called Erectores and two largeâ— proceeding from the Spincter of the Anus and serve to deliaâ—e the Vrethra from Miction and Ejaculation of the Seed and are therefore called Dilatantes or Wideness At the end of the Penis is the Glans covered wiâ—h a very thin Membrane by means of which and its Nervous substance it becomes most exquisitely insensible and is the principal Seat oâ— Pleasure in Copulation The outmost covering of thâ— Glans is called Pâ—aeputium à Praeputando from being cut off it bâ—ing that which the Iews cut oâ—f in Circumcision And it is tied in the lower part of it to the Glans by the Froenum or Bridle The Penis is also stoâ—ked with Veins Arteriâ—s and Nâ—rves That part that is â—ext above it towards the Belly is called the Pubeâ— and its Lateral parts are callâ—d Iâ—nuina â—he Groins The Tesâ—es or Stoâ—â—s so called bâ—cause they tesâ—ifie oâ—â— to be a Mâ—â— â—laborate the Blood brought to them by the Spermatick Arâ—eries into Seed They have Coats of two sorts Proper and Common The Common are two and invest both the Testes The outermost of the Common Coats consists of the Guticula and true Skin and is called the Scrotum hanging out of the Abdomen like a Purse The inner Common Coat is the Membraua Carnosa The proper Coats are also two the outer called Elitroides or Viginales the inner A'buginea into the outer are inserted the Cremaster Muscles to the upper part of the Testes are fixed the Epididymedes or Pastata from whence arise the Vasa Differentia or Ejaculatoria which when they come near the Neck of the Bladder deposite the Seed into the Vesiculae Seminales These Vesiculae Seminales are two each like a Bunch of Grapes and emit the Seed into the Vrethra in the Act of Copulation Near to them are the Prostatae about the bigness of a Wallnut and joyned to the Neck of the Bladder Authors cannot agree about the use of them but most are of Opinion thaâ— they afford any Oyly Slippery and Fat humour to besmear the Vrethra whereby to defend it from â—he Acrimony of the Seed and Urine But the Vessels which convey the Blood to the Testes out of which the Seed is made are the Arteriae Spermaticae and are also two The Veins which carry back the remaining Blood are two and have the name of Venae Spermaticae CHAP. XXXVI What Women ought to marry with what Men that they might have Children IN respect of Married Women that prove Childless Hypocrates adviseth this Experiment to be tried to know whether the defect be on the Woman's part or on her Husbands which is to make her Suffumigations with Incense or Storax which a Garment loose wrapped about her which may hang down on the Ground in such sortâ— that no vapour nor fume may issue out and if within a while after she feel the Savour of the Incense in her Mouth she may conclude that the Barrenness comes not through her own defect but through her Husband 's for as much as the Fumes found the passage open whereby it pierced up to the Nostril But although this proof perform that effect which Hypocrates speaketh of namely the piercing up to the inner part of the Mouth yet this is no infallible Argument of the Husbands Barrenness nor of the fruitfulness of the Wife since want of Children may arise through an unapt disposition in them both in respect of the Correspondency of Qualities for it hath oftentimes happened that a Man that could not have Children by one Wife hath had them by another the like also hath befallen Women Hypocrates gives us his Opinion concerning the Correspondency that ought in that respect to be betwixt Man and Wife in these words If the hot answer not the cold the moist in Measure and Quantity that is if there meet not in the Womb two Seeds the one hot the other cold the one dry the other moist extended in equal degree there can be no Generation For so marvellous a work as the Fornication of man says he could not be performed without a proportionable commixture of Seed To exemplifie this assertion of his the antient Physicians go on and say that a Woman who is wily ill-conditioned shrill-voiced lean swarthy coloured and deformed which are the signs of cold and moist in the first degree may conceive by a Man who is ignorant good-natur'd sweet voic'd corpulent having liâ—tle Hair â— well-coloured Face and a handsome Body which are the signs of hot and dry in the first degree in regard she retaineth a mean in all those signs above-mentioned is most like to be fruitâ—ul because she comes nearest in proportion to Men of each several temperature But from â—he first of thee Unions or conjoyning of Man and Woman are most likely to issue the wisest Children say they because the dryness of the Mother correcteth and amendeth the defect of the Father But this being chiefly grounded upon that old opinion of the Commixture of the Seed of the Man and Woman together and of the Child's being formed from thence we think fiâ— to reject it and to afirm that Youth Strength and Vigour a sound Body and a mind free from Cares with a mutual Love and Amity betwixt the Man and VVoman seldom fail of their desired Effects CHAP. XXXVII A word of Advice to both Sexes in the Act of Copulation THE Act of Copulation being ordain'd by Nature as the Grond of all Generation and without which no Birth can be produced somewhat must be said of it but we shall cloath it in that modest Dress that the chasest Ears may hear without being put to the trouble of a blush It is convenient on this occasion to cherish â—he Body with generous Restorative to charm the Imagination with Musick to drown all Câ—res in good VViâ—e that so the Mind being elevated to a pith of Joy and Rapture the sensual Appetiâ—e may be more â—reely encouraged to gratifie it self in the Delights of Nature For Melancholly and Grief and whatsoever is troublesome to the Senses and the Fancy are Enemies to the Pastimes of the Nuptial Bed Yetâ— it is necessary to avoid Excessâ—s in Eating and Drinking for if the Body be overcharged with Wine or Meat the Spirits will become dull and unactive and unable to perform their Office This you may take â—or a good Rule That a little of what is good and well digested breeds good Blood good Blood creates good Spirits and when a Man is invigorated with a plentiful Stock of such he is able to do Miracles Also when both the Husband and Wife meet with an equal Ardour in their Conjugal Embraces it is very rare if it be not attended with Conception But when that Act is over all is not done for that it may have the better Success the Husband must not presently separate himself from his Wife's Embraces lest the Air should suddenly strike in and so prevent the happy issue of their Labours And when the Man departs the Woman ought to compose her self to all the rest and quietness imaginable and to avoid heavy thoughts of what may cause any disturbance and especially she ought to avoid both Coughing and Sneezing both which are two great hindrances to Conception after the Act of Copulation Thus Reader have I finished the difficult work of Generation and I hope to the satisfaction of all Modest and Ingenious Persons Pary saith that in 1573. he saw in Paris a Boy Nine years old born near Guise he had but two Fingers on his right Hand his Arm was well proportioned from the top of his Shoulders almost to his Wrist but from thence to the fingers ends it was very deformed he wanted his Legs and Thighs c. The Effigies of a monstroâ—s Child by reason of the defect of the Matter of Seed In Stecquer a Village of Saxony they say a Monster was born with four Feet Eyes Mouth and Nose like a Calf with a round and red Excrescence of Flesh on the Forehead and also a piece of Flesh like a Hood hung from his Neck upon his Back and it was deform'd with its Thighs torn and cut Anno Dom. 1393. There was Generated of a Woman and a Dog an issue which from the Navel upward perfectly resembled the shape of the Mother but there hence downwards the Sire that is the Dogâ— This Monster was sent to the Pope that then Reigned as Voluterane wriâ—eth also Cardaâ—e mentions it wherefore I have here given you the Figure thereof The Effigies of a Monster half Man and half Dog In the Year of our Lord 1512â— in which Year upon Easter day near Rovenna was fought that mortal Battle in which the Pope's Forces were overthrown a Monster was Born in Ravenna having a Horn upon the Crown of his Head and besides two Wings and one Foot alone most like to Feet of Birds of Prey and in the Knee thereof an Eye the Privities of Male and Female the rest of the Body like a Man as you may see by this Figure The Figure of a Winged Monster Iovianus Pontanus tells in the year 1529. the Ninth day of Ianuary there was a Man Child born in Germany having Arms and as many Legs FINIS The Effigies of a Maid all Hairy and an Infant that was black by the Imagination of their Parents
oâ— Embryo that is a Concretion that springs forth but is held to be a perfect and absolute Child Males for the most part are perfect by the 30 day but Females seldom till the 42 or 45 day and the reason why the one is sooner perfected than the other is That the heat of the Womb is greater in producing the Male than the Female For heat extends the Humour like soft Wax diffusing and dilating it and then by its force Contracting Framing and Fashioning it so Heat and Vigour of the Body and Alacrity of Nature in the Man makes the Male to move in 3 Months but the Female rarely under 4 at which time also his Hair and Nails come forth and the Child begins to stir kick and tumble in the VVomb so that the motion is plainly perceived and the Women are troubled with Nauseating and Loathing of their Meat and oftentimes covet and greedily long for things contrary to the Nutriment as Coals Rubbish Chalk Lime Starch Oat-meal raw Flesh and Fish or the like which desire proceeds from a former contraction of evil Humours occasioning impure Blood in their containing Vessel within and often occasions Abortion and Miscarriage some Women as it has been noted by divers Authors of Credit have been so extravagant in their longings that they have coveted Hob-Nails Leather Man's-flesh Horse-flesh and the flesh of divers Ravenous Beasts for want of which they have cast their Birth untimely or the Child has continued dead in the Womb for many days to the eminent hazard of the Woman's Life But to proceed in this great Mystery I shall unfold by what means the Infant is sustained in the Womb and the posture it there remains in The disputes among both Phylosophers and Physicians with what and by what way the Faetus is nourished have been very great some affirming by Blood only from the Umbilical Vein others only by Chyle received in by the Mouth but the Truth is it is nourished diversly according to the different degrees of Perfection than an Ovum or Egg passes from a Conception to a Faetus ready for the Birth But before we proceed it will not be amiss to explain what we mean by this Ovam or Egg. You must know then that there are in the Generation of the Faetus two Principles Active and Passive The Active is the Man's Seed which is elaborated in the Testicles out of the Arterial Blood and Animal Spirits The Passive Principle is an Ovum or Egg impregnated by the Man's Seed For to say that Woman has true Seed is false and erroneous But the manner of Conception is thus The most Spirituous part of Man's Seed in the Act of Generation reaching up to the Ovarium or Testicles of the Woman which contain divers Eggs sometimes more sometimes fewer secundates one of them which being conveyed by the Ovi-ducts to the bottom of the Womb presently begins to swell and grow bigger and imbibes the moisture that is sent plentifully thither after the same manner that Seeds in the Ground suck the fertile moisture thereof to make them sprout Then the parts of the Embryo begin to be a little more perfect and the Chorion becomes so thick that the Liquor cannot soak through it that Umbilical Vessels begin to be formed and to extend to the side of the Annios which they pass through and also thro' the Allanteides and Chorion and are implanted in the Placenta which gathering upon the Chorion joyns it to the Uterus And now the Arteries that before sent out the nutritious Juice into the cavity of the Womb open by their Orifices into the Placenta where they deposite the said Juice which is drunk up by the Umbilical Vein and conveyed by it first by the Liver of the Faetus and then to the Heart where it s more thin and spiritous part is turned into Blood whilst the grosser part of it descending by the Aorta enters the Umbilical Arteries and is discharged into its Cavity by those Branches of them that run thro' the Amnios Assoon as the Mouth Stomach and Gullet c. are formed so perfectly that the Faetus can swallow it sucks in some of the grosser Nutritious Iuice that is deposited in the Amnios by the Umbilical Arteries which descending into the Stomach and Intestine is received by the Lacteal Veins as in Adust Persons The Faetus being perfected at the times before specified in all its parts it lies equally ballanced in the midst of the Womb as in the Center all on a Heap and being something long is turned round so that the Head a little inclines and it lays its Chin on its Breast his Heels and Ancles upon its Buttocks its Hands on its Cheeks and its Tumbs to its Eyes but its Legs and Thighs are carried upwards with its Hams bending so that they touch the bottom of its Belly the former and that part of the Body which is over against us as the Forehead Nose Face are turned towards the Mothers Back and the Head inclining downwards towards the Cocyx or Rump-bone that joyns to the Os Sacrum which Bone together â—ith Os Pubis in the time of the Birth parts and is loosned whence it is that Male Children commonly come with their Faces downwards or with their Heads turned somewhat Oblique that their Faces may be seen but the Female Children with their Faces upwards tho' someâ—imes it happens that Births follow not according to Natures Order but Children comes forth with their Feet stradling their Necks bowed and their Heads lying Oblique with their Hands stretched out which greatly endangers themselves and the Mother giving the Midwife great trouble to introduce them into the World but when all â—hings proceed orderly and naturally the Child when Natures sets bounds are accomplished is desirous to break its bounds and come forth of the Womb and by inclining himself he roles downward for he cannot longer be obscured in those hiding places and the heat of the Heart can subsist without external respitation wherefore being grown great he is more and more desirous of Nutriment and Light when coveting the Etherial Air he by strugling to obtain it breaks the Membranes and Coverings whereby he was restrained and fenced against attrition and for the most part with bitter pangs of the Mother issueth forth to view the Days commonly in the ninth Month for then the Matrix divided and the Os Pubis being loosened the Woman strives what she can to cast forth her Burthen and the Child doing the like to get forth by the help of its inbred strength the Birth comes to be perfect but if the Child be dead the more dangerous is the Delivery tho' Nature as a kind Commisserator often helpeth the Women's Weakness herein But the Child that is quick and lively labours no less than the Woman Now these are Births at Seven or Eight Months and some Women go to the Tenth Month. But of these and the reason of them I shall speak more largely in another
he may gently turn it to find the Feet which having done let him draw forth one and fasten it to a Ribbon then put it up again and by degrees find the other when bringing them as close and even as may be and between whiles giving the Woman leave to breathe urging her to strain in helping Nature to perfect the Birth he may draw it forth and the better to do it that his hold may be surer he must fasten or wrap a Linnen Cloth about the Child's Thighs observing to bring it into the World with its Face downward In case of a Flux of Blood if the Neck of the Womb be open it must then be maturely considered whether the Infant or the Secundines come first which often the latter happening to do stop the Mouth of the Womb and hinder the Birth to the endangering both the Woman and Child in such a case I say the Secundine must be removed by a swift turn and indeed they have by their so coming down deceived many who feeling their softness supposed the Womb was not dilated and by their being so deceived theâ— Woman and Child or at least the latter has been lost the Secundines removed the Child must be sought for and drawed forth as has been directed and if in such a case the Woman or Child dye the Midwife or Chyrurgeon is blameless because they did their true endeavour If it appear upon enquiry that the Secundine comes first let the Woman be delivered with all convenient expedition because great flux of Blood will follow for then the Veins are opened and upon this account two things are to be considered First the great or lesness of the Secundines advancing if the former and the head of the Child appear first it must be guided and directed towards the Neck of the Womb as in case of Natural Births but if there thro` the weakness of the Child or Mother appear any difficulty in the Delivery the best way is to search for the Feet and thereby draw it forth but if the latter the Secundines may be put back with a gentle hand and the Child first taken forth Another matter is note worthy viz. If the Secundine be far advanced so that it cannot be put back and the Child follow it close then are the Secundines to be taken forth with much care as swift as may be and laid aside without cutting the entail that is fastned to them for by that you may be guided to the Infant the which whether alive or dead must be drawn forth by the Feet with all Expedition tho' it is not to be acted unless in case of great necessity for in other cases the Secundine ought to come last As for a dead Child in drawing it forth let these directions be carefully observed by the Chirurgeon viz. if the Child be found dead with its Head foremost the danger is the greater and more difficult will be the Delivery for it is an apparent sign the Womans strength begins to fail her and that the Child being dead and wanting its imbred force can be no ways affisted to its Delivery wherefore the most certain and safe way isâ— for the Chyrurgeon to put up his left hand sliding it as hollow in the Palm as he can into the Neck of the Womb into the lower part thereof towards the Feet and that between the Head of the Infant and the Neck of the Matrix when having a Hook in the right hand couch it close and slip it up above the left Hand between the Head of the Child and the flat of his Hand fixing in it the Bone of the Temple towards the Ear or else in thâ— hollow of the Eye or for want of conveniently coming at these in the occipital Bone observing still to keep the left hand in its place with it gently moving and stirring the Head and so with the right Hand and Hook draw the Child forward admonishing the Woman to put forth her utmost strength still drawing when the Womans pangs are upon her The Head being drawn forth he must with all speed slip his hand under the Arm holes of the Child and take it quite forth giving these things to the Woman viz. a Toste of finâ— Wheat Bread in a quarter of a Pint oâ— Ipocrass Wine Now the former Application and Eâ—deavour failing and the following Medicines will not enable the Woman to cast forth the Birth you may proceed to Instrumentâ— after another manner First when the Woman is in her Bed let her receive the insuing portion hot abstaining fâ—om alâ— manner of Meats and rest till she feel the Operation which is this Take blue Figs to the number of Seven câ—â—â—â—em in pieces adding to them Fenegreek Mother wort and Seeds of Rue of each Five Drams Water of Peneroyal and Motherwort Six Ounces of each boil them till one half he consumed and having constrained them again add Trochischs of Myrrh a Dram and of Saffron Three Grains sweetning the Liquor with Loaf Sugar and spicing it with Cinnamon Having rested upon thisâ— let her labour again as much as may be and if she be not yet successful make a Suffumation of Castor Oppoponax Sulpuhur and Assa Foedita of each half a Dram beating them into Powder and wetting them with the Iuice of Rue till they become stiff then burthem upon Coals so that the Smoak or Fume may only come to the Matrix and no further If these effect not your Desire then this Emplaister is very fitly to be applied viz. Take of Galbanum an Ounce and a half Colocynthis without Grains Two Drams the Iuice of Motherwort and Rue of each half an Ounce and Two Ounces of Virgins Beez-wax bâ—uise and melt them together spreading them as a Cere-Cloth to râ—ach from the Navel to Os Pubis spreading likewise to the Flanks at the same time making a convenient Pâ—ssary of Wool closing it in a Bag of Silk and dipping it in a Câ—ncoction of round Birth-worth Savin Colocynthis with Grains Staves-Acur Black Elebore of each a Dram and of Rue a little sprig or two These things failing and the Woman in danger let the Chyrurgeon use his Instruments to dilate and widen the Womb to which purpose the Woman must be set in a Chair so that she may tâ—rn her Crupper as much from its Back as is conveniâ—nt drawing up her Legs as close as she can but spreading her Thighs as wide as may be or if through her weakness it appear more convenient that she be laid upon the Bed with heread downwards her Buttocks raised and her Legs drawn up as much as can be at what time the Chyrurgeon with his Speculum Matricis or his Apertory may dilate or widen the Womb and draw out the Child and Secundines together if it be possible after which the Womb must be well washed and anointed and the Woman laid in her Bed comforted there with Spice pleasant Meats and Cordials This course must be takon in the Delivery of
all dead Children likewise with Moles Secundines or otherwise false Births that will not of themselves come forth in due season or if the Instruments aforesaid will not sufficiently widen the Womb then other Instruments as the Drakes Bill and long Pincers ought to be used If it so happen that any Inflamation Swelling or concreet Blood be contracted in the Matrix under the Film of those Tumours either before or after the Birth where the Matter appears thinner the Midwife with a Pen-knife or Incision Instrument may Launch it and press out the Corruption healing it with a Pessary dipped in Oyl of Red Roses If at any time through cold or some violence the Child happen to be swelled in any part or have contracted a watery Tumour yet if it remain alive such means â—ught to be used as are least injurious to the Child or mother but if it be dead that Tumour must be let out by incision to faciliate the Birth It often happens that Children come with their Feet foremost and the Hands dilating themselves from the Hips in such a case the Midwife must be well provided of necessary Ointmens to stroke and anoint the Infant with thereby to help its coming forth lest it return again into the Womb before it can be drawn forth holding at the same time both the Arms of the Infant close to the Hips that so the Child may issue forth after its own manner but if then it prove too big then the Womb must be well anointed The Woman may likewise take sneezing Powder to cause her the more to strain and at the same time those that attend may gently stroke down her Belly to make the Birth descend and keep the Child when advanced from retiring back Sometimes it falls out that the Child comiâ—g with its Feet foremost has its Arms extended above its Head the which so happening the Midwife must not receive it in that posture but put it back into the Womb unless the Passage be extraordinary wide and then she must anoint both the Child and the Womb nor is it safe to draw it forth before it is put into due form which must be done after this manner the Woman lying upon her Back with her Head depressed and her Buttocks elevated the Midwife with a gentle hand must compress the Belly of the Woman towards the Midrif by that means to put back the Infant observing to turn the Face of the Child towards the Back of the Mother raising up its Thighs and Buttocks towards her Navel thereby to bring it to a more regular and natural Production Is a Child happen to come forth with one Foot the Arm being extended along â—he side and the other Foot turned backward then must the Woman be instantly brought to her Bed and laid in the posture aforesaid at what time the Midwife must carefully put away the Foot so appearing and the Woman rock her self from one side to the other till she find the Child is turned but she must not alter her posture nor turn upon her Face after which she may expect her Pains and must have great assistance Cordials especially not being wanting to revive and support her Spirits At other times it so comes to pass that the Child lies cross in the Womb and falls upon its side if it so happen the Woman must not be urged in her Labour neither can any expect the Birth in that manner Therefore the Midwife when she so perceives it must use great diligence to reduce it to its right form or such a form in the Womb as 't is possible to deliver it especially by moving the Buttocks and guiding the Head to the Passage but if she be sucâ—cessful herein let her again try by rocking her self to and fro and wait with patience till it changes its manner of lying Sometimes it falls out that the Child hastens to the Birth with it Legs and Arms distorted or expanded in which as in the former the Woman must rock her self but not with any violence till she find the Legs and Arms fall to their proper stations or it may be done by a gentle compression of the Womb but if neither of them prevail the Midwife with her Hand must closâ— the Legs of the Infant and if possible she can reach them do the like to the Arms and so draw it forth though if it could be reduced of it self to the composure or posture of a natural Birth it is better If the Infant come forward with both Knees formost the Hand hanging down upon the Thighs then must the Midwife put both Knees upward till the Feet appear taking hold of which with her Left Hand let her keep her Right Hand on the â—ide of the Child and in that posture endeavour to bring it forth but if she cannot then must the Woman rock her self till the Child is in a more convenient posture for Delivery When it happens that the Child presses forward wiâ—h one Arm extended upon the Thighs and the other elevated over his Head the Feet likewise stretched out at length in the Womb the Midwise in such a posture must not attempt to receive the Child but must lay the Woman upon the Bed in the manner often before recited making a soft and gentle compression upon her Belly to oblige the Infant to retire and if on its own accord it retire not then must the Midwife thruâ—t it back by the Shoulders and bring the Arm that was stretched above the Head to its right place for certain it is the most dangerous in these Extremities in this therefore the Midwife ought to take more care herein than ordinary And first she must observe well to anoint her Hands then the Womb of the Woman either with some sweet Butter or some convenient Pomatum â— thrusting up her Hand as near as she can to the Arm of the Infant and reduce it to the side but if she cannot recal it then must the Woman be laid on her Bed there to repose for a while and then again conducted to a Seat prepared for the most conveniency in that affair by which time perhaps the Child may be reduced to a better posture the which when the Midwife finds she must draw the Arms close to the Hips and so receive it If an Infant come with its Buttocks foremost being in a manner double then the Midwife anointing her Hand must thrust it up and by degrees by heaving the Buttocks and after them the Back strive to turn the Head to the passage but be not over-hasty in so doing lest the Infant retiring should shape it self worse therefore if it cannot be turned with the hand the Woman must to bed and rock her self taking such comfortable things as may support her Spirits till she perceive the Child turn If a Child come forward with its Shoulders the Neck being bowed as it often happens as also the Hands and Feet stretched upwards In such a case the Midwife must with much diligence move
the Shoulders that she may direct the Head to the passage and the better to perfect itâ— the Woman must rock her self c. These and such like methods are to be observed in all single births And the same may be observed in case of Twins or Trebble Births for as the single Birth has but one Natural way and many unnatural Forms even so it happens with the Birth of many Childrenâ— wherefore the Midwife must observe if Twins be in the Womb and pâ—ess forwaâ—d according to the Natural form that she receive that first which is nearest the Passage not letting the other go lest by retiring it should change the form nor must she when one is born delay to bring forth â—he other and this Birth in the natural form is more easie because the Children are most commonly less than the single Births and consequently require a lesser passage but if this Birth happen in an unnatural form it is more difficult and dangerousâ— In the Birth of Twins let the Midwife be exceeding careful that the Secundines be naturally brought forth lest in such a case the Womb being delivered of its burden fall and by its so doing the Secundine continues there longer than is requisite to the indangering of the Woman If it so happen that the Woman is pregnant with Twins and one come naturally and the other naturally as the one with the Head the other with the Feet foremost then must the Midwife consider to deliver the natural Birth first and then iâ— she cannot tuâ—n the other draw it out in the posture it presses forward but if that with the Feet downward be much before the other that she may deliver that first turning the Head of the other aside In this case the Midwife must be diligent to search that instead of Twins it be not a monstrous Birth as a Body with two Heads or two Bodies joyned together which she may observe if both the Hands come foremost by puttiâ—g up her Head between them as high as she can and if she find they are Twins she must gently put one of them aside to make way for the other taking at first that is most advanced having regard to the other that she change not its situation Now to prevent the first Child`s being in danger of its Life the Midwife assoon as 't is come forth must tye the Navel string as has been before directed and also bind it again with a long and large Fillet that part of the Navel that is fastned to the Secundines the more readily to find them The second Infant born let her diligently inquire whether there be noâ— two Secundines for by the shortness of the Ligament it often happens that it retires back to the damage of the Woman wherefore leâ—t in such a case the Womb should close it is most expedient to hasten them forth with all convenient speed If two Infants are joyned together by the Body as sometimes monstrouâ—ly falls out then although the Heads comes foremost yet it is convenient if possible to turn them and draw them forth by the Feet observing when they come to the Hips to draw them forth as swift as may be and in this case great care ought to be observed in anointing and widening the passage And thus much for Extremity or Unnatural Birthsâ— and the next thing I shall proceed to is how to order the Woman after Natural or Unnatural Births or Delivery CHAP. XXII What ought to be observed after Delivery c. PResently after Delivery in case of a Natural Birth especially if the Woman has had hard labour it is convenient to wrap her in the Skin of a Sheep taken off before it is cold putting the fleshy side to her Reins and Belly or for want for this the Skin of a Hare or Coney being â—layed off as soon as killed may be applied to her Belly and in so doing the dilation made in the Birth will be closed up and the ill melancholly Blood expelled from those parts And these may be continued in Summer the space of an hour and in Winter two after which let the Woman be swathed with a fine linnen Cloth about a quarter of a Yard in breadth chafing her Belly before with Oyl of St. Iohnswâ—rt after that raise up the Matrix with a linnen Cloth many times folded then with a little Pillow or Quilt cover her Flanks then use the Swath somewhat above the Hanches winding it pretty stiff applying at the same time a warm Cloth to her Nipples not presently applying Remedies to drive back the Milk by reason the body at such a time is disordered and as it were out of frame for there is neither Vein nor Artery which does not strongly beat where such remedies to drive back the Milk being all of a dissolving Nature it is improper to apply them to the Breast during such confusion and disorder lest by so doing evil Humours be stayed or contracted into the Breast wherefore 12 hours ought to be the least space allowed for the Circulation and settlement of the Blood and what was cast upon the Lungs by the vehement Agitation during the Labour to retire to its proper Receptacles A while after Delivery you may make a restrictive of the Yolks of two Eggs a quarter of a pint of White Wine an Ounce of Oyl of Saint Johns-wort as much of the Oyl of Roses Plaintain and Rose water of each One Ounce bray them together fold a Linnen-Cloth and dip it therein warm it before a gentle Fire and apply it to the Breast and ohe pains of those parts will be greatly eased Present sleep is not convenient but above four hours after Deliveâ—y she may take Broath â—audle or what other liquid matter is nourishing and afterwards if she be disposed to sleep it may be safely permittedâ— And this is as much in case of a Natural Birth as ought immediately to be done In case of â—xtremity or an unnatural Birth these Rules ought to be observed In the first place let the Woman keep a temperate Diet by no means overcharging her self after such an excessive Evacuation and to say true her Diet must be equal to that of wounded Persons not being ruled or giving Credit to unskilful Nurses who admonish them to feed lusty the better to repair the loss of Blood for that Blood is not for the most part pure but such as has been detained in the Vessels or Membranes better avoided for the Health of the Woman then kept unless there happens an extraordinary Flux of Blood for if her nourishmenâ— be over great it will endanger her falling into a Fever nay more it will Increase the Milk to superfluity which Curdling often times turns to Aposthumes wherefore it is requisite for the first five days especially that she take moderately Ponado Broath Poach'd Eggs Gelly of Chickens or Calves feet French Barley-Broath each day somewhat increasing her allowance if she intend to be Nurse to her Child she may take a little