A directory for midwives : or, a guide for women, in their conception, bearing, and suckling their children. The first part contains, 1. The anatomy of the vessels of generation. 2. The Formation of the Child in the Womb. 3. What hinders Conception, and its Remedies. 4. What furthers Conception. 5. A Guide for Women in Conception. 6. Of Miscarriage in Women. 7. A Guide for Women in their Labour. 8. A Guide for Women in their Lying-In. 9. Of nursing children. To cure all diseases in women, read the second part of this book. By Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology. Newly corrected from many gross errors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Obstetrics--Early works to 1800.

Obstetrics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],372,[2]p.,plate )

Other Title:

Directory for midwives

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. and A. Churchill, at the Black-Stran in Pater-Noster-Row, 1701.

Notes:

Reproduction of original from Countway Library of Medicine.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N2148.

OCLC:

642164169