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Aristotle's masterpiece, compleated : in two parts. Part first contains, the secrets of generation, in all the parts thereof: treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches: --signs of insufficiency in men or women: --of the infusion of the soul: --of the likeness of children to parents: --of monstrous births: --the cause and cure of the monthly-courses: --of virginity: --directions and cautions for midwives: --of the organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb: --the use and action of the genitals: --signs of conception, and whether a male or female; with a word of advice to both sexes, in the act of copulation. And the pictures of several monstrous births, &c. The seond part being A private looking-glass for the female sex. Treating of the various maladies of the womb, and all other distempers incident to women of all ages; with proper remedies for the cure of each. : The whole being more correct than any thing of this kind hitherto published.
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 46965 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 46965.
- Standardized Title:
- Aristotle's Masterpiece.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gynecology.
- Human reproduction.
- Medicine, Popular.
- Obstetrics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Family physician.
- Private looking-glass for the female sex.
- Place of Publication:
- [United States?] : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year 1794.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- First leaf has a recommendation in verse by William Salmon on recto and a relief frontispiece on verso.
- "The family physician ..."--p. [128]-131.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 46965).
- Cited in:
- Bristol B8574
- Shipton and Mooney 46965
- Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 62
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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