Chap. 1. _Of Birth._ 227 2. _Of Natural Births._ 230 3. _Of Natural Difficult Births._ 231 4. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from External Causes._ 233 5. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from Causes of the Mother._ 235 6. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from Causes of the Infant._ 239 7. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from Causes of the Membranes._ 241 8. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from the Causes of the Pelvis._ 242 9. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from Causes of the Bones of the Pelvis._ 245 10. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from Causes of the Bladder and Rectum._ 250 11. _Of Difficult Births, proceeding from the Causes of the Vagina._ 252 12. _Of Preternatural Births._ 253 13. _Of Preternatural Births, by the Face’s being turn’d upwards; or bent forwards, and the Crown backwards._ 257 14. _Of Preternatural Births, by the Hand, Elbow, Shoulder, Knees, or Buttocks, presenting first._ 259 15. _Of Preternatural Births, by the Breast, Belly, or Back presenting first; and the Infants, lying transverse._ 261 16. _Of Preternatural Births, by the Feet presenting first._ 264 17. _Of Preternatural Births, by Two, or more Infants presenting themselves ill-turn’d._ 266 18. _Of Preternatural Births, proceeding from Causes of the Womb._ 268 19. _Of Preternatural Births, from the Womb’s inclining Forwards._ 270 20. _Of Preternatural Births, from the Womb’s inclining backwards._ 282 21. _Of Preternatural Births, from the Womb’s inclining to either Side._ 287 22. _Of Preternatural Births, proceeding from the Median oblique Situations of the Womb._ 291 23. _Of Preternatural Births, proceeding from complicated Causes, of both the Infant and the Womb._ 294 24. _Of Preternatural Births, proceeding from the Navel-String’s coming first, and that either alone, or with some other Member._ 300 25. _Of Preternatural Births, from the After-Birth’s coming first into the Passage._ 303 26. _Of Preternatural Births, proceeding from the Death of the Infant._ 305
Chap. 1. _Of the Diet and Regimen of the Puerperial or Child-Bed Woman._ 309 2. _Of the After-Pains._ 313 3. _Of the Suppression of the Lochia, or Child-Bed-Purgations._ 314 4. _Of the immoderate Flux of the Lochia._ 317 5. _Of the Acute Distempers incident to Child-Bed-Women._ 319 6. _Of the various other Accidents, incident to the Child-Bed-Woman._ 323 7. _Of the Constriction of the Navel-String, and the Swaddling of the Infant._ 325 8. _Of the Nurse and her Regimen, together with the requisite Qualities of her Milk._ 329 9. _Of the Diet and Ablactation, together with the farther Regimen of the Child._ 333 10. _Of the various Symptoms and Indispositions, wherewith the Child may be Born._ 341 11. _Of the Sundry Symptoms, and Diseases, peculiarly incident to the Infant after Birth._ 346 12. _Of the Acute Diseases of Infants._ 351