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The compleat midvvife’s practice enlarged

Full Title

Full Title
The compleat midvvife’s practice enlarged. In the most weighty and high concernments of the birth of man. Containing perfect rules for midwives and nurses, as also for women in their conception, bearing, and nursing of children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accomplisht and absolute practicers among the French, Spanish, Italian, and other nations. A work so plain, that the weakest capacity may easily attain the knowledge of the whole art. With instructions of the Queen of France’s midwife to her daughter, a little before her death, touching the practice of the said art. Published with the approbation and good liking of sundry the most knowing professors of midwifry, now living in the City of London, and other places. Illustrated with severall cuts in brasse. The second edition corrected, by R.C. I.D. M.S. T.B. practitioners of the said art. With a full supply of those rare secrets which Mr. Culpeper in his brief treatise of midwifry, and other English writers, have kept close to themselves, concealed, or wholly omitted.

Author

Chamberlayne, Thomas

Last Name

Last Name
Chamberlayne

First Name

First Name
Thomas

Date

Date
1659

Publication City

Publication City

Imprint

Imprint
[London] : Printed for Nath. Brooke at the Angel in Cornhill, 1659.

Topic

Genre

midwifery manual

ESTC

http://estc.bl.uk/R209733

Format

Format
8

Publisher

Publisher

Publisher Place

Pages

Pages
672

ID

ID
R209733