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A89531 Queen Elizabeths closset of physical secrets, with certain approved medicines taken out of a manuscript found at the dessolution of one of our English abbies and supplied with the child-bearers cabinet, and preservative against the plague and small pox. Collected by the elaborate paines of four famons [sic] physitians, and presented to Queen Elizabeths own hands. A. M. 1656 (1656) Wing M5B; ESTC R232158 120,443 222

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fruit_n and_o herb_n or_o meal_n wheat_n barley_n raw_a milk_n chalk_n lime_n and_o the_o like_a and_o they_o that_o have_v this_o disease_n be_v very_o pale_a and_o greenish_a if_o they_o chance_v to_o cut_v their_o finger_n no_o blood_n but_o water_n will_v follow_v they_o feel_v great_a pain_n in_o their_o head_n with_o continual_a beat_n be_v faint_a shortbreathed_n and_o their_o natural_a flower_n be_v stop_v and_o stay_v to_o the_o prevention_n and_o cure_n whereof_o the_o body_n must_v first_o be_v well_o and_o orderly_o purge_v as_o by_o the_o medicine_n before_o prescribe_v the_o table_n for_o the_o child-bearer_n cabinet_n what_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v take_v heed_n of_o in_o the_o two_o first_o month_n page_n 1._o order_n for_o the_o three_o month_n 2._o from_o the_o four_o month_n 3._o from_o the_o five_o six_o and_o seven_o month_n ibid._n in_o the_o eight_o month_n 4._o in_o the_o nine_o month_n 5._o a_o lineament_n 6._o the_o fomentation_n ibid._n the_o bath_n 7._o suffumigation_n of_o the_o genitals_o to_o facilitate_v delivery_n ibid._n what_o meat_n be_v most_o useful_a 8._o what_o manner_n of_o chamber_n the_o woman_n with_o child_n shall_v lie_v in_o ibid._n what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v at_o the_o birth_n ibid._n how_o and_o wherewith_o the_o childbed_n woman_n bed_n ought_v to_o be_v furnish_v 9_o to_o who_o the_o seat_n may_v agree_v and_o be_v fit_a ibid._n what_o the_o midwife_n shall_v do_v in_o the_o very_a moment_n of_o the_o birth_n ibid._n what_o to_o be_v do_v when_o the_o infant_n be_v come_v into_o the_o world_n 10._o if_o the_o secondine_n break_v not_o ready_o 11._o what_o be_v to_o be_v do_v after_o the_o child_n be_v bear_v if_o yet_o the_o secondine_n or_o afterbirth_n be_v retain_v ibid._n another_o approve_a remedy_n for_o draw_v they_o forth_o 12._o another_o receipt_n ibid._n to_o draw_v forth_o a_o dead_a child_n ibid._n how_o the_o belly_n of_o child-bearing_a woman_n be_v costive_a or_o bind_v may_v be_v loosen_a 13._o what_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v apply_v to_o the_o natural_a or_o secret_a part_n ibid._n the_o fomentation_n ibid._n another_o 14._o a_o ointment_n ibid._n a_o girdle_n for_o the_o belly_n ibid._n the_o order_n from_o the_o seven_o day_n after_o the_o woman_n be_v bring_v to_o bed_n 15._o on_o the_o eight_o day_n ibid._n on_o the_o nine_o day_n ibid._n a_o lineament_n to_o scatter_v and_o disperse_v the_o milk_n ibid._n when_o and_o what_fw-mi bath_n they_o must_v use_v 16._o another_o 17._o against_o the_o gripe_n of_o the_o belly_n in_o child_n ibid._n outward_a remedy_n for_o the_o same_o ibid._n inward_a help_n in_o their_o meat_n ibid._n a_o drink_n ibid._n the_o government_n of_o the_o nurse_n 18._o the_o care_n of_o the_o infant_n 19_o a_o bath_n of_o sweet_a water_n very_o profitable_a for_o child_n as_o by_o who_o mean_n they_o may_v grow_v up_o and_o increase_v 20._o the_o disease_n of_o infant_n 21._o the_o disease_n and_o symptom_n proceed_v from_o the_o birth_n in_o woman_n with_o child_n ibid._n against_o the_o rupture_n of_o the_o cod_n and_o perinaeum_fw-la and_o the_o part_n between_o the_o rise_n of_o the_o yard_n and_o the_o fundament_n which_o proceed_v from_o difficulty_n of_o bring_v forth_o 22._o for_o windiness_n or_o colic_n of_o the_o belly_n 23._o for_o the_o itch._n ibid._n for_o the_o flux_n of_o the_o blood_n 24._o for_o fall_v down_o of_o the_o matrix_fw-la from_o the_o birth_n ibid._n for_o the_o pile_n after_o the_o birth_n 25._o against_o pain_n of_o the_o breast_n contract_v by_o too_o much_o milk_n ibid._n for_o the_o imposthume_n of_o the_o breast_n ibid._n what_o be_v to_o be_v administer_v to_o the_o child_n after_o it_o be_v bear_v for_o the_o first_o thing_n it_o take_v 27._o for_o infant_n trouble_v with_o wind_n and_o phlegm_n 28._o a_o most_o excellent_a medicine_n to_o cause_n child_n to_o tooth_n easy_o ibid._n for_o ague_n in_o child_n ibid._n for_o worm_n in_o child_n ibid._n for_o heart-worme_n 29._o the_o cure_n ibid._n to_o cause_v a_o young_a child_n to_o go_v to_o stool_n ibid._n another_o certain_a experiment_n .._o ibid._n the_o table_n of_o the_o cure_n for_o several_a disease_n for_o ache_n in_o the_o bone_n 33._o for_o all_o ache_n and_o lame_a member_n ibid._n a_o ointment_n for_o all_o ache_n which_o come_v from_o cold_a cause_n shrunken_a sinew_n strain_n in_o man_n or_o beast_n it_o be_v incomparable_a and_o will_v keep_v forty_o year_n but_o it_o must_v be_v make_v only_o in_o may._n 34._o to_o counterfeit_v beyond-sea_n azure_a ibid._n to_o know_v good_a azure_a and_o pure_a 35._o for_o a_o ague_n ibid._n for_o a_o tertian_n or_o a_o double_a tertian_n ague_n ibid._n for_o a_o short_a breath_n ibid._n a_o electuary_n for_o the_o shortness_n of_o breath_n .._o 36._o for_o a_o bruise_v or_o squat_a ibid._n a_o restorative_n for_o the_o back_n 37._o for_o ache_n in_o the_o back_n ibid._n for_o bleed_v at_o the_o nose_n ibid._n for_o burn_v or_o scald_a ibid._n for_o a_o cough_n of_o the_o lung_n 38._o for_o purge_v of_o cold_n cough_n and_o comfort_v the_o lung_n ibid._n a_o julep_n for_o a_o cough_n 39_o another_o ibid._n for_o a_o canker_n in_o the_o mouth_n ibid._n for_o a_o consumption_n and_o cough_n of_o the_o lung_n 40._o for_o colic_n and_o pain_n in_o the_o back_n ibid._n for_o the_o cramp_n 41._o for_o a_o canker_n ibid._n another_o ibid._n for_o a_o canker_n in_o the_o li_n ibid._n a_o water_n for_o a_o consumption_n ibid._n for_o the_o cough_n 42._o for_o a_o cough_n or_o shortness_n of_o breath_n ibid._n for_o a_o consumption_n ibid._n for_o the_o dropsy_n 43._o another_o ibid._n for_o pain_n in_o the_o eye_n ibid._n for_o sore_a eye_n by_o salt_n rheum_n ibid._n to_o clear_v the_o eyesight_n 44._o for_o the_o flux_n ibid._n another_o