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 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 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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Aristotle's compleat master-piece. Abridgments.

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London : printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lyon, and J. Osborne, at the Golden Ball in Pater-Noster-Row, and T. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, on London Bridge, [1730?]

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[6],111,[1]p. : ill. ; 120.

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