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The complete midwife's practice enlarged ... With instructions of the Queen of France's midwife [Louise Bourgeois].
- Date:
- 1680
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The complete midwife's practice enlarged ... With instructions of the Queen of France's midwife [Louise Bourgeois]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![r* five grams, Syrup of Mugwort half an ounce, mingle all thefe together, and make -a potion to drink at once. Orelfe take four drops of the diftilled oyl of Savin in white-wine,. . r-f = ' ■ A Pejfary for the fame. V; J / j TAke the leaves of red Cole worts, and bruife them, and put them into a little piece of linnen cloth in the lhape of a finger, then bruife them again, that' the juice may come through, and dip the cloth in a mixture of oyl of Lilliesi] Camomil, and fweet Almonds. * vV • For the fame. TAke long and round Birth wort, A fa Fee tida., of each half an ounce, Myrrh one dram, Spike two drams, make them up with thes deco&ion of Parfley, and Apple-tree leaves. For the fame. 1 Ake of Borax one dram, Cinamon one feru- _ pie. Saffron three grains, make a pouder and let the woman drink it in four ounces of wa¬ ter of Mugwort. ' . ■ ■ ' ’ V-; ' V * . -i ' To exfell the Child, 'and after-Birth, in time of great necejfity. ) ► ►npAke of the water of Mugwort, Agrimony and [Penny-royal, of each one ounce, Sy¬ rup](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30339212_0002_0345.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
