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Model of breech birth
    • Setting:
      Room X
    • Author:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1770-1775
    • Materials:
      terracotta
    • Dimensions:
      220x460x400 mm
    • Inventory:
      Dep. OSMN, Firenze
    • Model of breech birth (Dep. OSMN, Firenze)

This terracotta model, commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti, describes a birth with "feet-first" breech presentation. The lower limbs of the fetus, in posterior position, protrude from the vulva and the operator assists in the expulsion by pulling the legs with the right hand.