Item #087156 A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris. Dionis, Pierre.
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris
A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris

A General Treatise of Midwifery; Faithfully translated from the French of Monsieur Dionis, First Surgeon to the late Dauphinesses, and Sworn Master-Surgeon at Paris

London: A. Bell, 1719. First English edition. Leather Bound. pp. xv, 374 [2]. 8vo. Leatherbound: newer spine, with original boards retained. Gilt lettering and rules to spine. 3 engraved plates. Item #087156

Book I: On the Generation of Man (Chap. XIII: "When the Soul enters and animates the Foetus"). Book II: How a Woman with Child ought to be govern'd (Chap. XIV: "Of Abortion" :"a Maid finding herself with Child, should do it to preserve her own and the Reputation or Honor of her family: for it is downright Murder"); Book III: What is to be done in time of Labour. Book IV: How a Woman is to be ordered after her Delivery. Book V: Of Dieting and Ordering a new-born Child. Book VI: Of the Choice of a Man-Midwife, and of Nurses, for both Mother and Child. A translation of "Traité general des accouchemens". ESTC T112693.

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