Organ that connects the developing foetus to the uterine wall

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Three interior diagrams of an adult human uterus. Etching by G. Scotin.

Nine diagrams illustrating breech and natural births and the obstetrical instruments used to assist them. Engraving by A. Bell.

Three interior diagrams of a human uterus. Etching by G. Scotin.

Four cross-sections of figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.

Cross-sections of seven different figures of the pregnant uterus. Engraving by A. Bell.

A cross-section of a pregnant uterus containing twins. Engraving after W. Smellie after J. van Rymsdyck.

Five diagrams illustrating the birth of a child with the use of forceps. Engraving by A. Bell.

Four diagrams illustrating difficult births. Engraving by A. Bell.

Eight diagrams illustrating difficult births and obstetrical instruments. Engraving by A. Bell.

The Placenta Rainbow : immune system regulation of placental development, mouse.

Foetus, uterus and placenta: three figures demonstrating the nourishment of the foetus in utero. Line engraving, ca. 1791.

Lectures on the comparative anatomy of the placenta : first series delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, June, 1875 / by Wm. Turner.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Eihäute und der Placenta : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Menschen Lehrbuch fur Studierende und Ärzte / von Otto Grosser.

A study of the human placenta, physiological and pathological / by Thomas Watts Eden.

Die sichere Zurüklassung der Nachgeburt in bestimmten Fällen mit Gründen und Erfahrungen bewiesen, und denen Hebammen auf dem Lande gewiedment / [Melchior Aepli].

Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring. I, Critique of placental permeability / by Bret Ratner, Holmes C. Jackson, and Helen Lee Gruehl from the Department of Physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University, New York City.

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Placenta

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Lectures on the comparative anatomy of the placenta : first series delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, June, 1875 / by Wm. Turner.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Eihäute und der Placenta : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Menschen Lehrbuch fur Studierende und Ärzte / von Otto Grosser.

A study of the human placenta, physiological and pathological / by Thomas Watts Eden.

Die sichere Zurüklassung der Nachgeburt in bestimmten Fällen mit Gründen und Erfahrungen bewiesen, und denen Hebammen auf dem Lande gewiedment / [Melchior Aepli].

Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring. I, Critique of placental permeability / by Bret Ratner, Holmes C. Jackson, and Helen Lee Gruehl from the Department of Physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University, New York City.

Placenta

Images from the collections

Images referencing Placenta

Works from the collections

Lectures on the comparative anatomy of the placenta : first series delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England, June, 1875 / by Wm. Turner.

Vergleichende Anatomie und Entwicklungsgeschichte der Eihäute und der Placenta : mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Menschen Lehrbuch fur Studierende und Ärzte / von Otto Grosser.

A study of the human placenta, physiological and pathological / by Thomas Watts Eden.

Die sichere Zurüklassung der Nachgeburt in bestimmten Fällen mit Gründen und Erfahrungen bewiesen, und denen Hebammen auf dem Lande gewiedment / [Melchior Aepli].

Transmission of protein hypersensitiveness from mother to offspring. I, Critique of placental permeability / by Bret Ratner, Holmes C. Jackson, and Helen Lee Gruehl from the Department of Physiology, University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York University, New York City.

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