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         Physitian in the countrey.
      
       
         
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             Some observations made upon the maldiva nut shewing its admirable virtue in giving an easie, safe, and speedy delivery to women in child-bed / written by a physitian in the countrey to Dr. Hinton at London, 1663.
             Physitian in the countrey.
             Peachi, John, fl. 1683.
             Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
          
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             London :
             1694.
          
           
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           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Maldiva
           Nut
           :
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtue
           in
           giving
           an
           Easie
           ,
           Safe
           and
           Speedy
           Delivery
           to
           Women
           in
           Child-bed
           .
        
         
           Written
           by
           a
           Physitian
           in
           the
           Countrey
           to
           Dr.
           Hinton
           at
           London
           .
           1663.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           1694.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           SOME
           OBSERVATIONS
           Made
           upon
           the
           Maldiva
           Nut
           ;
           SHEWING
           Its
           Admirable
           Virtue
           in
           giving
           an
           Easie
           ,
           Safe
           and
           Speedy
           Delivery
           to
           Women
           in
           Child-bed
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Received
           your
           last
           ,
           with
           your
           Request
           ,
           to
           know
           what
           Specifick
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           the
           Indies
           to
           be
           most
           Effectual
           against
           difficult
           Labour
           in
           Women
           ,
           which
           amongst
           us
           in
           Europe
           sweeps
           away
           so
           many
           People
           .
           I
           
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           been
           very
           Curious
           in
           taking
           Notice
           of
           this
           particular
           Case
           and
           have
           observed
           them
           to
           make
           great
           use
           of
           the
           
             Maldiva
             Nut
          
           ,
           with
           very
           good
           Success
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Grew
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           these
           Nuts
           was
           presented
           as
           a
           great
           Rarity
           to
           the
           Royal
           Society
           at
           Gresham-Colledge
           ,
           generally
           esteemed
           in
           the
           Indies
           worth
           twenty
           five
           Pounds
           .
           It
           's
           Death
           for
           any
           Common
           People
           to
           meddle
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           Kings
           Profit
           .
        
         
           
             Augerius
             Clusius
          
           hath
           written
           a
           Book
           in
           Commendation
           of
           this
           Rare
           Nut
           ,
           and
           given
           many
           Examples
           of
           the
           wonderful
           Cures
           wrought
           by
           it
           ,
           and
           particularly
           of
           a
           Patient
           of
           his
           ,
           a
           Citizen
           of
           Amsterdam
           ,
           whose
           Life
           was
           in
           great
           Danger
           by
           an
           acute
           Disease
           ,
           when
           all
           other
           Means
           failed
           ,
           very
           much
           importuned
           him
           to
           prescribe
           him
           the
           
             Maldiva
             Nut
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Patient
           had
           seen
           do
           great
           Cures
           in
           India
           ,
           and
           particularly
           in
           Womens
           difficult
           Labour
           ,
           and
           therefore
           told
           Clusius
           it
           could
           do
           him
           no
           Injury
           if
           it
           did
           him
           no
           Good
           ;
           upon
           which
           he
           gave
           it
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Man
           speedily
           recovered
           ;
           upon
           
           which
           he
           gave
           Dr.
           Clusius
           a
           piece
           of
           the
           Nut
           ,
           with
           which
           he
           gave
           Relief
           to
           many
           Women
           in
           Difficult
           Labour
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Groll
           tells
           us
           of
           the
           Wife
           of
           one
           Bernardus
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           tormented
           for
           three
           days
           with
           most
           violent
           Pains
           of
           Child
           bearing
           ,
           and
           filled
           all
           the
           Neighbourhood
           with
           her
           Outcries
           ;
           when
           all
           things
           had
           been
           given
           as
           are
           usual
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           and
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           he
           then
           gave
           her
           the
           Powder
           of
           this
           Nut
           in
           a
           little
           Sirrup
           and
           Water
           that
           's
           usual
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           upon
           the
           use
           of
           which
           she
           was
           speedily
           and
           safely
           delivered
           of
           a
           Child
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           Joy
           and
           Comfort
           of
           the
           Mother
           .
        
         
           He
           also
           tells
           of
           a
           Shoomakers
           Wife
           who
           endured
           great
           Misery
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           great
           Danger
           ,
           her
           long
           and
           acute
           Pains
           having
           caused
           a
           Feavor
           ;
           at
           length
           the
           
             Maldiva
             Panacea
          
           being
           administr'd
           ,
           she
           was
           deliver'd
           of
           a
           dead
           Child
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Clusius
           tells
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           a
           Duke
           ,
           who
           was
           strangely
           recovered
           from
           a
           languishing
           Distemper
           ,
           only
           by
           Drinking
           all
           his
           Liquid
           Aliment
           
           out
           of
           this
           Shell
           ,
           it
           did
           mightily
           corroborate
           all
           the
           Power
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           The
           Famous
           Dr.
           Tulpias
           used
           frequently
           to
           prescribe
           this
           Nut
           with
           very
           good
           Success
           .
        
         
           And
           Mr.
           Parkinson
           in
           his
           Herbal
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           Persons
           of
           the
           Best
           Quality
           in
           India
           carry
           a
           piece
           of
           it
           always
           about
           them
           ,
           fasten'd
           to
           a
           Chain
           ,
           which
           they
           steep
           in
           Wine
           or
           other
           Liquor
           ,
           as
           an
           Antidote
           against
           any
           Poyson
           or
           Infections
           ;
           and
           drinking
           out
           of
           the
           Cup
           made
           of
           the
           shell
           they
           look
           upon
           as
           a
           Preservative
           against
           all
           Diseases
           ,
           and
           a
           Means
           to
           keep
           themselves
           in
           a
           sound
           and
           healthful
           state
           :
           He
           also
           commends
           it
           as
           very
           available
           in
           Womens
           hard
           and
           difficult
           Labour
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           travelled
           in
           Spain
           ,
           they
           used
           to
           call
           it
           the
           Egyptian
           Midwife
           ,
           I
           suppose
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Allusion
           to
           the
           speedy
           Delivery
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           Women
           by
           their
           Means
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           own
           particular
           ,
           I
           can
           truly
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           often
           experienced
           it
           to
           be
           admirable
           
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           if
           I
           may
           beleive
           the
           good
           Women
           in
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           particularly
           one
           famous
           Midwife
           ,
           who
           hath
           gotten
           great
           Reputation
           by
           the
           use
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           a
           Country
           Gentlewoman
           who
           by
           very
           strait
           Lacing
           her self
           ,
           and
           Eating
           Green
           Fruit
           ,
           and
           Drinking
           Red
           Wines
           ,
           used
           to
           have
           hard
           Labour
           ,
           but
           after
           she
           had
           found
           out
           this
           Indian
           Remedy
           ,
           never
           met
           with
           Difficulty
           in
           her
           Travels
           .
           I
           could
           name
           others
           but
           I
           forbear
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           needless
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

