Birth Figures : Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body /: Early Modern Prints and the Pregnant Body. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rebecca Whiteley.
• Authors: Whiteley, Rebecca
• Contents: List of Illustrations A Note on Terminology Introduction: Picturing Pregnancy Part I: Early Printed Birth Figures (1540–1672) Chapter 1: Using Images in Midwifery Practice Chapter 2: Pluralistic Images and the Early Modern Body Part II: Birth Figures as Agents of Change (1672–1751) Chapter 3: Visual Experiments Chapter 4: Visualizing Touch and Defining a Professional Persona Part III: The Birth Figure Persists (1751–1774) Chapter 5: Challenging the Hunterian Hegemony Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2023
• Copyright Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Subjects: Science -- General; Science -- History; Medical -- Anatomy; Art -- Subjects & Themes -- Human Figure
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226823133
• Related ISBNs: 9780226823126
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.