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Obstetrics: Breech presentation

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

A jolly surgeon picks up a newly-delivered baby and asks for its ticket of arrival. Colour process print after by D.E. Galanis, c. 1910.

Text to accompany illustration of a birthing chair

A new-born child being given its first bath. Engraving, 1800.

An information sheet about an anti-AIDS poster exhibition designed and produced by Artis as part of a collaboration with the Unesco/WHO AIDS prevention education programme; with explanation about the contamination risks of HIV infected women to their children through pregnancy and childbirth. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.

A woman representing Nature gives a baby to a mother; representing man's vulnerable and naked birth. Engraving by P. Galle, 1563.

Myrrha, being transformed into the myrrh tree, gives birth to Adonis. Engraving by M. Faulte, 1619.

A bemused husband querying a doctor as to how his wife of only six months can have already given birth to a child. Wood engraving, 1838.

A woman in labour lying on her side recieving an epidural.

A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

A caesarean section in progress.

A healthcare professional sitting between the legs of a pregnant woman, delivering a baby.

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A woman in labour lying on her side recieving an epidural.

A woman recovering from childbirth; a physician; and three people. Coloured engraving, 183-.

Birth / edited by Imogen Tyler and Caroline Gatrell ; associate editor: Irene Gedalof.

A caesarean section in progress.

A healthcare professional sitting between the legs of a pregnant woman, delivering a baby.