Midwifery book title page. This is the title page of a book on midwifery, La commare oriccoglitrice (Venice, 1601), written by the Italian monk and ph

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Midwifery book title page. This is the title page of a book on midwifery, La commare oriccoglitrice (Venice, 1601), written by the Italian monk and physician Girolamo Mercurio (1550-1615). The figures at left and right are Cato the Elder (234-149 BC) and Scipio Africanus (circa 236-183 BC).

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