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oaght Dot to be too hastily stopped, as the feyer 

 has in many instances been carried oflf by such a. 

 spontaneous evacuation. To alleviate the sore- 

 ness and distention of the abdomen, you should 

 apply fomentation both inwardly and externally; 

 inwardly by injections or clysters, from time to 

 time, and externally, by applying flannel cloths, 

 wrung out of a warm decoction of chamomile 

 flowers, or some bitter herbs, with the addition 

 of one-fourth spirits, to a gallon of the decoction, 

 over the whole region of the abdomen; and these 



ought to be renewed as often as they become 



cold, taking due care that they are not so wet as 

 to run over the bed and incommode the patient. 

 Women are sometimes, attacked in child-bed, 

 with delirium, or wandering of the mind, which, 

 however, seldom ocurs sooner in the cases, then 

 eight or ten days after delivery, and somtiraei 

 not for a much longer time. It makes its appear- 

 ance very suddenly, the patient not unfrequently 

 awaking terrified from a dream, or all at once 8h« 

 breaks out in some absurd or furious conduct. 

 There is often but very little increase of heat up- 

 on the skin, or other appearance i,f fever; though 

 in some instances there is considerable heat, and 

 the pulse is very quick, and this is especially 

 the case where there has just been some strong 

 exertion, or much speaking. But, as in all other 

 cases of nervous constitutions, the state of the 



pulie is subject to considerable and buddcn vari- 



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