132 results filtered with: Midwives
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Mary Toft (Tofts), who duped several doctors into believing she had given birth to a litter of rabbits: twelve episodes. Etching.
Reference: 17343i
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A woman doctor, perhaps a midwife, diagnosing pregnancy in a young woman: her dismayed parents are in the background. Mezzotint, 1778.
Date: As the Act directs 10 August 1778Reference: 21773i
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A seated woman giving birth aided by a midwife and two other attendants, in the background two men are looking at the stars and plotting a horoscope. Woodcut, 1583[?].
Reference: 16907i
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A midwife presenting a new born royal (?) baby to its father and to the royal court. Etching.
Reference: 17228i
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Tamar giving birth to Pharez and Zarah aided by a midwife and many assistants. Engraving by H. Muller after M. van Heemskerck.
Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574.Reference: 17297i- Books
Brighton born, Sussex bred : the story of Brighton's maternity hospitals, 1830-2007 / Harry Gaston.
Gaston, Harry.Date: 2011- Books
Complementary therapies for pregnancy and childbirth / edited by Denise Tiran and Sue Mack.
Date: [1995]
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Opening of Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital, London. Wood engraving, 1886.
Date: 1886Reference: 25210i
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The birth of John the Baptist. Etching by C. Maratta after himself.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Reference: 21801i- Pictures
A woman in labour lying on her back with her legs raised being attended to by a midwife.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: 1987Reference: 3329265i.82Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.- Books
Spiritual midwifery / by Ina May Gaskin.
Gaskin, Ina MayDate: [1978]
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Lectures on midwifery and the forms of disease peculiar to women and children : delivered to the members of the Botanico-Medical College of Ohio / by A. Curtis.
Curtis, Alva, 1797-1881.Date: 1841
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A baby being removed from its dying mother's womb via Caesarean section. Reproduction of woodcut, 1483.
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Drawings of childbirth, 1-2 December 1986.
Spears, Heather, 1943-Date: 1-2 December 1986Reference: 3329264iPart of: Drawings by Heather Spears.
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Hebrew midwives refusing to kill male babies after being ordered to do so by the Pharoah of Egypt. Engraving by P.P. Bouché after G. Freeman, ca. 1694.
Freman, G.Date: 1705Reference: 16960i
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A child receiving its first bath, the mother is in bed recovering and being given food. Pen drawing.
Reference: 17351i
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A new-born baby being baptised by a midwife in the mother's bedroom. Etching by B. Picart.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Reference: 28945i- Pictures
A midwife attending a convalescing woman who has recently given birth, the baby is in a cradle next to her. Engraving after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 16979i
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A woman lying on her back with her legs raised during labour, while a medical professional assists with the birth.
Spears, Heather, 1934-Date: 1987Reference: 3329265i.88Part of: Drawings by Heather Spears.- Books
At work in the field of birth : midwifery narratives of nature, tradition, and home / Margaret MacDonald.
MacDonald, Margaret, 1963-Date: 2007
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A midwife handing the Virgin Mary to Joachim after her first bath, Anna is in bed recovering. Line engraving.
Reference: 17361i- Books
The midwives book / Jane Sharp.
Sharp, Jane, Mrs.Date: 1985
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M0003964EB: Ancient Roman midwife attending a woman giving birth
Date: 11 July 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/33/14Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Unterricht für Hebammen / Neu bearb. und hrsg. von C. C. Th. Litzmann.
Michaelis, Gustav Adolph, 1798-1848.Date: 1873
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Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: diorama of a sixteenth-century lying-in room. Photograph from a negative of 1927.
Date: 1927Reference: 28901i