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.

[London] (17 Paternoster Row) : Published as the Act directs by C. Cooke, [1791]

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 36 x 21.5 cm

Anatomical tables, illustrative of the theory and practice of midwifery. See the system. Reduced from Smellie's tables by Frederick Birnie, anatomical draughtsaman to the late Dr. William Hunter, & engraved by William Taylor. Engraved for the Royal Encyclopœdia.

Wellcome Collection 17089i