This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with a
This image may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by the Science History Institute of any product, service or activity, or to concur with an opinion or confirm the accuracy of any text appearing alongside or in logical association with the image. Unplanned pregnancy. 18th-century satirical artwork of a physician examining a woman's urine for signs of pregnancy. The flask is being held up to the light to examine the colour of the urine. Across bottom are alchemy symbols, such as a skull and a pestle and mortar. This 1772 mezzotint artwork is by the English artist John Raphael Smith (1751-1812). It was titled: 'Sansanietto the High German Doctor', with the inscription reading: 'I'm vastly sick Miss Biddy cries; Yes, sick indeed the Sage replies; You've made a Slip my dearest Daughter; I see the Bantling in your water'. Bantling here refers to an illegitimate child.
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Photo credit: © GREGORY TOBIAS/CHEMICAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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