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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

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

Table #2 ! Doctor-attended spontaneous birth approximately 1898
at the Chicago Lying-in maternity home owned by Dr. DeLee  
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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