Found by Anastasia...

May 17, 2008 01:20

Public record of the labor and delivery of a Iberian woman, 1490:
http://www.the-orb.net/birthrecord.html

women, medicine, renaissance, midwifery, gynecology, history, obstetrics

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iasmin May 17 2008, 11:54:04 UTC
This is the line I like the best:

"...and saw that the newborn baby was a man, since he had all the male organs that men have, that is, his member and its companions, alias popularly called willy and balls."

But I suppose I'm weird that way. :) Thanks for the link, lady.

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vox8 May 17 2008, 17:07:21 UTC
I second your affection for that line. The whole thing is awesome. Thank you for sharing.

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hakerh May 17 2008, 19:27:46 UTC
That was a really cool read, thanks for posting it.

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