Medical illustrations. 18th-century journal page with various medical artworks. At centre right is a fluid-distended ovary. At top centre is a massive
Medical illustrations. 18th-century journal page with various medical artworks. At centre right is a fluid-distended ovary. At top centre is a massively distended ovary. At upper right, a dissected vagina and uterus. At lower left, gestation in the uterus. At lower right, an allantois. This page is from volume 5 of the 1734 edition of 'The Philosophical Transactions', an abridged collection of papers from the Royal Society. In these abridged collections, artworks from several different papers would be included on a single page. The papers in this collection were all published in 'Philosophical Transactions' in the period 1703 to 1712.
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