The Female Physician / Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: to which is added, the whole art of new improv'd midwifery; comprehending the necessary qualifications of a midwife, and particular directions for laying women, in all cases of difficult and preternatural births; together with the diet and regimen of both the mother and child.

by John Maubray

“Atqui graves tradunt Sophi,

“Quodcunque matres interim

“Imaginantur fortiter,

“Dum liberis datur opera,

“Ejus latenter & notas

“Certas, & indelebiles

“Modóque inexplicabili

“In semen ipsum congeri.

“Quibus receptis intimè,

“Simúlque concrescentibus,