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XVIII.59 Model of pregnancy with complications
Author: unknown
Place:Florence
Date:1770-1775
Materials:terracotta
Dimensions:200x450x480 mm
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This terracotta model, commissioned by Giuseppe Galletti, represents a bichorial twin pregnancy, resulting from the fertilization of separate ova. The fetuses are in lateral position. One is in cephalic presentation, the other in breech presentation—a combination occurring in about one-third of twin pregnancies. The model shows the start of labor, in the dilatation stage indicated by the initial dilation of the cervix. The placentas are posterior, fundal, and nearly close enough to merge.

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