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Birth : the surprising history of how we are born / Tina Cassidy.
Cassidy, Tina.Date: [2006], ©2006
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Observations on the Cesarean section, and premature delivery / by Odinovoithos.
Merriman, Samuel, 1771-1852.Date: [1815]
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Nine diagrams of babies in the womb and two illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Etching by T. Jefferys.
Reference: 17068i
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Case of shoulder presentation with rigid os and prolapse of funis : turning impossible delivery effected by spondylotomy / by Drs. Affleck and Angus Macdonald.
Affleck, J. O. (James O.)Date: 1872
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On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.
Tanner, Thomas Hawkes, 1824-1871.Date: 1867
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Dictionary of pregnancy, childbirth and contraception / Herbert A. Brant & Margaret Brant.
Brant, Herbert A.Date: 1971
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Four diagrams of babies in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: 20 May 1791Reference: 17088i
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Case of delivery, without operative aid, through a pelvis extremely deformed by malacosteon / by J.Y. Simpson.
Simpson, James Young, 1811-1870.Date: 1847
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The management of twins in pregnancy and labour.
Date: 1958
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History of a singular case in midwifery, where delivery was accomplished in consequence of an incision by the vagina / by Isaac Cathrall.
Cathrall, Isaac, 1764-1819.Date: 1798
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Thirteen diagrams of a child in the womb in various positions; two obstetrical chairs and several obstetrical instruments. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.
Heister, Lorenz, 1683-1758.Date: [1749]Reference: 17074i
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Six diagrams of babies being delivered with the aid of forceps and three illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Engraving.
Reference: 17078i
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Il parto e la nascita in Sardegna : tradizione, medicalizzazione, ospedalizzazione / a cura di Luisa Orrù, Fulvia Putzolu.
Date: [1993], ©1993
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On the prevention and treatment of haemorrhage after delivery / by Thomas More Madden.
Date: 1880
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An essay on the uterine haemorrhage, which precedes the delivery of the full grown foetus. Illustrated with cases / [Edward Rigby].
Rigby, Edward, 1747-1821.Date: 1775
Videos
The management of twins in pregnancy and labour.
Date: 1958
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Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Leavitt, Judith Walzer.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Active birth : the new approach to giving birth naturally / Janet Balaskas.
Balaskas, JanetDate: 1992
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Strictures on a paper published in the London Medical Repository, April 1815, intitled Observations on the Caesarean section, and premature delivery, by Odinoboethos : with observations on professional character and medical responsibility / by a surgeon.
Date: 1815
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A woman's pelvis after a pubiotomy - to widen the birth canal for a vaginal delivery of a baby. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.
Leopold, G. (Gerhard), 1846-1911.Date: 1908Reference: 17127i
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Childbirth in rural Korea : delivery patterns and processes / Benjamin Franklin Crabtree.
Crabtree, Benjamin Franklin.Date: 1986
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Comment la naissance vient aux femmes : les techniques de l'accouchement en France et aux Pays-Bas / Madeleine Akrich, Bernike Pasveer.
Akrich, M. (Madeleine)Date: [1996], ©1996
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Gebärhaltungen im Wandel : kulturhistorische Perspektiven und neue Zielsetzungen / herausgegeben von Marita Metz-Becker und Stephan Schmidt.
Date: 2000
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A survey of union health centers, 1958 / Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health.
American Medical Association. Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers.Date: [1958], ©1958
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A further statement of the case of Elizabeth Thompson : upon whom the Caesarean operation was performed in the Manchester Lying-In Hospital : in addition to that published by Mr. Wood, in the Memoirs of the Medical Society of London, vol. 5th / By Charles White, and Richard Hall, ... and George Tomlinson, and John Thorp.
White, Charles, 1728-1813.Date: 1799

Works search

Birth : the surprising history of how we are born / Tina Cassidy.

Observations on the Cesarean section, and premature delivery / by Odinovoithos.

Nine diagrams of babies in the womb and two illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Case of shoulder presentation with rigid os and prolapse of funis : turning impossible delivery effected by spondylotomy / by Drs. Affleck and Angus Macdonald.

On the signs and diseases of pregnancy / by Thomas Hawkes Tanner.

Dictionary of pregnancy, childbirth and contraception / Herbert A. Brant & Margaret Brant.

Four diagrams of babies in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.

Case of delivery, without operative aid, through a pelvis extremely deformed by malacosteon / by J.Y. Simpson.

The management of twins in pregnancy and labour.

History of a singular case in midwifery, where delivery was accomplished in consequence of an incision by the vagina / by Isaac Cathrall.

Thirteen diagrams of a child in the womb in various positions; two obstetrical chairs and several obstetrical instruments. Etching by F. Sesone, 1749, after L. Heister.

Six diagrams of babies being delivered with the aid of forceps and three illustrations of obstetrical instruments. Engraving.

Il parto e la nascita in Sardegna : tradizione, medicalizzazione, ospedalizzazione / a cura di Luisa Orrù, Fulvia Putzolu.

On the prevention and treatment of haemorrhage after delivery / by Thomas More Madden.

An essay on the uterine haemorrhage, which precedes the delivery of the full grown foetus. Illustrated with cases / [Edward Rigby].

The management of twins in pregnancy and labour.

Make room for daddy : the journey from waiting room to birthing room / Judith Walzer Leavitt.

Active birth : the new approach to giving birth naturally / Janet Balaskas.

Strictures on a paper published in the London Medical Repository, April 1815, intitled Observations on the Caesarean section, and premature delivery, by Odinoboethos : with observations on professional character and medical responsibility / by a surgeon.

A woman's pelvis after a pubiotomy - to widen the birth canal for a vaginal delivery of a baby. Collotype by Römmler & Jonas after a radiograph made for G. Leopold and Th. Leisewitz, 1908.

Childbirth in rural Korea : delivery patterns and processes / Benjamin Franklin Crabtree.

Comment la naissance vient aux femmes : les techniques de l'accouchement en France et aux Pays-Bas / Madeleine Akrich, Bernike Pasveer.

Gebärhaltungen im Wandel : kulturhistorische Perspektiven und neue Zielsetzungen / herausgegeben von Marita Metz-Becker und Stephan Schmidt.

A survey of union health centers, 1958 / Committee on Medical Care for Industrial Workers of the Council on Medical Service and Council on Industrial Health.