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A baby has been left outside the town-house of an old bachelor, and a young woman watches from the corner of the street. Engraving, 1794.

A physician (William Cullen?) taking the pulse of a gouty bachelor as he receives a paternity claim. Oil painting formerly attributed to John Kay.

A man (Guillaume le franc-parleur) showing his wife a newborn baby: she is torn between outrage at her husband's supposed infidelity and love for the baby. Engraving by A. Coupé after A. Desenne, 1814, after Étienne Jouy.

Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.

A paternity suit: in a courtroom, a judge, a guilty looking woman, an enraged wife, and the supposed father. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth.

A courtroom hearing a paternity suite: a lawyer pleads for his client before the bench. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1752/1761, after C. Troost.

De l'impuissance sexuelle en matière de désaveu de paternité : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 17 juillet 1901 / par E. Soubeiran.

Practical applications of heredity / by Paul Popenoe.

Les empreintes génétiques : verité scientifique et droit de la filiation comparaison internationale.

Blood will tell : the role of science and culture in twentieth-century paternity disputes / Shari Rudavsky.

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A courtroom hearing a paternity suite: a lawyer pleads for his client before the bench. Engraving by P. Tanjé, 1752/1761, after C. Troost.

De l'impuissance sexuelle en matière de désaveu de paternité : thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier le 17 juillet 1901 / par E. Soubeiran.

Practical applications of heredity / by Paul Popenoe.

Les empreintes génétiques : verité scientifique et droit de la filiation comparaison internationale.

Blood will tell : the role of science and culture in twentieth-century paternity disputes / Shari Rudavsky.