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The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged. [electronic resource] : In the most weighty and high conc...

The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged. [electronic resource] : In the most weighty and high conc...

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The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged. [electronic resource] : 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.

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Full title

The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged. [electronic resource] : 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.

Author / Creator

Publisher

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

Uniform title

Compleat midwifes practice.

Alternative title

Compleat midwife's practice enlarged.

Date

1659.

Record Identifier

74VvvXK5JpN3

MMS ID

991007513029702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

[16], 309, [11] p., [6] plates : port.

Publication information

Publisher

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

Edition

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.

Analytical title

Full supply of such most useful and admirable secrets.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1659.

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

The compleat midvvife's practice enlarged. [electronic resource] : 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 practic...

Variant title

Full supply of such most useful and admirable secrets.

Notes

General note

Attributed to Thomas Chamberlayne.

An expanded edition of "The compleat midwifes practice" (Wing C1817C), originally published in 1656 and attributed to Thomas Chamberlayne.

With engraved frontispiece depicting Louise Bourgeois Boursier, midwife to the Queen of France.

Frontis. = plate.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library....

Citation / References Note

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) C1817D.

Thomason E.1723[1]

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/117.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 214:E1723[1])

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Record Identifier

74VvvXK5JpN3

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvvXK5JpN3

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MMS ID

991007513029702626