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Aristotle's master-piece completed.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gynecology.
- Human reproduction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 volume (vii, 137 pages)) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : printed for the Company of Flying Stationers, 1802.
- Summary:
- The first, and for long the only American sex manual, hardly changed since the 17th century, reprinted scores of times before 1840, and usually sold under the counter. It was partly folklore (the cut shows birth defects caused by the thoughts of parents at conception) but it portrayed sex as natural, necessary to health and fun.
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Collection reference: 113307.D
- In two parts; the first containing the secrets of generation in all the parts thereof, the second part being a private looking glass for the female sex.
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia's catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan.
- Description based on online resource (last viewed March 21, 2025).
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