Childbirth Used To Be WILD! | ep 33 - History Hyenas
The hosts discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo's financial success versus the host's own spending habits, then transition into a detailed historical and personal account of childbirth, including the origins of the chainsaw and summaryThe chainsaw was originally invented by Scottish doctors John Aitken and James Jeffrey in the 17th/18th century to widen a woman's pelvic bone during childbirth as an alternative to C-sections before anesthesia.takeawayMaternal and infant mortality rates dropped significantly only after the 1920s-1960s with the advent of antibiotics and standardized hospital care; prior to this, childbirth was often a home-based, high-risk event.takeaway














