[Midwife assisted childbirth]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Rueff, Jakob, ca.1500-1558, Author
Publication:: Francoforti ad Moenum: [Sigismundi Feyerabendi,] , 1580
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Midwifery
Parturition
Obstetrics
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: Two midwives comfort a woman sitting in a birthing chair while a third midwife delivers the baby; in the background two men are consulting astrological charts and the stars.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: De conceptu et generatione hominis, l. 28 verso.; See related catalog record: 2283036R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101436173 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A013193
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436173

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