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A88969 The diseases of women with child, and in child-bed: as also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. : With fit remedies for the several indispositions of new-born babes. : Illustrated with divers fair figures, newly and very correctly engraven in copper. : A work much more perfect than any yet extant in English: being very necessary for all chirurgeons and midwives that practise this art. / Written in French by Francis Mauriceau. ; Translated, and enlarged with some marginal-notes, by Hugh Chamberlen ... Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709.; Chamberlen, Hugh. 1672 (1672) Wing M1371B; ESTC R202898 249,555 467

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case_n wherein_o a_o chirurgeon_n ought_v to_o make_v the_o great_a reflection_n and_o use_v most_o precaution_n in_o his_o art_n it_o be_v this_o can_v this_o this_o be_v not_o so_o necessary_a to_o those_o practitioner_n which_o can_v fetch_v a_o child_n come_v right_a or_o with_o the_o arm_n without_o hook_n or_o sharp_a instrument_n as_o the_o translator_n of_o this_o book_n and_o his_o father_n and_o brother_n can_v to_o know_v whether_o the_o infant_n in_o the_o womb_n be_v alive_a or_o dead_a for_o there_o have_v be_v many_o deplorable_a example_n of_o child_n be_v draw_v forth_o alive_a after_o they_o have_v be_v think_v to_o be_v dead_a with_o both_o arm_n or_o some_o other_o limb_n lop_v off_o and_o other_o miserable_o kill_v by_o the_o use_n of_o crotchet_n which_o may_v have_v be_v bear_v alive_a if_o they_o have_v not_o be_v mistake_v wherefore_o
cleave_v to_o it_o notwithstanding_o that_o it_o be_v then_o a_o little_a wrinkle_a and_o uneven_a because_o its_o membrane_n which_o be_v very_o much_o enlarge_v contract_v themselves_o immediate_o after_o the_o child_n and_o its_o water_n which_o keep_v they_o extend_v be_v exclude_v not_o exclude_v be_v careful_a of_o those_o that_o be_v not_o but_o they_o that_o be_v expert_a in_o this_o art_n can_v easy_o judge_v of_o it_o if_o you_o find_v the_o burden_n whole_o loosen_v from_o the_o womb_n it_o will_v not_o be_v difficult_a to_o draw_v it_o forth_o when_o you_o have_v get_v it_o in_o your_o hand_n but_o if_o it_o cleave_v find_v the_o side_n where_o it_o stick_v least_o begin_v there_o to_o separate_v it_o gentle_o by_o put_v some_o of_o your_o finger_n between_o it_o and_o the_o womb_n continue_v by_o little_a and_o little_a to_o do_v so_o till_o it_o be_v quite_o loose_a and_o afterward_o to_o draw_v it_o forth_o very_o careful_o observe_v the_o whilst_o if_o it_o can_v be_v 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