73 results filtered with: Delivery (Obstetrics)
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Four babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: 6 May 1791Reference: 17087i
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Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17024i
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Alcmene giving birth to Hercules: Juno, jealous of the child, attempts to delay the childbirth. Line engraving.
Reference: 16885i
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M0001471: Curved obstetrical forceps, type designed by Paolo Assalini (1759-1840)
Date: 16 December 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/71Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, her mother Anne washes her hands before being given food and drink by attendants. Photolithograph after a painting by B. Daddi.
Daddi, Bernardo, -1350.Reference: 17310i
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Six diagrams of babies in different delivery positions in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: 15 April 1791Reference: 17090i
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Mary Toft (Tofts) appearing to give birth to rabbits in the presence of several surgeons and man-midwives sent from London to examine her. Etching by W. Hogarth, 1726.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: [22 December 1726]Reference: 17342i
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M0001487: Short straight obstetrical forceps, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish obstetrician, approximately 1746
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/87Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.
Reference: 17035i
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M0001475: Short obstetrical forceps, type designed by William Smellie (1697-1763), Scottish surgeon, in 1746
Date: 16 December 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/75Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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M0001488: Obstetrical forceps, type designed by Heinrich Erpenbeck in 1834
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/88Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A seated Greek woman on an obstetrical stool being held in position by her husband while giving birth aided by a midwife, another attendant dresses the first baby. Line engraving by A. Tardieu after N. Maréchal.
Maréchal, Nicolas, -1803.Date: 1801Reference: 16911i
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Thirteen diagrams of a child in the womb in various positions; two obstetrical chairs and several obstetrical instruments. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.
Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758.Date: [1749]Reference: 17074i
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M0001472: Axis traction obstetrical forceps, type designed by Alexander Russell Simpson (1835-1916)
Date: 16 December 1930Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/72Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna is being attended upon while Mary receives her first bath. Line engraving by C. Cort, 1578, after G. Penni.
Penni, Giovanni Francesco, approximately 1496-approximately 1528.Date: 1578Reference: 17316i
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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
Reference: 17343i
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A diagram demonstrating different kinds of forceps, and their use in childbirth. Lithograph by G. Scharf.
Reference: 17015i
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A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
Reference: 16907i
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Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574.Reference: 17297i- Books
On the maternal / issue editors: Lena Šimić & Emily Underwood-Lee.
Date: 2017
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M0001479: Obstetrical forceps, type designed by Johann David Busch (1755-1833) in 1796
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/79Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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On the advantages of turning in certain cases of narrow pelvis / by James Wilson, M.D.
Wilson, James, M.D.Date: [1848]
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M0001484: Obstetrical forceps, type designed by Jan Palfijn or Palfyn (1650-1730) in 1720
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/84Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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A further statement of the case of Elizabeth Thompson : upon whom the Caesarean operation was performed in the Manchester Lying-In Hospital : in addition to that published by Mr. Wood, in the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, vol. 5th / By Charles White, and Richard Hall, ... and George Tomlinson, and John Thorp.
White, Charles, 1728-1813.Date: 1799
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M0001494: Obstetrical traction forceps, type designed by James Hobson Aveling (1828-1898) in 1860
Date: 01 January 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/13/94Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive