Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with a copious alphabetical index.
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Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with a copious alphabetical index.
Author
Wolveridge, James, d. 1671.
Publication
London :: Printed by E. Okes, and are to be sold by Rowland Reynolds ...,
1670.
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Subject terms
Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800.
Childbirth -- Early works to 1800.
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"Speculum matricis hybernicum, or, The Irish midwives handmaid catechistically composed by James Wolveridge, M.D. ; with a copious alphabetical index." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66881.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2025.
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Author in Libellum, ejus{que};picta Schemata.
QUaeritur ovata quare sit sculpta fi∣gura,Demonstrans faetum pagina quae{que} suum?Omnia credibile est formari Animalia ab Ovo,Posse sui generis tale referre genus.Cernis ut ova trahit solers formica, la∣boreParvula, quae in cumulos Irrequieta locat.Ovorum ex numero sunt subventanea, (Inertis Molae instar) pullos non paritura suos:Hinc hominum, pecudum{que} genus, genus omne ferarumFit sterile, & sterilis dedecus arbor habet;Edere sed foecunda mihi sperare licebit,Ova{que} Prolifica ponere fida manu.
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Sin secus, Obstetricum nullos Quaesita Ia∣boresGens hominum, cesset, vel labefacta Ruat.Sic parere, aut calamus doceat parere, precamur:Illud naturae est, hoc erit Artis opus.Anser Ovans alas scriptoribus explicat, artesInde docens, variis picta{que}; schematibus.Ille meam pennis, si sit culpabilis, ArtemDelirare suis, & volitare dedit.Ova traham Reliquos scriptores inter, AcervoPulchrum erit ex magno tollere delicias.
James Wolveridge.
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