Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Front view of the pregnant uterus and pelvic area, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen womb. Copperplate engraving by R. Strange after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
Front view of the pregnant uterus and pelvic area, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen womb. Copperplate engraving by R. Strange after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
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Front view of the pregnant uterus and pelvic area, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen womb. Copperplate engraving by R. Strange after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.

Jan van Rymsdyk · 1851

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: I.V. Rymsdyk delint. ; R. Strange sculpt. ; Uterus, et contenta pelvis ... proetensa in visum incurrerent. Bears numbers: Tab. IV & Plate 4.

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