A directory for midwives: or, A guide for women in their conception, bearing, and suckling their children. The first part contains, 1. The anatomy of the vessels of generation. 2. The formation of the child in the womb. 3. What hinders conception, and its remedies. 4. What furthers conception. 5. A guide for women in conception. 6. Of miscarriage in women. 7. A guide for women in their labour. 8. A guide for women in their lying-in. 9. Of nursing children. To cure all diseases in women, read the second part of this book. By Nicholas Culpeper, Gent. student in physic and astrology - Culpeper, Nicholas 1616-1654 (printed, and are to be sold by most book sellers in London and Westminster, 1700)
Reproduction of original in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. - The words "Conception.... Children." are bracketed on title page. - Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), C7496