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A66881
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Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with a copious alphabetical index.
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Wolveridge, James, d. 1671.
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1670
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Wing W3319; ESTC R15116
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instruct_v the_o learned_a athenas_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d noctuas_fw-la athenas_n lest_o i_o seem_v to_o bring_v owl_n to_o athens_n but_o to_o inform_v the_o less_o know_v and_o end_v this_o preface_n we_o will_v begin_v with_o generation_n itself_o and_o the_o rest_n in_o order_n sect_n i._o of_o the_o true_a generation_n of_o the_o part_n and_o increase_v of_o the_o infant_n in_o the_o womb_n according_a to_o the_o day_n and_o time_n till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o birth_n womb_n the_o property_n of_o the_o womb_n when_o the_o womb_n who_o property_n it_o be_v natural_o to_o receive_v seed_n unto_o generation_n as_o a_o loadstone_n attract_v iron_n or_o as_o jeat_z straw_n or_o feather_n have_v receive_v the_o seed_n for_o generation_n and_o by_o its_o virtue_n have_v shut_v up_o the_o seed_n for_o generation_n present_o from_o the_o first_o day_n until_o the_o six_o or_o seven_o there_o grow_v and_o arise_v very_o many_o and_o very_o small_a fibre_n or_o hair_n begin_v with_o a_o hot_a motion_n mark_v see_v the_o figure_n mark_v by_o which_o vital_a heat_n the_o liver_n with_o his_o chief_a organ_n be_v generate_v by_o a_o natural_a virtue_n as_o this_o follow_a scheme_n may_v the_o more_o illustrate_a mark_v as_o in_o the_o margin_n the_o small_a first_o fibre_n for_o the_o vital_a spirit_n giving_z down_z seed_n towards_o conception_n form_n and_o distinguish_v the_o chief_a member_n by_o the_o ten_o day_n be_v let_v in_o by_o certain_a vein_n of_o the_o secundine_a generate_v the_o navel_n '_o how_o generate_v to_o which_o the_o matrix_fw-la be_v fix_v and_o by_o which_o the_o blood_n be_v import_v and_o of_o which_o the_o navel_n be_v generate_v but_o at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n three_o small_a spot_n not_o unlike_a to_o curd_n of_o milk_n arise_v where_o the_o liver_n the_o heart_n bifurca_fw-la nourishment_n of_o the_o infant_n by_o the_o navel_n vena_fw-la bifurca_fw-la and_o the_o brain_n have_v their_o place_n and_o then_o present_o a_o vein_n direct_v by_o the_o navel_n attract_v the_o thick_a blood_n confuse_v with_o the_o seed_n and_o make_v it_o fit_a for_o nourishment_n from_o whence_o also_o there_o arise_v a_o vein_n with_o two_o fork_n which_o be_v generate_v according_a to_o the_o form_n of_o this_o figure_n in_o the_o one_o of_o which_o branch_n there_o be_v a_o collection_n of_o blood_n of_o which_o first_o the_o liver_n be_v generate_v by_o a_o natural_a faculty_n liver_n the_o genetion_n of_o the_o liver_n from_o whence_o it_o easy_o appear_v the_o liver_n to_o be_v a_o congeal_a and_o concrete_a blood_n and_o also_o it_o may_v be_v manifest_a how_o many_o and_o various_a vein_n it_o have_v prepare_v and_o fit_v for_o the_o expulsive_a and_o attractive_a virtue_n but_o in_o the_o other_o branch_n be_v generate_v those_o texture_n or_o rather_o web_n of_o vein_n with_o the_o dilatation_n of_o other_o vein_n as_o of_o the_o stomach_n spleen_n and_o intestine_n in_o the_o low_a part_n of_o the_o belly_n and_o from_o hence_o immediate_o all_o vein_n be_v recollect_v together_o as_o so_o many_o branch_n into_o one_o trunk_n in_o the_o upper_a texture_n of_o the_o liver_n towards_o the_o hollow_a vein_n descendens_fw-la venae_fw-la cavae_fw-la truncus_fw-la ascendens_fw-la descendens_fw-la diaphragma_n truncus_fw-la descendens_fw-la and_o this_o trunk_n by_o and_o by_o send_v down_o branch_n to_o make_v the_o midriff_n and_o direct_v not_o a_o few_o branch_n to_o the_o low_a part_n even_o to_o the_o very_a thigh_n and_o then_o the_o heart_n with_o his_o vein_n extend_v into_o seed_n from_o the_o navel_n be_v generate_v by_o a_o vital_a virtue_n dorsi_fw-la spina_n dorsi_fw-la and_o be_v direct_v towards_o the_o spin_v of_o the_o back_n as_o be_v demonstrate_v in_o this_o figure_n 3._o but_o those_o do_v attract_v the_o hot_a and_o more_o subtle_a blood_n cordis_n the_o generation_n of_o the_o heart_n pericardium_n vel_fw-la capsula_fw-la cordis_n of_o which_o the_o heart_n be_v 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the_o arterial_a vein_n pulmonaria_fw-la vena_fw-la arteriosa_fw-la er_fw-mi pulmonaria_fw-la but_o in_o the_o left_a concavity_n of_o the_o heart_n there_o be_v two_o artery_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o venal_a artery_n and_o the_o great_a artery_n which_o carry_v a_o great_a pulse_n with_o it_o and_o diffuse_v the_o vital_a spirit_n by_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o heart_n into_o all_o the_o pulsatile_a vein_n of_o the_o body_n for_o as_o the_o hollow_a vein_n be_v the_o original_n of_o all_o vein_n by_o which_o the_o body_n do_v attract_v its_o whole_a nourishment_n of_o blood_n so_o aorta_fw-la aorta_fw-la venae_fw-la pââ¦satiles_fw-la aorta_fw-la from_o the_o aorta_fw-la or_o great_a artery_n all_o pulsatile_a vein_n be_v derive_v diffuse_v the_o vital_a spirit_n through_o the_o whole_a body_n for_o the_o heart_n be_v the_o fountain_n and_o original_n of_o vital_a heat_n without_o which_o no_o creature_n or_o member_n can_v thrive_v venosa_fw-la arteria_fw-la venosa_fw-la under_o the_o abovesaid_a artery_n in_o the_o left_a concavity_n of_o the_o heart_n another_o vein_n arise_v call_v the_o venal_a artery_n and_o although_o that_o be_v real_o a_o pulsatile_a vein_n and_o do_v direct_v the_o vital_a spirit_n yet_o according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o all_o pulsatile_a vein_n that_o have_v blood_n it_o have_v but_o one_o coat_n and_o therefore_o make_v for_o that_o end_n that_o it_o shall_v derive_v the_o cold_a air_n from_o the_o lung_n to_o refresh_v the_o heart_n as_o also_o to_o attemper_v its_o overmuch_o heat_n lung_n the_o generation_n of_o the_o lung_n and_o because_o vein_n issue_v out_o from_o both_o the_o concavity_n of_o the_o heart_n and_o be_v insert_v into_o the_o lung_n and_o of_o which_o the_o lung_n be_v form_v for_o the_o vein_n that_o proceed_v from_o the_o right_a concavity_n of_o the_o heart_n produce_v the_o most_o subtle_a blood_n which_o by_o small_a fibre_n disperse_v here_o and_o there_o be_v change_v into_o the_o fleshy_a substance_n 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