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this swelling appears upon one groin and lower down. C. Dropsical swellings appear before the parturient woman is delivered, whereas this swelling occurs after delivery. 201. To cure the swelling of the groin, first of all administer a purgative [under] Number 4, or 5, or 6, or 7; or administer an enema with the medicament of Number 20, and thereafter give the medicine [under] Number 71. Along with these, one must also beat white soap in hot water, moisten a soft woolen cloth therewith, and apply it upon the swelling; or apply the plaster (*mëhlam*) [under] Number 56. If, upon using these remedies, the swelling doth not subside and pus gathereth within, an emollient medicine [under] Number 34 must be applied, and one must proceed as is written in Part III, Chapter IV. 202. If the infant sucketh not sufficient milk, the milk remaining in the breasts, growing thick, turneth into hard lumps (*khuler*), which either pain not at all, or pain but slightly. To disperse these lumps, it is profitable to apply upon them grated raw turnip, or carrot (*stepghin*), or the plaster [under] Number 72. 203. If a red swelling appeareth upon the breasts with tokens of inflammation, from the very beginning one must place upon it the medicine [under] Number 22 in a small bag. When thou seest that the swelling is gathering pus, one must proceed as is written concerning the healing of an ulcer, in Part IV, Chapter IV. 204. It happeneth also at times that the nipples of the breast crack and cause unbearable pain; to deliver [the woman] from this torment, the milk must first be emptied by suckling, so that it curdleth not. As soon as the pain appeareth, one must rub freshly drawn raw cream upon the cracked places, or apply thereupon the plaster [under] Number 72 spread upon linen cloth. 205. Whenever the mother’s milk is scanty, one must examine the cause thereof. Scantiness of milk is sometimes caused by impurity of the nursing mother’s stomach and bowels, as is written in Article 15; the appetite is stopped, and from not eating, the nutritive humor diminisheth, and the milk diminisheth likewise. When this case occurreth, it is profitable to give for the stomach...

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