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Graphic illustrations of abortion and the diseases of menstruation / Consisting of twelve plates from drawings engraved on stone, and coloured by Mr. J. Perry, and two copperplates from the Philosophical transactions, coloured by the same artist. The whole representing forty-five specimens of aborted ova and adventitious productions of the uterus, with preliminary observations, explanations of the figures, and remarks, anatomical physiological. By A. B. Granville.

Crochet: A hooked medical instrument

Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.

An abnormal foetus in the womb, which is about to be naturally aborted. Engraving.

A pregnant woman receives an abortifacient draught from a peasant "wise woman"; she falls ill but the physician cannot save her life; her funeral is attended by her family and neighbours. Colour lithograph by S. I︠a︡guzhinskiĭ, 1925.

Diseases of the ovary - petrified foetus

Warning about the dangers of illegal abortions in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, ca. 2000.

Juniperus communis (Juniper)

The abortion law in Northern Ireland : human rights and reproductive choice / editor, Ann Furedi.

"Give not any of these to any that is with child, lest you turn murderess" : women's medicine in early modern herbals / Fiona Kyle.

Burn's obstetrical works. The anatomy of the gravid uterus; with practical inferences relative to pregnancy and labour. Observations on abortion; containing an account of the manner in which it takes place; the causes which produce it; and the method of preventing or treating it. Practical observations on the uterine hemorrhage; with remarks on the management of the placenta / By John Burns, lecturer on midwifery, and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Three volumes in one.

Decisions denied : women's access to contraceptives and abortion in Argentina.

Le diagnostic anténatal : quels enjeux? / sous la direction de Catherine Perrotin ; Centre de BioEthique, Université Catholique de Lyon, Fondation Marcel Merieux.

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Abortion, Induced

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Images referencing Abortion, Induced

Works from the collections

The abortion law in Northern Ireland : human rights and reproductive choice / editor, Ann Furedi.

"Give not any of these to any that is with child, lest you turn murderess" : women's medicine in early modern herbals / Fiona Kyle.

Decisions denied : women's access to contraceptives and abortion in Argentina.

Le diagnostic anténatal : quels enjeux? / sous la direction de Catherine Perrotin ; Centre de BioEthique, Université Catholique de Lyon, Fondation Marcel Merieux.

Abortion, Induced

Images from the collections

Images referencing Abortion, Induced

Works from the collections

The abortion law in Northern Ireland : human rights and reproductive choice / editor, Ann Furedi.

"Give not any of these to any that is with child, lest you turn murderess" : women's medicine in early modern herbals / Fiona Kyle.

Decisions denied : women's access to contraceptives and abortion in Argentina.

Le diagnostic anténatal : quels enjeux? / sous la direction de Catherine Perrotin ; Centre de BioEthique, Université Catholique de Lyon, Fondation Marcel Merieux.

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