The Female Physician Containing all the diseases incident to that sex, in virgins, wives, and widows; together with their causes and symptoms, their degrees of danger, and respective methods of prevention and cure: to which is added, the whole art of new improv'd midwifery; comprehending the necessary qualifications of a midwife, and particular directions for laying women, in all cases of difficult and preternatural births; together with the diet and regimen of both the mother and child.

"The Female Physician" by John Maubray is a guide from the 1700s that explains sicknesses that only affect women, whether they are single, married, or widowed, and it gives ways to prevent and treat them, while also teaching about midwifery, explaining what a midwife needs to know, and how to help women during difficult births. The book starts with a message to medical groups, and makes clear the author’s goal to help with women's health problems that doctors had missed. The book talks about changes in medical knowledge and why it's important to understand women’s special health conditions and then the book’s introduction explains what the book contains, suggesting that the book will give all the details on women's diseases for all stages of life but there are also practical instructions for midwives, with the goal of putting together existing knowledge, while adding the author's own thoughts, made for everybody from well-educated scholars to readers with less experience in medical books.