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Aristotle's Masterpiece Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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Aristotle's master-piece= ○ Secrets of generation displayed in all parts ○ Necessary for women: midwives, nurses, young married women

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Defect in the Organs of Generation ○ Woman's part is Closure of the Mouth of the Womb, which will not admit the Se (semen), and sometimes the straightness of the Share-bone, which denies Entra to the Penis Conception hindered by Humidity and Moisture of the Womb ○ Reason it cannot retain the Seed: § Seed being corrupted or strange Defect of Menstruous Blood ○ If eggs cannot be concepted § = Fowl If Womb is closed and Seed cannot enter --> must be opened with an Instrument ○ Subject to Defect in Nature are Women especially in hot areas § Egypt: □ Chyrugeons forced with silver instruments for the Instrument of Generation ○ "let not Man by Violence endeavor to force the Passage … endanger itself, which been broke with such violent intrusion, and so cost the Woman her Life" If Neck of Womb be ulcerated or any weird baby is born, it can hinder Copulation (sex) then there will be Pain and Shooting Obstructions of Generations happen divers way: ○ External causes ○ Hard labors ○ Excessive copulation (sex) ○ Internal ○ ---> External Applications are most convenient to be applied to

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