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Childbirth and obstetrics in antiquity

Traditionally obstetrics is defined as the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, although in Antiquity surgical intervention did not exist.

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St. Augustine: the oldest permanent European settlement in the US was founded (1565)

Quote of the day

"I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy."

by Steven Wright