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The Female Physician: Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: to which is added, the whole art of new improv'd midwifery; comprehending the necessary qualifications of a midwife, and particular directions for laying women, in all cases of difficult and preternatural births; together with the diet and regimen of both the mother and child.Maubray, John

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The Female Physician: Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: to which is added, the whole art of new improv'd midwifery; comprehending the necessary qualifications of a midwife, and particular directions for laying women, in all cases of difficult and preternatural births; together with the diet and regimen of both the mother and child.

Name: The Female Physician: Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: to which is added, the whole art of new improv'd midwifery; comprehending the necessary qualifications of a midwife, and particular directions for laying women, in all cases of difficult and preternatural births; together with the diet and regimen of both the mother and child.
Author: Maubray, John

Maubray, John

Midwifery -- Early works to 1800; Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800

THERE are besides also TEN _Parts_, of which MAN himself consists
intrinsically; _viz._ the _Spirit_, _Brain_, _Lungs_, _Heart_, _Liver_,
_Gall_, _Spleen_, _Kidneys_, _Testicles_, and _Matrix_: And likewise TEN
_Simple Integral Parts_ constituting the MAN, to wit, _Bone_,
_Cartilage_, _Nerve_, _Fibre_, _Ligament_, _Artery_, _Vein_, _Membrane_,
_Flesh_, and _Skin_. In short just so, after this manner, there are TEN
_Months_ required to form and maturate the _MAN_, in the substantial
_Completion_ of THESE to Perfection.

BUT, after All, lest I should be thought, by this way of Reasoning on
the _Numbers_ of the _MONTHS_, to vend some fictitious _Notions_ for
mechanical _Causes_, or vain _Fictions_ for the _Laws of Nature_, I
shall in this Place, to avoid that Censure or Reproach, make a small
_Digression_, and that upon _NUMBERS_ in general.

FIRST then, I think it appears very Plain from the _Three preceding
Chapters_, that _NUMBERS_ are of a certain wonderful Efficacy and Virtue
even in SUPERNATURALS.

SECONDLY, In _Natural Things_ also the Virtues of _NUMBERS_ (so
_mystically_ constituted and _mysteriously_ intended) are conspicuously
manifest: As is evident in the _Herb_, call’d PENTAPHYLLON, which is
said to resist _Poisons_ by Virtue of _Number FIVE_; as _one Leaf_ of it
taken _twice_ a day in _Wine_, cures the QUOTIDIAN; _three_, the
TERTIAN; and four, the QUARTAN _Fever_. So likewise in the _Herb_
HELIOTROPIUM TRICOCCON[127], _three Grains_ whereof cures the TERTIAN:
and _four_, the QUARTAN _Ague_. In like manner, as a _Serpent_, if
struck ONCE with a _Spear_, _dies_; but if TWICE, is said to recover
_Strength_. So much for the Curious.

HOWEVER, These and many other Things might be mentioned, both in
_Natural_, and _Supernatural Beings_, upon the wonderful _Power_ and
_Efficacy_ of _NUMBERS_: Which plausible _Doctrine_ not only the most
Eminent _Philosophers_, but also the most Learned _Catholick DOCTORS_,
namely, St. _Jerom_, _Austin_, _Origen_, _Ambrose_, _Athanasius_, &c.
All unanimously teach; as well as the most famous Dr. _Rabanus_
(Archbishop of _Mentz_) who in his Time compos’d an excellent _Book_ to
this purpose chiefly upon the _Virtues_ of Numbers.

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