The compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses, as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children: from the experience not onely of our English, but also the most accomplisht and absolute practicers among the French, Spanish, Italian, and other nations. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. With instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France (given to her daughter a little before her death) touching the practice of the said art. / Published with the approbation and good liking of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifery now living in the city of London, and other places. Illustrated with severall cuts in brass. By T.C. I.D. M.S. T.B. practitioners.

Of the pain of the womb.

THere is no need to give other signes of this then the complaint of the woman; it affects women that are both free, and women

that are with childe: It happens sometimes from corroding humours, especially caused by ulcers or vitious flowers. The cure whereof is referred to these heads; sometimes it hap∣pens from a distention caused either by some curdled blood sticking in the cavity of the womb, and then there is a copious flux of blood out of the womb, and the pain is fixed chiefly about the orifice of the womb; the right gut and the bladder being affected by reason of the continuall desire of expelling forth the humor. In the cure, first you must seek to dissolve the clotted blood, which is done by the use of Treacle dissolved in wine; and then to evacuation, which is performed with A∣garic, Aloes, with the juice of Savine, deco∣ction of Rosemary, with the flowers of Cheiri, in wine. Sometimes it is caused by the men∣struous blood, when the vessels are more open, or the blood too thick; which happens through the overmuch use of cold drink, especially when the woman is hot. The cure may be found in the cure of the suppression of the flowers. Sometimes it is caused by other vi∣tious humours collected in the concavity of the womb, or adhering to the other vessels; & then these humours are to be removed with purging and evacuating medecines. Some∣times windy vapours are the cause hereof, ari∣sing from the heat of the vitious humours caused by copulation. It is cured by things that discusse the winde; to which purpose it

may not be amisse to use a Clyster made of Malmesey and oyle of Nuts, of each three oun∣ces, of Aquavitae one ounce, of oyle of Juniper and distild Rue, of each two drams, & applied warm; or a mixture of spirit of wine, and spi∣rit of Nitre, of each half a dram, or two scru∣ples, exhibited in spirit of wine; Sperma Coeti, with oyle of sweet Almonds, or a plaister of Caranna and Tachamahacca applied to the navel. Sometimes it is occasioned by the re∣tention and corruption of the seed. For the cure, look the Chapter of the suffocation of the Matrix.