The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy
by Aristotle
Language: English
Table of Contents:
- THE WORKS OF ARISTOTLE THE FAMOUS PHILOSOPHER
- PART I—BOOK I
- THE MASTERPIECE On marriage and at what age young men and virgins are capable of it: and why so much
- CHAPTER II How to beget a male or female child; and of the Embryo and perfect Birth; and the fittest
- CHAPTER III The reason why children are like their parents; and that the Mother's imagination contri
- CHAPTER IV That Man's Soul is not propagated by their parents, but is infused by its Creator, and ca
- CHAPTER V Of Monsters and Monstrous Births; and the several reasons thereof, according to the opinio
- CHAPTER VI Of the happy state of matrimony, as it is appointed by God, the true felicity that reboun
- CHAPTER VII Of Errors in Marriages; Why they are, and the Injuries caused by them.
- CHAPTER VIII The Opinion of the Learned concerning Children conceived and born within Seven Months;
- CHAPTER IX Of the Green-Sickness in Virgins, with its causes, signs and cures; together with the chi
- CHAPTER X Virginity, what it is, in what it consists, and how vitiated; together with the Opinions o
- CHAPTER XI Directions and Cautions for Midwives; and, first, what ought to be the qualifications of
- CHAPTER XII Further Directions to Midwives, teaching them what they ought to do, and what to avoid.
- CHAPTER XIII The External, and Internal Organs of Generation in Women.
- CHAPTER XIV A description of the Fabric of the Womb, the preparing Vessels and Testicles in Women. A
- CHAPTER XV A Description of the Use and Action of the several Generative Parts in Women.
- CHAPTER XVI Of the Organs of Generation in Man.
- CHAPTER XVII A word of Advice to both Sexes, consisting of several Directions with regard to Copulat
- PART II
- CHAPTER I Treating of the several Maladies incident to the womb, with proper remedies for the cure o
- CHAPTER II Of the Retention of the Courses.
- CHAPTER III Of Excessive Menstruation.
- CHAPTER IV Of the Weeping of the Womb.
- CHAPTER V The false Courses, or Whites.
- CHAPTER VI The Suffocation of the Mother.
- CHAPTER VII Of the Descending or Falling of the Womb.
- CHAPTER VIII Of the Inflammation of the Womb.
- CHAPTER IX Of Scirrhous Tumours, or Hardness of the Womb.
- CHAPTER X Of Dropsy of the Womb.
- CHAPTER XI Of Moles [8] and False Conceptions.
- CHAPTER XII Of Conception and its Signs, and How a Woman may know whether it be Male or Female.
- CHAPTER XIII Of Untimely Births.
- CHAPTER XIV Directions for Pregnant Women.
- CHAPTER XV Directions for Women when they are taken in Labour, to ensure their safe Delivery, and Di
- CHAPTER XVI What ought to be done in cases of extremity, especially in women who, in labour, are att
- CHAPTER XVII How child-bearing Women ought to be ordered after Delivery.
- CHAPTER XVIII Acute Pains after Delivery.
- THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN
- BEING CHOICE AND APPROVED REMEDIES FOR SEVERAL DISEASES INCIDENTAL TO HUMAN BODIES
- PART II
- THE EXPERIENCED MIDWIFE
- INTRODUCTION.
- BOOK I
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II Of Conception; what it is; how women are to order themselves after Conception.
- CHAPTER III Of the Parts proper to a Child in the womb; How it is formed there, and the manner of it
- CHAPTER IV A Guide for Women in Travail, showing what is to be done when they fall in Labour, in ord
- CHAPTER V Of Natural Labour; What it is and what the Midwife is to do in such Labour.
- CHAPTER VI Of Unnatural Labour.
- CHAPTER VII Directions for Child-bearing Women in their Lying-in.
- CHAPTER VIII Directions for the Nurses, in ordering Newly-born Children.
- CHAPTER IX
- PROPER AND SAFE REMEDIES FOR CURING ALL THOSE DISTEMPERS THAT ARE PECULIAR TO THE FEMALE SEX AND ES
- BOOK II
- CHAPTER I Of Barrenness; its several Kinds; with the proper Remedies for it; and the Signs of Insuff
- CHAPTER II The Diseases of the Womb.
- CHAPTER III Of Diseases Relating to Women's Monthly Courses.
- PART III
- ARISTOTLE'S BOOK OF PROBLEMS WITH OTHER ASTROMER, ASTROLOGERS AND PHYSICIANS, CONCERNING THE STATE O
- Of the Head.
- Of the Eyes.
- Of the Nose.
- Of the Ears.
- Of the Mouth.
- Of the Teeth.
- Of the Tongue.
- Of the Roof of the Mouth.
- Of the Neck.
- Of the Shoulders and Arms.
- Of the Hands.
- Of the Nails.
- Of the Paps and Dugs.
- Of the Back.
- Of the Heart.
- Of the Stomach.
- Of the Blood.
- Of the Urine.
- Of the Gall and Spleen.
- Of Carnal Copulation.
- Of the Seed of Man and Beasts.
- Of Hermaphrodites.
- Of Monsters.
- Of the Child in the Womb.
- Of Abortion and Untimely Birth.
- Of Divers Matters.
- THE PROBLEMS OF MARCUS ANTONINUS SANCTIPERTIAS
- THE PROBLEMS OF ALEXANDER APHRODISEUS
- PART IV
- DISPLAYING THE SECRETS OF NATURE RELATING TO PHYSIOGNOMY
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II Of the Judgment of Physiognomy.
- CHAPTER III Of Judgments drawn from several other parts of Man's Body.
- CHAPTER IV Of Palmistry, showing the various Judgments drawn from the Hand.
- CHAPTER V Judgments according to Physiognomy, drawn from the several parts of the Body, from the Han
- CHAPTER VI Of the Power of the Celestial Bodies over Men and Women.
