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DOS2005-PC-356
Birth by Caesarean Section (no title)
DOS2005-PC-356

Birth by Caesarean Section (no title)

Date1773
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOH: 7 1/8" x OW: 6 5/8"; Plate H: 7" x W: 6 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1996-89
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "[mutilated] III"
Each feature noted with letters A-K
Label TextIllustration of a caesarean section from a Dutch obstetrical book by Petrus Joseph Van Baeveghem entitled 'Tractaet ofte Oordeel-kundige aenmerkinge over de beruchte keysers-snede...' (Amsterdam: Jan Morterre, 1773).
Markings{Plate} "III"