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A53917 A plain and short treatise of an apoplexy, convulsions, colick, twisting of the guts, mother fits, bleeding at nose ... and several other violent and dangerous diseases ... : shewing the sick or by-standers what ought presently to be done : together with proper remedies for each disease and plain directions for the use of them / by J. Pechey ... Pechey, John, 1655-1716. 1698 (1698) Wing P1026; ESTC R18872 21,923 40

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relapse to which this Disease is more obnoxious than an other Chap. VIII Of the Stone in the Kidneys WHen any one is seized with a Fitt of the Stone setting aside all other remedies let him presently drink a Gallon of Posset drink wherein two ounces of the Roots of marsh Mallows have been boyled and let the following Glister be injected Take of the Roots of marsh Mallows and Lillies each one ounce of the Leaves of Mallows Pellitory of the Wall and of the Flowers of Camomile each one Handful of Flax and Fenugreek seeds each half an Ounce boyl them in a sufficient quantity of Water to a Pint and a half dissolve in in the strained Liquor brown Sugar and syrup of Marsh-Mallows each two ounces mingle them make a Glister As soon as he has rendred all the Posset drink by Vomiting and rejected the Glister let him take thirty of my Cordial drops in a Glass of White wine and compose himself to rest on his Bed But to prevent this Disease let him drink Acton or Richmond Waters or other Purging waters often especially when he finds a pain in his Back or heat of Urine And every Summer if his Condition will allow of it Tunbridge Waters or the like for the space of a Month or Whey for the same time when he has not an opportunity to drink these Waters Riding ou Horse Back is also very good for prevention But it is to be noted that if the Stone is too large to pass neither the Waters nor Riding are proper for some old Men have hastened their end by attempting in vain to Cure this Disease by such Remedies the Stone by this means being thurst forward when it was too big to pass If a Bloody Vrine be occasioned by the Stone in the Kidnies take two ounces and a half of Manna dissolved in a quart of Whey once a Week for some Months and when you are to Walk or Ride be sure to drink a large draught of small Beer before you go out and in the way if you stay long a broad Chap. IX Of Vomiting and Loosness call'd Cholera Morbus THis disease is easily known for there are violent Vomitings and an Evacuation of ill Humours with great difficulty and trouble by Stool there is a violent Pain of the Belly an Heart Burning Thirst a quick Pulse and often Convulsions Fainting and a Coldness of the extream Parts and such lik Symptoms which Frighten the By-standers and kill the Patient in Twenty four Hours For the Cure of this dreadful Disease proceed in the following manner boyl a Chicken in about 3 Gallons of Spring water and let the Sick drink several large Draughts of it a little warm or for want of it Posset-drink At the same time a good quantity of the Liquor will serve for several Glisters to be given successively untill all the Liquor is consumed and evacuated upwards and downwards The Filth being ejected by these means which require three or four Hours give twenty of my Cordial drops in a spoonful of Cinnamon-water or the ●ike But it must be carefully noted that if the Vomitting and Loosness continue many Hours suppose ten or twelve and the Sick is worn out so that the extream Parts ●ax cold and the use of the Liquor above mentioned has been neglected you must immediately give my Cor●i●● drops as above directed and Sixteen of them must be also given Morning and Evening daily till the Sick has recovered his Strength and Health Chap. X. Of hard Labour THat is said to be hard Labour which does not observe the due and ordinary course of Nature and longer time is spent in it and the pains are more violent than usual and the Symptoms that accompany it are more grievous Many causes may be assigned for it both external and internal the internal depend on the Mother the Womb or the Child As to the Mother the natural Weakness of the whole Body may make the Labour difficult or her Age she being too Young or too Old or it may be occasion'd by Diseases which she had with her Big-belly Leanness on two much dryness of the Body or Fat compressing the passages of the Womb or the ill-conformation of the Bones encompassing the Womb as in those that are Lame may also occasion it Wind swelling the Bowels a stone on preternatural tumour in the Bladder that presses the Womb may be the cause So may the ill Constitution of the Lungs or the parts serving respiration for the holding of the Breath is very necessary to help the exclusion of the Child As to the Womb various Diseases of it may render the Delivery difficult as Tumours Ulcers Obstructions and the like As to the Child hard Labour is occasioned when by reason it is Dead or Putrified or any way Diseased it cannot confer any thing to it's own exclusion Also when the Body or Head of it is large or when there are many so Twins most commonly cause hard Labour or when it is ill situated as when the Hands or the Feet offer first or when one Hand or Foot comes out or when it is doubled or when the Membranes break too soon so that the Water flows out and leaves the Orifice of the Womb dry at the time of exclusion Or when the Membranes are too thick so that they cannot be easily broken by the Child The external causes depend on things necessary and contingent things necessary are those which are commonly call'd non-natural so Cold and Dry air and a North wind are very injurious to Women in Labour because they bind the Body and drive the Blood and Spirits to the inner parts and they are very injurious to the Child coming from so warm a place Hot weather also dissipates the Spirits and weakens the Child Crude meats and such as are difficulty Concocted and those that bind taken in a great quantity before Labour render it difficult the Stomach being weakened and the common passages contracted which ought to be very open in this Case Drowsiness hinders the Action of the Mother and Child and shews that nature is Weak The unseasonable motion of the Woman much retards the Delivery as when she refuses upon occasion to Stand Walk Lye or Sit or flings her self about unadvisedly so that the Child cannot be Born the right way being turned preposterously by the Restlesness of the Mother The retention of such things as should be evacuated at the time of Labour as of Urine that swells the Bladder or excrements in the right Gut the P●●es also much swelled narrow the Neck of the Womb and so hinder natures endeavours Lastly violent Passions of the mind as ●ear Sorrow and Anger make the Labour difficult To things Contingent ought to be referred a Blow a Fall or a Wound which may much obstruct Labour also the want of By-standers which ought to assist the Woman namely strong Women or Maids which may lift her up just at the time of her Delivery An unskilful Mid-wife that