[Iconography of embryos and fetuses in the treaties of delivery and anatomy from 16th century till 18th century]. / Iconographie des embryons et des foetus dans les traités d'accouchement et d'anatomie du XVIème au XVIIIème siècle.

Leonardo', Eurakius' and Jacob Rueff's carved woods focus attention as they are sketches of foetuses in breech presentation. From the very beginning foetus is a little man made in the image of God in the works of Guillemeau, Mauriceau and Viardel. Later the liking for Baroque made the Putti, embryos with kindly faces created in Padua and Venice. Hunter's treatise finishes this picturesque review.

The birth of Kaiser William II (1859-1941) and his birth injury.

This paper describes the events leading up to the birth of Kaiser William II in 1859. There is a full description of the clinical aspects of his breech delivery that resulted in an Erb-Duchenne palsy. The later physical and psychological effects of his paralysed left arm are discussed fully, as are the comments about Dr Eduard Arnold Martin (1799-1875), the obstetrician who delivered him.