De morbis fœmineis, the womans counsellour: or, The feminine physitian.: Modestly treating of such occult accidents, and secret diseases, as are incident to that sex, which their too much modesty, too often to their sorrow, causes them to conceal from others, for a remedy whereof, they are here taught to be their own helpers; especially in these particulars: of barrenness and abortion: of natural, and unnatural births: of the suppression of the termes, the immoderate flux thereof, and other infirmities. Dicereque puduit, scribere jussit. With a brief appendix, touching the kindes, causes, and cures of dropsies, and tympanies of all sorts. / Translated out of Massarius de morbis mulier. By R.T. philomathēs.

Remedies against barrenness in Women, through Cold.

Care must be taken in this case, to cleanse the womb from all excessive moysture, and not to overcharge the stomack with meat, and refrain from much sleep, and not addict her self to anger, nor sorrow neither, if she can avoid it, to use moderate exercise and

stirring, unless it be immediately af∣ter she hath bin helping her Husband to get a Child, or endevouring to do it, then let her rest from exercise, and motion of the body, at least 2 houres after it.

Let her abstain from eating of much fish, milk, or fresh cheese and from fat flesh, and Vinegar, these are obnox∣ious to the womb.