Chapter 1. Treating of the several Maladies incident to the womb...
_ CHAPTER I
Treating of the several Maladies incident to the womb, with proper remedies for the cure of each.
The womb is placed in the _hypogastrium_, or lower part of the body, in the cavity called the _pelvis_, having the straight gut on one side to protect it against the hardness of the backbone, and the bladder on the other side to protect it against blows. Its form or shape is like a virile member, with this exception, that the man‘s is outside, and the woman‘s inside.
It is divided into the neck and body. The neck consists of a hard fleshy substance, much like cartilage, and at the end of it there is a membrane placed transversely, which is called the hymen. Near the neck there is a prominent pinnacle, which is called the door of the womb, because it preserves the _matrix_ from cold and dust. The Greeks called it _clitoris_, and the Latins _praeputium muliebre_, because the Roman women abuse

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