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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The midwife's guide: being the complete works of Aristotle. Beautifully illustrated. To which is added an appendix, explanatory of the illustration never before published |
| Reference | 68606.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | 1845 |
| Author | Aristotle [pseud.] |
| Place of Creation | New York |
| Description | This mid-19th century midwives' guide, supposedly by Aristotle, was actually written in England in the 17th Century and had been in print and in use in America since the mid 18th-century, despite the fact that it was full of superstition and misinformation. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Women's Health; Sexual Health |
| Keywords | marriage, children, sex, childbirth, female complaints, cure, infertility, midwife, disease, blood, menstruation, inflammation, edema, miscarriage, convulsions, fits |
| Parts of the Body | reproductive organs |
| 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 Chris |
| Visual Content | View thumbnails |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |