Major female hormone-responsive reproductive sex organ of most mammals including humans

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Rueff's Conceptu et generationi...

Dissection of a pregnant uterus, showing the foetus at nine months, with the head positioned towards the vagina and the lower part of the placenta under the child's head, detached from the uterus. Copperplate engraving by J. Mitchel after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus and the viscera, side view. Copperplate engraving by G. Scotin after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissections of the pregnant uterus and the corpus luteum in the left overy, at five months: three figures. Copperplate engraving by E. Du Mesnil after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Initial dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus. Copperplate engraving by F.S. Ravenet after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Tableaux interrogatifs, ou Nouvelle méthode d'enseigner l'art des accouchemens [sic] aux sages-femmes de la campagne. 4e. tableau, Des parties de la femme qui servent à la génération et à l'accouchement / École départementale de l'Ain.

HPV in cervical epithelium

Dissection of the pregnant uterus at eight months, showing the distribution of the larger uterine vessels. Copperplate engraving by Menil after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissection of the pregnant uterus at eight months. Copperplate engraving by J. Fougeron after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

An abnormal foetus in the womb, which is about to be naturally aborted. Engraving.

Section through the pelvis of a pregnant woman, showing the spine and part of the uterus: side view. Copperplate engraving by G. Scotin after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Dissections of the pregnant uterus at three months, showing the foetus in the uterus and a section of the placenta and uterus, with the foetus attached by the umbilical cord: three figures, including an outline diagram. Copperplate engraving by J.V. Rymsdyk after himself, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Prolapsus uteri (falling of the womb) and how to cure it / by Mrs. Clara E. Slater.

A treatise on the chronic inflammation and displacements of the unimpregnated uterus.

Clinical measurement of uterine forces in pregnancy and labor / by S.R.M. Reynolds, Jerome S. Harris, Irwin H. Kaiser.

Pregnancy & human development

Retroversion and retroflexion of gravid uterus. Some points in the technique of laporotomy. A series of cases of abdominal section / by J. Halliday Croom.

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Uterus

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Prolapsus uteri (falling of the womb) and how to cure it / by Mrs. Clara E. Slater.

A treatise on the chronic inflammation and displacements of the unimpregnated uterus.

Clinical measurement of uterine forces in pregnancy and labor / by S.R.M. Reynolds, Jerome S. Harris, Irwin H. Kaiser.

Pregnancy & human development

Retroversion and retroflexion of gravid uterus. Some points in the technique of laporotomy. A series of cases of abdominal section / by J. Halliday Croom.

Uterus

Images from the collections

Images referencing Uterus

Works from the collections

Prolapsus uteri (falling of the womb) and how to cure it / by Mrs. Clara E. Slater.

A treatise on the chronic inflammation and displacements of the unimpregnated uterus.

Clinical measurement of uterine forces in pregnancy and labor / by S.R.M. Reynolds, Jerome S. Harris, Irwin H. Kaiser.

Pregnancy & human development

Retroversion and retroflexion of gravid uterus. Some points in the technique of laporotomy. A series of cases of abdominal section / by J. Halliday Croom.

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