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 Burstness in Children.

BUrstness happens to children either by rea∣son that the peritonaeum is burst through crying, or falling, or splaying with the thighs: For the cure whereof the child must be kept quiet and stil from crying; upon which af∣ter the part affected is wel bound up, you may give the child inwardly of the essence of the greater Consound one spoonful, with two drops of Balsam of sal Gemma. You may al∣so

foment the place with a Fomentation made of the roots of the greater Consound, and Os∣mundi regulis, the bark of Elme, and Fraxi, of each half an ounce, the leaves of Plantain, Mul∣lein, Centinode, Herniar, Horsetail, flowers of Camomil, red Roses, and Meliot, of each a handful and a half, Balust, Cypress nuts, and acrons, of each two drams; put these into two sacks, and boyl them in equal parts of sour wine, and Smiths water, for a Fomentation to be used for a quarter of an hour; then you may lay on a Plaister of the red drying Ointment eleven ounces, powder of Mastick, Olibanum, and Sarcocol, Cypress-nuts, of each one dram, with a little wax and oyl of Mastick to make a plaister, which must be put upon the place affected, and bound down with a little pil∣low.

Sometimes this burstness proceeds from a watry humor abounding in the Abdomen, which descending into the Codds causeth them to swel; for which you may use with good success this Ointment: Take of Ʋnguent. Comitiss. and the red drying Ointment, of each two ounces, Pigeons dung half an ounce, live Sulphure three drams, powder of Lawrel berries, and mustard-seed, of each a dram, oyle of Dill, and Venice Turpentine of each 3 drams, wax as much as sufficeth: this is also an extraordinary Remedy for the Burstness proceeding from wind.