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Photos from Dr Joseph DeLee's 1924 obstetrical textbook "The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics"
Fetus
at beginning of labor with well-flexed head |
Table #1 ~ Normal physiology of childbearing pelvis and mechanisms of normal labor Table #2 ~ Doctor-attended no-intervention spontaneous birth @ home in 1898 |
#1 - Normal physiology of childbearing pelvis and mechanisms of normal labor |
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Table #2 ! Doctor-attended spontaneous birth
approximately 1898 at the Chicago Lying-in maternity home owned by Dr. DeLee |
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The mother & room prepared for doctor-attended delivery in low-tech, home-like setting of independent | Doctor
DeLee sitting on the bed, with his side touching the mother's back |
DeLee's left arm circles over her side & btw her legs to keep the head flexed; the right hand does a modified Ritgen's maneuver | |
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