Womanhood : causes of its premature decline, respectfully illustrated : being a review of the changes and derangements of the female constitution : a safe and faithful guide to mothers during gestation, before and after confinement : with medical advice of the most salutary and important nature to all females : also, sixty vegetable and domestic recipes with directions : in three parts / by A.G. Hall.

  • Hall, A. G.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Womanhood : causes of its premature decline, respectfully illustrated : being a review of the changes and derangements of the female constitution : a safe and faithful guide to mothers during gestation, before and after confinement : with medical advice of the most salutary and important nature to all females : also, sixty vegetable and domestic recipes with directions : in three parts / by A.G. Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    MODE OF ]MAKING- PORRAGE. Take two tea cups full of sweet or new milk, four tea cups full of water by measure; take two common sized table spoons even full of wheat flour made into a thin batter free of lumps ; boil the milk and water over a slow fire, and add the batter, stirring it well ; let it boil five minutes, add your salt, cool it, and it is fit for use. This ought nev- er to be omitted after the emetic. RECIPE FOR PROLAPSUS UTERI, OR FALLING- OF THE WOMB. After the stomach and bow^els have been thoroughly and gradually cleansed w4th the emetic and pills, and the Mensis regulated, take 1 oz. of cayenne pepper, and 1 oz. of pulverized cranesbill, 1 oz. of pulverized golden seal ; mix, take half a tea spoon- ful of the mixture three times a day for a fortnight; relieve the bowels, if they are confined, wdth a few laxative pills*. TREATMENT FOR SORE BREASTS. Obtain cedar or hemlock oil, and rub on the part affected half a tea spoonful at a time, two or three times a day ; applying the raw^ onion poultice at night; be sure to relieve the bow^els freely with laxative medicine, bathing the feet, &c. &c,
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