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Digital Exhibition Page – The Fragility of Life

Welcome to the digital version of the exhibition The Fragility of Life. Here you can experience parts of the exhibition through images, text, film, and audio guides below. The exhibition is also on display physically at the University Library in Solna from November 26, 2025.

Audioguides
Audioguides
Audioguides

Audioguides

Learn about the journeys of the midwife’s bag, the fates of the court midwives and the strange history of pain relief.

When we were flowers
When we were flowers
Fosterblomman

When we were flowers

The embryo develops
The embryo develops
Sommering

The embryo develops

Midwives are regulated
Midwives are regulated
Barnmorskereglementen

Midwives are regulated

The sick, soft maternal skeleton
The sick, soft maternal skeleton
Gipsavgjutning patologiskt bäcken

The sick, soft maternal skeleton

Join us on a journey through medical history
Join us on a journey through medical history
Filmklippsbild

Join us on a journey through medical history

When does life begin? How were babies born hundreds of years ago?