Uwe Ochsenknecht as Gynecologist Helmut Kraatz in German history drama series "Charité" (S03E02) checking the pregnant belly of a patient with a Sprague/Rappaport stethoscope.
November 25th is the international day for the elimination of violence against women. One of the cases where certain kinds of violence (sometimes very extreme, even having been considered torture by UN standards) against women and people perceived as women is normalized is obstetric violence, so I wanted to share this short clip about how healthcare professionals can begin to address it by incorporating respect.
Clip from the documentary “Dona, vostè no té res!” by TV3 about obstetric violence.
This woodcut illustration of a newborn baby boy is from 'Opusculum physiologum et anatomicum' (1597) by French physician and surgeon Severin Pineau. Pineau specialised in obstetrics, embryology and gynaecology. His writings on the mechanics of human reproduction caused a sensation at the time which led to some editions being banned.
I feel like there's not enough appreciation for book coriolanus' internal sass. Like, when he's in Dr Gaul's lab after he gets sejanus out of the arena, and Gaul tells him she started out as an obstetrician, his inner thoughts are just:
"How awful to.have you be the first person in the world a baby sees."
Man is a piece of shit, but no one can say he's not funny as hell.