Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed...

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Title: Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed 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 the monstrous births, and the reasons 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 discourse 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 conceptions. 18. Instructions for women with child. 19. For preventing miscarriage. 20. For women in child bed. 21. Of ordering new-born infants, and many other very useful particulars. To which is added, a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation, and the picture of several monstrous births. Very necessary for all midwives, nurses, and young married women.
Short Title: Aristotle’s master-piece: or, The secrets of generation displayed...
Imprint: London : printed, and are to be sold at the Hand and Scepter near Temple-Bar, 1700.
Date: 1700
First Edition: n
Pages: 190
Format: 12
Genre: midwifery manual
Topic: reproduction
Topic: midwifery
Place of: Bookseller    Place: the Hand and Scepter near Temple-Bar, London
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