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In 1965, a U.S. Patent was granted for the Blonsky Device, a centrifugal birthing table. This contraption involved a woman in labor being secured to a rapidly rotating table, which was designed to gently push the baby out.

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In 1965, a U.S. Patent was granted for the “Blonsky Device,” a centrifugal birthing table. This contraption involved a woman in labor being secured to a rapidly rotating table, which was designed to “gently push the baby out.”

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