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Model of incomplete breech presentation
    • Setting:
      Room X
    • Author:
      unknown
    • Place:
      Florence
    • Date:
      1770-1775
    • Materials:
      terracotta
    • Dimensions:
      210x300x450 mm
    • Inventory:
      Dep. OSMN, Firenze
    • Model of incomplete breech presentation (Dep. OSMN, Firenze)

This terracotta model, commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti, shows a "buttocks-first" breech presentation. The fetus, in anterior position, engages the lower part of its trunk (podex) in the pelvic entrance. The umbilical cord is wound around the neck and the upper left limb, with a true knot.