Item No: #308015 Parturition Without Pain; a Code of Directions for Escaping the Primal Curse. M. L. Holbrook.
Parturition Without Pain; a Code of Directions for Escaping the Primal Curse

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Parturition Without Pain; a Code of Directions for Escaping the Primal Curse

Notes: Fourteenth edition "enlarged." A guide to painless childbirth, which seems to rely mostly on baths, a fruit diet, and a good attitude. The book was very popular, being reprinted every year for more than a decade.

159, [9] pages.

Edition + Condition: A near-fine copy in terra cotta cloth. While this is not a particularly scarce book, this copy belonged to Elmira Y. Howard, one of the first women physicians in Ohio, with her dated ownership signature on the title page.

Publication: New York: M. L. Holbrook, 1881.

Item No: #308015

Price: $95

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