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Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.

A woman recommending Pildoras Hermosina as a remedy for female maladies. Colour lithograph.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A young woman being attended by a (homoeopathic?) physician. Coloured photolithograph.

Ladies' note book and calendar / World's Dispensary Medical Association.

Influence of India on the health of British women, and on the prevention of uterine affections / by Edward John Tilt.

Women's health guide / Ann Furedi, Mary Tidyman.

The mother's companion / by Mrs. M.A. Cloudesley Brereton ; with a preface by Sir Lauder Brunton.

Hygiène physiologique de la femme : ou, De la femme, considerée dans son système physique et moral ... / par C. Lachaise.

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Ladies' note book and calendar / World's Dispensary Medical Association.

Influence of India on the health of British women, and on the prevention of uterine affections / by Edward John Tilt.

Women's health guide / Ann Furedi, Mary Tidyman.

The mother's companion / by Mrs. M.A. Cloudesley Brereton ; with a preface by Sir Lauder Brunton.

Hygiène physiologique de la femme : ou, De la femme, considerée dans son système physique et moral ... / par C. Lachaise.