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Repeatedly and for centuries , hooks were used to extract the fetus in pieces a
practice appropriately known as " destructive obstetrics , " with subdivisions
including craniotomy , embryotomy , hook extraction , and amputation of limbs .
Repeatedly and for centuries , hooks were used to extract the fetus in pieces a
practice appropriately known as " destructive obstetrics , " with subdivisions
including craniotomy , embryotomy , hook extraction , and amputation of limbs .
Page 129
Over and over , the historians of medicine declare that obstetrics could only move
forward once the male midwife or physician took the place of the female midwife .
Rongy states that " the backward state of obstetrical knowledge was the direct ...
Over and over , the historians of medicine declare that obstetrics could only move
forward once the male midwife or physician took the place of the female midwife .
Rongy states that " the backward state of obstetrical knowledge was the direct ...
Page 175
She surveyed the routine methods used in American hospital obstetrics ,
researched the literature on each , and ... mother and child , she lists the
following : Withholding information on the disadvantages of obstetrical
medication Requiring all.
She surveyed the routine methods used in American hospital obstetrics ,
researched the literature on each , and ... mother and child , she lists the
following : Withholding information on the disadvantages of obstetrical
medication Requiring all.
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