02453nam 2200481Ia 450 99639113280331620200824132621.0(CKB)1000000000662223(EEBO)2240932254(OCoLC)ocm12004853e(OCoLC)12004853(EXLCZ)99100000000066222319850507d1656 uy |engurbn||||a|bb|The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man[electronic resource] 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., practitionersLondon Printed for Nathaniel Brooke at the Angell in Cornhill1656[16], 2, [2], 3-841 [i.e. 148], 94, [2], 95-108, [2] 109-126 p., [6] leaves of plates ill., portT.C. = Thomas Chamberlayne. Cf. Wing (2nd ed., 1994).With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.P. 148 misnumbered 841.There are 2 bifoliums in this item. The first, inserted following p.2, consists of an engraving of female anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the first figure" on recto of second leaf; the second, inserted following p.108 (2nd sequence), consists of engraving of female and infant anatomy on verso of first leaf and letterpress "Explanation of the third figure" on recto of second leaf.Annotation "May 12" at foot of t.p.Reproduction of original in British Library.eebo-0018MidwiferyEarly works to 1800GynecologyEarly works to 1800ObstetricsEarly works to 1800MedicineEarly works to 1800MidwiferyGynecologyObstetricsMedicineChamberlayne Thomas1009129Boursier Louise Bourgeoisca. 1563-1636.1009130EAAEAAUMIWaOLNBOOK996391132803316The Compleat midwifes practice, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man2397810UNISA