M0007448: A Swiss parturition chair, 18th century

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Parturition chair, Swiss, 18th century.

Photograph of an 18th century parturition or birthing chair from Switzerland. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is now held by the Science Museum (A63533). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 12th October 1935 (PHO 5262).

6 September 1940

1 photograph sheet film negative; 12.6 x 10 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5262.

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.