M0007456: Illustration of a parturition chair designed by Herbienieur

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Parturition chair designed and described by Herbienieur 1790 used in Flanders.

Reproduction from an unidentified publication, of a woodcut illustration depicting a parturition or birthing chair designed by Herbienieur in 1790, with caption in French underneath. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 14th October 1935 (PHO 5272). Related images: M0007452, M0007455, M0007451, M0007457.

6 September 1940

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 11 x 16 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5272.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.