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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
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Produced by Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders
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English
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RC: Medicine: Internal medicine
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Reproduction
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12699
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12699
Release Date
June 1, 2004
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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER
  2. 2.Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy — COMPLETE EDITION, WITH ENGRAVINGS
  3. 3.CONTENTS — THE MIDWIFE'S VADE-MECUM — Containing
  4. 4.PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS FOR MIDWIVES, NURSES, ETC.
  5. 5.SOME GENUINE RECIPES FOR CAUSING SPEEDY DELIVERY.
  6. 6.APPROVED DIRECTIONS FOR NURSES. — PART I—BOOK I
  7. 7.THE MASTERPIECE
  8. 8.CHAPTER II
  9. 9.CHAPTER III
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV — OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
  11. 11.CHAPTER V
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX — OF BARRENNESS. — SIGNS OF BARRENNESS. — PROGNOSTICS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER X
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII — A PRIVATE LOOKING-GLASS FOR THE FEMALE SEX
  24. 24.PART II
  25. 25.CHAPTER I
  26. 26.CHAPTER II — CAUSE. — SIGNS. — PROGNOSTICS. — CURE.
  27. 27.CHAPTER III — CAUSE. — SIGNS. — PROGNOSTICS. — CURE.
  28. 28.CHAPTER IV
  29. 29.CHAPTER V — CAUSE.
  30. 30.CHAPTER VI — CURE. — SIGNS. — CURE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER VII — CAUSE. — SIGNS. — PROGNOSTICS. — CURE.
  32. 32.CHAPTER VIII — CAUSE. — SIGNS. — CURE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER IX — CAUSE. — PROGNOSTICS. — CURE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER X — SIGNS. — PROGNOSTICS. — CURE.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XI — CAUSE. — SIGNS. — CURE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XII — SIGNS. — SIGNS TAKEN FROM THE URINE. — SIGNS TAKEN FROM THE SEX, TO SHOW WHETHER IT BE A MALE OR FEMALE.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XIII — CURE. — SIGNS.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XIV
  39. 39.CHAPTER XV
  40. 40.CHAPTER XVI
  41. 41.CHAPTER XVII
  42. 42.CHAPTER XVIII — THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
  43. 43.BEING CHOICE AND APPROVED REMEDIES FOR SEVERAL DISEASES INCIDENTAL TO HUMAN BODIES — For the Apoplexy . — A Powder for the Epilepsy or Falling Sickness . — For a Headache of Long Standing . — For Spitting of Blood . — For a Looseness . — For the Bloody Flux . — For an Inflammation of the Lungs . — An Ointment for the Pleurisy . — An Ointment for the Itch . — For Running Scab . — For Worms in Children . — For Fevers in Children . — A Quieting Night-Draught, when the Cough is Violent . — An Electuary for the Dropsy . — For a Tympany Dropsy . — For an Inward Bleeding .
  44. 44.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS — WHEN YOU FIND — THEN SAY, — PART II — THE EXPERIENCED MIDWIFE
  45. 45.INTRODUCTION. — A GUIDE TO CHILDBEARING WOMEN
  46. 46.BOOK I
  47. 47.CHAPTER I — SECTION I.— Of the Womb . — SECT. II.— Of the difference between the ancient and modern Physicians, touching the woman's contributing seed for the Formation of the Child .
  48. 48.CHAPTER II — SECTION I.— What Conception is, and the qualifications requisite thereto. — SECT. II.— How a Woman ought to order herself after Conception . — Rules for the First Two Months . — Let her observe the following rules . — Rules for the Third Month . — Rules for the Fourth Month . — Rules for the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Months . — Rules for the Eighth Month . — Rules for the Ninth Month .
  49. 49.CHAPTER III — SECTION I.— Of the Parts proper to a Child in the Womb . — Of the Umbilicars, or Navel Vessels . — Of the Secundine or After-birth. — SECT. II.— Of the Formation of the Child in the Womb. — SECT. III.— Of the manner of the Child's lying in the Womb .
  50. 50.CHAPTER IV — SECTION I.— The Signs of the true Time of a Woman's Labour . — SECT. II.— How a Woman ought to be ordered when the time of her labour is come . — An Ointment For the Navel .
  51. 51.CHAPTER V — SECTION I.— What Natural Labour is . — SECT. II.— Of the Cutting of the Child's Navel String. — SECT. III.— How to bring away the After-burden. — SECT. IV.— Of Laborious and Difficult Labours and how the Midwife is to proceed therein . — SECT. V.— Of Women labouring of a dead Child .
  52. 52.CHAPTER VI — SECTION I.— How to deliver a Woman of a Dead Child by Manual Operation . — SECT. II.— How a Woman must be Delivered when the Child's Feet come first . — SECT. III.— How to bring away the Head of the Child, when separated from the Body, and left behind in the Womb . — SECT. IV.— How to deliver a Woman when the child's head is presented to the birth . — SECT. V.— How to Deliver a Woman when the Child presents one or both Hands together with the Head . — SECT. VI.— How a Woman ought to be delivered, when the Hands and Feet of the Infant come together. — SECT. VII.— How a Woman should be delivered that has twins, which present themselves in different postures .
  53. 53.CHAPTER VII — SECTION I.— How a Woman newly Delivered ought to be ordered . — SECT. II.— How to remedy those Accidents which a Lying-in Woman is subject to . — A Liniment to Scatter and Dissipate the Milk.
  54. 54.CHAPTER VIII
  55. 55.CHAPTER IX — SECTION I.— Of Gripes and Pains in the, Bellies of Young Children . — SECT. II.— Of Weakness In Newly-born Infants . — SECT. III.— Of the Fundament being closed up in a newly-born Infant . — SECT. IV.— Of the Thrush, or Ulcers In the Mouth of the Infant . — SECT. V.— Of Pains in the Ears, Inflammation, Moisture, etc . — SECT. VI.— Of Redness and Inflammation of the Buttocks, Groin and the Thighs of a Young Child. — SECT. VII.— Of Vomiting in Young Children . — SECT. VIII— Of Breeding Teeth in Young Children . — SECT. IX.— Of the Flux of the Belly, or Looseness in Infants . — SECT. X.— Of the Epilepsy and Convulsions in Children. — PROPER AND SAFE REMEDIES FOR CURING ALL THOSE DISTEMPERS THAT ARE PECULIAR TO THE FEMALE SEX AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OBSERVATIONS TO BEARING OF CHILDREN
  56. 56.BOOK II
  57. 57.CHAPTER I — SECTION I.— Of Barrenness in General . — SECT. II.— Signs and Causes of Insufficiency in Men . — SECT. III.— Signs and Causes of Insufficiency or Barrenness in Women . — Some apparent Remedy against Barrenness and to cause Fruitfulness . — A Confection very good against Barrenness .
  58. 58.CHAPTER II — SECTION I.— Of the Hot Distemper of the Womb . — SECT. II.— Of the Cold Distempers of the Womb . — SECT. III.— Of the Inflation of the Womb . — SECT. IV.— Of the Straitness of the Womb and its Vessels. — SECT. V.— Of the falling of the Womb .
  59. 59.CHAPTER III — SECTION I.— Of Women's Monthly Courses in General. — SECT. II.— Of the Terms coming out of order, either before or after the usual Time . — Remedies for Diseases in Women's Paps . — Receipt for Procuring Milk . — Directions for Drawing of Blood . — PART III ARISTOTLE'S BOOK OF PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ASTROMER, ASTROLOGERS AND PHYSICIANS, CONCERNING THE STATE OF MAN'S BODY. — Of the Head . — Of the Eyes . — Of the Nose . — Of the Ears . — Of the Mouth . — Of the Teeth . — Of the Tongue . — Of the Roof of the Mouth . — Of the Neck . — Of the Shoulders and Arms . — Of the Hands . — Of the Nails . — Of the Paps and Dugs. — Of the Back . — Of the Heart . — Of the Stomach . — Of the Blood . — Of the Urine . — Of the Gall and Spleen . — Of Carnal Copulation . — Of the Seed of Man and Beasts . — Of Hermaphrodites . — Of Monsters . — Of the Child in the Womb . — Of Abortion and Untimely Birth . — Of Divers Matters .
  60. 60.THE PROBLEMS OF MARCUS ANTONINUS SANCTIPERTIAS
  61. 61.THE PROBLEMS OF ALEXANDER APHRODISEUS — PART IV DISPLAYING THE SECRETS OF NATURE RELATING TO PHYSIOGNOMY
  62. 62.CHAPTER I — SECTION 1.— Of Physiognomy, showing what it is, and whence it is derived .
  63. 63.CHAPTER II
  64. 64.CHAPTER III
  65. 65.CHAPTER IV
  66. 66.CHAPTER V — Of Crooked and Deformed Persons . — Of the divers Manners of going, and particular Posture both of Men and Women . — Of the Gait or Motion in Men and Women . — Judgment drawn from the Stature of Man .
  67. 67.CHAPTER VI

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