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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 treasurer of health or, the family physician: Being Choice and Approved Remidies for all the several Distempers incident to Human Bodies.
Date: 1771- Books
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De mulierum praegnantium, parturientium, et puerperarum morbis tractatus : tradens veram optimamque methodum adjuvandi mulieres in partu naturali, & medendi culibet partui contra naturam, morbisque infantium recens-natorum; cum accurata descriptione omnium mulieris partium generationi inservientium; adjunctus multis figuris aeri egregie insculptis.
Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709Date: M DCLXXX VIII [1688]- Books
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The byrth of mankynde, newly translated out of Laten into Englysshe. In the which is entreated of all suche thynges the which chaunce to women in theyr labor, and all suche infyrmitees whiche happen vnto the infantes after they be delyuered. And also at the latter ende or in the thyrde or last boke is entreated of the conception of mankynde, and howe manye wayes it may be letted or furtheryd, with diuers other fruytefull thynges, as doth appere in the table before the booke.
Rösslin, Eucharius, -1526Date: [Anno Domini. M.CCCCC.XL. [1540]]- Books
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Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid / catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with a copious alphabetical index.
Wolveridge, James, -1671Date: 1670- Books
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New improvements in the art of midwifery. Shewing, I. The true causes of the most difficult births, the great Abuse and Prejudice of forcing Pains by Medicines; and the best Method of delivering Women, in such Cases, by the Hand only, without the Use of any Instrument whatsoever. II. The Midwives Touchstone, and Shield of Defence; or the certain Marks of knowing when a Woman is Qualified for this Profession. III. The Necessity of Inspecting the Bodies of such Women as Die in Childbed before Delivery, to discover whether the Loss of the Mother and Infant be owing to the Negligence or Ignorance of the Midwife. IV. A detection of many errors daily committed in the practice of midwifery, with several remarkable Cases; and a faithful Admonition to all Husbands, who have any regard to the saving of the Lives of their Wives and Children. Translated from the Latin original of Henry à Deventer, M.D.
Deventer, Hendrik van, 1651-1724.Date: M.DCC.XXIV. [1724]- Books
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A syllabus of a course of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery, including the diseases of women and children: read by Thomas Pole, at his theatre in Thomas's-Street, Between Thomas's And Guy's Hospitals, In The Borough Of Southwark, London. With a prefatory address to his pupils.
Pole, Thomas, 1753-1829.Date: MDCCXCVII. [1797]- Books
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A new and general system of midwifery. In four parts. By Brudenell Exton, M. D. of Kingston upon Thames.
Exton, Brudenell.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]- Books
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A treatise on the improvement of midwifery; chiefly with regard to the operation. To which are added, fifty-seven cases, Selected from upwards of Twenty-Seven Years Practice. A Work particularly adapted to improve such, of either Sex, whose Profession has already led them to make some Progress in this Science. The third edition; with large additions. By Edmund Chapman, Surgeon.
Chapman, Edmund, 1680?-1756.Date: M.DCC.LIX. [1759]- Books
The birth of mankind or, The woman's book : a bibliographical study / by Sir D'Arcy Power.
Power, D'Arcy, Sir, 1855-1941.Date: 1927- Books
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An essay on preternatural labours. By Thomas Denman, M. D. Licentiate in Midwifery, of the College of Physicians.
Denman, Thomas, 1733-1815.Date: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]- Books
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The art of midwifery improv'd. Fully and plainly laying down whatever instructions are requisite to make a compleat midwife. And the many errors in all the books hitherto written upon this subject clearly refuted. Illustrated with thirty eight cuts curiously engraven on copper plates, representing in their due proportion the several positions of a foetus. Also a new method, demonstrating, how infants ill situated in the womb, whether obliquely, or in a strait posture, may, by the hand only, without the use of any instrument, be turned into their right position, without hazarding the life either of mother or child. Written in Latin by Henry à Daventer. Made English. To which is added, a preface giving some account of this work, by an eminent physician.
Deventer, Hendrik van, 1651-1724.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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The birth of man-kinde; othervvise named, The womans booke. Set forth in English by Thomas Raynald physitian, and by him corrected and augmented. The contents are in the table following, but chiefly in the prologue.
Raynalde, Thomas, active 1540-1551Date: 1634- Books
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A treatise of midwifery, chiefly with regard to the operation. With several improvements in that art. To which is added, some cases, and descriptions with Plates of several new Instruments both in Midwifery and Surgery. By Benjamin Pugh, Surgeon, At Chelmsford, in Essex.
Pugh, Benjamin.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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A system of midwifery, theoretical and practical. Illustrated with copper-plates. By David Spence, M.D. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, and Fellow of the Society of Scottish Antiquaries.
Spence, David, 1747-1786.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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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- Books
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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- Books
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The works of Aristotle. In four parts. Containing I. His complete master-piece; displaying the Secrets of Nature in the Generation of Man. To which is added, the family physician, being approved Remedies for the several Distempers incident to the Human body. II. His experienced midwife; absolutely necessary for Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and Child-Bearing Women. III. His book of problems; containing various Questions and Answers relative to the State of Man's Body. IV. His last legacy; unfolding the Secrets of Nature respecting the Generation of Man.
Salmon, William, 1644-1713.Date: 1796- Books
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The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed : As also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit remedies for the several indispositions of new-born babes. Illustrated with divers fair figures, newly and very correctly engraven in copper. A work much more perfect than any yet extant in English: being very necessary for all teeming-women, as also for all physicians, chirurgeans and midwives that practise this art. Written in French by Francis Mauriceau. Translated, and enlarged with some marginal notes, by Hugh Chamberlen M.D. and Physician in Ordinary to his Majesty.
Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709Date: 1673- Books
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The birth of mankind, otherwise called, The womans book. Or, A guide for vvomen : in their conception. Bearing, and suckling their children. Containing 1. The anatomie of the vessel 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 labour. 8. A guide for women in their lying in. 9. Of nursing of children. Illustrated with figures. Translated into English by Thomas Reynald, doctor of physick.
Rösslin, Eucharius, -1526Date: 1654- Books
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A lecture introductory to the theory and practice of midwifery: Including the history, nature, and tendency of that science; with a view of its several branches, and the proper means of attaining a perfect knowledge of the whole. Together with animadversions on the qualification and deportment of an accoucheur; publicly delivered the 4th of October, 1773. By John Leake, M.D. member of the Royal College of Physicians, London; and physician to the Westminster Lying-In Hospital.
Leake, John, 1729-1792.Date: [1773?]- Books
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The diseases of women with child, and in child-bed: as also, the best means of helping them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit Remedies for the several Indispositions of New-Born Babes. To which is prefix'd, an exact description of the parts of generation in women. A Work much more perfect than any now extant, and very necessary for all, especially Midwives and Men practising that Art. Written in French by Francis Mauriceau, and translated by Hugh Chamberlen, M.D.
Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709.Date: M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]- Books
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Practical essays on the management of pregnancy and labour; and on the inflammatory and febrile diseases of lying-in women. By John Clarke, M. D. Physician to the General Lying-in Hospital in Store-Street, and to the Asylum for Female Orphans; and Teacher of Midwisery in London.
Clarke, John, 1761-1815.Date: 1793- Books
Aristotle's master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed 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 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 women in child-bed. 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 monstrous births. : Very necessary for all midwives, nurses, and young married women.
Date: 1702
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Q. D. B. V. Disputatio inauguralis medica, qua rationes embryulciae & lithotomiae, ex decreto gratiosae facultatis medicae, / praeside, D. Rudolpho Jacobo Camerario, medicinae professore ordinario, patrono & praeceptore suo venerando, pro licentia, gradum doctoris in medicina legitimè consequendi, publico eruditorum examini submittit Jacobus Wendelinus Simonius, Tubingensis, ad diem [blank] Martii, hor. loco[que]; sol.
Simonius, Jacobus Wendelinus.Date: Anno MDCCVIII. [1708]- Books
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Speculum matricis; or, the expert midwives handmaid. Catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. with a copious alphabetical index. Written IV Xta MagnaLIa DeI sCrIptor, anno Domini, 1669. Chronogramma, 1669.
Wolveridge, James, -1671Date: 1671