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XVIII.14 Model of pregnancy at term: cephalic presentation of engagement
Author: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:1770-1775
Materials:terracotta
Dimensions:230x330x440 mm
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This terracotta teaching model shows the end of the dilation of the uterine mouth, now totally flattened with no sign of the cervix. Dilation precedes the second stage of labor: the expulsion of the fetus. The fetal membranes are ruptured and the fetus, engaging in a vertex presentation, is about to descend into the pelvic cavity. The head is still high and mobile on the superior strait. The wax model XVIII.15 describes the same situation at a slightly later point in labor. The model was commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti.

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