M0007442: Model of a parturition chair, as described by Rueff, 1554

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Parturition model chair, as described by Ryff, 1554

Photograph of a model parturition or birthing stool based on a description by Jacob Rueff in 1554. The model was made by the Wellcome Museum workshops and accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum (20993) but is now held by the Science Museum (A63538). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 25th April 1936 (PHO 7951).

6 September 1940

2 photographs sheet film negative; 12.6 x 10 cm photographic print; 12 x 9.1 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 20993. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 7951.

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.