- SEct. 1. Of the True generation of the Parts, and Increase of the Infant in the Womb, according to the days and times, till the time of the Birth. p. 1
- Sect. 2. Of the signs of Conception, and whether the Child thrive in the Womb. p. 11
- Sect. 3. Of the Nutriment of the Child in the Womb, and by what nourishment it is preser∣ved, and when it groweth up to be an Infant. p. 16
- Sect. 2. How the Infant doth in the Womb the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, and eighth month; and of the due time and form of the Birth; and causes of pain in Child-birth. p. 20
- Sect. 5. Rules for Child-bearing Women, and how to prevent Abortion. p. 28
- Sect. 6. A Dialogue between the Midwife, and the Doctor, concerning Midwives, and the de∣livery of Women in Child-birth. p. 33
- Sect. 7. Of the several natural situations of the Infant in the Mothers Womb, according to the different times of Child-bearing. p. 39
The English midwife enlarged containing directions to midwives; wherein is laid down whatever is most requisite for the safe practising her art. Also instructions for women in their conceiving, bearing and nursing of children. With two new treatises, one of the cure of diseases and symptoms happening to women before and after child-birth. And another of the diseases, &c. of little children, and the conditions necessary to be considered in the choice of their nurses and milk. The whole fitted for the meanest capacities. Illustrated with near 40 copper-cuts.
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- The English midwife enlarged containing directions to midwives; wherein is laid down whatever is most requisite for the safe practising her art. Also instructions for women in their conceiving, bearing and nursing of children. With two new treatises, one of the cure of diseases and symptoms happening to women before and after child-birth. And another of the diseases, &c. of little children, and the conditions necessary to be considered in the choice of their nurses and milk. The whole fitted for the meanest capacities. Illustrated with near 40 copper-cuts.
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- 1682.
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"The English midwife enlarged containing directions to midwives; wherein is laid down whatever is most requisite for the safe practising her art. Also instructions for women in their conceiving, bearing and nursing of children. With two new treatises, one of the cure of diseases and symptoms happening to women before and after child-birth. And another of the diseases, &c. of little children, and the conditions necessary to be considered in the choice of their nurses and milk. The whole fitted for the meanest capacities. Illustrated with near 40 copper-cuts." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38470.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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- Sect. 8. Of difficult Births, whether they proceed from Causes external or internal. p. 42
- Sect. 9. Of the Fashions, and Figures of the Birth, and how Children are born and may be born. p. 50
- Sect. 10. Figure the first; Of unnatural Births. p. 52
- Sect. 11. Figure the Second. p. 58
- Sect. 12. Figure the Third. p. 62
- Sect. 13. Figure the Fourth. p. 64
- Sect. 14. Figure the Fifth. p. 66
- Sect. 15. Figure the Sixth. p. 68
- Sect. 16. Figure the Seventh. p. 74
- Sect. 17. Figure the Eighth. p. 78
- Sect. 18. Figure the Ninth. p. 81
- Sect. 19. Figure the Tenth. p. 83
- Sect. 20. Figure the Eleventh. p. 85
- Sect. 21. Figure the Twelfth. p. 87
- Sect. 22. Of a Birth wherein the Infant pre∣sents the Belly. p. 89
- Sect. 23. How to help a Woman in her Labor, when the Child's Head thrusts the Neck of the the Womb forth before it. p. 92
- Sect. 24. How to deliver a Woman when the Child presents the side of the Head, to the birth, or its Face. p. 95
- Sect. 25. How to deliver a Woman when the Childs Head is born, and the Womb closeth about its Neck. p. 99
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- Sect. 26. When the Navil-string comes first. p. 102
- Sect. 27. Wherein the Burthen either first of∣fers it self or comes first quite forth. p. 107
- Sect. 28. Figure the Thirteenth. p. 112
- Sect. 29. Figure the Fourteenth. p. 115
- Sect. 30. Figure the Fifteenth. p. 117
- Sect. 31. Figure the Sixteenth. p. 123
- Sect. 32. Of delivering of a Woman of a dead Child. p. 129
- Sect. 33. Of the extracting of a mola and false Conception. p. 136
- Sect. 34. Of the Secundine, or After-burden, and the best and safest way to draw it forth. p. 151