THUS having discover’d the genuine and precise _Causes_ of STERILITY, the _Cure_ is as good as half perfected; but that it may be altogether and effectually perform’d, the next thing requisite in this place, would be to treat of every _Cause_ and its respective _Cure_ particularly;[229] but as these do chiefly belong to the _Diseases_ of the PUDENDUM, VAGINA, and WOMB; which I have already declin’d entring upon at this time, for the _Reasons_ mentioned in Sect. VI. Chap. VI. I shall here only add in _general Terms_, that tho’ the _barren_ WOMB is justly compar’d to an insipid, ungrateful, or unfruitful FIELD, because neither the _one_ nor the _other_ produces any thing _Good_ of it self: Yet as we see the _barren Lands_ emproved and become fruitful by the _Industry_ of the _Husband-Man_; and even _wild Roots_ and _barren Trees_ in time produce plentifully by the Care and Diligence of the _Gardener_; So the Heavenly ART of _Physick_ exerts it self strenuously in improving the _barren_ WOMB, miraculously supplying the _Defects_, and regularly correcting the _Defaults_ of NATURE; restoring or replenishing it with a desirable and grateful _Fœcundity_: I say, as convenient DUNG comforts the _sterile Field_, so does proper _Physick_ the _barren_ WOMB; It elevates the low and renovates the exhal’d _Spirits_; It vanquishes the _Imbecility_, and corroborates the _Nerves_; It reduces the _languid Heat_, and all the _Intemperatures_ of the _genital Parts_, to their respective, due and natural _Temperaments_; removing naturally all _Obstructions_, and wonderfully curing all the _Causes_ hindering or withstanding the _Procreation_ of _Humane_ RACE. AND, in fine, because proper DIET is of great Service to alter the _elementary Qualities_, and to convert the _Bad_ into a _Good Habit_ or Body; such _Women_ are to be carefully directed to such a Judicious _Regimen_ of DIET and otherways, as is most efficacious and convenient for their Purpose, either of _Health_ or _Generation_. Now having so far prosecuted my Design, with respect to the _Barren_, as well as the _Fruitful_ WOMAN; I, at present, take Leave of _Both_, and come, in the next place, to address my self to the WIDOW. [Illustration] [Illustration] SECT. VIII. [Illustration] CHAP. I. _Of the Symptoms incident to the State of_ WIDOW-HOOD.