Today's honors Justine Siegemund, whose 1690 manual (The Court was the first German medical text written by a woman.

Further info via : https://t.co/zp3QxTk1Za

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"Female Reproductive System" illustrated by depicting the and cycle.

Read more about Tina Pavlatos on the https://t.co/CVC5z1Dy7N blog and explore her work here: https://t.co/uFt8xK5yt9

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Jacques Guillemeau (1550–1613) was a french He was a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and a favored student of Ambroise Paré (1510–1590), who was also his father-in-law. He was a leading authority on and

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Two images of a from one birth the booklet of Eucharius Rösslin (1470 ca - 1526), on the other the famous image of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) taken from his "Quaderni di Anatomia". Unlike work was never published.

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IN UTERO

🇬🇧 «Where Life Begins & Love Never Ends».
🇪🇸 «Donde la Vida comienza y el Amor nunca acaba».



Sarai Llamas

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Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea (Oak trees by the Sea) (1834-35) Carl Gustav Carus (German, 1789–1869). A man with a few strings to his bow - doctor of medicine, doctor of philosophy, professor of obstetrics, director of a maternity clinic - and wrote on art theory.

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In Leopold's maneuvers are a common and systematic way to determine the position of a inside the they are named after the german Christian G. Leopold, who described them in 1894.

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^^ 1st pic is by Ram Silva, 2nd-4th is by Adrian Pe.

"pretty in pink 💗💗"
by JQ Garments Iloilo. Pics from: IMH Obstetrics

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is characterised by high blood pressure and leaking protein in urine during and can become life-threatening for both mum & baby.

If you've had it, what would you like medics to know? Medics-how would you explain it to patients?

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Haabou is the mascot for Hada Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic in Sapporo, Japan. (It’s the doctor’s head with wings.)

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🇬🇧 Where Life Begins & Love Never Ends.
🇪🇸 Donde la Vida comienza y el Amor nunca acaba.
🇮🇹 Dove la Vita inizia e l’Amore è eterno.

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In April 1756 midwife Angélique du Coudray demonstrated her lifesize obstetrical mannequin to the French Academy of Surgery, who approved it for teaching obstetrics and childbirth. In 1785 she published the textbook “Abrégé de l’Art des Accouchements". https://t.co/jPTVULUvi6

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