charge. — Mii disposed ‘to abort, — should the idiene: 
avoidthe exciting causes of abortion, at those times wh 
apt to take place, and guard themselves: be pak by a 
—— mother’s cordial.” oo Sys 
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MANAGEMENT OF BES, soe WOMEN. 
Edicier diseases proceed from the want of due care in cl 
ated the more hardy part of the sex are apt to despise the nec 
recautions in this state. ‘This is peculiarly the case with young 
They ‘think, when the labor-pains are ended, the. 
but in truth it may only then be said to be begun. ature 
to herself, will seldom fail to expel the foetus; but proper. 
_ Management are certainly necessary for the recovery of the mot 
’ Great mischief, however, may be done by too much, as well as by two 
little care. Hence females who have the greatest number of attend- 
ants in child-bed, generally recover the worst. But this is not pe~ 
culiar to the state of child-bed. Excessive care always defeats its 
own intention, and is generally more dangerous than none 
During actual labor, nothing of a heating nature ought to 
The woman may now ‘and then, take a little panad; 
gruel, and such like, Spirits, wines, cordial-wat 
which are given with a view to strengthen the m 
the birth, for the most part only tend to inc 
the womb, and retard the dabor. Besides, ss endanger the 
~ afterwards, as they occasion violent and mortal hemorrhag 
pose her to child-bed fevers. ES 
PARTURITION, OR DELIVERY, 
Is that natural process, which, at the expiration of forty weal 
from conception, is matured, and by which the womb detaches and ~ 
expels its contents, and returns nearly to the same condition i in W 
it was mprevious to, its impregnation, ~ P 
of labors, originally made by Hippocrates i ato al 
‘ural, is sufficiently comprehensive, whilst i for 
nds ‘itself by: its simplicity and perspicuity. ie 
Narorat LABOR, supposes three things: 1. That the crow 
the head presents. — That there shall be sufficient room in t 
pelvis to admit of oe ready descent of the child in that | 
which permits the back part of the head to emerge under the 
ofthe pubis. 3. That there be parturient energy ededeate : 
ulsion nt ake contents of the womb without manuaban inter 
