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Record Nr.

UNISA996386822203316

Autore

Culpeper Nicholas <1616-1654.>

Titolo

A directory for midwives, or, A guide for women [[electronic resource] ] : in their [bracket] conception, bearing, and suckling their children ... / by Nich. Culpeper .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Peter Cole ..., 1656

Descrizione fisica

[16], 217, [i.e. 161], [15] p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill

Soggetti

Obstetrics

Gynecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Wing "second" edition.

Includes "Mris. Culpepers information ... and testimony, concerning her husbands books to be published after his death."

Advertisement: p. [12]-[15] at end.

Errata: p. [1] at end.

Errors in paging: p. 143-148 lacking, p. 203 misnumbered 233.

Imperfect: tightly bound, creased and stained, with slight loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Nota di contenuto

(from t.p.) Containing: 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 -- Of nursing children.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018