Dissection of the abdomen of a pregnant woman expecting twins: the nude woman is shown seated on a bed, lifting two placentas to reveal the two foetuses. Woodcut, 1545.

  • Estienne, Charles, 1504-approximately 1564.
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[1545]
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579787i
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Dissection of the abdomen of a pregnant woman expecting twins: the nude woman is shown seated on a bed, lifting two placentas to reveal the two foetuses. Woodcut, 1545. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Paris] : [S. Colinaeus], [1545]

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1 print : woodcut ; sheet 31.4 x 21.2 cm

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De dissect. partium ; A. Singuli foetus, quo-modo singula habeant involucra ; B. Rugae & modi circa meatum ab umbilico prodeuntem, & circa ipsius collum convulutum Bears number: 276

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Wellcome Collection 579787i

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