A cross-section of a uterus illustrating how the foetus is fed internally by the mother. Engraving by W. Taylor, 1791, after F. Birnie after W. Smellie.

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

1 print : line engraving with etching ; platemark 36.5 x 22.1 cm

Representations of the manner in which the foetus is nourished in utero, also a view of the membrana decidua discovered by the late Dr. Hunter. See system of midwifery. ... Lettering continues: "In figure 41, an opening is made into the uterus, to shew the placenta and membranes, with the vessels coming from the mother, to the foetus. Figure 40, is a portion of the spongy parts of the placenta, dissected off, that those vessels may be more completely seen. Engraved for the Royal Encyclopœdia"

Wellcome Collection 17099i