{"product_id":"2940013142398","title":"The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy","description":"Complete Edition, With Engravings and Linked Table of Contents.\u003cbr\u003eAn excerpt from the chapters:\u003cbr\u003eTHE MIDWIFE'S VADE-MECUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MASTERPIECE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn marriage and at what age young men and virgins are capable of it: and why so much desire it. Also, how long men and women are capable of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to beget a male or female child; and of the Embryo and perfect Birth; and the fittest time for the copula.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reason why children are like their parents; and that the Mother's imagination contributes thereto; and whether the man or the woman is the cause of the male or female child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat Man's Soul is not propagated by their parents, but is infused by its Creator, and can neither die nor corrupt. At what time it is infused. Of its immortality and certainty of its resurrection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Monsters and Monstrous Births; and the several reasons thereof, according to the opinions of the Ancients. Also, whether the Monsters are endowed with reasonable Souls; and whether the Devils can engender; is here briefly discussed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the happy state of matrimony, as it is appointed by God, the true felicity that rebounds thereby to either sex; and to what end it is ordained.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Errors in Marriages; Why they are, and the Injuries caused by them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Opinion of the Learned concerning Children conceived and born within Seven Months; with Arguments upon the Subject to prevent Suspicion of Incontinency, and bitter Contest on that Account. To which are added Rules to Know the Disposition of Man's Body by the Genital Parts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Green-Sickness in Virgins, with its causes, signs and cures; together with the chief occasions of Barrenness in Women, and the Means to remove the Cause, and render them fruitful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginity, what it is, in what it consists, and how vitiated; together with the Opinions of the Learned about the Change of Sex in the Womb, during the Operation of Nature in forming the Body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirections and Cautions for Midwives; and, first, what ought to be the qualifications of a midwife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFurther Directions to Midwives, teaching them what they ought to do, and what to avoid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe External, and Internal Organs of Generation in Women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA description of the Fabric of the Womb, the preparing Vessels and Testicles in Women. Also of the Different and Ejaculatory Vessels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Description of the Use and Action of the several Generative Parts in Women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Organs of Generation in Man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA word of Advice to both Sexes, consisting of several Directions with regard to Copulation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA PRIVATE LOOKING GLASS FOR THE FEMALE SEX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTreating of the several Maladies incident to the womb, with proper remedies for the cure of each.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Retention of the Courses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Excessive Menstruation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Weeping of the Womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe false Courses, or Whites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Suffocation of the Mother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Descending or Falling of the Womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Inflammation of the Womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Scirrhous Tumours, or Hardness of the Womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Dropsy of the Womb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Moles and False Conceptions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Conception and its Signs, and How a Woman may know whether it be Male or Female.\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf Untimely Births.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirections for Pregnant Women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDirections for Women when they are taken in Labour, to ensure their safe Delivery, and Directions for Midwives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat ought to be done in cases of extremity, especially in women who, in labour, are attacked by a flux of blood, convulsions and fits of wind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow child-bearing Women ought to be ordered after Delivery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcute Pains after Delivery.\u003cbr\u003eARISTOTLE'S BOOK OF PROBLEMS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Eyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Nose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Ears\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Mouth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the Teeth...","brand":"Ladislav Deczi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180296323312,"sku":"2940013142398","price":3.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013142398_p0.jpg?v=1763577541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013142398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}