NOW, in short, tho’ such _Inflammations_ may affect any _Part_ of the Body, yet (I think) the most common _Case_ is, that which affects the _PLEURA_; and from hence (the _Pleurisy_ joining the _FEVER_) the _Woman_ labours under both these complicated _Acute Diseases_ at once. The _Cure_ of which difficult and dangerous _Condition_ belongs only to the ablest _Physician_, to whom I should be justly censured, in impertinently offering any _Instruction_ upon this Subject. Finally, in a word, from what has been said in the _Chapter_ of the _Acute Diseases_ of Women with _CHILD_[181], we may more fully gather what is to be prudently done to Women in _CHILD-BED_, afflicted with the like _Distempers_. [Illustration] CHAP. VI. _Of the various other Accidents incident to the CHILD-BED-WOMAN._ FIRST then, Because these _accidental_ Distempers are very many and numerous, as well as various and different in _Kind_: SECONDLY, Because _some_ of them have been already treated, or occasionally discoursed upon at large: And, THIRDLY, because _others_ are only to be named in this Place; I shall take leave to include and comprehend them all, for _Brevity’s_ sake, in this present _Chapter_. IN order to which, I may first observe, that most (if not All) of these unfortunate _Accidents_, depend entirely upon the indiscreet _Conduct_ of the _MIDWIFE_ in time of _LABOUR_, or the _ill Management_ of the _Woman_ after the _BIRTH_: Since by the prudent and judicious _Means_ of the expert _MIDWIFE_, many _Accidents_ may be prevented, which otherways must necessarily happen, especially in difficult or _preternatural BIRTHS_; as also, on the other hand, by treating the _Woman_ orderly, and guiding her carefully, many _Distempers_ may be totally averted, which otherways will inevitably seize the _PATIENT_. As for Instance—— IT sometimes happens, that she is troubled with a _Prolapse_, or bearing down of the _WOMB_, or _Vagina_, or _Both_; as also sometimes with a _Falling out of the FUNDAMENT_: In all which unhappy _Conditions_ the industrious _MIDWIFE_ will find her _Instructions_, not only with respect to the _Cure_, but also with respect to the _Prevention_ (which concerns her most) particularly set down and accounted for in _SECT._ V. _Chap._ 10, and 11. as she will also, upon _Perusal_, find the _Method_ of preventing that deplorable _Accident_, of making a _Rupture_ in, or renting the _Perinæum_, in _Chap._ 9. BUT in _case_ of _Contusions_, or Smaller _Rents_ in the _VULVA_, or _Vagina_, which sometimes cannot be well prevented, especially in the _First BIRTHS_; _such_ are by no means to be neglected, lest they degenerate into malignant _ULCERS_: Wherefore they ought to be _cured_, as soon as possible, after the _Woman’s DELIVERY_; which _Cure_ is easily performed, when taken in hand _betimes_, by proper _Fomentations_, and convenient _CATAPLASMS_.