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A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.

A child born with the viscera reversed. Engraving, 1749.

Three figures of foetuses with hermaphroditic genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.

Seven figures illustrating different types of anatomical specimen jars and their lids and methods of preservation used by Réaumur, Le Cat, and others. Engraving, 1749.

Imperfect pregnancies : a history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Ilana Löwy.

Theodori Hoogeveen, Medcinae Doctoris, nec non Lectoris Anatomes, Chirurgiae et Artis Obstetricandi, Tractatus de foetus humani morbis : cui accedit observationum anatomicarum fasciculus.

Case of a fœtus found in the abdomen of a young man, at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire / by Nathaniel Highmore, surgeon.

Hermaphroditic malformation of the external genital organs in the female, with remarks upon the so-called "transverse hermaphroditism" / by John Yule Mackay.

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Fetus - Abnormalities

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Imperfect pregnancies : a history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Ilana Löwy.

Theodori Hoogeveen, Medcinae Doctoris, nec non Lectoris Anatomes, Chirurgiae et Artis Obstetricandi, Tractatus de foetus humani morbis : cui accedit observationum anatomicarum fasciculus.

Case of a fœtus found in the abdomen of a young man, at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire / by Nathaniel Highmore, surgeon.

Hermaphroditic malformation of the external genital organs in the female, with remarks upon the so-called "transverse hermaphroditism" / by John Yule Mackay.

A child born with the viscera reversed. Engraving, 1749.

Fetus - Abnormalities

Images from the collections

Images about Fetus - Abnormalities

Works from the collections

Imperfect pregnancies : a history of birth defects and prenatal diagnosis / Ilana Löwy.

Theodori Hoogeveen, Medcinae Doctoris, nec non Lectoris Anatomes, Chirurgiae et Artis Obstetricandi, Tractatus de foetus humani morbis : cui accedit observationum anatomicarum fasciculus.

Case of a fœtus found in the abdomen of a young man, at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire / by Nathaniel Highmore, surgeon.

Hermaphroditic malformation of the external genital organs in the female, with remarks upon the so-called "transverse hermaphroditism" / by John Yule Mackay.

A child born with the viscera reversed. Engraving, 1749.

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