Chap. 11. Of the Distemper of the Liver from the Womb, and of a B•ard growing by cons•nt from the Womb.

THe womb hath many and great veins mo•e then other parts. If then there be too much bl••d in them, it easily goes back to the hollow •ein, and choaks the heat of the Liver, and so the Liver is distempered according to the humor. It ••eeds crude and fl•gmatick blood, which s•nt o∣v•• the body, causeth a Cachexy: and what dis∣••ses come by the Liver, are by consent f•om the ••mb, as in stoppage of the Terms and Green∣•••kness.

Hippocrates speaks of a womans Beard in Pha∣•u•a* the Wi•e of Pythius, for hai•s have their be∣•inning and growth from the reliques of the 〈◊〉 of the noble parts, that is from the ex∣•••mentitious part of the blood. And if terms be •••pt, and the vitious humors that use to be •va∣•uated with them, are sent over the body, they ••use divers diseases and Symptoms, and among •he ••st the body of a woman is made hairy, and ••e hath a Be•rd, which is rare.