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• Embryology, Human -- Early works to 1800
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• Gestational age -- Early works to 1800
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• Abregé de l'embryologie sacrée ou Traite des devoirs ... (chez Nyon..., 1766), by Francesco Cangiamila, Nyon, and Joseph-Antoine-Toussaint Dinouart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Embryologia historico-medica hoc est Infantis humani consideratio physico-medico-forensis qua eiusdem in vtero nutritio formatio ... deinde ipsius ex vtero egressus praematurus et serotinus, imprimis partus legitimus et circa eundem occurrentia ... porro varia symptomata ... denique partus caesareus et supposititius cum puerperarum tortura raris observationibus exhibentur (apud Christoph. Hekelii B. Filium, 1732), by Martin Schurig and Christoph Hekel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fortunii Liceti... De perfecta constitutione hominis in vtero liber vnus : in quo caussae omnes faetum constituentes ... quo foetus enutritur ab Nicolaum Contarenum ... (Apud Petrum Bertellium :, 1616), by Fortunio Liceti, Battista Martini, Pietro Bertelli, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sever. Pinæi Carnut. De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis (Apud Franciscum Hegerum, 1641), by Séverin Pineau, Melchior Sebisch, Pierre Gassendi, Felix Platter, and Luigi Bonacciuoli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sur la formation du coeur dans le poulet : sur l'oeil, sur la structure du jaune &c : premier mémoire : exposé des faits : (Chez Marc.-Mich. Bousquet & Comp., 1758), by Albrecht von Haller and Marc Michel Bousquet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observationes et historiae omnes & singulae è Guijielmi Harvei libello De generatione animalium excerptae, & in accuratissimum ordinem redactae : item Wilhelmi Langly De generatione animalium observationes quaedam : accedunt Ovi faecundi singulis ab incubatione diebus factae inspectiones : ut et Observationum anatomico-med. decades quatuor, denique Cadavara balsamo condiendi modus (Typis Abrahami Wolfgang, 1674), by William Harvey, Romeyn de Hooghe, Wilhelmus Langley, and Justus Schrader (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Works of William Harvey M.D.: Translated from the Latin with a life of the author, by William Harvey, trans. by Robert Willis (Gutenberg ebook)
• De generatione animalium. English (London : Printed by James Young, for Octavian Pulleyn, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1653), by William Harvey and Martin Lluelyn (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Die neuplatonische, fälschlich dem Galen zugeschriebene Schrift, Pros Gauron peri tou pōs empsychoutai ta embrya : aus der Pariser Handschrift zum ersten Male (Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1895), by Galen and K. Kalbfleisch (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'homme. Et la formation du foetus / avec remarques de Louis de la Forge. A quoy l'on a ajouté Le monde, oū, Traité de la lumiere / du mesme autheur. (T. Girard, 1677), by René Descartes, Theodore Girard, Claude Clerselier, Louis de La Forge, and Florentius Schuyl (page images at HathiTrust)
• De opificio Dei, vel, Formatione hominis liber per vigintivnu[m] capita distributus, cu[m] eloque[n]tia, tum eruditione pr[ae]clarus (Colonie : In Officina Que[n]tell, anno supra sesquimillesimu[m] sexto [1506]., 1506), by Lactantius and Officina Liberorum Quentell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Embriológia sagrada (Impr. de P. Aznar, 1785), by Francesco Emmanuele Cangiamila, Joaquín Castellot, Joseph-Antoine-Toussaint Dinouart, and Ludovico Crema (page images at HathiTrust)

• Dissertation physique a l'occasion du negre blanc ([s.n.], 1744), by Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)

• C. Stalpartii vander Wiel ... Observationum rariorum medic. anatomic. chirurgicarum centuria posterioris pars prior : auctior longe, atque emendatior accedit P. Stalpartii vander Wiel ... De nutritione foetus exercitatio. (apud Petrum vander Aa, Bibliopolam, 1687), by C. Stalparti van der Wiel, Antonio Hernández Morejón, Miguel Borbón y Berné, Pieter van der Aa, Adriaan Schoonebeck, and Abraham de Blois (page images at HathiTrust)
• Martini Schoockii Disquisitio physica de signaturis foetus : in qua multi rari casus, & proponuntur & examinantur. (apud Henricum Lussinck ..., 1659), by Marten Schoock, Heinrich Lussinck, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• C. Stalpartii vander Wiel ... Observationum rariorum medic. anatomic. chirurgicarum centuria posterioris pars prior : auctior longe, atque emendatior accedit P. Stalpartii vander Wiel ... De nutritione foetus exercitatio. (apud Joannem à Kerkhem, 1727), by C. Stalparti van der Wiel and Johann Kerkhem (page images at HathiTrust)
• Trattato del parto naturale, e dei parti divenuti difficili per la cattiva situazione del feto. (nella stamperia di Grange, 1767), by Francesco Valle, Grangé, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prælectiones medico-anatomicæ de iis quæ spectant fœtum humanum in utero materno degentem ... habitae Tolosae in aula medicinae ... anni 1706 ... (apud G. Robert ..., 1706), by Armand Perpessac, Joseph Raulin, and G. Robert (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dissertation on the diseases of prisons and poor-houses : published at the request of the Medical Society of London ... : to which is added a singular case of praeter-natural foetation ... (published for C. Dilly ..., 1795), by Charles Dilly and Medical Society of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Francisci Rosseti medici regii exercitatio medica assertionis nouae veri usus anastomoseon cardiacarum foetus, ex utero materno trans ipsas trahentis aerem internum in suos pulmones motus respiratorii ... (excudebat Dionysius Duvallius ..., 1603), by François Rousset, Denis Duval, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• In fictilem figuli exercitationem de principiis foetus, animadversiones, seu Dissertatio ad mentem Aristotelis De principio materiali generationis Foetus. (typis Guillelmi Besse ..., 1658), by André Graindorge, Guillaume Besse, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adriani Spigelii Bruxellensis ... De formato foetu liber singularis aeneis figuris exornatus, epistolae duæ anatomicæ. Tractatus de arthritide, opera posthuma studio ... (Impensis & Caelo Matthaei Meriani Bibliopolae & Chalcographi ... :, 1631), by Adriaan van den Spiegel, Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid), and Mathaeus Merianus (page images at HathiTrust)
• I. Sever. Pinaei Carnut. De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis: graviditate item & partu naturali mulierum, opuscula. II. Ludov. Bonacioli Ferr. Enneas muliebris. III. Fel. Plateri Basil. de origine partium, earumque in utero conformatione. IV. Petri Gassendi De septo cordis pervio, obervatio. V. Melchioris Sebizii De notis virginitatis. Accedunt indices novi ac pleni ... (Apud Franciscum Hegerum, 1641), by Severin Pineau, Melchior Sebisch, Pierre Gassendi, Felix Platter, Luigi Bonacciuoli, Franz Heger, and Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spicilegivm anatomicvm, continens observationum anatomicarum rariorum centuriam unam. (Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, 1670), by Theodor Kerckring (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anthropogeniae inchnographia (Amstelodami : Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, MDCLXXI [1671], 1671), by Theodor Kerckring, Abraham Blooteling, and Andreas Frisius (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spicilegivm anatomicvm (Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, 1670), by Theodor Kerckring, Andreas Frisius, and Abraham Blooteling (page images at HathiTrust)

• Disputatio physiologica inauguralis, De foetus humani nutrimento, et quibusdam eidem propriis : quam ... pro gradu doctoratus ... (apud Balfour et Smellie ..., 1778), by John Evans and Balfour and Smellie (Edimburgo) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Observationum rariorum medic. anatomic. chirurgicarum centuria prior (Apud Petrum vander Aa ..., 1687), by Cornelis Stalpart van der Wiel, Adriaan Schoonebeek, and Petrus Stalpart van der Wiel (page images at HathiTrust)

• Caspari Bauhini ... De Hermaphroditorum monstrosorum q. partuum natura ... : libri duo (typis Hieronymi Galleri, Aere Johan-Theodori de Bry, 1614 , 1614), by Caspar Bauhin, Johann Theodor de Bry, Colegio Imperial (Jesuitas), Real Colegio de Cirugía de San Carlos (Madrid), and Colegio de San Hermenegildo de la Compañía de Jesús (Sevilla) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Exposition des variations de la nature dans l'espece humaine. (Paris, 1771), by Toussaint Guindant (page images at HathiTrust)

• De l'esprit. (A Paris [i.e. Liège] : Chez Durand ..., [i. e. Everard Kints], M.DCC.LVIII. [1758], 1758), by Helvétius, Laurent Durand, Pierre Rousseau, Everard Kints, and Domus Sancti Stanislai (page images at HathiTrust)

• Anthropogeniae inchnographia (Amstelodami : Sumptibus Andreae Frisii, MDCLXXI [1671], 1671), by Theodor Kerckring, Abraham Blooteling, and Andreas Frisius (page images at HathiTrust)

• Monstrorvm historia memorabilis (Ex Officina typographia Matthiae Beckeri, impensis viduae Theodori de Bry, & duorum eius filiorum, 1609), by Johann Georg Schenck, Matthias Becker, Theodor de Bry, and Theodor de Bry (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Istoria della generazione dell'uomo, e degli animali, se sia da'vermicelli spermatici, o dalle uova : con un trattato nel fine della sterilità, e de'suoi rimedj, con la critica de'superflui, e de'nocivi, con un discorso accademico intorno la connessione di tutte le cose create, e con alcune lettere, istorie rare, osservazioni d'uomini illustri (Appresso Gio. Gabbriel Hertz, 1721), by Antonio Vallisnieri (page images at HathiTrust)
• Collectanea medico-physica (By Johan ten Hoorn, boekverkooper ..., 1680), by Steven Blankaart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Monstrorvm historia memorabilis (Ex Officina typographia Matthiae Beckeri, impensis viduae Theodori de Bry, & duorum eius filiorum, 1609), by Johann Georg Schenck, Matthias Becker, Theodor de Bry, and Theodor de Bry (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)
• War with the senses ; or, free thoughts on snuff-taking (J. Moore; sold by G. Wilkie, 1782), by Richard Russell (page images at HathiTrust)
• De monstrorum natura, caussis, et differentiis libri duo (Apud Paulum Frambottum, 1634), by Fortunio Liceti (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ulyssis Aldrovandi ... Monstrorum historia (Typis Nicolai Tebaldini, 1642), by Ulisse Aldrovandi, Bartolommeo Ambrosini, Giovanni Battista Coriolano, Marco Antonio Bernia, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, and Nicolò Tebaldini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historia ænigmatica, de gemellis Genoæ connatis, anno salutis nostræ, MDCXX in unum coalescentibus, quorum major Lazaz, minor Joh. Baptista, ad sacrum fontem nominatis : vivis hodie, & mercede Londini monstratis An. MDCXXXVII. (Londini : Excudebat M.P. pro Ro. Milbourne, [1637]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The strange monster or, true news from Nottingham-shire of a strange monster born at Grasly in Nottingham-shire, three miles from Nottingham with a relation of his strange and wonderful shape, the time his mother was in travail with him, with several other things of note. Together with a brief relation of several monstrous and prodigious births which happened heretofore in this our nation. Licensed according to order. ([London] : Printed by Peter Lillierap [sic] living in Clerkenwell-Close, 1668) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The true description of a monsterous chylde, borne in the Ile of Wight, in this present yeare of oure Lord God, M. D. LXIIII. the month of October after this forme with a cluster of longe heare about the nauell, the fathers name is Iames Iohnsun, in the parys of freswater. (Imprynted at London : In Fletestrete: at the sygne of the Faucon, by Wylliam Gryffith, and are to be solde at his shop in saint Dunstons churchyarde, in the west of London, the. viii. daye of Nouember. [1564]), by John Barker (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Near Charing Cross, over against Northumberland (alias Suffolk) House, at a turners house, nigh the Golden Lyon Tavern, is to be seen the wonder of this present age (London : Printed by T. James at the printing-press in Mincing-lane, 1687) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Fire from heauen. Burning the body of one Iohn Hittchell of Holne-hurst, within the parish of Christ-church, in the county of South-hampton the 26. of Iune last 1613. who by the same was consumed to ashes, and no fire seene, lying therein smoaking and smothering three dayes and three nights, not to bequenched [sic] by water, nor the help of mans hand. VVith the lamentable burning of his house and one childe, and the grieuous scorching of his wife: with the birth of a monster, and many other strange things hapning about the same time: the like was neuer seene nor heard of. / Written by Iohn Hilliard Preacher of the word of life in Sopley. Reade and tremble. With the fearefull burning of the towne of Dorchester vpon friday the 6 of August last 1613. (Printed at London : for Iohn Trundle, and are to be sold at his shop in Barby can [sic] at the signe of Nobody., 1613), by John Hilliard (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Newes from New-England: of a most strange and prodigious birth, brought to Boston in New-England, October the 17. being a true and exact relation, brought over April 19. 1642. by a Gentleman of good worth, now resident in London. Also other relations of six strange and prodigious births in these countries following. The 1. from New-England. The 2 from Quieres. The 3d. in Ravena. The 4. in Paris. The 5. in St. Andwes-church in Paris. The 6. in the forrest Biera. ([London : Printed for John G. Smith, 1642]), by Gentleman of good worth now resident in London (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Gods handy-vvorke in vvonders Miraculously shewen vpon two women, lately deliuered of two monsters: with a most strange and terrible earth-quake, by which, fields and other grounds, were quite remoued to other places: the prodigious births, being at a place called Perre-farme, within a quarter of a mile of Feuersham in Kent, the 25. of Iuly last, being S. Iames his day. 1615. (London : Printed [by George Purslowe] for I. W[right], 1615) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• By His Majestys authority. At the [blank] is to be seen two monsters, which by medicines prescribed (by Madam Goodin, in Goodman's-Fields) ... ([London : s.n., 1696]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• The true fourme and shape of a monsterous chyld, whiche was borne in Stony Stratforde, in North Hampton shire The yeare of our Lord, M.CCCCC.LXV. (Imprinted at London : In Fletestrete beneath the Conduit: at the signe of S. Iohn Euangelist, by Thomas Colwell, [1565]), by William Elderton (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Historia ænigmatica, de gemellis Genoæ connatis, anno salutis nostræ, MDCXX in unum coalescentibus, quorum major Lazaz, minor Joh. Baptista, ad sacrum fontem nominatis : vivis hodie, & mercede Londini monstratis An. MDCXXXVII. (Londini : Excudebat M.P. pro Ro. Milbourne, [1637]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The true discription of two monsterous chyldren borne at Herne in Kent. The. xxvii. daie of Auguste in the yere our of [sic] Lorde. M.CCCCC.LXV. They were booth women chyldren and were chrystened, and lyued halfe a daye. The one departed afore the other almoste an howre. (Imprinted at London : In Fletestreat by Thomas Colwell: for Owen Rogers dwelling at S. Sepulchers Church doore, [1565]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A True relation of two prodigious births the like not hapning in many generations, the signification whereof is left to the judicious to contemplate. (London : Printed by T.D., 1680) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A true and certaine relation of a strange-birth which was borne at Stone-house in the parish of Plimmouth, the 20. of October. 1635. Together with the notes of a sermon, preached Octob. 23. 1635. in the church of Plimmouth, at the interring of the sayd birth. By Th. B. B.D. Pr. Pl. (London : Printed by Anne Griffin, for William Russell in Plim mouth, 1635), by Thomas Bedford (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The true description of two monsterous chiildren laufully begotten betwene George Steuens and Margerie his wyfe, and borne in the parish of Swanburne in Buckingham shyre, the. iiii. of Aprill. Anno Domini. 1566, the two children havuing both their belies fast ioyned together, and imbraycyng one an other with their armes: which children wer both a lyue by the space of half an hower, and wer baptized, and named the one John, and the other Joan. (Imprinted at London : By Alexander Lacy, for William Lewes: dwellyng in Cow lane aboue Holborne cundit, ouer against the signe of the Plough, [1566]), by John Mellys (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• Near Charing Cross, over against Northumberland (alias Suffolk) House, at a turners house, nigh the Golden Lyon Tavern, is to be seen the wonder of this present age (London : Printed by T. James at the printing-press in Mincing-lane, 1687) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A Letter from an eminent merchant in Ostend containing an account of a strange and monstrous birth hapned there : a woman being brought to bed of two children which are joined together by the crowns of their heads : he being an eye-witness thereof. (London : Printed for J. Stans and sold by R. Janeway, 1682) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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