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Abortion

Images

  • Graphic illustrations of abortion and the diseases of menstruation / Consisting of twelve plates from drawings engraved on stone, and coloured by Mr. J. Perry, and two copperplates from the Philosophical transactions, coloured by the same artist. The whole representing forty-five specimens of aborted ova and adventitious productions of the uterus, with preliminary observations, explanations of the figures, and remarks, anatomical physiological. By A. B. Granville.
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • An abnormal foetus in the womb, which is about to be naturally aborted. Engraving.
  • A pregnant woman receives an abortifacient draught from a peasant "wise woman"; she falls ill but the physician cannot save her life; her funeral is attended by her family and neighbours. Colour lithograph by S. I︠a︡guzhinskiĭ, 1925.
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Diseases of the ovary - petrified foetus
  • Warning about the dangers of illegal abortions in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, ca. 2000.
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Juniperus communis (Juniper)
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Burn's obstetrical works. The anatomy of the gravid uterus; with practical inferences relative to pregnancy and labour. Observations on abortion; containing an account of the manner in which it takes place; the causes which produce it; and the method of preventing or treating it. Practical observations on the uterine hemorrhage; with remarks on the management of the placenta / By John Burns, lecturer on midwifery, and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Three volumes in one.

    Burns, John, 1774-1850. | Date: 1809
    • Books

    Pregnancy, birth, and abortion / Paul Gebhard... [and others].

    | Date: 1959
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    Miscarriage : The guidelines for good practice / Christine Moulder.

    Moulder, Christine. | Date: [1991]
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    Abortion, fertility, and changing legislation : an international review.

    Van der Tak, Jean. | Date: [1974]
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    Spontaneous and habitual abortion / Carl T. Javert.

    Javert, Carl T. (Carl Theodore), 1907- | Date: 1957
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