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Engraved anatomical plate of a pregnant uterus seen from the front, covered in fine blood vessels, with a narrow neck and ringed opening below.

Demonstration de la matrice d'une femme grosse et de son enfant a terme. Ouvrage en six planches peintes d'après nature et disposées de façon à donner l'idée la plus exacte de l'état de grossesse / Par les soins et sous la direction, de Charles Nicolas Jenty.

An engraved anatomical plate shows a pregnant uterus seen from the front, its surface densely covered with fine blood vessels and a pale ridge running down the middle. Below it a narrower neck tapers to a ringed opening at the base, against a white ground within a ruled border.

Artist
Charles Nicholas Jenty
Date
[1759]
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2503 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1759.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Útero grávido con vasos sanguíneos, lámina anatómica grabada (1759)

Una lámina anatómica grabada muestra un útero grávido visto de frente, con la superficie densamente cubierta de finos vasos sanguíneos y una cresta pálida que recorre el centro. Debajo, un cuello más estrecho se estrecha hacia una abertura con anillos en la base, sobre fondo blanco dentro de un marco de líneas.

Português: Útero grávido com vasos sanguíneos, gravura anatômica (1759)

Uma gravura anatômica mostra um útero grávido visto de frente, com a superfície densamente coberta de finos vasos sanguíneos e uma crista pálida que percorre o centro. Abaixo, um colo mais estreito afunila até uma abertura com anéis na base, sobre fundo branco dentro de uma moldura de linhas.

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