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Porcelain figure of a woman breast feeding a baby.

Porcelain figure of woman breast feeding

Un feto in Spanish. Produced in Moroleón, Guanajuato, Mexico. Holograph, signed by Jesús Aleman and dated 'Moro León, Mayo 20 de 1893'; a tipped-in drawing (presumably by the author) shows the foetus in original size. The MS describes a teratological case and gives exact measurements of the foetus.
Jesus Aleman, Moroleon, Mexico

Un feto - a handwritten case study of an teratological case

Premature baby in an incubator

Ancephalic baby - stillborn - donors

Baby in an incubator on nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to provide breathing support.

Baby in an incubator on nasal CPAP

Small ivory effigy of mother and child, woman sitting down holding baby who is being breastfed.

Ivory effigy of mother and child

Twins

Side view of a pregnant lady with her hands on her lower back. Black on white silhouette cutout, digitally modified photograph.

Side view of a pregnant lady, silhouette

Premature baby on ECMO

Baby after heart surgery

Nurse holding a premature baby

Oliver Horsley Gotch, aged 14 1/2 months.

Premature baby in an incubator on CPAP

Japanese porcelain feeding bottle, ring shaped

Child with Apert syndrome.

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Humanized milk for infants, advertisement.

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Porcelain figure of woman breast feeding

Un feto - a handwritten case study of an teratological case

Premature baby in an incubator

Ancephalic baby - stillborn - donors

Baby in an incubator on nasal CPAP

Premature baby in an incubator

Premature baby in an incubator

Ivory effigy of mother and child

Twins

Side view of a pregnant lady, silhouette

Premature baby on ECMO

Baby after heart surgery

Nurse holding a premature baby

Oliver Horsley Gotch, aged 14 1/2 months.

Premature baby in an incubator on CPAP

Japanese porcelain feeding bottle, ring shaped

Child with Apert syndrome.

Humanised milk for infants, advertisement, 1

Premature baby on CPAP

Premature twins

Baby with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

A new born child stepping out of a broken egg

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Porcelain figure of woman breast feeding

Un feto - a handwritten case study of an teratological case

Premature baby in an incubator

Ancephalic baby - stillborn - donors

Baby in an incubator on nasal CPAP

Premature baby in an incubator

Premature baby in an incubator

Ivory effigy of mother and child

Twins

Side view of a pregnant lady, silhouette

Premature baby on ECMO

Baby after heart surgery

Nurse holding a premature baby

Oliver Horsley Gotch, aged 14 1/2 months.

Premature baby in an incubator on CPAP

Japanese porcelain feeding bottle, ring shaped

Child with Apert syndrome.

Humanised milk for infants, advertisement, 1

Premature baby on CPAP

Premature twins

Baby with Kasabach-Merritt syndrome

A new born child stepping out of a broken egg

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