De Natuere ende complexie der vrouwen : Noenese sal onderkennen ... met meer andersecreten der Droutwen.

Antwerpen : Jacob Bosselaer, 1599.

Dutch

1 online resource (44 unnumbered pages).

Vernacular manual on women's health. In addition to examining the four humours and their relation to the health of both men and women, this "Dutch folk book" also deals with herbal remedies, sex, the frequency of sex and its consequences, ways to facilitate and prevent conception, and pregnancy. The book is primarily directed at men rather than women.

title page woodcut.
A reprint of Jan van Ghelen edition of between 1550-1570.
Reproduction of the originals from New York Academy of Medicine.

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