GPA : Beaune a oublié de cacher le forceps, par Modeste Schwartz

GPA : Beaune a oublié de cacher le forceps, par Modeste Schwartz
L0058093 Smellie-type obstetrical forceps, United Kingdom, 1740-1760 Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org William Smellie (1697-1763) was a Scottish man-midwife who invented these forceps and helped develop obstetrics. The steel blades are covered with leather. They were greased with hog’s lard so the obstetrical forceps could be inserted into the body easily. Obstetrical forceps gripped a baby’s head during difficult labours to help delivery. The leather also prevented the alarming sound of metal clacking together. Smellie suggested changing the leather after use to prevent venereal diseases spreading. Ignoring this advice meant they were impossible to clean properly and the leather became a haven for germs. Puerperal fever, a form of septicaemia, was an often fatal infection contracted by birthing women, so using these forceps was potentially dangerous. maker: Unknown maker Place made: United Kingdom made: 1740-1760 Published: – Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

La France n’ayant plus d’opposition – surtout plus d’opposition capable de s’opposer au lobby LGBT –, les propos de Clément Beaune sur la GPA passeront a priori comme une lettre à la poste. C’est dommage, car, outre l’idéologie déjà parfaitement connue de l’individu Beaune, ils contiennent aussi l’aveu assez pataud d’une véritable méthode (davosienne) de gouvernement.

Clément Beaune