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enough_o and_o relax_v by_o the_o vomit_n as_o also_o all_o sweet_a and_o sugared_a sauce_n which_o be_v not_o convenient_a for_o she_o but_o rather_o such_o as_o be_v a_o little_a sharp_a with_o which_o it_o be_v delight_v and_o comfort_v but_o if_o notwithstanding_o these_o precaution_n and_o this_o regular_a diet_n the_o vomit_v as_o it_o sometime_o happen_v continue_v still_o although_o the_o woman_n be_v above_o half_o go_v it_o be_v a_o clear_a sign_n there_o be_v corrupt_a humour_n cleave_v to_o the_o inward_a side_n of_o the_o stomach_n which_o be_v impossible_a to_o be_v evacuate_v by_o so_o many_o precede_a vomit_n because_o they_o adhere_v so_o fast_o must_v be_v purge_v away_o by_o stool_n to_o effect_v which_o they_o need_v a_o dissolvent_a which_o may_v be_v a_o gentle_a purge_n make_v by_o infuse_v half_o a_o dram_n of_o rhubarb_n a_o dram_n or_o two_o at_o most_o of_o good_a senna_n and_o a_o ounce_n of_o syrup_n of_o succory_n which_o purge_n dissolve_v the_o humour_n 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and_o consequent_o of_o the_o child_n be_v cause_v by_o a_o great_a mischief_n retain_v within_o abundance_n of_o ill_a humour_n of_o which_o nature_n will_v willing_o be_v discharge_v all_o which_o may_v be_v avoid_v if_o what_o i_o have_v say_v be_v well_o observe_v chap._n xix_o of_o the_o menstruous_a flux_n hippocrates_n in_o the_o 60th_o aphorism_n of_o his_o 5_o book_n say_v si_fw-la mulieri_fw-la utero_fw-la gerenti_fw-la purgationes_fw-la prodeant_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la foetum_fw-la esse_fw-la sanum_fw-la if_o a_o big-bellied_a woman_n have_v her_o course_n it_o be_v impossible_a the_o infant_n can_v be_v in_o health_n this_o aphorism_n must_v not_o be_v take_v literal_o but_o must_v be_v understand_v when_o they_o come_v down_o immoderate_o for_o though_o according_a to_o the_o most_o general_a and_o natural_a rule_n the_o course_n ought_v not_o to_o flow_v when_o a_o woman_n be_v with_o child_n because_o their_o ordinary_a passage_n be_v stop_v and_o also_o 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