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Rh while they kept their Coherence and Continuity, by Reason of their disproportioned Size and Figure they were unable to do; and in this high Degree of Corruption, there is such a Separation and Comminution of the Parts, that they rush through many other Emunctories and Sluices of the Body, as well as the Glands of the Kidneys, as I have before observed. But if this Evacuation happens at the Beginning, it does not certainly presage Death; for sometimes I have seen the Patient, notwithstanding, recover: And the Physician should take Care, not hastily to pronounce this a deplorable Case, especially if the Patient is one of the fair Sex: The best Method to be observed in this Case, in which letting of Blood is forbidden, in my Judgment is that, which restrains, binds up, and holds together, the Parts of the Blood, and so preserves their Integrity and Coherence; for it is the Loss of that, as I have explained, that occasions this bloody Evacuation; and the following Remedies, which have a greater Proportion of cooling and astringent Ingredients, may for this End be prescribed.

Take of Conserve of red Roses vitriolated half a Drachm, of Bole-Armoniack, and Dragon’s Blood, each six Grains, of Sal-Prunella, Grains twelve, of Cochineal, and Saffron, each five Grains, make it into a Bolus, with Syrup of Rasberries, Citron, or Lemons; to be taken every six Hours, drinking a Draught of Sack-Whey after it, or four or Rh