Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.

  • Gri︠u︡n, O., active 1919.
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[1925]
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667999i
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Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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What every woman should know

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Top left, a male doctor gives advice to a pregnant woman in his surgery, deprecating the village woman-healer ("babka")and praising the professional midwife ("akusherka"). Top right, the pregnant woman carries a heavy pail of water along a winding path. Bottom left, a birth room, showing unhygienic practices. Bottom right, a birth room, showing hygienic practices

Publication/Creation

Leningrad (Pr.s Aleksandr. 10) : Izdanie Otdela Okhrany Materinstva i Mladenchestva NKZ, [1925] (Leningrad (Pr.s Aleksandr. 10) : Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image and border 51.2 x 66.1 cm

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Chto dolzhna znat' kazhdai︠a︡ zhenshchina. ... Khudozhestvenna︠i︠a︡ redak︠︡t︠s︡︠i︠a︡, A.A. Ioffa. O. Gri︠u︡n 1925. Lettering to top left scene: Ne peĭ spirtnykh napitkov, ne podnimaĭ︠ t︡iazhelogo, pochashche moĭsi︠a︡ i m︠en︡iai bel'e, vo vremi︠a︡ beremennosti pokazhis' neskol'ko raz vrachu "Do not drink alcoholic drinks. Do not carry heavy loads ..". Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina. Lettering to top right scene: Oteki vo vremi︠a︡ beremennosti-bolezn'. Obrashchaĭsi︠a︡ k vrachu. Doloĭ babku!. Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina. Lettering to bottom right scene: Znanie i chistota-zalog zdorov'i︠a︡. Akusherka uchilas' i znaet, kak pravil'no khodit' za mater'︠i︠u︡ i rebenkom. Zovi akusherku. "Knowledge and hygiene leads to health. The trained midwife knows how to visit the mother and child correctly. Call the midwife". Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina. Lettering to bottom left scene: Rody s babkoĭ chasto koncha︠i︠u︡tsi︠a︡︠ t︡iazheloĭ bolezn'︠i︠u︡ i dazhe smert'︠i︠u︡ materi i rebenka When the woman is pregnant she should not go the babka woman folk-healer or "wise woman"., often she ends in heavy pain, even the death of the mother and the baby". Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina. Bears censor's registration number: Leningradskiĭ Gublit No. 10276. Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina. Bottom right scene signed on the stone with signature of O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925. Lit. Goskart Fabr. Narkomfina.

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Tirazh 30.000 eks.

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Wellcome Collection 667999i

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