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newlinesmag.bsky.social • 15 hours ago

📽️ Watch Now: We explore the fraught 135-year history of medical tools that revolutionized gynecology. @lsmwilson.bsky.social explains: a thread🧵

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DZdQah0gw

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newlinesmag.bsky.social•15 hours ago

1. 🧵The Pozzi forceps were designed to grip the cervix during procedures like IUD insertions. But they came at a cost — piercing tissue, causing intense pain and often being used without consent.

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newlinesmag.bsky.social•15 hours ago

2. 🧵Episiotomies, a procedure once routine in childbirth to "prevent tearing," are now known to cause more harm than good — leading to severe pain, longer recovery and higher infection risks.

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newlinesmag.bsky.social•14 hours ago

3. 🧵 These tools and practices highlight a larger issue: Historically, we’ve dismissed women’s pain in medicine. Many gynecological procedures still lack proper pain management, raising ethical concerns about informed consent.

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newlinesmag.bsky.social•14 hours ago

4. 🧵 As medicine advances, new tools aim to replace these outdated, painful practices. But why has it taken so long?

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newlinesmag.bsky.social•14 hours ago

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