Medicine in the 18th century as seen through an anatomical guide

William Hunter’s Anatomia Uteri Humani Gravidi Tabulis Illustrata, first published in 1774, is a book that contains several plates, or illustrations, of pregnant women at various stages of pregnancy, cut open, in order to better understand their anatomy. Accompanying the plates are a general description of the illustrated body, as well as a list of what each section of the body corresponds to, in both Latin and English, although each plate’s respective caption is only in the former. The book, while not too damaged, shows signs of old age, as the pages have turned yellow, and have lots of…