EditorialFoetus head in the contrary position in the birth canal during labour. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburgh, 1780.
EditorialFoetus head extended in the contrary position in the birth canal during labour, assisted by forceps. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinbu...
EditorialFoetus head in the breech contrary position brought down the birth canal with long curved forceps. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburg...
EditorialFoetus head in the contrary position brought down the birth canal with forceps. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburgh, 1780.
EditorialLateral view of a foetus head extended in the contrary position in a distorted pelvis during labour. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinbu...
EditorialFoetus in contrary breech birth position with arm fallen down into the vagina. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburgh, 1780.
EditorialFoetus head in the contrary position in the birth canal during labour. Copperplate engraving by Andrew Bell after an illustration by Jan van Rymsdyk from William Smellie's A Set of Anatomical Tables, Charles Elliot, Edinburgh, 1780.
EditorialJoseph Guillotin (1738-1814) in 1784. French physician and inventor of the guillotine. Contrary to popular belief, he did not die under the knife of his own invention. He proposed his invention as a more humane form of execution. Inv. P 1052.