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Sharp, The Midwives Book, ed. Elaine Hobby: (1999)
Folger bibliographic ID: 345692
O'Dowd & Philipp, Hist. Obstet. Gyn.: p. 179
Wing number: 2969B
Folger call number: 219594
Folger holdings ID: 496482
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Signatures: [pi]7, B-U8, X-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee1 "I. An anatomical description of the parts of men and women. II. What is requisite for procreation: signes of a womans being with child, and whether it be male or female, and how the child is formed in the womb. III. The causes and hindrance of conception and barrenness and of the paines and difficulties of childbearing with their causes, signes and cures. IV. Rules to know when a woman is near her labour, and when she is near conception, and how to order the child when born. V. How to order women in childbirth, and of several diseases and cures for women in that condition. VI. Of diseases incident to women after conception. Rules for the choice of a nurse; her office; with proper cures for all diseases incident in young children." Sharp was considered the most accomplished midwife of seventeenth century England This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance
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Alternate titles: Whole art of midwifry discovered