Foetus, uterus and placenta: three figures demonstrating the nourishment of the foetus in utero. Line engraving, ca. 1791.

[London] (17, Paternoster Row) : published as the Act directs by C. Cooke, [1791?]

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 37.2 x 21.4 cm trimmed

Representation of the manner in which the foetus is nourished in utero, also a view of the membrana decidua discovered by the late Dr. Hunter... Lettering continues: See System of midwifery. Plate 7. In fig. 41, an opening is made into the uterus, to shew the placenta and membranes, with the vessels coming from the mother, to the foetus. Fig. 40 is a portion of the spongy parts of the placenta, dissected off, that those vessels may be more completely seen

Wellcome Collection 561894i