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de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la foemineis_fw-la the_o woman_n counsellor_n or_o the_o feminine_a physician_n modest_o treat_v of_o such_o occult_a accident_n and_o secret_a disease_n as_o be_v incident_a to_o that_o sex_n which_o their_o too_o much_o modesty_n too_o often_o to_o their_o sorrow_n cause_v they_o to_o conceal_v from_o other_o for_o a_o remedy_n whereof_o they_o be_v here_o teach_v to_o be_v their_o own_o helper_n especial_o in_o these_o particular_n of_o barrenness_n and_o abortion_n of_o natural_a and_o unnatural_a birth_n of_o the_o suppression_n of_o the_o term_n the_o immoderate_a flux_n thereof_o and_o other_o infirmity_n dicere_fw-la quae_fw-la puduit_fw-la scribere_fw-la jussit_fw-la with_o a_o brief_a appendix_n touch_v the_o kind_n cause_n and_o cure_n of_o dropsy_n and_o tympany_n of_o all_o sort_n translate_v out_o of_o massarius_fw-la de_fw-la morbis_fw-la mulier_fw-la by_o r._n t._n φιλομαθης_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d london_n print_v for_o john_n streater_n and_o be_v to_o be_v sell_v by_o the_o bookseller_n in_o london_n 1657._o to_o the_o reader_n courteous_a reader_n i_o be_o now_o to_o write_v to_o two_o sex_n both_o masculine_a and_o feminine_a this_o treatise_n be_v compose_v useful_a for_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n for_o man_n who_o be_v english_a student_n in_o the_o excellent_a work_n of_o nature_n the_o knowledge_n of_o physic_n who_o want_v some_o english_a subject_n of_o this_o nature_n there_o be_v nothing_o of_o it_o yet_o extant_a and_o this_o author_n come_v to_o my_o hand_n almost_o wear_v out_o with_o the_o canker_n of_o time_n i_o have_v bestow_v the_o pain_n to_o new_a dress_n and_o revive_v with_o many_o addition_n there_o be_v no_o subject_n more_o useful_a to_o the_o feminine_a gender_n woman_n of_o all_o sort_n be_v they_o maid_n wife_n or_o widow_n what_o private_a and_o occult_a infirmity_n they_o be_v subject_a to_o be_v here_o describe_v with_o their_o cause_n and_o cure_n those_o that_o be_v or_o intend_v 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oftentimes_o they_o languist_n under_o and_o will_v not_o discover_v then_o make_v use_v hereby_o as_o you_o have_v occasion_n and_o as_o you_o find_v the_o benefit_n give_v god_n the_o praise_n who_o have_v give_v power_n to_o his_o weak_a creature_n the_o herb_n of_o the_o field_n to_o be_v your_o helper_n and_o preserver_n which_o be_v the_o desire_n of_o r._n t._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o table_n of_o the_o content_n of_o the_o chapter_n of_o woman_n disease_n in_o general_a the_o introduction_n chap._n 1._o of_o the_o menstrue_n or_o term_n c._n 2._o of_o the_o suppression_n or_o stop_v of_o the_o term_n chap._n 3._o of_o the_o immoderate_a flux_n of_o the_o term_n chap._n 4._o of_o the_o flux_n of_o the_o womb_n or_o the_o whites_n chap._n 5._o of_o the_o fit_n of_o the_o mother_n or_o suffocation_n and_o draw_v up_o of_o the_o matrix_fw-la chap._n 6._o of_o the_o fall_n down_o of_o the_o womb._n chap._n 7._o of_o natural_a conception_n chap._n 8._o of_o barrenness_n chap._n 9_o of_o monstrous_a and_o unnatural_a birth_n c._n 10._o of_o the_o unnatural_a fleshy_a conception_n in_o the_o womb_n call_v mola_n chap._n 11._o of_o weakness_n of_o child_n in_o the_o womb._n chap._n 12._o of_o mischance_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o same_o chap._n 13._o to_o expel_v and_o drive_v forth_o a_o dead_a child_n out_o of_o the_o womb_n chap._n 14._o of_o hard_a labour_n find_v mean_n to_o procure_v easy_a delivery_n chap._n 15._o of_o superfluity_n of_o milk_n and_o other_o accident_n happen_v after_o the_o birth_n as_o sore_a breast_n chap._n 16._o mean_n and_o remedy_n for_o nurse_n that_o want_v milk_n chap._n 17._o of_o dropsy_n and_o tympany_n a_o appendix_n the_o woman_n counsellor_n the_o introduction_n chap._n i._o of_o woman_n disease_n in_o general_n this_o be_v a_o subject_n which_o too_o much_o modesty_n or_o indeed_o as_o it_o be_v simple_a folly_n of_o many_o of_o the_o female_a sex_n have_v hinder_v they_o from_o attain_v to_o and_o other_o to_o fill_v their_o purse_n have_v and_o do_v still_o endeavour_v to_o conceal_v but_o the_o want_n thereof_o be_v much_o and_o the_o benefit_n great_a to_o save_v the_o health_n and_o sometime_o the_o life_n of_o many_o poor_a woman_n who_o god_n make_v as_o like_o himself_o as_o he_o do_v the_o great_a queen_n in_o the_o world_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o bring_v this_o so_o much_o necessary_a work_n to_o every_o one_o capacity_n and_o to_o treat_v peculiar_o of_o the_o disease_n and_o infirmity_n incident_a to_o woman_n which_o as_o they_o want_v a_o particular_a treatise_n so_o they_o require_v a_o peculiar_a and_o proper_a cure_n 331._o hipp._n 1._o de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la mul._n 331._o as_o hypocrates_n at_o large_a teach_v for_o the_o woman_n do_v much_o differ_v from_o the_o man_n from_o their_o beginning_n and_o therefore_o do_v labour_n under_o and_o suffer_v many_o disease_n peculiar_a and_o proper_a only_o to_o that_o sex_n which_o man_n can_v never_o surfer_v neither_o be_v they_o incident_a to_o they_o wherefore_o be_v it_o not_o requisite_a to_o call_v such_o infirmity_n woman_n disease_n and_o for_o they_o to_o instittute_v not_o only_o a_o proper_a treatise_n but_o a_o special_a cure_n nevertheless_o it_o have_v be_v and_o perhaps_o still_o be_v contend_v against_o by_o some_o learned_a and_o famous_a man_n who_o will_v account_v this_o treatise_n needless_a and_o seem_v to_o aver_v that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o vast_a distinction_n to_o be_v use_v between_o the_o male_a and_o female_a but_o their_o disease_n have_v only_a respect_n to_o the_o sex_n may_v be_v cure_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o general_a method_n and_o this_o indeed_o may_v be_v true_a in_o some_o common_a and_o general_a disease_n usual_a to_o both_o sex_n but_o in_o such_o infirmity_n as_o appertain_v only_o to_o the_o woman_n and_o be_v not_o at_o all_o contingent_a to_o the_o man_n their_o falsity_n plain_o appear_v and_o therefore_o galen_n hypocrates_n &_o dioscorides_n and_o many_o other_o have_v take_v the_o pain_n to_o write_v whole_a commentary_n mere_o upon_o the_o disease_n of_o woman_n but_o yet_o their_o work_n be_v much_o incuse_v by_o the_o corruption_n of_o time_n though_o full_a of_o much_o variety_n of_o speech_n gravity_n and_o excellency_n of_o learning_n this_o treatise_n of_o the_o disease_n of_o woman_n be_v so_o occult_a intricate_a and_o difficult_a to_o perform_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o to_o be_v find_v in_o all_o the_o cabinet_n of_o nature_n or_o secret_n of_o the_o medicinal_a art_n more_o abstruse_a and_o difficult_a the_o cause_n of_o this_o be_v many_o as_o hypocrates_n number_v they_o in_o his_o book_n 331._o hipp._n de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la mul._n pag._n 331._o de_fw-fr morbis_fw-la mul._n pag._n 131._o the_o first_o cause_n be_v that_o woman_n carry_v disease_n a_o long_a time_n about_o they_o and_o root_v it_o in_o they_o and_o yet_o be_v either_o voluntary_o or_o foolish_o ignorant_a thereof_o either_o they_o do_v not_o know_v or_o else_o be_v so_o superfluous_o modest_a as_o they_o will_v not_o discover_v the_o same_o until_o time_n and_o necessity_n too_o late_o to_o their_o pain_n teach_v they_o to_o know_v they_o by_o experience_n and_o from_o hence_o it_o follow_v that_o their_o cure_n be_v not_o only_o difficult_a but_o oftentimes_o their_o disease_n be_v incurable_a the_o second_o cause_n hypocrates_n number_v to_o be_v this_o that_o a_o great_a many_o woman_n that_o be_v trouble_v with_o some_o secret_a disease_n and_o do_v well_o know_v the_o same_o yet_o be_v so_o shamefaced_a and_o modest_a as_o rather_o to_o suffer_v under_o the_o same_o than_o to_o communicate_v their_o mind_n to_o the_o physician_n whereas_o he_o that_o wear_v the_o shoe_n best_o know_v where_o it_o wring_v and_o among_o other_o cause_n the_o information_n of_o the_o patient_n discover_v to_o the_o physician_n the_o knowledge_n and_o so_o consequent_o the_o cure_n of_o
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a_o physician_n than_o to_o find_v out_o and_o know_v the_o way_n and_o manner_n of_o cure_v and_o help_v the_o infirmity_n and_o disease_n of_o woman_n for_o since_o that_o the_o infirmity_n which_o do_v most_o frequent_o afflict_v miserable_a woman_n be_v very_o many_o most_o acute_a and_o grievous_a in_o so_o much_o that_o their_o complaint_n may_v be_v hear_v almost_o continual_o from_o the_o very_a womb_n certain_o physician_n in_o the_o study_n of_o their_o cure_n shall_v not_o only_o gain_v great_a esteem_n and_o honour_n but_o much_o profit_n this_o therefore_o induce_v i_o to_o render_v this_o treatise_n plain_o in_o the_o english_a tongue_n that_o the_o woman_n themselves_o may_v be_v their_o own_o physician_n the_o first_o thing_n therefore_o here_o intend_v to_o be_v handle_v be_v of_o the_o conception_n of_o man_n and_o therein_o the_o first_o thing_n to_o be_v note_v be_v the_o distinction_n and_o difference_n of_o the_o sex_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n without_o which_o no_o conception_n can_v be_v have_v nor_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n maintain_v of_o which_o that_o it_o may_v be_v full_o and_o perfect_o understand_v by_o you_o we_o shall_v speak_v plain_o i_o say_v therefore_o as_o the_o philosopher_n teach_v that_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o that_o be_v have_v a_o twofold_a ens_fw-la or_o being_n some_o ingenerative_a incorruptible_a eternal_a as_o intelligence_n and_o heaven_n other_o generative_a corruptible_a and_o momentary_a as_o these_o inferior_a element_n and_o those_o thing_n which_o consist_v of_o the_o element_n although_o the_o element_n as_o to_o the_o whole_a be_v ingenerative_a and_o incorruptible_a nevertheless_o according_a to_o the_o part_n they_o be_v generate_v and_o corrupt_v and_o be_v subject_a to_o continual_a transmutation_n but_o the_o cause_n thereof_o be_v the_o materia_fw-la prima_fw-la or_o first_o matter_n which_o always_o desire_v new_a form_n as_o the_o philosopher_n in_o their_o physics_n every_o where_o teach_v but_o to_o let_v pass_v all_o other_o circumstance_n 11._o gal._n 14._o cap._n 11._o galen_n tell_v you_o there_o be_v a_o man_n so_o studious_a in_o the_o secret_n of_o nature_n as_o to_o seek_v if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o be_v immortal_a and_o bring_v immortality_n upon_o the_o body_n but_o the_o materia_fw-la prima_fw-la or_o which_o if_o you_o will_v call_v it_o god_n himself_o know_v this_o to_o be_v unlawful_a and_o this_o galen_n sufficient_o declare_v 1._o gal._n 1_o cap._n 1._o for_o that_o which_o consist_v of_o artery_n vein_n nerve_n bone_n and_o flesh_n be_v the_o compound_n of_o nature_n and_o therefore_o be_v subject_n to_o corruption_n for_o the_o frabricatum_fw-la or_o building_n of_o nature_n be_v a_o plain_a way_n yet_o impossible_a to_o bring_v a_o man_n to_o immortality_n his_o structure_n be_v subject_a to_o fall_v the_o great_a of_o city_n and_o the_o wise_a of_o man_n be_v their_o counsel_n never_o so_o great_a or_o their_o people_n never_o so_o many_o and_o their_o wisdom_n and_o their_o providence_n never_o so_o much_o time_n will_v bring_v they_o all_o to_o nothing_o therefore_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n be_v wonderful_a as_o that_o as_o one_o die_v another_o life_n and_o instead_o of_o one_o another_o succeed_v and_o by_o that_o rule_n you_o may_v call_v nature_n to_o be_v immortal_a but_o this_o be_v no_o other_o but_o the_o continual_a generation_n of_o mankind_n part_n gal._n 6.7.14_o 3_o de_fw-fr usu_fw-la part_n so_o teach_v philosophy_n and_o so_o the_o learned_a write_v there_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o body_n but_o be_v necessary_a to_o be_v use_v and_o competent_a to_o the_o protection_n of_o life_n as_o the_o brain_n the_o heart_n the_o liver_n the_o eye_n the_o nose_n the_o ear_n but_o if_o we_o shall_v particular_o instance_n the_o primum_fw-la mobile_a of_o nature_n we_o must_v then_o speak_v of_o the_o four_o principal_a part_n which_o carry_v a_o distinction_n between_o the_o male_a and_o the_o female_a and_o be_v the_o preserver_n and_o continuer_n of_o mankind_n i_o will_v presume_v so_o much_o modesty_n as_o to_o give_v you_o these_o term_n in_o the_o old_a tongue_n turner_n turner_n my_o meaning_n can_v be_v unknown_a it_o be_v lawful_a for_o ovid_n to_o write_v what_o he_o will_v not_o speak_v and_o you_o may_v know_v my_o meaning_n the_o part_n follow_v which_o we_o must_v treat_v of_o be_v the_o maintainer_n and_o continue_v of_o the_o world_n before_o the_o confusion_n of_o babel_n call_v pudenda_fw-la testes_fw-la utert_n you_o know_v my_o mind_n if_o you_o do_v not_o he_o in_o english_a such_o thing_n as_o have_v the_o best_a sense_n of_o feeling_n of_o this_o which_o we_o say_v before_o we_o intend_v only_o to_o discriminate_a the_o sex_n without_o which_o no_o generation_n can_v be_v have_v in_o any_o creature_n whatsoever_o without_o the_o perfect_a mixture_n of_o male_a and_o female_a and_o therefore_o aristotle_n in_o all_o his_o work_n 2_o arist._n de_fw-fr gen_fw-la c._n 2_o count_v the_o earth_n to_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o creature_n the_o sun_n the_o father_n and_o begetter_n of_o they_o so_o say_v likewise_o plato_n and_o all_o other_o that_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n consist_v of_o two_o element_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n the_o father_n and_o begetter_n to_o be_v the_o fire_n or_o sun_n the_o woman_n or_o conceiver_n to_o be_v the_o earth_n or_o moon_n of_o which_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v build_v and_o consist_v as_o the_o macrocosmus_fw-la or_o great_a world_n consist_v turner_n turner_n and_o be_v proper_o support_v by_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n which_o be_v the_o male_a and_o female_a of_o the_o same_o great_a world_n so_o the_o microcosmus_n man_n by_o the_o woman_n which_o be_v the_o moon_n of_o the_o man_n and_o the_o earth_n of_o the_o microcosmus_n and_o the_o field_n of_o his_o generation_n product_n the_o continual_a generation_n of_o mankind_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o difference_n of_o sect_n and_o part_n between_o man_n and_o woman_n will_v take_v up_o a_o volume_n in_o philosophy_n beyond_o our_o present_a intention_n which_o intend_v only_o the_o infirmity_n incident_a to_o the_o moon_n of_o the_o man_n or_o that_o creature_n which_o we_o call_v a_o woman_n something_o may_v be_v say_v how_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n of_o the_o microcosm_n or_o the_o man_n and_o the_o woman_n differ_v in_o part_n and_o nature_n philosophy_n large_o teach_v it_o but_o we_o say_v no_o more_o but_o only_o they_o differ_v in_o faculty_n for_o the_o man_n or_o the_o sun_n of_o the_o microcosm_n have_v a_o power_n or_o faculty_n to_o engender_v in_o another_o that_o be_v in_o the_o moon_n but_o the_o woman_n have_v also_o a_o faculty_n in_o power_n of_o generate_a or_o bring_v forth_o in_o herself_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o sun_n her_o husband_n without_o which_o mutual_a conjunction_n no_o generation_n can_v be_v have_v i_o hope_v you_o have_v wit_n enough_o to_o know_v
what_o i_o mean_v by_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o moon_n that_o i_o may_v not_o be_v force_v to_o english_a one_o thing_n twice_o and_o if_o you_o be_v man_n or_o woman_n then_o know_v that_o by_o the_o sun_n i_o mean_v the_o man_n and_o by_o the_o moon_n the_o woman_n which_o if_o she_o be_v a_o whore_n i_o can_v help_v it_o that_o be_v a_o eclipse_n to_o the_o microcosmical_a sun_n and_o as_o these_o two_o differ_v in_o sex_n so_o they_o differ_v in_o nature_n and_o in_o the_o several_a faculty_n of_o nature_n and_o member_n belong_v to_o procreation_n and_o generation_n of_o creature_n accommodate_v the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o but_o if_o you_o will_v take_v the_o distinction_n aristotle_n he_o call_v they_o in_o woman_n pudenda_fw-la and_o uterus_fw-la and_o in_o man_n testes_fw-la and_o membrum_fw-la virile_a testes_fw-la signify_v proper_o witness_n and_o a_o man_n without_o such_o witness_n will_v have_v bad_a success_n in_o his_o cause_n turner_n turner_n if_o woman_n be_v of_o the_o jury_n and_o therefore_o the_o first_o mover_n and_o maker_n of_o all_o thing_n know_v it_o necessary_a to_o have_v a_o procreation_n of_o mankind_n for_o the_o continual_a supply_n of_o the_o world_n which_o shall_v be_v as_o well_o male_a as_o female_a and_o therefore_o he_o make_v the_o woman_n and_o fit_v she_o answerable_o to_o be_v accommodate_v to_o receive_v the_o instrument_n of_o the_o microcosmical_a sun_n the_o man_n necessary_o fit_v one_o to_o the_o other_o for_o the_o act_n of_o generation_n and_o this_o be_v the_o cause_n why_o it_o be_v thought_n not_o fit_a the_o man_n shall_v be_v alone_o for_o if_o he_o have_v be_v so_o the_o world_n have_v cease_v in_o he_o and_o it_o be_v not_o only_o sufficient_a to_o make_v a_o man_n and_o a_o woman_n so_o and_o furnish_v they_o with_o instrument_n proper_a to_o conjunction_n and_o copulation_n but_o also_o that_o as_o well_o in_o the_o man_n as_o in_o the_o woman_n there_o shall_v be_v a_o desire_n and_o magnetical_a 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