III. IF from corrupted _Humours_, the PATIENT not only _Purges_ regularly, but also enjoys her HUSBAND: Hence in this _Case_, I would conclude that she either labours, or has labour’d under some _Uterine Distemper_, such as a _Satyriasis_, _Pruritus_, _Furor_, _Gonorrhæa_, _Fluor Muliebris_, _Ulcers_, _Impostumes_, a former _Suppression_, or _Irregularity_ of the MENSTRUA, or the like: As also many _Learned Men_ agree that a _Præternatural Situation_[241], namely, the WOMB’S ascending to the _superior Parts_, compressing the LIVER and DIAPHRAGMA, and consequently the _Lungs_, HEART, or STOMACH, may induce various SUFFOCATIONS; Which, I think, is also confirm’d by _Reason_ and _Experience_. For—— WHO knows not that the _Ligaments_ of the WOMB, may be so relaxed and extended, that it may fall down to the very KNEES, as I have seen it? And who may not thence conceive that in the same _Laxity_ of the _Ligaments_, the WOMB may be as well driven upwards by _Winds_, _Vapours_, or too much gross BLOOD in the _Ligaments_; or by ungrateful _Odours_ approaching the WOMB, as it may also be attracted by pleasant and grateful _Smells_ at the _Nose_? Not that I mean here, by the by, that the WOMB is capable of _Smelling_, and therefore shuns disagreeable _Fœtors_; but only that its _Spirits_ and _Heat_, especially in _Those_, who abound with deprav’d _Humours_, are attracted either way by agreeable _Odours_, or fragrant _Smells_. NOW in this _Case_, the WOMB may be plainly found by the _Touch_, ascended in the Form of a round _Ball_; Which however may be easily brought down, and replaced in its _natural Posture_, by any skilful experienced _Hand_, previously well anointed with the OIL of _Spike_, _Spikenard_, _White Lillies_, or the like. Again farther, to prevent its _Return_, some nauseous _Smells_, may be apply’d to the _Nose_, or the _Reverse_ to the PUDENDUM; as also the superiour _Parts_ of the Body may be tyed strait with proper _Bands_ or _Ligaments_. BUT more particularly, as to the proper _Diagnosticks_ of the imminent PAROXYSM, or approaching FIT of _Suffocation_, these are, _Grumblings_ in the ABDOMEN, a _Distention_ and _Pulsation_ in the BACK and _Hypochondriacks_, a _Weariness_ of the whole Body, an _Imbecillity_ of the LEGS, _Belching_, _Nauseating_, _Gaping_, a _pale Face_, and a _sad Countenance_; attended at last with the aforesaid Sense of _Strangulation_, as if the PATIENT was a-swallowing a _Ball_, _&c._ As also I have known _some Women_ to have been taken with a long FIT of _Laughter_ upon this occasion, _others_ with that of _Crying_; as probably _some_ may confusely _act both_ at once.