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The ladies companion, or, The English midwife. Wherein is demonstrated, the manner and order how…

Full Title

Full Title
The ladies companion, or, The English midwife. Wherein is demonstrated, the manner and order how women ought to govern themselves, during the whole time of their breeding children; and of their difficult labour, hard travail and lying-in, etc. Together with the diseases they are subject to (especially in such times) and the several wayes and means to help them. Also the various forms of the childs proceeding forth of the womb, in 17. copper cuts; with a discourse of the parts principally serving for generation. Digested into a small volume, by William Sermon Doctor in Physick, one of His Majesties Physicians in Ordinary; author of those most famous Cathartique and Diuretique pills, so well known for curing of the dropsie, scurvey, and all other sharp, salt, and watry humours, &c.

Author

Sermon, William

Last Name

Last Name
Sermon

First Name

First Name
William

Date

Date
1671

Publication City

Publication City

Imprint

Imprint
London : printed for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little-britain, 1671.

Topic

Genre

midwifery manual

ESTC

http://estc.bl.uk/R22083

Format

Format
8

Publisher

Publisher

Publisher Place

Pages

Pages
222

ID

ID
R22083