Pregnancy model. 18th-century wax and wood model of a foetus close to full term in the uterus, presenting normally (head down) for childbirth. The ute

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Pregnancy model. 18th-century wax and wood model of a foetus close to full term in the uterus, presenting normally (head down) for childbirth. The uterus and spine are shown in sagittal section. This exhibit is part of the collections held at the Javier Puerta Museum of Anatomy, at the Faculty of Medicine of the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.

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