CHAP. III.
Of Feavers after Child-bearing.
THis disease frequently follows when she is not well purged of her burden or the pur∣gations are corrupt that stay behind, about the third or fourth day they will be Feaverish al∣so by the turning of the blood from the womb to the breasts to make milk, but this lasts not long, nor is it any danger: but you may mis∣take a putrid Feaver for a Feaver that comes from the milk; for the humours may be infla∣med from her labour in travel, and corrupt, though they appear not presently to be so, the next day after she is delivered, but from thence you must reckon the beginning of the Feaver; it is probable then that this Feaver comes from some other cause, especially if her purg∣ings