Aristotle's last legacy, unfolding the mysteries of nature in the generation of man: Treating I. Of virginity, its signs and tokens, and how a man may 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 conceiv'd, and whether of a male or female. V. Of the pleasure and advantage of marriage; with the unhappy consequences of unequal matches, and miseries 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 coltion, or their venereal embraces. VIII. A vade mecum for midwives and nurses, taining 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 midwise, nurses and all such persons only as are concerned in these matters.

Date:

1749