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.
Maubray, John
Midwifery -- Early works to 1800; Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800
IF the MATTER ascends to the HEAD, and diffuse it self thro’ the
_external Parts_, diverse grievous PAINS assail the _Woman_, and _that_
very differently; insomuch, that, sometimes the _whole_ HEAD is (as it
were) tortured, and sometimes but in _Part_; sometimes on the _right_,
and sometimes on the _left Side_; sometimes in the _hind Part_ of the
HEAD, or CROWN, and sometimes in the _Fore-Head_ or about the _Eyes_:
Whereas if it tend to the BRAIN, and distribute it self among the ORGANS
of _Sense_ and _Motion_, both the internal and external _Senses_ must
needs suffer accordingly; upon which the poor PATIENT is not only taken
with an APHONIA for _Want of Speech_, but also with a Helpless or
Senseless Stupidity; and moreover, not only seiz’d with a _Resolution_
or _Debility_ of HANDS and FEET, but also with _Trembling_ and
_Convulsive Fits_.
IF the _same_ ascends to the LIVER, the whole _Habit_ or _Constitution_
of the BODY is perverted: For as the _vitious Humours_ are easily
communicated from the WOMB by the _Veins_ to the LIVER, so the affected
LIVER again readily diffuses its _Infection_ by the _Veins_ to the whole
BODY. If to the SPLEEN and MESENTERY, _Murmurings_, _Pains_ and
_Torments_ arise in the BELLY; which are commonly attended with a _Pain_
in the left SIDE and left BREAST, extending it self to the JUGULUM, or
fore-part of the NECK, Difficulty of _Breathing_, frequent _Belchings_,
a siccid bound _Belly_, and all the other _Symptoms_ which usually are
the _Concomitants_ of the _Hypocondriack Affection_.
IF to the VENTRICLE, thence proceed _Fastidy_, _Pica_, _Vomitings_,
_Pains_ and _Gnawings_ of the STOMACH, _Sobbings_, _Yawnings_,
_Belchings_, &c. But, and if the said MATTER distributes it self thro’
the whole _Circuit_ of the BODY, then the PATIENT is frequently seiz’d,
sometimes with a sudden _red_, and sometimes with a _pale Colour_; as
also sometimes with a _sudden Heat_, and _Ardour_ in her FACE, which she
commonly perceives or feels to vanish and go off as suddenly: Again she
is sometimes also taken with _sudden Cold_, and sometimes with as
_sudden hot Fits_.
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