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ijigthe duty they'Were made for; and the expe- 

 rience of upwards of thirty years has ,clearly 

 convinced me, that it is highly important to keep 

 tip the natural strength of women in a state of 

 pregnancy, to invigorate all the fanulties of the 

 body and mind; and to keep the system as clear 

 from canker and disease as possible, in order 

 that they may be the. better able to withstand the 

 most laborous efforts that nature is called upon 

 to perform. In most cases of pregnancy it is 

 highly necessary that women should undergo a 

 course of medicine several times previous to the 

 delivery, and in all cases it is remarkably bene- 

 ficial — especially a little before the time of de- 

 livery; and during the time of, and after delive- 

 ry, it is highly necessary to keep them in a mod- 

 erate perspiration, in which case, all after-pains, 

 and other complaints common in such cases, will 

 be but slight, or totally j^revented. In these 

 very important matters I have had a great deal 

 of experience,. employed many means, remedies, 

 and paliative medicines, both internally and ex- 

 ternally, to relieve the pains and sufferings of 

 the tender mother in the hours of travail; I have 

 *lso been an eye witness to the dangerous and 

 <lieath-like practice pursued by some of the regu- 

 lar physicians; and never, since the first of my 

 recdllection could I be reconciled to the etupyfy- 

 ing, depleting or blood drawingand reducing sys- 

 tem. I will here relate for your initruction, and 



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