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Aristole's compleat master piece. In three parts: displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man: regularly digested into chapters and sections, rendering it far more useful and easy than any yet extant. To which is added, a treasure of health; or, the family physician: being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incidents to human bodies.
Date: 1741
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Culpeper's directory for midwives: or, A guide for women. The second part : Discovering, 1. The diseases in the privities of women. 2. The diseases of the privie part. 3. The diseases of the womb ... 14. The diseases and symptoms in children.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1662
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A directory for midwives: or, a guide for women, in their conception, bearing and suckling their children. The First Part contains, 1. The Anatomy of the Vessels of Generation. 2. The Formation of the Child in the Womb. 3. What hinders Conception, and its Remedies. 4. What furthers Conception. 5. A Guide for Women in Conception. 6. Of Miscarriage in Women. 7. A Guide for Women in their Labour. 8. A Guide for Women in their Lying In. 9. Of Nursing Children. To Cure all Diseases in Women, Read the Second Part of this Book. By Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology. Newly Corrected from many gross Errors. Newly corrected from many gross errors.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.Date: 1716
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A directory for midwives: or, A guide for women : in their conception. Bearing; and suckling their children. The first part contains, 1. The anatomy of the vessels of generation. 2. The formation of the child in the womb. 3. What hinders conception, and its remedies. 4. What furthers conception. 5. A guide for women in conception. 6. Of miscarriage in women. 7. A guide for women in their labor. 8. A guide for women in their lying-in. 9. Of nursing children. To cure all diseases in women, read the second part of this book. By Nicholas Culpeper gent. Student in physick and astrology.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1684
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A directory for midwives, or, A guide for women in their conception, bearing, and suckling their children : the first part contains ... to cure all diseases in women, read the second part of this book / by Nicholas Culpepper.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1675
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Jac. Primerosii doctoris medici De mulierum morbis et symptomatis libri quinque : In quibus plurimi tum veterum, tum recentiorum errores breviter indicantur & explicantur. Cum duplici tam capitum quàm rerum verborum indice.
Primerose, James, approximately 1598-1659Date: Anno M. DC. LV. [1655]
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The womans doctour : or, an exact and distinct explanation of all such diseases as are peculiar to that sex. With choise [sic] and experimentall remedies against the same. Being safe in the composition, pleasant in the use, effectuall in the operation, cheap in the price. Faithfully translated out of the works of that learned philosopher, and eminent physitian Nicholas Fontanus.
Fonteyn, NicolaasDate: 1652
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A treatise on the management of female complaints, and of children in early infancy. By Alexander Hamilton, M. D. Professor Of Midwifery In The University, And Fellow Of The Royal College Of Physicians, And Of The Royal Society, Of Edinburgh, &c.
Hamilton, Alexander, 1739-1802.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]
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The Compleat midwife's practice enlarged : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing a perfect directory, or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children ... with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... touching the practice of the said art.
Date: 1663
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A directory for midwives, or, A guide for women : in their [bracket] conception, bearing, and suckling their children ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1656
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Aristotle's master-piece completed. In two parts. The first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal match signs of the insufficiency in men or women; or the infusion of the soul: of the likeness of children to parents: of monstrous births: the cause and cure of the green sickness, a discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for midwifes. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether a male or female; with a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part being, a private looking glass for the female sex. Treating of the various maladies of the womb, and all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. The whole being more correct thany any thing of this kind hitherto published.
Date: Printed in t... ...DCC.XCII [i.e. 1792]
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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 monstrous Births and the Reasons 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 Discourse of Virginity. 11. How a Midwise ought to be qualified. 12. Directions and Cantions 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 Misoarriage 20. For Women in Childbed, 21. Of ordering new-born Infants; and many other very useful Particulars, To which is added, A word of Advice to both Sexes in the Act of Copulation, and the Pictures of several Monstrens Births. Very necessary for all midwives, nurses and young-married-women.
Date: 1704
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Aristotle's compleat master piece. In three parts. Displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man. Regularly digested into chapters and sections, rendering it far more useful and easy than any yet extant. To which is added, A treasure of health; or, The family physician: being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incident to human bodies.
Date: 1764
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The compleat midwifes practice : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses, as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children: from the experience not onely of our English, but also the most accomplisht and absolute practicers among the French, Spanish, Italian, and other nations. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. With instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France (given to her daughter a little before her death) touching the practice of the said art. / Published with the approbation and good liking of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifery now living in the city of London, and other places. Illustrated with severall cuts in brass. By T.C. I.D. M.S. T.B. practitioners.
Chamberlayne, ThomasDate: 1656
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Culpeper's Directory for midwives: or, A guide for women : The second part. Discovering, 1. The diseases in the privities of women. 2. The diseases of the privy part. 3. The diseases of the womb. 4. The symptomes of the womb. 5. The symptomes in the terms. 6. The symptomes that befal all virgins and women in their womb, after they are ripe of age.7. The symptomes which are in conception. 8. The government of women with child. 9. The symptomes that happen in child-bearing. 10. The government of women in child-bed, and the diseases that come after travel. 11. The diseases of the breasts. 12. The symptomes of the breasts. 13. The diet and government of infants. 14. The diseases and symptomes in children.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1676
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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.
Date: In the year 1690
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Dr. Chamberlain's midwifes practice: or, a guide for women in that high concern of conception, breeding, and nursing children : In a plain method, containing the anatomy of the parts of generation: forming the child in the womb: what hinders and causes conception: of miscarriages: and directions in labour, lying-inne, and nursing children.
Chamberlen, Peter, 1601-1683Date: 1665
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Aristotle's complete and experjenced midwife. In two parts: I. A guide for childbearing women, in the time of their conception, bearing, and suckling, their children; with the best means of helping them, both in natural and unnatural labours: together with suitable remedies for the various indispositions of new-born infants. II. Proper and safe remedies for the curing all those distempers that are incident to the female sex; and more especially those that are any obstruction to their bearing of children. A work far mroe perfect than any yet extant; and highly necessary for all surgeons, midwives, nurses, and child-bearing women. Made English by W- S-, M.D.
Date: 1776
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D. Stephani Roderici Castrensis Lusitani ... Tractatus de natura muliebri : seu, Disputationes ac lectiones Pisanae. Nunc primum in lucem editus.
Castro, Estêvão Rodrigues de, 1559-1638.Date: MDCLXIIX. [1668]
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Louise Bourgeois : midwife to the Queen of France : diverse observations / translated by Stephanie O'Hara ; edited by Alison Klairmont Lingo.
Boursier, Louise Bourgeois, approximately 1563-1636Date: 2017
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A directory for midwives:, or, A guide for women, in their conception, bearing and suckling their children : Containing 1. The anatomic of the vessels of generation. 2. The formation of the child in the womb. 3. What hinders conception, and its remedies. 4. What furthers conception. 6. Of miscarriage in women. 7. A guide for women in their labor. 8. A guide for women in their lying-in. 9. Of nursing children. / By Nicholas Culpeper, gent. Student in physick and astrologie.
Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654Date: 1651