Sage-femme kiowa soufflant une poudre émétique dans la bouche de la patiente

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Witkowski, Gustave Joseph, 1844-1923, author
Contributor(s):: Devy, Georges, artist
Publication:: Paris: Steinheil, [1887]
Language(s):: French
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Midwifery
Parturition
Obstetrics
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: Birthing scene: the woman in labor is standing, leaning on a staff; behind her and kneeling on the ground is another woman ready to receive the infant; another woman is standing with her hands on the pregnant woman's shoulders, breathing into her mouth.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Histoire des accouchements chez tous les peuples, fig. 444, p. 626.; See related catalog record: 67410720R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: wood engraving
NLM Unique ID:: 101449270 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A030254
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101449270

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