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A woman giving birth aided by a surgeon who fumbles beneath a sheet to save the lady from embarassment. Wood engraving after a woodcut, 1711.
Wellcome Collection

A woman giving birth aided by a surgeon who fumbles beneath a sheet to save the lady from embarassment. Wood engraving after a woodcut, 1711.

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: The height of prudery - a physician operating under the sheet. ...

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