The birth of mankinde, otherwise named The womans booke. : Set foorth in English by Thomas Raynalde phisition, and by him corrected, and augmented. Whose contents yée may reade in the table following: but most plainely in the prologue.

Rösslin, Eucharius, -1526. Swangern Frawen und hebammen Rosegarten. English

Date:: [1604]

Credit: The birth of mankinde, otherwise named The womans booke. : Set foorth in English by Thomas Raynalde phisition, and by him corrected, and augmented. Whose contents yée may reade in the table following: but most plainely in the prologue. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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