03151nam 2200541Ia 450 99640904010331620220120105833.0ocn946881406(CKB)4940000000597674(OCoLC)946881406(OCoLC)ocn946881406(OCoLC)9930387900971(EXLCZ)99494000000059767420160418d1699 uy |engurbn#|||a|bb|The compleat midwife's practice enlarged, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man[electronic resource] 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 Mayern, Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Nich. Culpeper, and others of foreign nations : with instructions of the Queen of France's midwife to her daughter, a little before her death, touching the practice of said art : as also a farther discovery of those secrets kept close in the breast of Sir Theodore Mayern, Mr. Nicholas Culpeper, and other English writers, not made publick till nowThe fifth edition corrected, and much enlarged, /by J.P. fellow of the College of Physicians, London ; the whole illustrated with copper plates.London Printed, and sold by A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lion on London-Bridge1699[16], 351, [1] p., [6] leaves of plates ill., portJ.P. = John Pechey.An expanded edition of "The compleat midwifes practice" (Wing C1817C), originally published in 1656 and attributed to Thomas Chamberlayne."Rare secrets brought to light ..." has a separate dated t.p.; pagination continuous.With engraved frontispiece (plate) depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.Bookseller's advertisements on p. [8] of the first grouping.Reproduction of original in: John Rylands University Library of Manchester.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 nursesGynecologyEarly works to 1800MedicineEarly works to 1800MidwivesEarly works to 1800ObstetricsEarly works to 1800Medical textsGynecologyMedicineMidwivesObstetricsChamberlayne Thomas1009129Boursier Louise Bourgeoisapproximately 1563-1636.1071242Culpeper Nicholas1616-1654.793347Mayerne Théodore Turquet deSir,1573-1655.1071243Pechey John1655-1716.1001834Bettesworth Arthur-1739,UMIUMIBOOK996409040103316The compleat midwife's practice enlarged, in the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man2566384UNISA