Aristotle's works: by pseud. Aristotle

"Aristotle's works" by a pseudo-Aristotle is a sex manual and midwifery book first published in 1684. Falsely attributed to the ancient philosopher, this anonymous work became one of early modern England's most widely reprinted medical texts. It frankly addresses topics from sexual pleasure and anatomy to pregnancy and childbirth, acknowledging women's sexuality in ways later centuries would suppress. Based on outdated humoral theory, it remained in print into the twentieth century, offering intimate guidance to generations of readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Aristotle, pseud.
Title Aristotle's works:
Containing the Master-piece, Directions for Midwives, and Counsel and Advice to Child-bearing Women with Various Useful Remedies
Alternate Title The works of Aristotle, the famous philosopher
Original Publication United Kingdom: published for the booksellers.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle%27s_Masterpiece
Credits Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class RG: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics
Subject Medicine, Popular -- Early works to 1800
Subject Obstetrics -- Early works to 1800
Subject Human reproduction -- Early works to 1800
Subject Gynecology -- Early works to 1800
Category Text
EBook-No. 67858
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Apr 23, 2022
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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