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A general treatise of midwifery ... illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art / Written originally in French by La Motte ... And translated into English by Thomas Tomkyns, surgeon.

  • Mauquest de La Motte, Guillaume, 1655-1737.
Date:
1746
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Credit: A general treatise of midwifery ... illustrated with upwards of four hundred curious observations and reflexions concerning that art / Written originally in French by La Motte ... And translated into English by Thomas Tomkyns, surgeon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mation to thefe parts, that it is foon comrnunicated to the extremities of the h^emorrhoidal veins, which fwell and become painful^ and in fomc to fuch a degree, that they are forced to fit up in a chair the very day they are brought to bed, without being ^ble to lie down even in the night. Nothing eafes thefe pains fooner than a bath made of milk, which the patient is to fit in, or a large decodlion of emollient herbs and feeds, with a third part of milk, which is to be put in a proper veflel with all the ingredients, and covered with a cloth, on which the patient is to fit as long as flie can well bear. This muft be often repeated. I make ufe of an ointment made of populneum^ pyfter-fiiell powder, and a little opium diflblved in water, and incorporated with the yolk of an egg. This is either ufed as a liniment, or fpread upon a rag. The quantity of the opium is but half a drachm to four punces of the ointment. I had a lady that was fo troubled with the worrhoids^ that fhe applied feveral leaches to them, which caufed fuch an haemorrhage^ that after having tried feveral remedies in vain, I was forced to ap¬ ply a button of vitriol. Several have tried the fame remedy, without the fame accident, but I have never feen it do any good. There was an old man of the parifh of l^anter ville^ who ufed to cure every body that was afflidled this way. I got leave of him to be prefent at the operation. A man that had the piles to a very bad degree, fent for him *, meeting with a very large one, without any further ceremony, he took a pair of large old feiflars, cut it off, let it bleed fome time, and then fprinkled it with oyfler-fhell powr der. This is his remedy, but I have never had the pourage trpublefome thefe cafes. CHAR to put it in pradlice, for fear of a haemorrhage^ as has often happened in