McCulloch N A, Russell D, McDonald S W
Laboratory of Human Anatomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
Clin Anat. 2001 May;14(3):210-7. doi: 10.1002/ca.1035.
The Hunterian Collection at the University of Glasgow possesses 11 plaster casts showing the pregnant uterus. Three correspond to Plates I, IV, and VI of Hunter's The Anatomy of the Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures (1774), progressive stages of dissection of the same specimen. A further three casts show consecutive stages of dissection of a uterus containing a fetus presenting by the breech. The other specimens show a normal pregnancy at about 6 months, a normal full-term uterus with the fetal head becoming engaged, a breech presentation with placenta previa and the umbilical cord around the fetal neck, and an obstructed labor with distended bladder and colon. The 10 on display show realistic coloring and are mounted on black wooden stands. An 11th specimen, amateurishly painted, is not on display. The casts differ in their style; some show only the abdomen, pelvis, perineum, and thighs, others show the full torso. They also differ in the amount of detail shown. The first three casts show the cut femur and muscles at the transected ends of the thighs, also shown in some of the plates in the Gravid Uterus. Although these features enhance the artistic impact of both the engravings and the casts, the authors are unconvinced that Hunter deliberately used them to achieve this, as has been claimed.
格拉斯哥大学的亨特里安藏品中有11个展示妊娠子宫的石膏模型。其中三个与亨特的《妊娠子宫解剖图谱》（1774年）中的图版I、IV和VI相对应，是对同一标本进行解剖的不同阶段。另外三个模型展示了一个臀先露胎儿的子宫连续解剖阶段。其他标本包括一个约6个月的正常妊娠、一个胎头入盆的足月正常子宫、一个前置胎盘且脐带绕颈的臀先露，以及一个膀胱和结肠扩张的梗阻性分娩。展出的10个模型有着逼真的色彩，安装在黑色木架上。第11个标本是业余绘制的，未展出。这些模型风格各异；有些只展示腹部、骨盆、会阴和大腿，有些则展示整个躯干。它们在展示的细节程度上也有所不同。前三个模型展示了切断的股骨以及大腿横断端的肌肉，《妊娠子宫》的一些图版中也有展示。尽管这些特征增强了雕刻和模型的艺术效果，但作者并不相信如有人所声称的那样，亨特是故意利用它们来达到这一目的的。
