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  • 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)
  • 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
  • Slippery Elm Bark. Sold as an abortifacient.
  • Five images of a penis putting on a condom; recommending condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A pregnant woman crying as a saw cuts her newborn foetus in half: preventing abortion in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Family Planning Association of Kenya, ca. 2000.
  • Six diagrams of abortions at different stages. Engraving by Campbell.
  • Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.