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The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher

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Holistic Healing

The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher

William Salmon

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For centuries this famous folk manual circulated under Aristotle's borrowed name, whispering the secrets of birth and the body. William Salmon's edition serves up midwife's directions, nurse's rules and the homely lore of generation. A fascinating relic of popular medicine and how ordinary people learned about their bodies. Open the most notorious health book of the old bookstalls.

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224 chapters

  1. 1THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER
  2. 2Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy
  3. 3COMPLETE EDITION, WITH ENGRAVINGS
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5THE MIDWIFE'S VADE-MECUM
  6. 6Containing
  7. 7PARTICULAR DIRECTIONS FOR MIDWIVES, NURSES, ETC.
  8. 8SOME GENUINE RECIPES FOR CAUSING SPEEDY DELIVERY.
  9. 9APPROVED DIRECTIONS FOR NURSES.
  10. 10PART I—BOOK I
  11. 11THE MASTERPIECE
  12. 12CHAPTER II
  13. 13CHAPTER III
  14. 14CHAPTER IV
  15. 15OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
  16. 16CHAPTER V
  17. 17CHAPTER VI
  18. 18CHAPTER VII

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