Descript |
[12], 418, [4] p., [2] leaves of plates (folded) : ill. |
Note |
Publisher's catalog on [4] p. at end. |
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Some errors in pagination. |
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Imperfect: print show-through. |
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Reproduction of original in: Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California. |
Contents |
I. An anatomical description of the parts of men and women. -- II. What is requisite for procreation : signs of a womans being with child, and whether it be male or female, and how the child is formed in the womb. -- III. The causes and hindrances of conception and barrenness and of the paines and difficulties of childbearing with their causes, signes and cures. -- IV. Rules to know when a woman is near her labour, and when she is near conception, and how to order the child when born. -- V. How to order women in childbirth, and of several diseases and cures for women in that condition. -- VI. Of diseases incident to women after conception. Rules for the choice of a nurse; her office; with proper cures for all diseases incident in young children. |
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