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 hinder conceptions, 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, 1616-1654
- Date:
- 1671
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About this work
Also known as
Culpepers midwife
Culpeper's directory for midwives: or, A guide for women. The second part
Publication/Creation
London : printed by John Streater, and are to be sold by George Sawbridge, at the Sign of the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, 1671.
Physical description
8 unnumbered pages, 161 pages, 29 unnumbered pages, 270 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, folding plate
Contributors
Edition
Newly corrected from many gross errors.
References note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996) C7492
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) C7498 (pt. 2)
Notes
The words "Conception. .. Children." are bracketed on title page.
Part 2 has half-title: "Culpepers midwife, ...".
"Culpeper's directory for midwives: or, A guide for women. The second part." (Wing C7498) has separate dated title page, pagination, and register.
Reproduction of original in the Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2465:5; 2465:6) s1999 miun s