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Hospice de la Maternité, Paris: facade and keyed floor and street plans. Engraving by J.E. Thierry after H. Bessat, 1810.
Bessat, H.Date: 1810Reference: 22045i
Books
Childbirth wisdom : from the world's oldest societies / Judith Goldsmith.
Goldsmith, JudithDate: 1990
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M0001862: Book illustration depicting one of the stages of childbirth
Date: 22 May 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/17/53
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Text to accompany illustration of a birthing chair
Videos
Informed choice.
Books
Bodies of knowledge : the medicalization of reproduction in Greece / Eugenia Georges.
Eugenia GeorgesDate: [2008], ©2008
Videos
Dead mums don't cry : child-birth death.
Date: 2005
Books
The politics of birth / Sheila Kitzinger.
Sheila KitzingerDate: 2005
Books
Stérilités mystérieuses & naissances maléfiques dans l'antiquité classique / Marie Delcourt.
Marie DelcourtDate: 1986
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A wealthy Dutch man comforting his wife after giving birth, the child is being fed by a nursemaid. Engraving by P. Tanje, 1757, after C. Troost.
Cornelis TroostDate: 1757Reference: 17236i
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Birthday.
Date: 1974 or 1979
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The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.
Louis LafitteReference: 17223i
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A natural childbirth : A documentary record of the birth of a baby.
Date: 1956-2004
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Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
Raja Ravi VarmaDate: [after 1900] :Reference: 26597i
Books
A wise birth : bringing together the best of natural childbirth with modern medicine / Penny Armstrong & Sheryl Feldman ; foreword by Sheila Kitzinger.
Armstrong, PennyDate: 2007
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Le Mythe de la procréation à l'âge baroque / Pierre Darmon.
Pierre DarmonDate: 1977
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A foldable and adjustable birthing chair, made of walnut wood. European
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Your baby, your way : making pregnancy decisions and birth plans / Sheila Kitzinger.
Sheila KitzingerDate: [1987]
Books
Why natural childbirth? : a psychologist's report on the benefits to mothers, fathers and babies / Dr. Deborah Tanzer with Jean Libman Block.
Tanzer, Deborah.Date: 1972
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Andere Umstände : eien Kulturgeschichte der Geburt / Eva Labouvie.
Eva LabouvieDate: 1998
Books
Tadbīr al-ḥabāl wa-al-aṭfāl wa-al-ṣabyān wa-ḥifẓ ṣiḥḥatihim wa-mudāwāt al-amrāḍa lahum / tʼalīf Abī al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Yaḥyā al-Baladī qarāhu wa-ʻallaqa ʻalayhi Yaḥyā Murād.
al-Baladī, Abū al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Yaḥyā.Date: 1425 [2004]
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Marvelous Protestantism : monstrous births in post-Reformation England / Julie Crawford.
Crawford, Julie, 1968-Date: 2005
Journals
AIMS quarterly journal.
Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (Great Britain)Date: 1982-1991
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Transformation through birth : a woman's guide / Claudia Panuthos ; foreword by Suzanne Arms.
Panuthos, ClaudiaDate: [1984]
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Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.
Date: [1791]Reference: 17089i

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Hospice de la Maternité, Paris: facade and keyed floor and street plans. Engraving by J.E. Thierry after H. Bessat, 1810.

Childbirth wisdom : from the world's oldest societies / Judith Goldsmith.

M0001862: Book illustration depicting one of the stages of childbirth

Text to accompany illustration of a birthing chair

Informed choice.

Bodies of knowledge : the medicalization of reproduction in Greece / Eugenia Georges.

Dead mums don't cry : child-birth death.

The politics of birth / Sheila Kitzinger.

Stérilités mystérieuses & naissances maléfiques dans l'antiquité classique / Marie Delcourt.

A wealthy Dutch man comforting his wife after giving birth, the child is being fed by a nursemaid. Engraving by P. Tanje, 1757, after C. Troost.

Birthday.

The birth of Henri of Navarre (Henry IV King of France). Line engraving by J.B. Pfitzer after L. Lafitte.

A natural childbirth : A documentary record of the birth of a baby.

Viswāmitra rejecting his daughter Sakuntalā's birth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

A wise birth : bringing together the best of natural childbirth with modern medicine / Penny Armstrong & Sheryl Feldman ; foreword by Sheila Kitzinger.

Le Mythe de la procréation à l'âge baroque / Pierre Darmon.

A foldable and adjustable birthing chair, made of walnut wood. European

Your baby, your way : making pregnancy decisions and birth plans / Sheila Kitzinger.

Why natural childbirth? : a psychologist's report on the benefits to mothers, fathers and babies / Dr. Deborah Tanzer with Jean Libman Block.

Andere Umstände : eien Kulturgeschichte der Geburt / Eva Labouvie.

Tadbīr al-ḥabāl wa-al-aṭfāl wa-al-ṣabyān wa-ḥifẓ ṣiḥḥatihim wa-mudāwāt al-amrāḍa lahum / tʼalīf Abī al-ʻAbbās Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Yaḥyā al-Baladī qarāhu wa-ʻallaqa ʻalayhi Yaḥyā Murād.

Marvelous Protestantism : monstrous births in post-Reformation England / Julie Crawford.

AIMS quarterly journal.

Transformation through birth : a woman's guide / Claudia Panuthos ; foreword by Suzanne Arms.

Two diagrams of a childs head starting to emerge from the vagina; two cross-sections of an exposed uterus and two diagrams of a single child and twins in the womb. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.