[Extraction of the fetus from the womb]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):: Siegemund, Justine Dittrich, 1648-1705, author
Publication:: Amsterdam: Jan Ten Hoorn, 1691
Language(s):: Dutch
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Parturition
Obstetrics
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: Four illustrations showing breech presentation and the extraction of the fetus by hand, and with the aid of a cord looped around the feet of the infant.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Is part of: Spiegel der vroed-vrouwen, pl. 2 ff, p. 243.; See related catalog record: 2416013R
Extent:: 1 print
Technique:: woodcut
NLM Unique ID:: 101434650 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A012331
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101434650

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