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the branch of medicine that turns nine months of biology into one very loud graduation day.
means the medical specialty covering pregnancy, labor, and delivery, from first heartbeat to newborn's first cry.
from from latin obstetrix, midwife, literally one who stands opposite or before, describing the person positioned to catch what comes next.
root meaningone who stands before
once women onlymale doctors barred until 1700s europe
forceps secretchamberlen family hid design for generations
c-section originnamed after roman legal code, not caesar