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The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

Date

1503

Reference

17321i

A midwife giving the Virgin Mary her first bath while Anna is recovering in bed. Line engraving.

Reference

17358i

Ten diagrams illustrating various methods of delivering a baby using forceps. Etching, 1791.

Date

10 June 1791

Reference

17077i

Woman's work in the field of medicine.

Date

1883

A monkey (dressed as a human being) giving birth to a baby monkey aided by a midwife and two attendants. Reproduction of an engraving.

Date

[1934]

Reference

16915i

An exhausted woman being held by friends after just giving birth to twins. Pen drawing after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Reference

16892i

A woman giving birth aided by a surgeon who fumbles beneath a sheet to save the lady from embarassment. Wood engraving after a woodcut, 1711.

Reference

16944i

Aristotle's compleat and experienc'd midwife. In two parts. I. A guide for child-bearing women, in the Time of their Conception, Bearing and Suckling their Children; with the best Means of helping them, both in Natural and Unnatural Labours: Together with suitable Remedies for the various Indispositions of Newborn Infants. II. Proper and safe remedies for the curing all those distempers that are incident to the female sex; and more especially those that are any Obstruction to their Bearing of Children. A Work far more perfect than any yet Extant, and highly Necessary for all Surgeons, Midwives, Nurses, and Child-Bearing Women. Made English by W---- S-----, M.D.

Date

[1740?]

Report of the Departmental Committee appointed by the Lord President of the Council to consider the working of the Midwives Act, 1902.

Date

[1909]

The midwife in England : being a study in England of the working of the English Midwives act of 1902.

Date

1913