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.

  • Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709
Date:
1673
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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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    the like difgrace, when there is any caufe of doubt, ’ inis betrer/to delay aliccle, then rafhly to pro- nounce hif*prognoftick at a ventures foras there are Women} who would be thought tobe with * SS who will deny it, till they are brought to bed, as \. inthis following example. About the year 1654,be- | ing in. the Citty of Saumar, there was near my Lodging a young and very handfom Daughter of a Citizen, whowas fivewhole months under a Phy- : Dropfie which fhe complained of at length after fhe had taken many violent Remedies they had or- dered her, fhe was cured in a moment, ' by bringing | forth a Childiat its full time, notwichftanding all | they had given her; which much aftonifhed the Phyficianand Apothecary, who were fo grofly de- ceived, in trufting to the Maids relationywho coun- terfeired the Dropfie fo well, that they could never perceive the truth till fhe was brought to bed. Some Women themfelves are deceived in their being with Child, as lately the Wife of a Coun- fellour of the Court, who after having been ina courfe of Phyfick of fix‘ or feveh'whole months for the Dropfie, .under an eminent Phyfician, was at length. brought to bed of a Child. I knew another Woman; a Merchant of Squared- Timber at Paris, who never had a Child, though fle fo palfionately defited it,as co-be at the point of hoping for one at 59 yeats ofage, under thecolour that fhe had ftill her Courfes.. This Woman was once: perfwaded ( upon the recital of fuch figns as fhe faid fhe had) for the {pace of ten whole months, chat fhe was with Child, of which the Midwife and B 4 wiar ¥ 4