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A fugitive sheet of a seated female figure, her hand resting on a vase, with her thorax and abdomen dissected to reveal the ribs, vertebral column and pelvis. Photograph after a woodcut, 1611.

The uterus, after Swammerdam, De Graaf and Cheselden. Etching, 1743.

A female flap anatomy fugitive sheet, with layered flaps lifted to reveal the anatomy of the thorax and abdomen. Photograph of an engraving, 1683.

A Chinese painting in which a woman baring her genitals is pushed on a swing towards a man with an erect penis. Colour lithograph, ca. 1989.

Female genital organs before, during and after pregnancy. Colour lithograph by O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

The uterus, a foetus, the hymen and female genitals, after Haller, Kulm and Huber. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

A seated female figure with a dissected abdomen. Photograph after a woodcut, ca. 1525-1530.

The genito-urinary system, after Eustachius, Cheselden, and De Graaf. Etching, 1743.

The female generative organs, after Haller. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

The reproductive system / Kathryn H. Hollen.

Immaculate forms : uncovering the history of women's bodies / Helen King.

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The reproductive system / Kathryn H. Hollen.

A seated female figure with a dissected abdomen. Photograph after a woodcut, ca. 1525-1530.

The uterus, a foetus, the hymen and female genitals, after Haller, Kulm and Huber. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Immaculate forms : uncovering the history of women's bodies / Helen King.

A female flap anatomy fugitive sheet, with layered flaps lifted to reveal the anatomy of the thorax and abdomen. Photograph of an engraving, 1683.