Innermost membranous sac that surrounds and protects the developing embryo

Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.

x, 276 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

The human amnion and chorion / Gordon Bourne.

1 unnumbered leaf of plates, pages 1,507-8 : illustrations, portrait ; 22 cm

Essai sur le rôle que joue la poche des eaux pendant la parturition : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le [...] décembre 1837 / par Joseph-Michel Roux.

De l'avortement globoamniotique : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 13 mars 1908 / par Mme Chatenier, née Froumkess.

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The human amnion and chorion / Gordon Bourne.

Wonderful museum : an extraordinary child born in France in 1683.

Essai sur le rôle que joue la poche des eaux pendant la parturition : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le [...] décembre 1837 / par Joseph-Michel Roux.

De l'avortement globoamniotique : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 13 mars 1908 / par Mme Chatenier, née Froumkess.