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L0049505 Aristotle’s compleat and experienc’d midwife
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A birth scene. A lady lies in bed having just given birth, the baby is wrapped in swaddling.
1749 Aristotle’s compleat and experienc’d midwife. In two parts. I. A guide for child-bearing women, in the time of their conception, bearing and suckling their children; with the best means of helping them, both in natural and unnatural labours: together with suitable remedies for the various indispositions of new-born infants. II. Proper and safe remedies for the curing all those distempers that are incident to the female sex; and more especially those that are any obstruction to their bearing of children /
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Published: [ca. 1749]
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