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The Resource The Compleat midwife'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 the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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

The Compleat midwife'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 the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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

Label
The Compleat midwife'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 the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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
Title
The Compleat midwife's practice enlarged
Title remainder
In the most weighty and high Concernments of the Birth of Man. Containing Perfect Rules for Midwives and Nurses, as also for Women in the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
Member of
Cataloging source
PPC
Citation source
  • British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1723[1]
  • English short title catalogue, R209733
  • Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), C1817D
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Chamberlayne, Thomas
Illustrations
plates
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
handbooks
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Childbirth
  • Gynecology
  • Midwifery
  • Obstetrics
Label
The Compleat midwife'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 the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Handwritten annotations in margins.
  • Signatures: (a)8, A-V8.
  • BK
  • PUBLIC
  • CONV
  • MASTER
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000100142
Dimensions
16 cm.
Edition
  • The second edition corrected, by R.C., I.D., M.S., T.B. /
  • 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.
Extent
[14], 309, [6] pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • Bookplate on front pastedown has name "Willm. D. Rolfe"
  • "Presented by Edw. B. Krumbhaar, M.D. Oct 10, 1922."
Other physical details
4 plates
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 100142
  • 100196
  • (OCoLC)19567670
Label
The Compleat midwife'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 the Conception, Bearing, and Nursing of Children: from the experience, not onely of our English, but also the most accompisht 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
Publication
Note
  • Handwritten annotations in margins.
  • Signatures: (a)8, A-V8.
  • BK
  • PUBLIC
  • CONV
  • MASTER
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000100142
Dimensions
16 cm.
Edition
  • The second edition corrected, by R.C., I.D., M.S., T.B. /
  • 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.
Extent
[14], 309, [6] pages
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
  • Bookplate on front pastedown has name "Willm. D. Rolfe"
  • "Presented by Edw. B. Krumbhaar, M.D. Oct 10, 1922."
Other physical details
4 plates
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 100142
  • 100196
  • (OCoLC)19567670

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