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gluttony_n or_o drunkenness_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o too_o frequent_a carnal_a copulation_n be_v a_o cause_n of_o barrenness_n because_o it_o attract_v the_o seedy_a moisture_n from_o the_o stone_n before_o it_o be_v sufficient_o prepare_v and_o concoct_v as_o all_o other_o member_n of_o the_o body_n by_o institution_n of_o nature_n use_v to_o draw_v their_o accustom_a juice_n to_o themselves_o so_o now_o if_o any_o one_o by_o daily_a copulation_n draw_v out_o all_o the_o moisture_n of_o his_o seed_n then_o do_v the_o stone_n draw_v the_o moist_a humour_n from_o the_o upper_a vein_n to_o themselves_o and_o so_o have_v but_o a_o little_a blood_n in_o they_o they_o be_v force_v of_o necessity_n to_o cast_v it_o out_o raw_a and_o thus_o the_o stone_n be_v deprive_v of_o the_o moisture_n of_o their_o vein_n draw_v the_o same_o from_o the_o upper_a vein_n and_o the_o upper_a vein_n from_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n for_o their_o proper_a nutriment_n to_o the_o great_a damage_n 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according_a to_o the_o great_a hypocrates_n the_o prince_n of_o all_o physician_n as_o if_o the_o mouth_n or_o neck_n of_o the_o womb_n be_v turn_v backward_o towards_o the_o great_a gut_n or_o a_o side_n out_o of_o its_o place_n contrary_a from_o the_o privity_n if_o it_o appear_v too_o big_a or_o if_o it_o be_v fall_v down_o before_o the_o privity_n to_o which_o may_v be_v add_v when_o it_o be_v so_o narrow_a that_o it_o can_v admit_v the_o yard_n to_o enter_v and_o when_o it_o be_v whole_o or_o in_o part_n close_v by_o some_o inward_a or_o outward_a skin_n which_o be_v very_o rare_a if_o at_o all_o or_o by_o a_o swell_a collosity_n or_o cicatrice_n etc._n etc._n but_o than_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a that_o the_o man_n yard_n enter_v the_o neck_n which_o be_v the_o
a_o woman_n new_o lay_v p._n 247_o sect._n 4._o of_o the_o bruise_n and_o rent_n of_o the_o outward_a part_n of_o the_o womb_n cause_v by_o labour_n p._n 252_o sect._n 5._o of_o the_o after-pain_n p._n 254_o sect._n 6._o of_o the_o lochia_n whence_o they_o come_v if_o good_a or_o bad_a their_o stop_n and_o what_o ensue_v p._n 255_o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o inflammation_n etc._n etc._n of_o the_o womb._n p._n 258_o sect._n 8._o of_o the_o inflammation_n and_o apostemation_n of_o the_o breast_n p._n 259_o sect._n 9_o of_o the_o curdling_n of_o the_o milk_n in_o the_o breast_n p._n 262_o sect._n 10._o of_o choping_a etc._n etc._n and_o loss_n of_o the_o nipple_n p._n 265_o part_n iv_o of_o the_o disease_n and_o symptom_n happen_v to_o little_a child_n and_o of_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o nurse_n sect._n 1_o what_o manner_n of_o woman_n a_o nurse_n ought_v to_o be_v and_o whether_o the_o mother_n be_v the_o best_a nurse_n p._n 269_o sect._n 2._o of_o the_o disease_n and_o symptom_n which_o happen_v to_o child_n and_o first_o of_o their_o disease_n in_o general_n p._n 291_o sect._n 3_o of_o fever_n meazel_v and_o smallpox_n in_o little_a child_n p._n 293_o sect._n 4._o of_o the_o milky_a scab_n achores_fw-la scald-head_n and_o louse_n p._n 295_o sect._n 5._o of_o the_o watery_a swell_n of_o the_o head_n p._n 298_o sect._n 6._o of_o fright_v in_o the_o sleep_v and_o watch_n p._n 299_o sect._n 7._o of_o the_o falling-sickness_n and_o convulsion_n p._n 301_o sect._n 8._o of_o pain_n in_o the_o ear_n moisture_n ulcer_n and_o worm_n p._n 302_o sect._n 9_o of_o the_o thrush_n bladder_n of_o the_o gum_n and_o inflammation_n of_o the_o tonsil_n p._n 303_o sect._n 10._o of_o the_o breed_n of_o tooth_n p._n 304_o sect._n 11._o of_o a_o catarrh_n cough_n and_o difficult_a breathe_n p._n 305_o sect._n 12._o of_o the_o hiccup_n and_o vomit_v p._n 307_o sect._n 13._o of_o the_o pain_n and_o puff_v of_o the_o belly_n p._n 309_o sect._n 14._o of_o the_o flux_n of_o the_o belly_n p._n 311_o sect._n 15._o of_o costiveness_n p._n 312_o sect._n 16._o of_o worm_n p._n 313_o sect._n 17._o of_o the_o rupture_n p._n 314_o sect._n 18._o of_o bunch_v out_o and_o inflammation_n of_o the_o navel_n p._n 315_o sect._n 19_o of_o the_o fall_n out_o of_o the_o fundament_n p._n 316_o sect._n 20._o of_o difficulty_n and_o stop_n of_o urine_n p._n 317_o sect._n 21._o of_o not_o hold_v urine_n p._n 318_o sect._n 22._o of_o leanness_n and_o bewitch_v p._n 319_o sect_n i._o of_o the_o true_a generation_n of_o it_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 when_o the_o womb_n who_o property_n it_o be_v natural_o to_o receive_v seed_n for_o generation_n as_o a_o loadstone_n attract_v iron_n or_o jeat_z straw_n or_o feather_n have_v receive_v the_o seed_n and_o by_o its_o virtue_n have_v shut_v it_o up_o for_o generation_n present_o from_o the_o first_o day_n until_o the_o six_o or_o seven_o 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