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viii, 256, 16 pages, 2 engr. plates (1 folded) ; (8vo)

Burn's obstetrical works. The anatomy of the gravid uterus; with practical inferences relative to pregnancy and labour. Observations on abortion; containing an account of the manner in which it takes place; the causes which produce it; and the method of preventing or treating it. Practical observations on the uterine hemorrhage; with remarks on the management of the placenta / By John Burns, lecturer on midwifery, and member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Three volumes in one.

Pregnancy, birth, and abortion / Paul Gebhard... [and others].

Miscarriage : The guidelines for good practice / Christine Moulder.

Abortion, fertility, and changing legislation : an international review.

Spontaneous and habitual abortion / Carl T. Javert.

This steel decapitating hook was a destructive obstetric tool. It is shaped like an umbrella handle. It removed a dead foetus from within the mother’s body. The simple design inserted into the mother’s birth canal and hooked onto part of the child. The sturdy handle gave the physician good grip when extracting the body. This decapitating hook is serrated on the inner edge. It extracted the whole body or parts of the body. It was made by London-based surgical instrument makers Down Brothers.

maker: Down Brothers

Place made: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Decapitating hook, London, England,1851-1900

A brief, liberal, Catholic defense of abortion / Daniel A. Dombrowski and Robert Deltete.

A crochet. A hooked instrument used for removing an aborted fetus.

Crochet: A hooked medical instrument

Publication (National Committee on Maternal Health, inc.)

Publication - National Committee on Maternal Health, inc.

Bibliography of fertility control : 1950-1965 / edited by Christopher Tietze.

Portrait poster. The main image is printed in black and white in the centre, with the background in red and lettering in black. The image depicts twelve women's faces in a hand-drawn style.

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Miscarriage : The guidelines for good practice / Christine Moulder.

Abortion, fertility, and changing legislation : an international review.

Spontaneous and habitual abortion / Carl T. Javert.

Decapitating hook, London, England,1851-1900

A brief, liberal, Catholic defense of abortion / Daniel A. Dombrowski and Robert Deltete.

Crochet: A hooked medical instrument

Bibliography of fertility control : 1950-1965 / edited by Christopher Tietze.

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Decapitating hook, London, England,1851-1900

A brief, liberal, Catholic defense of abortion / Daniel A. Dombrowski and Robert Deltete.

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