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1987 Press Photo birthing chair

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Caption: Birth Chair. From Jacob Rueff's De conceptu et generatione hominis, 1554 edition. More rounded than the angular stool of Savonarola, Rueff's seat with valance added had a back to support the partuient in lieu of an attendant.

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