The Gravid Uterus at Three Months

Four figures of an early pregnancy.

Work: from The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures
Maker: William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk
Date: 1774
Held by: Published Birmingham, 1774 · Wellcome Collection · via Wikimedia Commons

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The story

From William Hunter's atlas of 1774, a plate of four figures at three months: the womb opened from the front, a longitudinal section, the contents of the pelvis seen from behind, and the womb opened again to show the membranes. The Wellcome Collection's record names Jan van Rymsdyk as the draughtsman and the engraver Aliamet. Grey on grey, the plate has the quiet of a page of studies, each figure placed with space around it. An important document in the history of obstetrics, made with real tenderness.

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About this reproduction

A reproduction of from The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures — William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk, 1774 — from the copy held by Published Birmingham, 1774 · Wellcome Collection · via Wikimedia Commons. The source. The work is centuries out of copyright and in the public domain.
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