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  • The midwife's pocket-companion: or a practical treatise of midwifery on a new plan / [John Memis].
  • The midwife's pocket-companion: or a practical treatise of midwifery on a new plan / [John Memis].
  • A nurse or midwife reading a thermometer and wiping it after use with cotton wool. Lithograph.
  • A nurse or midwife reading a thermometer and wiping it after use with cotton wool. Lithograph.
  • The midwife's pocket-companion: or a practical treatise of midwifery on a new plan / [John Memis].
  • A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.
  • A woman in labour lying on her back holding her legs up with a midwife examining her.
  • Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
  • A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.
  • A woman seated on a obstetrical chair giving birth aided by a midwife who works beneath her skirts. Woodcut.
  • A midwife handing the Virgin Mary to Joachim after her first bath, Anna is in bed recovering. Line engraving.
  • A woman in bed recovering from childbirth, a midwife washes the baby while another attendant looks after the mother. Woodcut.
  • A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour while a midwife checks her cervix for dilation.
  • A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath while Anna is recovering in bed. Line engraving by H. Wierix.
  • The burning of Louisa Mabree, the French midwife in a cage filled with black cats suspended over a blazing fire. Aquatint.
  • The workplace of a female healer (midwife and surgeon), with signboard, from outside. Reproduction of wood engraving after H. Daumier, 1841.
  • A mother in bed after having given birth; the midwife showing the baby to the father. Coloured stipple engraving, ca. 1800.
  • A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • An obese midwife on her way to a labour in the early hours of the morning. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.
  • A midwife tending a pregnant woman at home: promoting the Kibiriti home birth kit in Kenya. Colour lithograph by AMREF, ca. 2000.
  • Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
  • Beards takin off. & registurd! / by Isaac Fac-Totum, barber, peri-wig maker, surgeon, parish clark, scool master, blacksmith, and man-midwife.
  • A woman handing a note to her physician after giving birth, the midwife is seated near her. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • A male-midwife suggestively examines an attractive pregnant woman, her disgruntled husband is led out of the room by a servant. Line engraving, 1773.
  • A hue and cry after a man-midwife [i.e. Hugh Chamberlen], who has lately deliver'd the Land-Bank of their money / [Anon].
  • The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.