The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed. As also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit remedies for ... indispositions of new-born babes ... / Translated, and enlarged with ... marginal-notes, by Hugh Chamberlen.

  • Mauriceau, François, 1637-1709
Date:
1673
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Credit: The accomplisht midwife, treating of the diseases of women with child, and in child-bed. As also, the best directions how to help them in natural and unnatural labours. With fit remedies for ... indispositions of new-born babes ... / Translated, and enlarged with ... marginal-notes, by Hugh Chamberlen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - @ hi . 46 DEVE Difeafes Lib. dhem(elvs, in knitting up one of the tefticles of their Bulls according as they delire either Males or Fe- males, 1 knew an Italian at ‘Rome who had but only his left Tefticle, having loft the right upon a ood. occafion, who after that accident married, and begat two Children, which Tfaw alive, and very well, one of which was 4 Boy and the other 4 Girle $ befides all thofe he may have begotten Gince that time : nor needed he to fufpect his Wife had the afliftance of any other in that bufinefs, as it very often happens in this Country. | Such perfons as defire to foretell before the Child be born, whether it will be Boy or Girl, doufu- ally adhere by complacency, to the defires of the big-bellied Woman and her Husband in. this cate 5 for if the Midwife. knows they defire a Boy, fhe willafure them it willbe a Boy, and {wear to it alo; And if they wifh for a Girl (asic allo hap- ens to fome Women, who love Girls beft ) they Tf this happens luckily according to,her pronoftick, fhe will not be backwards to afirm fhe knew it ve- prediction, fhe makes her {elf reputed ignorant and prefumptuous, and remains afhamed. knowing beforehand the defires of the perfons, 1 them 3 becaufe, if it happen to'be true. (although elude me to be knowing, and to have faid well: fred. will not take {o much notice of it becaufe eae: ; ne. AG oi Ity | | | ts | pti |