Aristotle's last legacy. Unfolding the mystery of nature in the generation of man: treating. I. Of virginity, its signs and tokens, and how a Man may know whether he married a Virgin or not. II. Of the Organs of Generation in Women, with a Description of the Fabrick of the Womb. III. Of the Use and Action of Genitals in the Work of Generation. IV. Of Conception; and how to know whether a Woman has conceived, and whether of a Male or Female. V. Of the Pleasure and Advantage of Marriage; with the unhappy Consequences of unequal Matches, and Meseries of unlawful Love. VI. Of Barrenness, with Remedy against it; and the Signs of Insufficiency, both in Men and Women. Vii. Directions to both Sexes how to manage themselves in the Act of Coition, or their Venereal Embraces. Viii. A Vade Mecum for Midwives and Nurses, containing particular Directions for the faithful Discharge of their several Employments. IX. Excellent remedies against all diseases incident to virgins and child-bearing women: Fitted for the Use of Midwives, Nurses, and all such Persons only as are concerned in these Matters.

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1766
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Aristotle's compleat master-piece. Abridgments.

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London : printed for L. Hawes and Co. S. Crowder and Co. in Paternoster Row ; H. Woodgate, near the Chapter-House, and C. and R. Ware, Ludgate-Hill, 1766.

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120p. : ill. ; 120.

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ESTC N5710

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