The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed. As also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit remedies for ... indispositions of new-born babes ... / Translated, and enlarged with ... marginal-notes, by Hugh Chamberlen.

  • François Mauriceau
Date:
1673
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Credit: The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed. As also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit remedies for ... indispositions of new-born babes ... / Translated, and enlarged with ... marginal-notes, by Hugh Chamberlen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vo Dithe pifeates Lib.1 had foft during their being young with Child ; having need of more nourifhment, confumes abun- dance of humours, which hinders the flowing of fo much fuperfluity to the ftomach 5. befides,ar that time the Womb ts by degrees accuftomed to exten- tion’: Ircontinues in fome till they are delivered, which often puts then) in danger of mifcarryings and the rather, the nearer the Woman is to her full time, Others again are more fometimes tormented with it towards the end of their reckoning than at the beginning : becaufe the ftomach cannot then be fufficiently widened to contain eafily the food, being comprefled by the large extention and. big- nefs of the Womb.! Sucha Vomiting which comes about the laccer end of the reckoning to Women are brought to. bed, | You need not wonder, or be much troubled at the Vomitings in the beginning, provided chey are: pentle and without great ftraining , becaufe chey: are on the contrary’ very: beneficial to Women 5 but if they conuinue longer than the third or fourth Aliment being daily/yomited up, the Mother and the Child, having:need of much blood for their nourifhmenty will thereby grow extreamly weak, befides the continual fubverfion of the ftomach,cau=! already mentioned. | | To ‘hinder this Vomiting from afflicting the) Woman much or long: ( it'being ‘very dificult to! ii : fpecified ! tf ecified jue | and i j wo | hin ec | fein he tis, Po Bi, 1 B diene B dovet, 0 Lovee 4 | an Ee B tleke ID tals 4 Mort the / sw] | 7 Ln
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