The midwives book. Or the whole art of midwifery discovered. Directing childbearing women how to behave themselves / [Jane Sharp].

  • Sharp, Jane
Date:
1671
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Credit: The midwives book. Or the whole art of midwifery discovered. Directing childbearing women how to behave themselves / [Jane Sharp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    int) Par t-grofs blood from the pure, but much ear- thy juice remains in the child; fometimes ir }) isnatural f rom the Parents,they pifs by drops; | and what! comes forth is like: clear water , or whey, or milk, and. fometimes blood ‘Wcomes ‘forths' ‘it: grows daily, and at laf WW they maft be'cutif they be not cured in time. ) Letthen the belly be alwaies kept loofe; and } thé narfe’eat no flimy grofs meats 3 anoint the i| bladder with oil of Lillies, and of Scorpions, i} and lay on a‘Cataplafme ‘of Pellitory of the i) Wall boild in oibof Lilliés, or give two drops | of Spitit of Vitriol, with half a dram of Cy- }prefS Turpentine. Take Magiftery, or Crabs eyes, white Amber prepared; Goats blood of | each a {cruple, give it frequently, with) water 5, |] Of Parfley. joo XX XVOIL There is one difeafe more t | |i) thall end with,and that is called Siriafis, an ine ite |!) Hammation of the membranes of the brain; it }isifrom phlegmatick blood putrified, and ) grows hor and cholerick, hot weather, windy it |) milk,and nurfes ill diet may-cauleit: The fore- ti | head grows hot & hollow the fate is red,they | are dry&Feaverifh, want an appetite. The fore ) part of the head is hollow, where the fagittal end Coronal Sutures meet, for there the boncs wt I] are membranons, and harden in time ; itis , Ee dangerous ste et f 7; “85 : . ge = a 0 fy Sasol coe seme eRe AT eh Ni cel Le a ss Bees tzaies aK ESR cuts Ce er a te, I VO id agg FS eh crates Ss no amanat a erent