Foetal presentations. Five roundels (from a series of seventeen) showing foetuses in the womb, including two cases of twins. Page from 'Tracts on Anat

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Foetal presentations. Five roundels (from a series of seventeen) showing foetuses in the womb, including two cases of twins. Page from 'Tracts on Anatomy', (15th century) a translation of a gynaecological treatise extracted from the 'Rogerina', a 13th century work on practical medicine by Roger Baron.

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