Culpeper's directory for midwives: or, A guide for women. The second part. Discovering, 1. The diseases in the privities of women. 2. The diseases of the privie part. 3. The diseases of the womb ... 14. The diseases and symptoms in children.

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Culpeper's directory for midwives: or, A guide for women. The second part. Discovering, 1. The diseases in the privities of women. 2. The diseases of the privie part. 3. The diseases of the womb ... 14. The diseases and symptoms in children.

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Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.

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London :: Printed by Peter Cole ...,

1662.

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Gynecology -- Early works to 1800.

Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.

Infants -- Care -- Early works to 1800.

Children -- Diseases -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• Books Printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, Printers and Book-sellers of Lon∣don, at the Exchange.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK OF PRACTICAL PHYSICK.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE Contents OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE Contents OF THE FOURTH BOOK
• THE CONTENTS OF THE Fourth Book.
• The CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• THE Contents OF THE FOURTH BOOK.
• A Tractate Of the Cure of Infants.
• THE Contents OF THE SECOND PART.
• THE FOURTH BOOK OF PRACTICAL PHYSICK.
  • THE FIRST PART.
    • THE FIRST SECTION.
      • Chap. 1. Of the straitness and largeness of the Orifice.
      • Chap. 2. Of the Mentula, or Yard in a Woman.
      • Chap. 3. Of Atretae or Clo∣sures, and straitness of the neck and mouth of the Womb.
      • Chap. 4. Of Pustles and Rough∣ness of the Privities.
      • Chap. 5. Of Condyloma in the neck of the Womb.
      • Chap. 6. Of Warts in the neck of the Privities and Womb.
      • Chap. 7. Of the Haemorrhoids of the Womb.
        • Question. How do the Haemorrhoids differ from the Terms flowing or stopt?
      • Chap. 8. Of Ulcers in the Neck of the Womb.
      • Chap. 9. Of Clefts in the Neck of the Womb.
      • Chap. 10. Of Fistulae's in the Neck of the Womb.
      • Chap. 11. Of a Cancer in the Womb.
      • Chap. 12. Of a Gangrene and Sphacel in the Womb.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of the Knowledg of the Temper of the Womb.
      • Chap. 2. Of the hot Distem∣per of the Womb.
      • Chap. 3. Of the cold Distem∣per of the Womb.
      • Chap. 4. Of the moist Distem∣per of the Womb.
      • Chap. 5. Of the dry Distem∣per of the Womb.
      • Chap. 6. Of compound distem∣pers, and first of cold and moist.
        • Of the hot and dry distemper of the womb with Choler.
      • Chap. 7. Of the ill shape of the womb, and first of the straitness of it and its vessels.
        • Of straitness of the vessels of the Womb.
      • Chap. 8. Of the opening of the Vessels of the Womb besides Nature.
      • Chap. 9. Of a double Womb, the wanting of a Womb, and e∣vil shape of the Womb, and strange things found in it.
        • Worms in the Womb.
        • An Addition.
        • Fat and hair found in a Womb.
        • An Addition.
        • Stones bred in the Womb.
      • Chap. 10. Of the magnitude of the Womb increased, and first of the inflation of the Womb.
        • Question Whether the wind is in the cavity when there is ination of the Womb?
      • Chap. 11. Of the Dropsie of the Womb.
      • Chap. 12. Of a Tumor in the Womb, from blood in its Veins.
      • Chap. 13. Of Inflammation of the Womb.
      • Chap. 14. Of a Scirrhus and Cancer in the Womb.
        • Cancer of the Womb.
      • Chap. 15. Of the displacing of the Womb; and first of the Ascent of it.
      • Chap. 16. Of falling out of the Womb.
        • The Cure of the inclining of the Womb.
      • Chap. 17. Of the Rupture of the Womb.
      • Chap. 18. Of Wounds, and breaking of the Womb.
      • Chap. 19. Of Ulcers and rot∣tenness of the Womb.
      • Chap. 20. Of the Diseases of the Stones, and Vessels of Pro∣creation in Women.
  • THE FOURTH BOOK.
    • THE SECOND PART.
      • Chap. 1. Of weakness of the Womb.
      • Chap. 2. Of the Itch of the Womb.
      • Chap. 3. Of pain in the Womb.
      • Chap. 4. Of the Diseases of Womb, that come from sweet scents and stinks.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of the Flux of the Terms.
        • Question 1. Whether can a Woman conceive, that never had her Terms?
        • Question 2. Whether menstruous blood is o¦ly superfluos in quantity, or bad in respec quality?
        • Question 3. Of the ext of Aristotle 7. de hist. Animalium, cp. and how it is to be understod?
      • Chap. 2. Of the Terms flow∣ing too soon.
      • Chap. 3. Of want and stopping of the Terms.
        • Question 1. Whether are the other Causes of stoppage of the Terms?
        • Question 2. What Veins must be opened when the Terms are sopt?
        • Question 3. At what time must a Vein be o∣pened against the sppage of the Terms?
      • Chap. 4. Of fewness of the Terms.
      • Chap. 5. Of Dropping of the Terms.
      • Chap. 6. Of the overflowin of the Terms.
        • Question. Whether Frictions or Ligatures in the Legs may be made for Reulsion?
      • Chap. 7. Of the Terms flow∣ing with pain and Symptoms.
      • Chap. 8. Of evil discoloured Terms.
      • Chap. 9. Of Terms coming before their time.
      • Chap. 10. Of Terms that come after their usual time.
      • Chap. 11. Of the Terms voi∣ded another way.
      • Chap. 12. Of the Whites.
        • Question Whether are Diureticks good in the Whites?
      • Chap. 13. Of a Gonorrhaea.
        • Question 2. Whether do all Virgins at the first bout, or Copulation, bleed?
        • Question 3. Whether is the straitness of the pri∣viies a sign of Virginity?
        • Question 4 Whher is Mik i the breasts a sig o Virginity lost?
      • Chap. 2. Of the Green-sick∣ness, or white Feaver.
        • Question 1. Whether may the woman in this Disease be allowed the absurd things they long for?
        • Question 2. Is motion and exercise good in the Green-sickness?
        • Question 3. Whether is Venery good for Maids in the Green-sickness?
        • Question 4. Whether is Blood-letting good in this Disease?
      • Chap. 3. Of Symptomes from the Womb, and Mother-fits in General.
      • Chap. 4. Of Suffocation of the Womb.
        • The Cure of the Fit.
        • The Cure out of the Fit.
        • Quest 1. What preternaural diseases is the of the Womb properly?
        • Question 2. What is the true Caus of the of the Mother?
        • Question 3. Is it good to give Wine in a it of the Mother?
      • Chap. 5. Of the Frenzie of the Womb.
        • Question. Whether is Camphire cold or ht, or doth it quench Venery?
      • Chap. 6. Of the Melancholy o Virgins and Widdows.
      • Chap. 7. Of an Epilepsie from the Womb.
        • The Cure of the Fit.
      • Chap. 8. Of pain of the He from the Womb.
        • stion. In what part of the Head is the pain that comes by consent from the Womb?
      • Chap. 9. Of the Diseases of the Heart, and beating of the Arteries in the Back and sides from the Womb.
      • Chap. 10. Of the Diseases of the Spleen, and the Hypochon∣driack Disease from the Womb.
      • Chap. 11. Of the Distemper of the Liver from the Womb, and of a Bard growing by consnt from the Womb.
      • Chap. 12. Of the Diseases of the Stomach that come from the Womb.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of the desire of V∣nery hurt.
      • Chap. 2. Of Barrenness, and want of Conception.
      • Chap. 3. Of Barrenness for the time, and conceiving seldom.
      • Chap. 4. Of Conception, and forming of the Child.
      • Chap. 5. Of the Generation of Twins, and many Children.
      • Chap. 6. Of Superfoetation.
      • Chap. 7. Of the ill Formati∣on of the Child.
      • Chap. 8. Of a Child turned in∣to Stone.
      • Chap. 9. Of a Mole.
        • Question. Whether a Mole may be without the company of a man, and without his seed?
      • Chap. 10. Of Monsters.
      • Chap. 11. Of false Concepti∣on, and Swelling.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of the signs of Con∣ception.
      • Chap. 2. Of the Government and Diet of Women with Child.
      • Chap. 3. Of the Cure of Wo∣men with Child in General.
        • Question. 1. Whether must Women with child use a sparing Diet?
        • Question. 2. Whether may a Woman with Child be let blood?
        • Question 3. Whether my a Woman with Child be purged?
        • Question 4. Whether purging or bleeding is most dangerous for a Woman with Child?
        • Question 5. Whther is it lawful to cause an Abortion to preserve the Mother?
        • Question 6. Whether are Clysters, Diureticks and Sweas propr for a Woman with Child?
      • Chap. 4. Of the Symptomes that befal Women with Child in in the first months.
      • Chap. 5. Of the Symptoms in Women with Child in the mid∣dle months.
      • Chap. 6. Of the Symptomes that are in the last months.
      • Chap. 7. Of Weakness of the Child.
      • Chap. 8. Of Crying in the Womb.
  • THE FOURTH BOOK.
    • THE SIXTH SECTION.
      • Chap. 1. Of Child-bearing in General.
      • Chap. 2. Of Abortion.
        • To preserve from Abortion.
        • Question. Whether the straitness of the Womb, is the Cause of Abortion?
      • Chap. 3. Of the Signs of Na∣tural Birth, and the manner and Government of such as bring orth.
      • Chap. 5. Of Natural hard Tra∣vel.
      • Chap. 6. Of a vitious disor∣derly birth, or difficulty pre∣ternatural.
      • Chap. 7. Of a slow Birth.
      • Chap. 8. Of a Child dead in the womb.
      • Chap. 9. Of the Caesarean Birth.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1 Of the Government of Women in Child-bed.
      • Chap. 2. Of the Secundine or Afterbirth, or a Mole that is left after Child-bearing.
        • Of the Mole lef after Childbearing.
      • Chap. 3. Of the Purgation af∣ter Childbearing diminished or detained.
      • Chap. 4. Of too great a flux of blood after Childbearing.
      • Chap. 5. Of the Pains after Travel, and torments in the Belly.
      • Chap. 6. Of the tearing of the Vulva to the Arse, and coming forth of the Womb, Inflamma∣tion, Ulcer, Suffocation, and fal∣ling out of the Fundament.
      • Chap. 7. Of Watching, Do∣ting, and Epilepsie of Women in Child-bed.
      • Chap. 8. Of the Swelling of the Womb, Belly, and Feet after Childbearing.
      • Chap. 9. Of Vomiting, Loos∣ness, Belly bound, and not hold∣ing of urin in women in Child∣bed.
      • Chap. 10. Of the Wrinkles of the Belly after Child-bearing, and mending of the largeness of the Privities.
      • Chap. 11. Of Feavers and a∣cute diseases in Women in child∣bed.
        • Question. What Veins are to be opened in wo∣men that lie in, and have a Pleurisie?
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of the increased num∣ber of Breasts, and gratness extraordinary.
      • Chap. 2. Of Swelling of the Breasts with Milk.
      • Chap. 3. Of Inflamation and Erysipelas of the Breasts.
        • Question. Whether the Inflammation of the Breasts be from blood alone, or from milk also
        • Of the Erysipelas of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 4. Of the Ocdema of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 5. Of the Scirrhus of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 6. Of the Glandles or Kernels in the Breasts being swollen, or of the Scrofula and Struma in the Breast.
      • Chap. 7. Of the Cancer of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 8. Of Ulcers and Fistu∣laes of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 9. Of straitness of the passages of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 10. Of strange things bred in the Breasts.
      • Chap. 11. Of the Diseases of the Nipples.
    • THE FOURTH BOOK.
      • Chap. 1. Of want of Milk, and not giving of suck.
      • Chap. 2. Of too much Milk.
      • Chap. 3. Of Curdling, and o∣ther faults in the Milk.
      • Chap. 4. Of Milk coming forth at wrong places.
      • Chap. 5. Of strange thing co∣ming forth of the Breasts.
      • Chap. 6. Of the change of co∣lour inthe Nipples, and pain of the Breasts.
• A TRACTATE Of the Cure of Infants.
  • THE FIRST PART.
    • Chap. 1. Of the choice of the Nurse.
      • Question. Whether is an Infant better nourish∣ed by the Mother or by a Nurse?
    • Chap. 2. Of the Conditions of good Milk.
    • Chap. 3. Of curing the faults in Milk.
      • Of thick Milk.
      • Of the sharpness, ill tast, scent and colour of the Milk.
    • Chap. 4. Of the Diet and Go∣vernment of new-born Chil∣dren.
    • Chap. 5. Of the Diet of an In∣fant from breeding of Teeth, til it be weaned.
    • Chap. 6. Of Weaning of Chil∣dren.
    • Chap. 7. Of Childrens Diet after Weaning.
  • THE SECOND PART.
    • Chap. 1. Of Infants Diseases in General.
    • Chap. 2. Of Feavers in Chil∣dren, Meazles, and small Pox.
      • Of Meazles and small Pox.
    • Chap. 3. Of the Milkey Scab, Achores, and Favi.
    • Chap. 4. Of a scald Head.
    • Chap. 5. Of Ptiriasis or breed∣ing of Lice.
    • Chap. 6. Of Hydrocephalus or swelling of the Head.
    • Chap. 7. Of Siriasis.
    • Chap. 8. Of Frights in the Sleep.
    • Chap. 9. Of great Wathing.
    • Chap. 10. Of Epilepsie and Convulsion.
      • Of a Convulsion.
    • Chap. 11. Of Strabismus, or Squint-eyes.
    • Chap. 12. Of pain in the Ears, Inflammation, Moisture, Ul∣cers, and Worms.
    • Chap. 13. Of the Thrush, Blad∣ders in the Gums, and Inflam∣mation of the Tonsils.
    • Chap. 14. Of Breeding of Teeth.
    • Chap. 15. Of Loosing of the Tongue, and of the Frog.
    • Chap. 16. Of Catarrh, Cough and difficult Breathing.
    • Chap. 17. Of the Hickets.
    • Chap. 18. Of Vomiting.
    • Chap. 19. Of the torments or pains of the Belly.
    • Chap. 20. Of puffing up of the Belly and Hypochondria.
    • Chap. 21. Of the Flux of the Belly.
    • Chap. 22. Of binding of the Belly.
    • Chap. 23. Of the Worms.
      • Preservation.
    • Chap. 24. Of the Rupture.
    • Chap. 25. Of sticking out of the Navel.
    • Chap. 26. Of Inflammation of the Navel.
    • Chap. 27. Of Falling out of the Fundament.
    • Chap. 28. Of the Stone in the Bladder.
    • Chap. 29. Of Difficulty and Stoppage of Urin.
    • Chap. 30. Of not holding the Urin.
    • Chap. 31. Of chaing in the Hips, called Intertrigo.
    • Chap. 32. Of Leanness and Fas∣cination.
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