty of swallowing abate and defer purging till the next day but if both these are lessened give presently the Lenitive Purge mentioned in the Chapter of the immoderate Flux of the Courses If the Fever and other Symptoms are like to be troublesome after Purging they will be quelled by Bleeding repeated as before and by applying a large and strong Blister to the Neck and by a Glister of Milk and Sugar injected every Morning except when the Sick purges through the whole course of the Disease the use of all kinds of Flesh and their Broths are to be forbid and the Patient must be dieted with Oatmeal and Barley broths roasted Apples or the like and he must drink Small-beer and he must keep from Bed some Hours every day Chap. XV. Of a Pleurisie THis Disease is very frequent and comes at any time but especially betwixt Spring and Summer it chiefly seizes those that are of a Sanguine Constitution and often Country People and those that are accustomed to hard labour it most commonly begins with a shaking and shivering and then heat drough restlesness and other symptoms of a Fever follow After a few Hours but sometimes it is much longer before this symptom comes the Patient is seized with a violent pricking pain in one of his sides about the Ribs which sometimes reaches towards the Shoulder-blades sometimes towards the Back-bone and sometimes towards the Breast he Coughs frequently which occasions great pain so that sometimes he holds his Breath to prevent Coughing the matter which is spit up at the beginning is little and thin and often sprinkled with particles of Blood but in the process of the Disease it is more and more concocted and mixed with Blood Tho' this Disease has an ill Name and is of it self more dangerous than any other yet if it be well managed it is easily cured and indeed as certainly as other diseases As to the cure ten ounces of Blood must be taken presently away from the Arm of the side affected then presently after Bleeding give the following draught Take of Red Poppy-Water four ounces of Salprunella one dram of Syrup of Violets one ounce mingle them â—ake a draught Take of Sweet Almonds number seven of the Seeds of Melons and Pompions each half an ounce of the Seeds of White-Poppies two drams beat them together in a Marble Mortar pouring gently upon them a pint and a half of Barley-water of Rose-water two drams of Sugar-candy half an ounce mingle them make an Emulsion give four ounces every fourth hour Pectorals must also be taken frequently Take of the Pectoral decoction a quart of the Syrups of Violets and Maiden-hair each one ounce and an half mingle them make an Apozem Let him take half a pint thrice a day Take of the Oyl of Sweet-Almonds two ounces of the Syrups of Violets and Maiden-hair each one ounce of Sugar-candy half a dram mingle them make a Linctus of which let the Patient lick often in a day Oyl of Almonds by it self or Linseed-Oyl is often used with good success As to diet you must forbid all Flesh and the Broaths of it tho' never so thin but the Patient may be dyeted with Oaten and Barley Broaths and Panada and let him drink of a Ptisan made of Barley-water and the Roots of Sorrel and Liquorish aud sometimes Small-beer Anoint the pained side Morning and Evening with the following Ointment applying upon it a Cabbage-leaf Take of the Oyl of Sweet-Almonds two ounces of Ointment of Marsh-mallows and Pomatum each one ounce mingle them make an Ointment The Sick must persist in the use of the said Remedies through the whole course of the Disease If the pain be very violent you must take away ten
forementioned Medicines Narcoticks must be taken inwardly and injected by Glisters and the region of the Stomach must be anointed with the oyl of Roses and Myrtles washt in Vinegar and after you have anointed it sprinkle on Powder of Coral Bolearmenick and seal'd Earth Bleeding being sufficiently used gentle and frequent Purging must be ordered whereby the Blood may be cleared from serous and Cholerick Humours occasioning this Disease but they ought to be made of Rhubarb Myroâ—alans Tamarinds and the like which bind as well as Purge and do not stir the Humours They may be given in the form of a Bolus with Syrup of Myrtles or dryed Roses or in a Potion made of a Decoction of Sorrel Succory Purslain or the like When purging is used the fore mentioned Electuary Syrup of Coral or some other Astringent and Corroborating Medicine must be used at Bed-time Lastly to prevent a relapse a dram of Rhubarb must be given once a Week for a long time Chap. IIII. Of Childrens Convulsions CHildrens Convulsions are so frequent that they are almost the only Species of Convulsions They are chiefly subject to them in the first Month and at the time they breed Teeth but they also happen at other times and proceed from other causes in such as are disposed to them Sometimes they do not come presently after the Birth but lie hid until the breeding of Teeth or not till a great while after and take their rise from an unhealthy or Big-bellied Nurse from Milk clotted or corrupted in the Stomach from a Feverish disposit on from Ulcers or Scabs of the Head or of other parts suddenly disappearing from changes of the Air or the like We must endeavour to prevent these Convulsions in Children and Infants or to cure them when they are come for if the former Children of the same Parents have been subject to Convulsive Fitts this Disease ought to be prevented by the early use of Remedies in such as are Born after To this end it is customary to give to new Born Babes as soon as they begin to breath some medicine proper for Convulsions Some upon this occasion give some drops of Pure Honey others a spoonful of Canary Wine sweetned with Sugar or Oyl of Almonds fresh drawn others give a drop of Oyl of Ambar But besides these things used at first which certainly do good some other Remedies ought to be given for instance give a spoonful twice a Day of the following Liquor Take of the waters of Black-Cherries and Rue each one ounce and a half of Langiuses Antiepileptick Water one ounce of Syrup of Coral six drams of prepared Pearl fifteen grains mingle them in a Viol. The third or fourth day after the Birth make an Issue in the Neck and if the countenance be florid Bleed and take away an ounce and an half or two ounces from the jugular Vein but take care that too much Blood does not flow out in Sleep Rub gently the Temples with the following Oyntment Take of Oyl of Nutmegs by expression two drams of Balsam of Copaiba three drams of Ambar one Scruple mix them Hang round the Neck the Roots and Seeds of Male ptony sewed up in a Rag. Moreover medicines proper for Convulsions must be given daily to the Nurse let her take Morning and Evening a draught of Whey wherein the Roots of Male-Peony or the Seeds of sweet Fennel have bin boyled and let her be very orderly in her Diet. But if an Infant be actually seized with Convulsions because the Issue does not run well you must apply a Blister to the Neck or behind the Ears and if the Infant be not of a cold Constitution Blood must be drawn from the jugular Veins by Leeches and Linnements must be used to the Temples Nostrils and Neck and to the Soles of the Feet and Glisters of Milk and Sugar must be injected Take of the Oyls of Copaiba and of Castor each two drams of Ambar half a dram make a Linnement and every fixth or eight Hour give a Paper of my Powder for Convulsions in a spoonful or two of Black Cherry-water sweeted with Syrup of Peony When by reason of breeding of Teeth difficultly Convulsions happen a thin and cooling Diet must be ordered and Bleeding and Glifters must be often used When Children are seized with Convulsions not presently after the Birth or upon Breeding of Teeth but from other occasions and accidents the cause for the most part of such is either in the Head or in the Bowels When the former is uspected as is wont to be known by the signs which shew watry Humours heaped up in the Brain my Powder for Convulsions and the medicines abovementioned must be used Moreover for those who bear Purging well a Vomit or gentle Purge must be prescribed When tho cause of Convulsions seems to be lodged in the Bowels or when Worms or sharp Humours in the Belly are the cause my Worm-Powder is of excellent use Chap. V. Of the Colick It takes it's Name from the Gat Colon which is the part affected The causes of the Colick are excrementious matter Wind the excrements hardened costivness thick cold and flegmatick Humours also Cholerick and Melancholy humours There are other causes of the Coliâ—k but less frequent as Stones growing in the Guts Worms hard Bodies obstructing the Guts as Cherry-stones hard Cheese and the like The external Causes are a cold Constitution of the Air gross meats of hard disgestion immoderate Sleep immoderate Venery and other external Causes which may injure the Concoction of the Stomacht but from what cause soever this Tormenting Disease is occasioned there is no Med cines yet known that do so certainly Cure it as my Elixir and Cordial Drops But to prevent a relapse and to strengthen the Bowels and to open Obstructions I advise the Sick to Ride often Chap. VI. Of Mother Fits and Vapours THese Diseases are the most frequent of all Chronical Diseases and they are not only frequent but so wonderfully various that they resemble almost all the Diseases poor Mortals are subject to Sometimes they possess the Head and occasion an Apoplexy and this seizes Women very often after Delivery or is occasioned by hard Labour or some violent commotion of the mind Sometimes they produce violent Convulsions very like the Falling-Sickness the Belly and Bowels swelling towards the Throat the Woman strugling so violently that tho' at other times her strength is but ordinary she now can scarce be held by all the strength of the by standers uttering some odd and inarticulate Sounds and striking her Breast these Convulsions are commonly called Mother Fits Sometimes they possess the outward part of the Head causing violent pain continually fixt in one part which may be covered by the top of your Thumb and violenâ— Vomiting accompanies this pain this pain chiefly afflictâ— Maids that have the Green-sickness Sometimes falling upon the Heart they occasion a violent beating of the Heart so that the women who are afflicted with it verily
believe that the By-standers may hear the found of the Heart thumping upon the Ribs This chiefly afflicts those that are of a thin Habit of Body and of a Weak constitution and also Young Maids that havâ— the Green-sickness Sometimes the Patient Choughs without intermission but brings up nothing this chiefly invades Women thaâ— abound in Flegm Sometimes rushing violently upon the Belly the Vapours occasion violent pain much like the twisting of thâ— Guts and the Woman Vomits exceedingly this chieflâ— seizes those that are of a lax and crude Habit of Body and those that have suffered much in bringing forth great Children When the Vapours fall upon one of the Kidneys they plainly represent by the pain they cause there a Fit like that of the Stone nor is the Bladder free from them â—or sometimes they do not only cause pain there but also â—â—op the Urine just as if there were a Stone but this kind â—â—izing the Bladder very seldom happens that which reâ—embles the Stone in the Kidneys is not so rare Sometimes falling upon the Stomach they cause aâ—ontinual Vomiting and sometimes a Loosness when they are settled upon the Guts And as the Vapours afflict almost all the Inner parts so sometimes they seize also the outward parts and occasion pain and sometimes Swellings in the Jaws Shoulders Hands Thighs Legs nor can the Teeth free themselves from the assaults of Vapours tho' they are not hollow at these pains and swellings which afflict the outward parts chiefly seize those Women that are in a manner quite 〈◊〉 out by a long series of Vapours and by the force of them But among all the Torments the Vapours occasion there 〈◊〉 none so common on as a Pain in the Back and this is worth observing that often a notable Cold of the outward parts makes way for these Fits of the Vapours which for the most part does not go off till the Fitt ends and moreover all Women troubled with Vapours complain of a dejection and sinking of the Spirits Lastly every one knows that Women troubled with Vapours sometimes Laugh excessively and sometimes Cry as much without any real cause for either But among all the Symptoms that accompany Vapours this is the most proper and almost inseperable namely an Urine as clear as Rock Water and this Women in Vapours evacuate plentifully and it sometimes happens that they belsh up ill fumes as often as they eat tho' they eat only Moderately and according as they have an Appetite and sometime the Wind that comes from the Stomach is as sower as Vinegar Nor are they unhappy only for that their Bodies are so ill affected and as it were tottering like ruined Houses just about to fall for their Minds are more diseased that their Bodies and an incurable Desperation is mixed with the very nature of their Disease and what the Roman oratoâ— said of the Superstitious exactly agrees with these Melancholy People Sleep says he seems to be a refuge for the Laborious and Careful but from thence cares and fears arise whilst only Funerals and Apparitions of their Deceased Friends are represented in Dreams and they are so tormented in Body and Mind that one would think their Lives were a Purgatory wherein they were to purifie themselves and to expiat Crimes committed in some other State Nor does this happen only to mad people but also to those who if you except these Impetuosities of Mind are very prudent and judicious and who much excell for deep thought and wisdom of Speech others whose minds were never excited by these provokments to thinking But this dreadful condition of Mind which I have above described seizes only those that have much and a long while conflicted with this Disease and have been at length wholly vanquished by it especially if adversity Care oâ— Trouble of mind or the like joined with an ill Habit oâ— Body have added Oyl to the Flame In order to the cure let eight ounces of Blood be taken from the Right Arm and the following Plaister applyed to the Navel Take of Galâ—anum dissolved in Tincture of Castor and stâ—ained three drams of Tacamahaca two drams mix them make a Plaister The next Morning let her make use of the following Pills Take of the Pill coch Major two Scruples of Castor powdered two Grains of peruvian Balsam four drops make four Pills Let her take them at five in the Morning and sleep after them Repeat them twice or thrice every Morning or every other Morning according to their operation and the strength of the Patient After the purging Pills are taken she must take two of my Pills for Vapours early in the Morning and at five in the Afternoon for thirty dayes drinking after them Morning and Evening three spoonfuls of compound Brâ—ony-water and so the Vapours are most commonly Cured â—nd most obstructions in Women especially the Green-sickness and also all suppressions of the Courses Tuâ—bridge-waters are also very proper for the Cure of these Diseases and Riding abroad in the Air if the Woman has Strength to bear it When a Fit of the Vapours seizes any Woman suddenly you must hold to her Nostrils Assafaetida Galbanum Castor Spirit of Salarmoniae or the like and give inwardâ—y ten drops of Spirit of Hartshorn in three spoonfuls of Compound Briony-water Chap. VII Of Twisting of the Guts THis dreadful Disease which has hitherto been accounted Mortal by almost all arises from the inâ—erted and preposterous Motion of the Guts When it appears by Glisters Vomited up and other â—â—gns that there is a twisting of the Guts you must endeavour three things First that the contrary motion of the Stomach which occasions the same motion of the Guts may be Hindred Secondly that the Intestines being Weakened by sharp Humours may be strengthened Thirdly that the Stomach and Guts may be freed from the Humours and that you may Answer these Indications you must order the Cure in the following manner First prescribe one Scruple of Salt of Wormwood in a spoonâ—ul of juice of Lemons to be taken Morning and Evening but at other times of the Day order some spoonfuls of Mint-water without Sugar or any thing else to be taken twice in an Hour and order a Live Kiâ—ling to lye always on the naked Belly but after the Pain and Vomiting has whollyceased for the space of two or three Days give one dram of the Pill Coch Major dissolved in Mint-water which must be also used very often all the time of the working of the Pills to hinder the return of the Vomiting nor is the Kitling to be removed before the Patient has taken the Pills The Sick must observe a very thin Diet namely some spoonfuls of Chicken Broath must be taken twice or thrice a Day and he must keep his Bed till signs of perfect Health appear and when he is well he must persist in the use of Mint-water for a long time and keep his Belly warm with Flannels doubled that there may not be a
Miscarriage are the same which accompany Women duly brought to Bed The Preservation from Miscarriage consists principally in these two things the one concerns the Woman before she is with Child and the other when she is with Child Before the Woman is with with Child all Indispositions of the Body which are wont to cause Miscarriage must be removed as fullness of Blood ill Humours and peculiar Diseases of the Womb. If the Woman be too full of Blood when she is with Child she must be Blooded in the first Months twice or thrice if need be but much Blood must not be taken away at a time and if she be troubled with abundance of ill Humours gentle Purging must be repeated especially in the middle Months in the mean while astringent and strengthening Medicines must be used all the time the Woman is with Child Take of Conserve of Roses two Ounces of Citron Peel Candied six Drams of Myrobalans Candied and of the Pulp of Dates each half an Ounce of Coral prepaâ—ed Pearl prepared and Shavings of Harts-horn each one Dram with Syrup of Quinces make an Electuaery of which let the Woman take the quantity of a Nutmeg every other Night at Bed time But that the success of this Medicine may be good the Woman must keep her self as quiet both in Body and Mind as possibly she can and abstain from Coition But if by reason of the vehemency of the Cause whither Internal or External the Woman is ready to Miscarry you must do the best you can with the following Remedies And in the first place so soon as the Pain shall be perceived in the lower parts of the Belly we must endeavour to allay them both by Medicines taken inwardly and outwardly applyed for if Miscarriage be caused by Crudities and Wind which is most usual when it begins from an inward Cause a Powder must be given made of Aromaticum Rosatum and Coriander Seeds give of each half a Dram or three or four Spoonfuls of Dr. Stephen's Water if Flegm and Wind abound at the same time let carminative Medicine be applyed below the Woman's Navel such are Bags oâ— Anniseeds Fennel Seeds Fenugreek Seeds Flowers of Camomile Elder Rosemary and Stechas mixed together oâ— a Rose Cake fryed in a Pan with Rich Canary and sprinkled with Powder of Nutmegs and Coriander Seeds if by these means the Pains cease not inject a Glyster made of Winâ— and Oyl wherein halfe an Ounce of Venice Treacle must be dissolved and after the Glyster is come away you musâ— give sixteen of my Cordial Drops in a Spoonful of Stephen's Water But if Blood begins to come away you must Bleed immediatly and rub the upper Parts and tye thâ— Members and if the Flux of Blood continues give twâ— Ounces of the Juice of Plantain sweetened with an Ounce 〈◊〉 Syrup of Poppies to which add one Scruple of Bolearmeniâ—â— and apply hot a little bag full of Red Roses and Balaustineâ— Boyl'd in Smiths Water and Red Wine to the Womans Belly Chap. XII Of an immoderate Flux of the Courses AN immoderate Flux of the Courses invades either iâ— Child-bed or at other times as to the first that afflicts Women most on the first Days after a difficult Labour and is accompanined with a long train of Hysteriâ—â— Symptoms and as it happens only on the first Days so usâ—ally it do's not last long for if a thickning Diet be oâ—dered it soon abates The following Drink may be all used Take of Plantane Water and Red Wine each one Pint boyl them till a third part is consumed sweeten it with a sufficient quantity of White Suger let the Woman take half a Pint of it twice or thrice a Day But as to the Flux which happens out of Child-bed tho' it befalls Women at any time yet most commonly it invades a little before the time they leave them namely when they are about Forty five Years of Age if they have them Young and about Fifty if it were late before they begun to have them and by reason of the great quantity of Blood which is continually evacuated they are almost continually afflicted with Vapours In order to the Cure you must bleed in the Arm and eight Ounces of Blood must be taken away the next Morning the following Purge must be given Take of Tamarinds half an Ounce of Sena two Drams of Rhubarb one Dram and an half infuse them in a sufficient quantity of Fountain Water and in three Ounces of the strained Liquor Dissolve of Manna and Syrup of Roses Solutive each one Ounce make a Purging Potion which must be taken thrice three Days betwixt each Purge and every Night at Bed time through the whole course of the Disease twelve of my Cordial Drops must be taken in two Spoonfuls of small Cinnamon Water or the like Take of the Conserve of dryed Roses two Ounces of the Troches of Lemnian Earth one Dram and an half of Pomgranate Pill and red Coral prepared each two Scruples of Blood-Stone Dragons Blood and Bolearmenick each two Scruples with a sufficient quantity of simple Syrup of Coral make an Electuary whereof let her take the quantity of a large Nutmeg in the Morning and at Five in the Afternoon drinking upon it six Spoonfuls of the following Julep Take of the Waters of Oak Bud and of Plantain each three Ounces of Cinnamon Water hordeated and of Syrup of dried Roses each one Ounce of Spirit of Vitriol a sufficient quantity to make it pleasantly acid Take of the Leaves of Plantain and of Nettles each a sufficient quantity beat them together in a Stone Mortar and press out the Juice Clarifie it and give six Spoonfuls of it cold three or four times in a Day After the first Purge apply the following Plaster to the Loins Take of Diapalma and of the Plaster for tuptures each equal parts mix them and spread them upon Leather A cooling and thickening Diet must be ordered and a Glass of Claret may be allowed once or twice a Day to recover the strength This Method may be also used to prevent Miscarriages but the Juices and Purges must be omitted Chap. XIII Of a suppression of the Childbed Purgations THere is so great a Flux of Humours from all parts to the Womb when a Woman is with Child and during the Commotion in her Labour that in case there be not afterwards sufficient evacuation of them the Woman is in great danger of very ill Accidents and sometimes of Death it self because these Humours corrupted by their stay there will certainly cause a great Inflamation and this is the reason why the suppression of these Childbed Purgations is one of the worst and most dangerous Symptoms which can befall a Woman after Delivery especially if they be wholly and suddenly stopt the first three or four Days which is the time they should come down plentifully for then follow an accute Fever great pains in the Head Pains in the Breast Reins and Loyns Suffocation of the