30  CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PHYSICIAN, 
the orifice of the womb, to difcern whether it be dilated, contracted, or in an oblique ° 
or ftraight direction , from whence a judgment may be formed whether it will 
» come eafily, or ‘difficultly, &c. as reprefented in No. 1. of the annexed plate, where 
A denotes the uterus; BB the vagina laid open; CC the os uteri internum, as yet 
contracted, but in its right fituation ; D reprefents the manner of examining the os 
uteri with one or more of the fingers, which if obliquely fituated either forwards to- 
ward the os pubis, backwards on the os facrum, or towards either fide, denotes a 
- difficule delivery, As the infant gradually advances, the above-mentioned protube- — 
- rance continually enlarges the paffage, till the crown of the head may be felt; the 
birth is then faid to be advanced one third, and the midwife may now affift che ex- 
clufion, When the infantis advanced forward as far as his ears, he is faid to be i in 
the paffage, as fhewn in-No. 2. of the annexed plate, which reprefents the natural 
pofture of the infant in the birth, with its head protruding into the os uteri, under 
the arch of the os pubis: A the infant, B B the womb laid open, C C the offa pubis, 
; x Pt ‘= offa ifchii, BE E the offa ilei, F the erg G ae fecundines adher- 
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mote die expulfion of #3 ‘ata “When the child i is born, the inidwife thould < 
a it on her knees fo as to give iffue to the waters from the mouth, if any has been’ i 4 
imbibed : feeb arte the placenta appears of icfelf, if not attached to the uterus: if 
toducing her hand. The 
: = " navel- {tring muft now w be cut, having firft made a ena as well on the child’s fide : 
: ntan haemorrhage. After. the child is born, and the 
‘on the mother’s to prey 
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after-birth brought away, let 4 warm linen cloth be applied t tothe parts, but not 
fo as to hinder the fowing of thelochia. An hour after, let the mother take a little 
oil of fweet almonds, to eafe the after-pains, and let a cataplafm of the oil of {weet 
~ almonds two oufices and two or three new-laid eggs be boiled together, and laid to 
2 parts, renewing it very” fix hours, for two days: fifteen te after the big. 
fostiics ‘The halk — 4 t 
child rightly placed, h a 
“ate come away, and Se. or when the mother will not exert herfelf; or ~ 
there i is a natural fault i in the ger uital parts; Ina defedt of ftrength, or pains all elfe whee 
being right, a draught of g erous wine fhould be given, with cinnamon and mace, ee 
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