THE _Good Woman_ being now delivered, and laid in CHILD-BED, may rightly be compared to a SHIP, which, after a dangerous nine or ten Months _Voyage_, rides at _Anchor_ in her PORT; where, tho’ arriv’d with great Security, yet if not well _moor’d_ against sudden _Winds_ and _Storms_, she may perhaps at last drive from her _Anchors_ and suffer SHIPWRECK: So in like manner if both the MOTHER and the CHILD be not duly taken _Care_ of after the _BIRTH_, _Both_ may be still expos’d to the Danger of _DEATH_. Wherefore, to prevent all such melancholy _Accidents_, I shall first point out the proper _REGIMEN_ of the _One_, and then successively direct THAT of the _Other_, in the following Manner; _viz._—— I. THEN, immediately after the _BIRTH_, a soft gentle _Closure_ may be apply’d to the WOMB for repelling of the _cold Air_; of which we must be now very cautious, if we will _avert_ the fatal _Consequences_ that may thereby happen: As also a small _Plaister_ of GALBANUM with a little _Civet_ in its Center, may be applied to the _NAVEL_ for attracting, or rather retaining the WOMB in its proper Place, where the _MIDWIFE_’s careful _Hand_ has fixed it after the _DELIVERY_. II. THE _Patient_ having her _Body_ wrap’d about with a _warm Cloth_, and her _Hips_ girt round with the same, is to be placed conveniently in a _warm_ BED; that is, directly upon her _Back-Bone_, with her _Head_ and _Body_ a little elevated, for her _breathing_ and _cleansing_ the Better; as her _Thighs_ and _Legs_ also are to be stretched down close together: Whereupon _now_, if not _before_, she ought to have a little good _Chicken_ or _Pullet-Broth_ for her Refreshment; which being done, all _Doors_ and _Windows_ are to be shut, and the _Bed-Curtains_ drawn close, that she may rest and sleep quietly. III. IN the next place, the _Closures_ are to be remov’d, and the _clotted_ BLOOD taken away; which being diligently done, the _BELLY_, _LOINS_, and _PRIVITIES_ are to be anointed with the Oil of _sweet Almonds_, or _white Lillies_, mixed with a little warm _Wine_, which may be repeated at pleasure, for allaying the _PAINS_ of these _Parts_: And as the _Woman_ is to be carefully kept always very _warm_, as well as disposed to _Rest_ and _Sleep_; so every now and then, she is to be comforted with some small Matter of any convenient FOOD; abstaining however chiefly from _strong Meats_, as well as from all _hot_ or _strong Liquors_. IV. A DECOCTION of _Barley_, _Linseed_, and _Chervil_, or _Marsh-Mallows_ and _Violet-Leaves_, with a little Honey of _Roses_, may be afterwards used _Milk-warm_ three or four times a Day, by way of _Fomentation_ for the first five or six Days of _CHILD-BED_: Or, instead of these Things, fresh _warm Milk_, or _Barley-Water_ only may be properly used; always remembring that the _Parts_ be duly cleansed from the _clotted_ BLOOD, _&c._