Delivery, Obstetric--methods

Scope and Contents Warning: graphic childbirth content, including images of two possibly deceased infants.Color, silent film details five different instances of childbirth in which obstetric intervention is required due to abnormal positioning of the baby in the birth canal. Occiput (back of head or skull) Right Posterior is the first segment, in which the baby is facing forward and to the right. In Occiput Left Posterior, the baby is facing forward and to the left. Next is an example of Occiput in...

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic images of childbirth.Cut footage, outtakes, and retakes from Manual Rotation in the Management of Occiput Posterior and Transverse Positions. Spread across four reels of color, silent film. Reel one contains episiotomy and other birthing footage, as well as retakes of a doctor handling a pelvic model. Reel two shows different takes of forceps pulling on baby, a shot of an episiotomy wound sewn up, and a baby pulled from...

Scope and Contents Warning: contains graphic surgical content and images of childbirth.The history of obstetric forceps is discussed, and examples of how to maneuver the tool are shown in this silent, black and white film. The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons of London granted permission for the historical obstetric forceps in their collections to be photographed by the filmmakers. We see different models of forceps throughout time, as the device (and how to use...