Aristotle's master-piece, completed. : In two parts. The first containing 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 green sickness. A discourse 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 second part being A private looking glass for the female sex. Treating of various maladies of the womb, and of 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 the kind hitherto published.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aristotle.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 40016.

Standardized Title:

Aristotle's Masterpiece.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gynecology.

Obstetrics.

Human reproduction.

Medicine, Popular.

Physical Description:

vi pages, 1 unnumbered page, 8-114, that is, 8-117 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 15 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York. : Printed for the Company of Flying Stationer [sic]., 1817.

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Notes:

Error in paging: p. 117 numbered 114.

Last page blank.

"The family physician. ..."--p. [115]-117.

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Contains:

Family physician.

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