A Briefe Discovrse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the MotherJorden, Edward
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A Briefe Discovrse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother
Jorden, Edward
Hysteria -- Early works to 1900; Uterus -- Displacements -- Early works to 1800
And concerning this disease whereof we doe intreate, [59]_Iohannes
Montanus_ tels vs of a patient of his, who fell into the fits of the
Mother vppon iealousie. [60]_Forrestus_ of another, who had her fits
whensoeuer shee was angred: and of another that vpon loue fell into
this disease. My selfe do know a Gentlewoman, who upon the sight of
one particular man would alwaies feele an vterin affect: and another
that vpon feare of being chidden, or seeing another in the fit of the
mother, would also fall into it her selfe.
[59] _Consilio 311._
[60] _Lib. 28. obser. 28. lib. 10. obseru. 30._
Cap. 7.
_Of the cure of this disease, so much as belongeth to the friends
and attendants to performe._
The signes of this disease, seeing they are drawne principally from the
causes and _Symptoms_ before declared shall not neede any particular
discourse, especially considering the vse of them belongeth properly
to the Physition, to direct him in his cure. And therefore I thinke
good to ease my selfe of this labour, which would bee altogether
vnprofitable to the reader.
[Sidenote: _Rondeltius Hollerius._]
Concerning the cure also I thinke it not meete to say more then may
concerne the friends and assistants vnto the patient to looke vnto:
referring Physitions workes vnto Physitions. There are some things
by the friendes to bee performed vnto the patient in regard of the
[61]presẽt fit, & some things in regard of the cause. In the fit
let the bodies bee kept [62]vpright, straight laced, and the belly &
throat held downe with ones hand. Let heed be taken that they hurt not
themselues by biting their fingers, striking their armes & legs against
hard things, &c. apply euil smels to their nostrils, and sweet smels
beneath [63]tie their legs hard with a garter for reuulsion sake, &c.
[61] _Valetius in Hollerium. c. 59 Valescius di Taranta. lib. 6._
[62] _Paschal. li. 1 ca. 57. Altomar._
[63] _Rhasis ad Almansor. cap. 28._
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