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w¡,h a CoC',fDngous Adh aboul lhe fi(fu re; you have ,he
progrefs tO a conGrmed '1". T he m:lucr –
comu pus.
An ulcer of the uterus reft:mbles a c:aneer, when a pu·
trid C.nies ,(fue. CroOl ,he corrup,ed Cubllance oC ,~e womb,
Wilh gre.u nench, exqC!ifite paio, and gricyous [ymptoms.
Thi. diCeaCe is almolt Incu rable.
The principal fymptom of a caneer is p~i n, w~jch is
atterfd~d with rdHclfnds, watching" indigefhon: whi~h
produce a(low rever, conCumption. marafAlus, ;ind the Ilke.
A haro . renitenr, painful tumour, precedt:d by an in·
dolent fcirrhU'5, plttinlyevinces ,he exi1lenc¿ of a cancer,
H no'hing i, diCchorged by ,he u'erus, bu".limpid, pel·
lucid Iy'01ph. it is an occult cancer j ir acrid ferum, or
ichor. it is open.
The,e i. no,hing ' o be done in ,hi. caCe, bu, by demul.
cenlS ~nd Icnients. Ir there is any hope of cure, it mua
be pl.ced in a(fe. milk, .,he SeI,ers wa'ers, .nd in b.. ~.
inC'in (o(t water wherelo wheat·bran h:ilS neeo boded; lO
which ,he paJien, mufl fi, Cor an hour, or longer. She
mufl C,om all , acrid, fli mula,ing, 'Dd hea,iDg
' hing',
Of lb' P ROC'O ENT 'A UTERt.
IT is a common diCorderj :ilod Ihe Ulerus prerenlS it·
rel f in the vagina between the labia, or is quite v!fible .
Sometimes it is ooly the internal membrane of che vagina,
fometimeS ,he body oC ,he womb .
This difordér is rarely d;¡ngerous, for women bear it
a long ,ime.
The cnre confins in reducíog the uterus. and retainiog
it in il! place. To reduce it, order a fimpl~ dyficr tO
...cua.. ,he reélum: ,he patien, fhould alCo.blted ,hre.
or Cour ,ime.: Then eruollien' ''''''pl.,Cms n\Ould be uCed
of \Vhi,e bread .nd milk. or of emolli~n' plan.. : emol·
lien, b"h. are alCo ' o be employed. T he pa", being
thus relaxed, the p~tient muU Iie 00 her baek. with her
hipo hi~her ,han her head, and her legs quile aCunder ;
,hen pu, back ,he u,erus by degrees, whcre you fi nd ,he
Je¡(l refi(hnee, f\nd wilhout any violenee.. T his done,
,he pOlien' mufl be confined ' o her bed for abou, fiC,een
d.y., wi,h her ,highs c1oC.d, or ber leg' acrofs, anJ her
hipo r.iCed.
The cure muO be compleated with anringent injel\ions,
b:np" and pl'ff.uies; with fumigatioos of frankin,enfe,
red rofe., and m.flich.
~Dr AC·ORT'ON', ? Cee M,oWIFERY.
c or HIl.D BIRTH,S
O. CHILDRE S DISEASES.
Of D iCorders fom a R e,en,ion if J,S, f econium.
IN r"/'IITs newly goro, from a reteocion of lhe meconi.
11m aod other Cordid m111Cr in .the pr;IH4 vi.r, are (ub·
jelt 10 gripings or pitins in (he belly. wllich produce con~
Oant cr)'in~: hiccnpr, che j;\undice wakerulneCs, reri·
teffnefs. HUlin!!s, frighu. con~ul(jol'\s. anei epllepfies;
whlch. \Jnlefs timtly preventeei. are rat'4.l.
To corry ,h;, ofl'. inC,,"IS Ihould fuá .he firfl mi:k oC
their mo'her, ,C ,bey g,,'e CucJl'; o,b n y,re Ibey Ihould
e N E.
Can ten or tweh'e hours; or take the following mixture,
whieh will foften il :
Take 6 d rams of fren, milk whey, and one dram of
honey; make thcOl into a draught.
H eifler ad"iCes a' grain or ,\vo of ,he powder oC jalop,
or two or three of rhubarb in fyrup of rofes Colutive., or
a roJution of manna j fome give half 3n ounce of oil of
Cwe« almonds wi,h a liul. barley.Cugor. A grain of
aurum ful minans is the ru ren rcmedy.
Of D iCorders ¡;o", Co(liveneCs Qnd Wind.
Ir after (ome time the exeremeDts become hard, with
con~\'eners and a retcncíon of wind, lhey \ViII caufe the
fymptoms abovernentioned. In lhis the fame remedies
may be uC, d. ,ill ,he child', belly is open, aDd ,he acid
or corrup,ed milk fhould be correéled- wi,h auCorbent
and ",(laceous powders; whereoC halC a Ccruple is o doCe.
Harris believes an acid to be fo predominant in infant~
as 10 cauCe .11 ,heir diCe.C.... Boerhaa"e aflirms. iC abo
rorbents are ufeful al any time, they muCl be in th'efe caCes,
and orders vij grains of the tetlaeeous powdcrs thrce times
a ·day.
The nurfe mufl forbear 'o feed upon . oy 'hiog <ha, ¡.
four or acid.
OfWATCH1NG , or W an, ofSlee,
WAHT of Oeep proceeds from lbe gripes, or coflive–
nefs, and wind and p.. in occafion edthereby: we judge oC
,he heal,h of ch,ldre.n by ,heir aee~ing quietly, and of ,heir
illDef. by , heir wa,ching, cry.'"g and fereaming . W . ,ch.
ing may proc~ed Crom ',he milk being corrup,ed iD ,he llo–
rnach. or from cofiivcnels, or from wind .
I n ,hi. d,Corder ,he body fhuuld be .Iwoys kep' opeo',
fidl by • c1yfl er, and ,hen a pu rge; .nd ,he abCorben,.
are to be givcn, aod . panicularly powder oE–
anifeed; f\nd che belly is to be anointed with earmIDative
oil. Soon arter the purge, give two drAms of oil of al·
monds. The nurfes fhould a.oid ¡(cid and OaJulen' ' I¡ings,
and catching coJd . Opi.tfes, diareordium, and lheriaca,
mull De""r be uCed, uDleCs in c.Ces oC extreme oece!li,y_
Of Ih, APH THiE. cr T hrulh .
T HE .ph,h., are little whi,ifh ulcero afl'eéliog ,he \Vhole
fuperficies or the mouth, that ¡s, the Jips, gums, checks,
tongue, p~);lIe, and fau .:es; nay. they even defeend Ihrough
the cefophagu! to ,he flomach and intefiines, and to the'
anus but then Ihey are veq' daDgerous, and eommonly
put a period tO"lhe iafiln,'s life
RoerhAíl\'e fays, ir the aphthz are of a pearl·colour,
pellueid. white, few in number, fuper6cial, foft, and
f. 1I ofl' e.filv, 'p' 'o re,urn in ,h ' yare oC,he bell
1 0n; bOl If they are white or opake, I,ke bacon, yellow,
brown . black. thick. denr~. running together, hard, te–
oaCIOUS, eonClandy renored, corrolivc, they are bad.
lü"i, bel;••e. gargte. 'o be oC liule Cerrice, becauf.
inf.tnts cannOI ufe them, inafmueh as they fwallow every
Ihing tlUt is pUt ioto their mouths. He therefore rdies
for a cure on lhe tt"ftaeeous powden, and the mon geode
catllitrlics, and btlie"es them fufficient,
Allon ,he d<cofhon of e1m·uark i. <he befl gar·
garifm Cor ,be cure of ,be aphlb:r:.