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A25811
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Aristotle's manual of choice secrets, shewing the whole mystery of generation : with receipts to prevent barrenness, and cause conception : very necessary to be known and practiced by all midwives, nurses, & young married women / translated out of Latin by J.P.
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Aristotle, pseud.; P. J.
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1699
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Wing A3688B; ESTC R172506
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