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biomedicalephemera: Fig 1. A fetus at 6 months gestation. Typically ~12 inches/30 cm long from crown to heel. Fig 2. Fetus at 3 months gestation. ~2 inches/5.2 cm in length. 14 grams in weight. This is the same weight as approximately 3 teaspoons of sugar. Fig 3. Fetus at 10 weeks gestation. 1.2 inches/2.3 cm in length. 4 grams. This is less than one piece of printer paper weighs. A Series of Engravings, Representing the Bones of the Human Skeleton. John Barclay, 1820.

biomedicalephemera:

Fig 1. A fetus at 6 months gestation. Typically ~12 inches/30 cm long from crown to heel.

Fig 2. Fetus at 3 months gestation. ~2 inches/5.2 cm in length. 14 grams in weight. This is the same weight as approximately 3 teaspoons of sugar.

Fig 3. Fetus at 10 weeks gestation. 1.2 inches/2.3 cm in length. 4 grams. This is less than one piece of printer paper weighs.

A Series of Engravings, Representing the Bones of the Human Skeleton. John Barclay, 1820.


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