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The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged : In the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing perfect rules for midwives and nurses, as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accomplisht and absolute practicers among the French, Spanish, Italian, and other nations. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. With instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter, a little before her death, touching the practice of the said art. Published with the approbation and good liking of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifry, now living in the City of London, and other places. Illustrated with severall cuts in brasse.
Chamberlayne, ThomasDate: 1659
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The Compleat midwife's practice enlarged : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing a perfect directory or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing and nursing of children, from the experience of our English authors, viz. Sir Theodore Mayerne, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich. Culpeper, and others of foreign nations : with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... touching the practice of the said art ... the whole illustrated with copper plates.
Date: 1698
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The byrth of mankinde, otherwise named, The womans booke / set foorth in English by Thomas Raynalde, phisitian, and by him corrected, and augmented ; whose contents yee may reade in the table following, but most plainely in the prologue.
Thomas RaynaldeDate: [1613]
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Aristotle's master-piece compleated : in two parts: the first containing the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof. Treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men or women; of the infusion of the soul; of the likeness of children to parents; of monstrous births; the cause and cure of the green-sickness: a discourse of virginity. Directions and cautions for mid-wives. Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabrick of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether of a male or female. With a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The second part, being a private looking-glass for the female sex. Treating of the various maladies of the womb; and of all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. The whole being more correct, than any thing of this kind hitherto published.
Date: 1697
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The ladies' physical directory, Or, a treatise of all the weaknesses, indispositions, and diseases peculiar to the female sex, from eleven years of age to fifty or upwards. By which women and maids of the meanest capacity may perfectly understand the symptoms, nature, and true cause of their own illnesses, and readily know how to manage themselves under all infirmities.
Date: 1736
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The complete midvvife's practice enlarged : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing a perfect directory, or rules for midwives and nurses. As also a guide for women in their conception, bearing and nursing of children: from the experience of our English viz. Sir Theodore Mayern, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich Culpeper. and others of forreign nations. With instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter, a little before her death, touching the practice of the said art. The fourth edition enlarged, with the addition of Sir Theodore Mayerns rare secrets in midwifry, with the approbation of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifry now living in the city of London, and other places, viz. R.C. J.D. M.S. T.B.W.C.M.H. practitioners of the said art. With a further discovery of those secrets kept close in the breast of Mr. Nich. Culpeper, and other English writers; never made publick till now. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. Illu.
Chamberlayne, ThomasDate: 1680
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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 physic and astrology.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1700
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The womans doctour, or, An exact and distinct explanation of all such diseases as are peculiar to that sex : with choise and experimentall remedies against the same : being safe in the composition, pleasant in the use, effectuall in the operation, cheap in the price / faithfully translated out of the works of that learned philosopher and eminent physitian Nicholas Fontanus.
Fonteyn, Nicolaas. Syntagma medicum de morbis mulierum. EnglishDate: 1652
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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 physic and astrology.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1693
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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 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.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1671
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The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses : as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children ... with instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France ... : illustrated with severall cuts in brass / by T.C., I.D., M.S., T.B., practitioners.
Date: 1656
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Aristoteles Master-piece, or, The secrets of generation displayed in all the parts thereof.
Date: 1684
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Aristotle's masterpiece compleated : in two parts.
Aristotle, pseud.Date: 1698
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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.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1662
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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 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.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1684
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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 ... to cure all diseases in women, read the second part of this book / by Nicholas Culpepper.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1675
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Jac. Primerosii doctoris medici De mulierum morbis et symptomatis libri quinque : In quibus plurimi tum veterum, tum recentiorum errores breviter indicantur & explicantur. Cum duplici tam capitum quàm rerum verborum indice.
James PrimroseDate: Anno M. DC. LV. [1655]
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The womans doctour : or, an exact and distinct explanation of all such diseases as are peculiar to that sex. With choise [sic] and experimentall remedies against the same. Being safe in the composition, pleasant in the use, effectuall in the operation, cheap in the price. Faithfully translated out of the works of that learned philosopher, and eminent physitian Nicholas Fontanus.
Nicolaas FonteynDate: 1652
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The Compleat midwife's practice enlarged : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man : containing a perfect directory, or rules for midwives and nurses : as also a guide for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children ... with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter ... touching the practice of the said art.
Date: 1663
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A directory for midwives, or, A guide for women : in their [bracket] conception, bearing, and suckling their children ... / by Nich. Culpeper.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1656
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The compleat midwifes practice : in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing perfect rules for midwifes and nurses, as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children: from the experience not onely of our English, but also the most accomplisht and absolute practicers among the French, Spanish, Italian, and other nations. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. With instructions of the midwife to the Queen of France (given to her daughter a little before her death) touching the practice of the said art. / Published with the approbation and good liking of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifery now living in the city of London, and other places. Illustrated with severall cuts in brass. By T.C. I.D. M.S. T.B. practitioners.
Chamberlayne, ThomasDate: 1656
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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 privy part. 3. The diseases of the womb. 4. The symptomes of the womb. 5. The symptomes in the terms. 6. The symptomes that befal all virgins and women in their womb, after they are ripe of age.7. The symptomes which are in conception. 8. The government of women with child. 9. The symptomes that happen in child-bearing. 10. The government of women in child-bed, and the diseases that come after travel. 11. The diseases of the breasts. 12. The symptomes of the breasts. 13. The diet and government of infants. 14. The diseases and symptomes in children.
Nicholas CulpeperDate: 1676
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Aristotle's master-piece: or, The secrets of generation display'd 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 monsturous [sic] births, and the reason[s] 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 discour[se] 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 vvomen in child-bed. ... 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: In the year 1690
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Dr. Chamberlain's midwifes practice: or, a guide for women in that high concern of conception, breeding, and nursing children : In a plain method, containing the anatomy of the parts of generation: forming the child in the womb: what hinders and causes conception: of miscarriages: and directions in labour, lying-inne, and nursing children.
Peter Chamberlen the thirdDate: 1665
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Il fondo di medicina antica della biblioteca ginecologica Emilio Alfieri / Giuliana Sapori ; con un ricordo di Emilio Alfieri del Prof. Luigi Belloni.
Date: 1975