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  • A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.
  • A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour, while a medical professional assists with the birth.
  • A woman in labour lying in bed with her eyes closed with the expectant father by the bedside holding her hand.
  • A woman in labour with a pained expression on her face lying back on a bed with her knees wide and her pregnant bump on display.
  • Three women huddle eagerly around a medicine bottle; perhaps connected with pregnancy. Mezzotint by T. Scratchley, 1771.
  • 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.
  • A pregnant woman infected with HIV wearing a figure hugging vest representing an AIDS prevention advertisement for the AIDS Secretariat and AIDS Hotline. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • A naked woman with extending yellow hair with a baby in her womb illustrated with white stars and a flower; a warning to women to protect their babies from AIDS by the Oficina Para la Prevencion y Lucha Contra el Sida and Organization Panaermicana de la Salud. Colour lithograph by Marco Caamaño, 1994.
  • Sibah.
  • Three views of the face of a woman in labour, all with her eyes closed.
  • A woman in labour holding her partners hand, lying in bed being examined by a midwife.
  • Focus on obstetrics in general practice : Duphalac.
  • Focus on obstetrics in general practice : Duphalac.
  • Focus on obstetrics in general practice : Duphalac.
  • Focus on obstetrics in general practice : Duphalac.
  • I think we ought to consider an epidural.
  • Ration books to be kept : the Welfare Foods Service continues after rationing ends. The present ration book is proof of entitlement to cheap or free milk / Welfare Foods Service.
  • A man looms over an old woman, telling her that it will not cost her anything if he has made her daughter pregnant, as she is on welfare support: the daughter lies dishevelled in the background. Colour photomechanical reproduction of lithograph by N. Dorville, c. 1902.
  • A husband wearily pampers his pregnant wife. Lithograph by F. Bouchot, 1838.
  • Four eagle-stone geodes. Woodcut, 1599.
  • Tercer embarazo - dos hijos y tan activa como siempre ella está tomando Natalins capsulas ... : tres supplementos de calidad ... Deca-Vi-Sol, Poly-Vi-Sol y Tri-Vi-Sol / Mead Johnson International.
  • Tercer embarazo - dos hijos y tan activa como siempre ella está tomando Natalins capsulas ... : tres supplementos de calidad ... Deca-Vi-Sol, Poly-Vi-Sol y Tri-Vi-Sol / Mead Johnson International.
  • Why Dinneford's is different...
  • Why Dinneford's is different...
  • Text to accompany illustration of a birthing chair
  • Routine immunization schedule for infants in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, 2001.
  • A mother smiles at her daughter with her husband and son in the background: advert for the male condom in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Femiplan, ca. 2000.
  • An Aku Mma doll.y. Ashanti, Ghana, West Africa.
  • Mead's cod liver oil, fortified with percomorph liver oil... : Mead's oleum percomorphum, 50%... / Brooks & Warburton, Ltd.