The lady's physician. A practical treatise on the various disorders incident to the fair sex. With proper directions for the cure thereof ... / Written originally in French ... Translated by an eminent physician.

  • Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David), 1728-1797
Date:
1766
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Credit: The lady's physician. A practical treatise on the various disorders incident to the fair sex. With proper directions for the cure thereof ... / Written originally in French ... Translated by an eminent physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Way into the fmaller Veffels, to be thro* them emptied to a certain Degree ; or elfe is owing to too great a Compadtnefs in the Fibres of the Womb, whofe fecretory Ori¬ fices, or little Mouths are too clofely com- preffed to yield Admiffion to any Ingrefs of the Blood, and confequently preventative of falutary Evacuations. In either Cafe, the Blood’s Efcape being debarred, its return into the general Circulation, on account of its augmented Quantity, makes offenfive Lodgments on many Parts, through their Weaknefs rendered more liable to yield ; and prove dangerous in Proportion to the Parts affedted being more or lefs elfential to Life. This Diftemper is ever attended with an Unwillingnefs to Adtion, an Heavinefs of Mind, a Palenefs of Complexion. Pains are felt both in the Groin and Loins, with a Difficulty of breathing ; cold Sweats, hyfteric and fainting Fits, &c. There en- fues a total Depravation of all the Fundti- ons of the Body, Nay, fuch hath often been the dreadful Effeâ of the Difcharge not being able to make its Way through the proper Outlets, as to force for itfelf an unnatural, violent, and perilous Egrefs, through thtAnus, or Fundament, the Blad¬ der, Breads, Eyes, Ears, &c. The Bowels are wont to fuffer prodigi- oufly in fuch Patients, and in general, more outra-