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M E

ti".':

dic:t,

crudity of the hbmours, acicls, and aHrinticnt

medi(:ines.

This difarder is to be curcd in the f:\me manner as the

hyllerjc affetlion; but,

the remedies fo r (hat

(aíl,

the

pati(!nt muft take every morni ng flve fpoonfuls

hy–

Ueric j ulcp, with tweh;e drops o'f [pirít of

h.lrtnlOrn ;

and

t.\'cry night a fcruplc of compound powder of myrrh mIde

iOlo

;1,

bolu~.

or pilis wi lh fyrup of

I~mons.

Allen

TecoOJ–

mends cd.ntharides and camphor; tbe dofe is from [\Vo

graios la lix.

H offm, n diretl, ch.lybeates, or pill. made o( .Ioes,

myrrh, faffron . amber, caClor, aod round

binhwort.

Pito

cairo thinks mercu ry more efficacious lhan

flt el.

the fluid s are inc1in:tble

flag'nate,

lheír

Auidity may

be preferved

(oment,u ions and

rriétio~s

of che

reer;

b'y

opening a

veio in the

(oot, and bleeding elfewhere; by

giving uterine purges;

emmeoagog\les; by plafiers.

fumentations, linimems, vapours and heat;

Clrength.

ening the yeffels debilitated with a p!e,hora, h-y

eh.ly

bcates and aflringents .

U(erine c.uhanics

aJI!

aloes, myrrh . bryony, coloeyo.

thus, gum.ammoniac. boellitlln, · fagapc nunJ, opopanax,

afa·fetida,

gC!lbanum,

and elixir propnctíttis.

Emmenagogues. bdides the (ormer, are, ariClnlochia.

mugwoit, momerwort, camoOlile, juniper, marjoram,

m<lfu

01 ,

feverfew, pennyroyal. rue, (¡vine, fage, elder,

w.ld•

• hyme, tan(y, thyme. Te¡ which may be. added

balm, roremary, waJl·flow,ers, *fafFron, bay and juniFer

berries, amber. rbubarb, and a.romatlcS, . As alfo boraK,

aJh,line and vola(ile falu; "(arm, nimulating, acrid, and

aromatic oils; lhe balks of guaiacum, farrafras,

cinDa~

mon, aad jUDiper; the rinds of oranges, eitrcDs,

and

Jernoos.

R efolving plallcrs are thofe of cummin, me/ilot, g. l.

hanum, bayberries, labdantlm, oxycroceum, which mu(l

be al'plicd tO the (ol. s of the feet . navel and groin. The

fomcntations '!Iay be mttde of Ven ice {oar, and (ome of

the ahove mentjfJned herbs .

O; Ihe

IM r<oDERATE FL ux

.( Ihe

MEN SE S,

Uterine H remorrhage.

E R Y

't\rge

flux of bJooci (rom the uterus is not to

etleemed noxious J but (uch onJy

is au ended with

lofs of Ilreng.h, whieh brings

0 0

o.her fymptom" (u :h

as want o( appetile J crudi(jcs (rom indicdlioo, a fcnfa·

lk,~,

w~ight

oear

di e

n:gimen of

rile

HOO1ach:

ill

.ll)U r

the f,lce J a

J~ngllid

p'Jlfe. ofccn wi th a gentle

heat,

ttn

(Eckm.!tous fwelli ng

the Let, and a diHurbcd

Oc::ep wi th('lut rerrenlmtn t.

Sometime.'t Ihe mer: (es

P.ow

tOO

grcd.t pl ::nty aod

with

impetuofi, y

(he nfual prriod; fom eliml's twil."e or

oftener in a monll) ; fOllletimes agaín th: y Cvotlnue ft:vcrdl

days longer ,han ordinary.

This flux fometimes confif1s of tltio {luríd blond, whlch

hap;>enS' chjefly in "bonioos;

ttnd

cm a retcnlion of

pic::-es of the .fecunciines, which keC'p Ihe

n\(lmh:>

(If {he

veni:ls

open~

Snmetimes

th ~ re

"re

C('J~f~ul'; h.'c1

¡tud

dut·

teo marre!! Itke

Atnl

COhlC

awav with thc bloorl, nr the fize

or alJ""Cl!g, \::hich is occ..dioned by a nc..ppage of th!! rnl'n·

(es f(;r (wO or three month!'. At bther

1101<,S

lhc 'bloClO

i, ¡¡rumaus, cO"&'JIJttd, acd black; ger,<rally OD tite

Ji:

d,y' of cltiIJ.bed, in tI. nocr and p/c.horic fu bjeéls.

\Vhen cbe patient is

c:l~heélic,

2nd che flux con(inues

long, it is th in, watery, and mucid. In th e fcorbu tic J it

is corrupt and fetid, with acrimony and paio. In (he

younger Con, before child*be;\ring,

lhe

c\racuation be

imOloder.lte. it is cammanly fallowed by a fiuar albus,

or the drippiag of

",hite,

¡Olpure,

mucid Olatter.

'fhe

cau~

may be referred

a copious and impetuous

affiux

of blood ro the u terus, and an unequal and impe–

ded reOux by the veins

which di(lending and rt:laxitig tbe

ucerine vdrels, make the orifices too wide,

O,r

rend and

corrode them',

\1.'hich the blood Hows too freely.

This may

h ..

ppen froOl a plel,hora, or when there has

been a long fuppr el1ion, or an abonion, or a difficult la–

boor.

gener.dl

y happens to women about (he liftieth

year; when lhe menfes 3re glJing to leave them; and not

always without dJoger.

fometimes htlf.pens

women

upwards o( {ixty, which, if attended with a Oow fever,

haClens death.

The concomitant fi gns are gener,IIy the(e:

t. nfion

aod iñAation of (he hypochondria, a heavy prefiing pain

about

lhe

loíoS J fometimcs with

chilnefs; a coldm:fs of

the ex treOlities, a (jnki ng of the verrtls,

palenefs of

the ("ce,

quick púlfl!, with an internal heat, a coflive–

nefs, and Jinle urine; all which fhew there is nqt oply

a debili,y and la"ity of the uterus, but (pa(modic Ilric–

tures.of

the

vifculous

and

nenous parts, wh¡ch force the

blood to the uterus .

th~

body is c.cochymic or fcorbutic, or fu" ofbad

humours,' cr alih{leo with

t,he

venereal direafe; when {he

vircer';¡

are

unfound , and the .liver, fpleen, and meferaic

veins, are

Huffeu

Wilh thick blood. the cafe

dangerous

and trouble(ome ; for the fAult of the fluids and cacrexy

coptinu.liJy ¡ncreare : Herides, tbe more the flrength

wcak c:ned, the more the fl omach and d¡genion :

:I.re

hurt;

(he

blood is depra"ed, and the excretions diHurbed and

leff<Íl.d . 'Vhen IhlS h. ppcns to women when the child

is defld, theír I¡ves are

greal danger.. and nothiog bur

{pecdy affi(bnce frornfl man* midwife can (ave them.

The

c:lfe is alfo dangerous whcn the fécundincs are vioJendy

extraéted, or pans of them are rctained, and which fome..

times degeneró4tcs into O1ol: s.

Ilftmodcrate evacu;n iorss

are

produced by

fcdentary

life, which gi\'es room fo r abunddnce

thick chyle

and

milk .

is cw(ed likewiíe I,y roo fr<quenr u(e of

(.It,

acrid,

and

[ca(oned meats; by (piritolls liquors,

ec.

v¡olent agitations and p..t.ffions o(

lhe

mind. from lo(fes,

g ¡mingo

love,

aoger,

6 e,

m. y!3c

obfcrvcd likewife,

that viulcnt cxerclfe dne!' as

Oluch harm as

the moderate

is fe lVi ':éilbll!. t;:fpecially

the p.ltient is

(u~'j l'a

this

flux

(rom other c<lllf\!s;

fll eh :lS

imrnodcr íttc rcpetitions of

the

\·~nere.d

"él

!!fpeci,dly ;n women of a ddlcate conHi–

tlmon ; tOo trl.:qucnt child beuin¡::.

T he Cure.' fhvulci rcfpc"\,<t (hc rdlraining a prefent Bux:,

ano the

kef'pir1f.!

wilh:n

bl,un~s

a r\llore one.

Ir OlOl1ld he bcgun wit h rd!J

convcnient, in bed ;

the pJ.tivnt I} ing

her back ,

arid

fjll'nt'

much as por.

fil,I~,

Blecd In

Ih~ ~Irm,

jlccording,:a.s Ihe conHitution ;Indo

ft ll'nti'h

uf the patien" as \\'c..:lI as lhe IIrgency of the

fyOl ptOm'i, wiJl aclOlicor

rtc]llil'C

Avoid lig"lurcs orthe

lirol,s.

L~t

,he pJtien, faro n.llt/erlyon ve,1 and thick<o-

broths .