May 17, 2009: Pregnant Dolls

[Antimatter]

Originally Posted by Cloud

I assume these were for demonstrating and explaining pregnancy to patients or medical students back in the days when male doctors didn't touch female patients much?

I'm not sure that Victorian era European standards are applicable in this case. Oriental customs of the time were very much different. But pregnant doll would save teachers at the medical faculty the trouble of hacking up 7 pregnant women every time they were to explain something about foetal development

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by Antimatter

I'm not sure that Victorian era European standards are applicable in this case. Oriental customs of the time were very much different.

What, you never read Tai-Pan?
:p

[xoxoxoBruce]

Although it is commonly believed that these dolls were created primarily to teach midwives how to deliver babies, evidence suggests they were also used for entertainment purposes.