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child_n breast_n mother_n suck_v 2,417 5 10.4894 5 false
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A31042 A companion for midwives, child-bearing women, and nurses directing them how to perform their respective offices : together with an essay, endeavouring to shew the influence of moral abuses upon the health of children / by Robert Barret ... Barret, Robert, Brother of Surgeons Hall. 1699 (1699) Wing B913; ESTC R14416 49,115 144

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into_o malignant_a ulcer_n after_o pain_n be_v the_o common_a bane_n of_o the_o welfare_n of_o woman_n in_o childbed_n they_o say_v they_o be_v not_o so_o much_o trouble_v with_o they_o of_o their_o first_o child_n as_o of_o the_o follow_v but_o that_o be_v no_o certain_a rule_n experience_n confirm_v that_o they_o happen_v indifferent_o after_o first_o or_o last_o labour_n according_a as_o their_o various_a disposition_n be_v let_v the_o nurse_n lie_v on_o a_o galbanum_fw-la plaster_n and_o keep_v the_o belly_n very_o hot_a and_o then_o give_v she_o some_o cinnamon_n water_n with_o mithridate_n and_o a_o few_o drop_n of_o the_o spirit_n of_o hartshorn_n or_o liquid_a laudanum_n this_o will_v very_o often_o carry_v off_o their_o gripe_n colic_o and_o other_o after-pain_n common_o they_o go_v away_o of_o themselves_o in_o 2_o or_o 3_o day_n time_n if_o they_o be_v sharp_a and_o obstinate_a and_o threaten_v to_o continue_v long_o you_o must_v give_v from_o one_o ounce_n to_o two_o or_o 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