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A directory for midwives: or A guid for women, : in their conception, bearing, and suckling their children. Containing 1. The anatomy of the vessels of generation. 2. The formation of the childe 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 labor. 8. A guide for women in their lying-in. 9. Of nursing children

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: printed, 1652.
Call number: 648199
Creator: Culpeper, Nicholas (1616-1654)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of The Longo Family Trust, Lawrence D. and Betty Jeanne Longo, Trustees, 2015. Bookplate: GOM.
Dimensions: 15 cm (8vo)
Associated people: Longo, Lawrence D.,; Longo, Betty Jeanne,
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