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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Aristotle’s master-piece completed |
| Reference | 113307.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1802 |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | In two parts; the first containing the secrets of generation in all the parts thereof, the second part being a private looking glass for the female sex. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Women's Health; Children's Health; Physiology |
| Keywords | children, childbirth, pregnancy, cure, midwife, anatomy, infertility, menstruation, vomiting, edema, pleuritis, weakness, female complaints, asthma, worms |
| Parts of the Body | reproductive organs, lungs, digestive 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 |