I. AMola, or false Conception, is a Mass of Flesh with∣out Bones or Bowels; made thro' fault of the Seed, of one or both Sexes.
II. Signs. 'Tis known (but scarcely till the fourth Month is past) by a beating and trembling Motion, falling like a Stone to the part the Woman turns to.
III. And in this Disease the Belly is sooner great, and grows harder than in a true Birth or Con∣ception, and is much more trou∣blesom to carry.
IV. There is difficulty of Breath∣ing, pains in the Back and Groins, and no Milk in the Breasts, and the Substance the Woman goes with, is without any self-mo∣tion.
V. The Cause. It is mostly a defect in the Seed, with Weakness of the formative Faculty, either in its self, or from too much Blood flowing into the Womb; and therefore a Conception in the time of the Menses flowing, does many times prove a Mola.
VI. The Prognosticks. If it has been of long standing, as a Year or two, or more, the Cure will be very difficult: and if, upon the delivery of it, a great Hemor∣rhage follows, it is very dange∣rous.
VII. The Cure. 1. Medicinal. Purges ought to be given, and such as are strong, made chiefly of A∣loes, Scammony, and Colocyn∣this, and often to be repeated.
VIII. After which, you are to give such things as strongly provoke the Terms; for all such things expel a Mola.
IX. ℞ Myrrh, white Amber prepared, Borax a. ʒiij. Livers and Galls of Eels dried ʒij. Assa foetida, Saffron a. ʒi. mix, and make a Pouder. Dose ʒi. in a strong Decoction of Penny∣royal.
X. Also the Pulvis Partum provocans (which see in Our Pharmacopaeia Londinensis, Lib. 4. Cap. 21. Sect. 90.) given ʒi. at a time in Rhenish Wine, is an excellent thing; and these may also be of use for the bringing away of a dead Child.
XI. Zacutus gave this; ℞ Euphorbium ʒi. make it into a fine pouder, and with Syrup of Mug∣wort make it into Pills: These were given four times in the space of twelve days, being