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XVIII.39 Model of shoulder presentation
Author: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:1770-1775
Materials:terracotta
Dimensions:170x420x380 mm
Current inventory:Dep. OSMN, Firenze
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This terracotta model, commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti, shows an advanced stage of labor with the fetus in shoulder presentation or transverse presentation. The head is in the right half of the uterus and the back of the fetus faces downward. The inferior uterine segment is over-distended. The upper right and lower left limbs are visible in the vulva.

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