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No Such Thing As A Fish

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What Is Midwifery?

William smelly developed forceps, which were only usein two of childbirth even then. But four steps before that, the design was a complete secret for more thn a hundred years. From the mid sixteenth to the mid seventeenth century, over five generations, they had to keep it completely secret. They'd arrive in this big carriage and have this massive wooden box with carvings all over it. It would take two people to carry the forceps in. No one else is allowed in the room when the woman's giving birth. People outside the door thought, what is this amazing instrument? Ah, no one knew. I read that sometimes they blindfolded the woman

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