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Images from the collections

Images about Parturition

43 images from works
  • M0007438: A Filipino parturition chair
  • M0007446: A German parturition chair, 17th century
  • M0007450: Palermo parturition chair, 18th century
  • M0013876: The birth of the Julius Caesar by caesarian section
  • [Leaflet (8 June 1880) about the conjoined twin girls, Rosalie and Josepha Blazek.  ].
  • M0007457: Illustration of parturition chair designed by Rösslin, 1513
  • M0007451: Illustration of a  parturition chair designed by John Christopher, 1791
  • M0017673: Illustration of apparatus for studying uterine contractions during childbirth
  • M0007445: Model of a parturition chair, as described by Heister, 1770
  • Vishnu reclining on the ocean with Brahma springing from a lotus growing from Vishnu's navel with attendants. Coloured transfer lithograph.
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Works from the collections

505 works

    • Books

    Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

    | Date: 2009
    • Books

    Awake and aware : participating in childbirth through psychoprophylaxis / Irwin Chabon, M.D ; introduction by Heinz L. Luschinsky, M.D.

    Chabon, Irwin | Date: [1966]
    • Archives and manuscripts
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    M0017673: Illustration of apparatus for studying uterine contractions during childbirth

    | Date: November 1959 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/158/37
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
    • Books

    Childbirth without fear : the principles and practice of natural childbirth / by Grantly Dick-Read, M.A., M.D.(Cantab.).

    Grantly Dick-Read | Date: 1958
    • Archives and manuscripts
    • Online

    M0001876: Book illustration depicting one of the stages of childbirth

    | Date: 22 May 1931 | Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/17/67
    Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Related topics

Childbirth
Obstetrics
Pregnancy
Mothers
Natural Childbirth
Prenatal care
Maternal Welfare
Midwifery
Pregnancy, Animal
Labor, Obstetric

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