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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Aristotle's masterpiece completed |
| Reference | 67319.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1788 |
| Author | Aristotle [pseud.] |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | In two parts. The first, containing the secrets of generation in all the parts thereof. Treating, of the benefit of marriage, and the prejudice of unequal matches, signs of insufficiency in men and women: Of the infusion of the soul: Of the likeness of children to parents: Of monstrous births: The cause and cure of the green sickness, a discourse on virginity: Directions and cautions for midwives: Of the organs of generation in women, and the fabric of the womb. The use and action of the genitals. Signs of conception, and whether a man or female; with a word of advice to both sexes in the act of copulation. And the picture of several monstrous births, &c. The second part. A private looking-glass for the female sex, treating of the various maladies of the womb, and all other distempers incident to women of all ages, with proper remedies for the cure of each. The whole being more correct than any thing of this kind hitherto published. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Women's Health; Children's Health; Physiology; Sexual Health |
| Keywords | marriage, childbirth, midwife, female complaints, morning sickness, pregnancy, sex, cure, disease, infertility, blood, convulsions |
| Parts of the Body | reproductive organs |
| Additional Information | The first, and for long the only American sex manual, hardly changed since the 17th century, reprinted scores of times before 1840, and usually sold under the counter. It was partly folklore (the cut shows birth defects caused by the thoughts of parents at conception) but it portrayed sex as natural, necessary to health and fun. |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |