A philosopher in his study, consulted by an old woman to determine from a flask of urine whether the young woman accompanying her is pregnant. Oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck or a follower of Egbert van Heemskerck, ca. 1680/1799.

A signed prescription for an HIV test with a pregnancy test kit and a warning that you must take the HIV test before you test positive for pregnancy to help prevent the spread of AIDS; advertisement for the AIDS information line by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph, 1993.

A pregnancy test kit with a warning that if your pregnancy test is positive, you must also take the test for HIV to prevent the spread of AIDS and infecting your baby; advertisement for the AIDS information line by the Illinois Department pf Public Health. Colour lithograph, 1994.

On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

The Obstetric catechism : containing two thousand three hundred and forty-seven questions and answers on obstetrics proper / by Joseph Warrington.

An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / By W.F. Montgomery.

Observations on diseases of the uterus, in which are included remarks on moles, polypi, and prolapsus : with the characteristics ... marks of those diseases which ... are sometimes mistaken for pregnancy / [George Rees].

Primodos : The secret drug scandal.

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Pregnancy - Signs and diagnosis

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On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

The Obstetric catechism : containing two thousand three hundred and forty-seven questions and answers on obstetrics proper / by Joseph Warrington.

An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / By W.F. Montgomery.

Observations on diseases of the uterus, in which are included remarks on moles, polypi, and prolapsus : with the characteristics ... marks of those diseases which ... are sometimes mistaken for pregnancy / [George Rees].

Primodos : The secret drug scandal.

Pregnancy - Signs and diagnosis

Images from the collections

Images about Pregnancy - Signs and diagnosis

Works from the collections

On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

The Obstetric catechism : containing two thousand three hundred and forty-seven questions and answers on obstetrics proper / by Joseph Warrington.

An exposition of the signs and symptoms of pregnancy : the period of human gestation, and the signs of delivery / By W.F. Montgomery.

Observations on diseases of the uterus, in which are included remarks on moles, polypi, and prolapsus : with the characteristics ... marks of those diseases which ... are sometimes mistaken for pregnancy / [George Rees].

Primodos : The secret drug scandal.

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