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  • If women had glass tummies would they ever have abortions? / Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
  • Warning about the dangers of illegal abortions in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, ca. 2000.
  • Dissections of abortions of around eight and nine weeks: six figures, each with an accompanying line diagram. Copperplate engraving by T. Worlidge after J.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
  • Campylobacteriosis - aborted foetus of sheep
  • An abnormal foetus in the womb, which is about to be naturally aborted. Engraving.
  • A group of physicians stand by a cow that has died while 'aborting' a man; perhaps representing the potential effect of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • Plumbago auriculata Blume Plumbaginaceae Plumbago, Leadwort. Distribution: South Africa. It is used traditionally to treat warts, broken bones and wounds. It is taken as a snuff for headaches and as an emetic to dispel bad dreams. A stick of the plant is placed in the thatch of huts to ward off lightning.” Iwou (1993) reports other Plumbago species are used to cause skin blistering, treat leprosy, induce blistering, and to treat piles, parasites and to induce abortions. The genus name derives from the Latin for lead, but authors differ as to whether it was used as a treatment of lead poisoning, or that when it was used for eye conditions the skin turned the colour of lead. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Fat particles from the kidneys of a large sheep and some viewed with the aid of a microscope (fig. 1, a-d; e-h; i-m) (illustrations to entry on Adeps); human allantois of twins, in two views (figs 2-3), and an allantois of a small aborted foetus (fig. 4) (illustrations to entry on Allantois) Etching by G. Bickham after himself, 1743.
  • Five images of a penis putting on a condom; recommending condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Five images of a penis putting on a condom; recommending condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Diseases of the ovary - petrified foetus
  • Juniperus communis (Juniper)
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Crochet: A hooked medical instrument
  • Slippery Elm Bark. Sold as an abortifacient.
  • Toxoplasmosis: ewe's placenta, microscope
  • Toxoplasmosis: histological section placenta
  • Sheep: toxoplasmosis - mummified foetuses
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.
  • Chlamydial elementary bodies - from ewe
  • Coxiella Burnetii - sample from sheep
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Lut-Evit : maternidad triunfante / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Lut-Evit : maternidad triunfante / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • Lut-Evit : maternidad triunfante / Laboratorios Vieta-Plasencia, S.A.
  • A.L.R.A News, Feb 1939 page 1
  • Protección natural, Gestanon : Es mejor.. el Metodo 22 con Lindiol 2.5 ovulostatico genuino ... / Organon.