COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL15050707
Reference Number:
Medical (pre-1701) 2105
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Illustration of obstetric instruments
Parent Work Title:
Expert midwife, or an excellent and most necessary treatise of the generation and birth of man. Wherein is contained many very notable and necessary particulars requisite to be knowne and practised: with divers apt and usefull figures appropriated to this worke. Also the causes, signes, and various cures, of the most principall maladies and infirmities incident to women. Six books compiled in Latine by the industry of James Rueff, a learned and expert chirugion: and now translated into English for the general good and benefit of this nation.
Creator:
Rüff, Jakob, 1500-1558
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Griffin, Edward, -1652
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
1637
Publication Details:
London: printed by E. Griffin for S. Burton
Page/Sheet:
107
Description:
Illustration from an English midwifery guide showing rostrum anatis and forceps longa et tersa.
Keyword:
Medical Illustration; Midwifery; Obstetrics; Childbirth.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Medicine--History
Subject:
Medicine
Subject:
Obstetrics
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
Technique Used:
Engraving (printing process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, UK
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2015-05-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2015-09
Educational Notes:
Early Medical Illustration Project
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Cordelia Warr
Academic Project Lead:
Hannah Priest
Illustration of obstetric instruments
