The Fragility of Life. Knowledge of the fetus and childbirth over 500 years
Knowledge of the art of childbirth – obstetrics – and of reproduction and fetal development increased rapidly from the second half of the 18th century. At that time, research on the development of the human fetus also began to take off. As medical knowledge increased mortality among women giving birth and newborns fell. Slowly at first, then more and more rapidly.
Exhibition in Haga Tingshus
October 30, 2024 to September 26, 2025
Books and medical illustrations from the Hagströmer Library collections and historical objects from hospitals, educational and research environments in Stockholm show the history of obstetrics and fetal research from the 16th century to the 20th century.
Link
Hagströmerbiblioteket
Contact person
Anna Lantz eller Ann Gustavsson, hagstromerlibrary@ki.se
08-524-86828
Planning your visit
Exhibitions can be visited by appointment only, because of limits on the number of visitors that can be in the library at the same time. It is advised to book your visit on the dates and times when free guided tours focusing on the exhibitions are organized.
Welcome to book your visit via e-mail to: hagstromerlibrary@ki.se
Previous exhibitions at the Hagströmer Library
Photo: N/AVitreous Bodies. Exhibition at The Hagströmer Library.
New Exhibition at The Hagströmer Medico-Historical Library, 31 May – 30 September 2022.
Photo: Anna LantzExhibition: Dürer to Daumier - Artists of Science in the Collections of the Hagströmer Library
New special exhibition opens October 2021 at The Hagströmer Library.
Photo: Anna LantzJonas Falck - among gravel and horizons - New exhibition at the Hagströmer Library
The Hagströmer Library 10 October 2022 – Spring 2023
Photo: Svante LarssonCaput Folium - Exhibition by Timo Menke
Exhibition from October 2023 - January 2024
Photo: N/A