Aristotle's master-piece: or, The secrets of generation display'd in all the parts thereof : Containing 1. The signs of barrenness. 2. The way of getting a boy or girl. 3. Of the likeness of children to parents. 4. Of the infusion of the soul into the infant. 5. Of monsturous [sic] births, and the reason[s] thereof. 6. Of the benefit of marriage to both sexes. 7. The prejudice of unequal matches. 8. The discovery of insufficiency. 9. The cause and cure of the green sickness. 10. A discour[se] of virginity. 11. How a midwife ought to be qualified. 12. Directions and cautions to midwives. 13. Of the organs of generation in women. 14. The fabrick of the womb. 15. The use and action of the genitals. 16. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. 17. To discover false conception. 18. Instructions for women with child. 19. For preventing miscarriage. 20. For vvomen in child-bed. ... To which is added, a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births. Very necessary for all midwives, nurses, and young-married women.
Other author/creator | Aristotle attributed name. |
Format | Electronic and Book |
Publication Info | London : printed by F.L. for J. How, in the year 1690. |
Description | [6], 178, [2] p. : ill. (woodcuts) |
Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2248519645 |
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Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
General note | With an order to print dated Febr. 12th, 1689/90. |
General note | With a final advertisement leaf. |
General note | Lwe copy, reel 2433, missing pp. 79-80, advertisement leaf damaged. |
General note | Reproduction of original in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, England. |
References | Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) A3697gA |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2433:12) |
Stock number | CL0037000101 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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