M0007457: Illustration of parturition chair designed by Rösslin, 1513

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Parturition chair designed by Roeslin, 1513.

Reproduction from an unidentified publication, of an illustration depicting a parturition or birthing chair designed by Eucharius Rösslin in 1513, with caption in French underneath. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 11th October 1935 (PHO 5250). Related images: M0007452, M0007455, M0007456, M0007451.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5250.

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.