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XVIII.12 Model of pregnancy in third trimester
Author: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:1770-1775
Materials:terracotta
Dimensions:170x260x490 mm
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In this terracotta teaching model, the uterus is shown in an open cross-section, its superior edge turned upward. The placenta is in anterior position. The now mature fetus is depicted in incomplete right anterior breech presentation. The eyebrows and brows are well developed, and the hair and nails are visible. Here (as in items XVIII.9 - XVIII.10 - XVIII.11 - XVIII.13) we can observe the typical or normal attitudes of the fetus inside the uterus, such as head bent forward, lower joints flexed, arms folded on chest or lodged in the crook between head and thorax. Thanks to this crouching position, recognizable from the start of fetal development, the fetus acquires a near-oval shape and occupies about half the length that it would in an extended position. The model was commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti.

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