A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.

A heavily pregnant woman walking a road littered with risks to her death: reducing risks of child birth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 1998.

The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting after Francesco Furini.

The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting by D. Chiesura after G.B. Cignaroli.

Monument commemorating Princess Charlotte Augusta in St. George's Chapel in Windsor. Etching by T. Fairland after a sculpture by M.C. Wyatt, 1826.

On the duration of labour as a cause of mortality and danger to the mother and infant; &c : in reply to a letter of Dr. Collins / by J.Y. Simpson.

On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan.

Death from rupture of the uterus : inversion of the uterus, and expulsion of the child by gaseous putrefaction / by Alfred S. Taylor.

viii, 142 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 30 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Beyond the numbers : reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer.

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On the duration of labour as a cause of mortality and danger to the mother and infant; &c : in reply to a letter of Dr. Collins / by J.Y. Simpson.

On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan.

A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.

Death from rupture of the uterus : inversion of the uterus, and expulsion of the child by gaseous putrefaction / by Alfred S. Taylor.

Beyond the numbers : reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer.

Mothers - Mortality

Images from the collections

Images about Mothers - Mortality

Works from the collections

On the duration of labour as a cause of mortality and danger to the mother and infant; &c : in reply to a letter of Dr. Collins / by J.Y. Simpson.

On the mortality of childbed and maternity hospitals / by J. Matthews Duncan.

A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.

Death from rupture of the uterus : inversion of the uterus, and expulsion of the child by gaseous putrefaction / by Alfred S. Taylor.

Beyond the numbers : reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer.

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