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Introduction: picturing pregnancy
Part I: Early printed birth figures (1540-1672). Using images in midwifery practice; Pluralistic images and the early modern body
Part II: Birth figures as agents of change (1672-1751). Visual experiments; Visualizing touch and defining a professional persona
Part III: The birth figure persists (1751-1774). Challenging the Hunterian hegemony
Conclusion.
Part I: Early printed birth figures (1540-1672). Using images in midwifery practice; Pluralistic images and the early modern body
Part II: Birth figures as agents of change (1672-1751). Visual experiments; Visualizing touch and defining a professional persona
Part III: The birth figure persists (1751-1774). Challenging the Hunterian hegemony
Conclusion.