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Aristotle's compleat master-piece : in three parts : displaying the secrets of nature in the generation of man : regularly digested into chapters and sections, rendring it far more useful and easie than any yet extant : to which is added, a treasure of health, or, The family physician, being choice and approved remedies for all the several distempers incident to humane bodies.

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Uniform Title:	Aristotle's Masterpiece.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed and sold by the booksellers, [1690?]
Edition:	The eleventh edition.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Human reproduction > Early works to 1800. Medicine, Popular > Early works to 1800. Gynecology > Early works to 1800. Obstetrics > Early works to 1800. Midwifery > Early works to 1800.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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