TAKE Sage, Marjoram, Dwarf-Elder, bruise them a good while together, 'till you have bea∣ten out a good deal of Juyce, then put it into a Glass Vial, 'till it be full, and stop up the Hole with paste, and round the sides also of the said Paste; put it then in an Oven, to bake as long as a good big Loaf, then draw it forth, and suffer it to cool, then break the Paste which is round the Vial; break the Bottle, and keep up that which is within, which you shall find turned to an Oyntment: And when you would use it, you must add to it some of the Marrow of the Hoof of an Ox, melting it altogether, and when ye have so done, you must rub the hinder part of the legs, and thighs of the Child. This hath been done to a Child, whom a fa∣mous Physician, after 3 Years having in hand, gave o∣ver, saying, that it would never go.
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.
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- 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.
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- Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
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- London :: Printed for H. Rhodes ... J. Philips ... J. Taylor ... and K. Bentley ...,
- 1698.
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- Obstetrics -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53913.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.
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To make an Oyntment to strengthen the Thighs and legs of the Child, and make him go.