Byline: Scottie Hale Buehler CPM
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The Glass Uterus: A Social History of an Object
In 1778, four boxes of materials for the midwifery course in the Généralité of Soissons transferred from the recently deceased physician Nachet to the next instructor, Deberge, along with the title of professor of midwifery. These boxes included one real pelvis with ligaments, a sacrum, two hipbones, two femurs, two mannequins [fantômes], two infants for…