The compleat midwife's practice enlarged in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man containing a perfect directory or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing and nursing of children from the experience of our English authors, viz., Sir Theodore Mayern, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich. Culpeper ... : with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... / by John Pechey ... ; the whole illustrated with copper plates.

CHAP. XXII. Of an Astringent for Women, when they shall have oc∣casion.

TAke Galls, Cypress-nuts, and Pomgranate-flow∣ers, Roch-Allome, of each two ounces, Pro∣vince Roses, four ounces, Knot-grass a good handful; the rind of Cassia, the rind of Pomegranates, Scarlet berries, of each three ounces, the nature or Sperm of a Whale, one ounce, Rose-water, Myrrh-water, and Burnet-water, of each an ounce and a half, Wine and water of a Smiths forge, of each four ounces and a half, then make two little bags about a quarter of a Yard long, and half a quarter of a Yard broad, then boil all these in the foresaid water in a new Pot, using the bags one after another, as occasion serveth.