THE _Dysuria_ is a painful and difficult _Excretion_ of _Urine_; as the _Ischuria_ is an entire _Suppression_ of the SAME: And the _Stranguria_ nothing but an _Effect_ of the other TWO; being an _Excretion_ made Drop by Drop, with a continual _Stimulation_ or _Propensity_ to make Water, however without any acute _Pain_, tho’ not without some _Uneasiness_. NOW these _three SYMPTOMS_ have all their respective _Causes_, which I shall not particularly enter upon here at large; but only, take notice by the By, that in the _Pregnant Woman_, they most commonly proceed from _One_ and the same _Original_: Wherefore I shall in this Place discourse of them _conjunctly_; and observe that all three _SYMPTOMS_ may proceed from the _ponderous_ WOMB, lying upon, and depressing the _Neck of the Bladder_; and _that_ the more heavily, the nearer the _Woman_ is to her TIME. The _pungent Acrimony_ of the URINE sometimes also occasions _Incontinence_, or want of _Retention_; as its _Inflammatory Heat_ causeth almost a total _Suppression_. However, in short, such _SYMPTOMS_ may likewise proceed from some _crude_ and _unconcocted Matter_, obstructing and oppressing the _Sphincter-Muscles_. BE _That_ as it will, in the present _Case_, the CURE is but very seldom of great _Difficulty_; being frequently effected, by lifting up the _Bottom of her Belly_ with both Hands when she is about to _make Water_: Or, by wearing a convenient large SWATHE. But if Need require, the _Region_ of the BLADDER may be cherished with proper _emollient Fomentations_, _Injections_, or _Cataplasms_; as (upon any _Extremity_ at last) a CATHETER may be prudently used. IF the _SYMPTOM_ however proceeds from any _Inflammatory_, or _Acrimonious Quality_ of the URINE; it may be sufficiently helped by a proper, regular, cooling _Diet_: As, if it arises from any _undigested_, _crude Matter_; it may be assisted or reliev’d by a good _Draught_[77] of _warm_ generous _WINE_; which not only helps _Concoction_, but also facilitates and promotes _URINE_: But in case of absolute _Necessity_, after all, gentle PHLEBOTOMY ought to be carefully used. [Illustration] CHAP. XXII. _Of COSTIVENESS._ THE _Belly_ discharges it self sometimes more _seldom_ or infrequently; sometimes with more _Pain_ and _Difficulty_; and sometimes in less _Quantity_ than is convenient for _Nature_. THERE have been many _Instances_ given of this _Disorder_, by[78]Learned Men, where some PATIENTS have gone to _Stool_ but once in _Eight_, once in _Fourteen_, and once in _Twenty_ or more _Days_. YEA,[79]_Dominicus Panarolus_ relates of a certain Friend of his, whose _Belly_ was so exsiccated, that he sometimes liv’d three _Months_ without going to _Stool_.