title: Crouching or lying-down? The reason of a (uncomfortable) delivery position.
abstract: Through a deep historical and cultural perspective, this article focuses on the revolution that took place in childbirth, due to the introduction of medical knowledge and surgical skills. Ranging from Greek mythology to the Sixties, this contribution analyses the social, scientific and anthropological reasons that led to the desertion of the delivery vertical position in favour of the lying down one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Florence University , Italy.
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Domizia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy