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This 1960s Invention promised to Ease childbirth--- by Rapidly spinning the mother around untill the baby flew out
This 1960s Invention promised to Ease childbirth--- by Rapidly spinning the mother around untill the baby flew out The Blonsky Device, A Spinning Machine Invented To Fling Babies Out Of Pregnant People Everyone knows that childbirth isn't easy. But what if pregnant patients could simply strap themselves to a table, spin at a high speed, and propel the baby out? In the 1960s, Charlotte and George Blonsky invented a contraption to do just that. Called the Blonsky device, the machine was designed to facilitate birth using centrifugal force. For safety, it came with neck, body, and thigh straps to hold down the pregnant person, and was also outfitted with a net meant to snatch up the baby after it flies out. As ridiculous as it sounds, the Blonskys actually got their patent approved in 1965 — though, perhaps fortunately, there's no evidence that the device was ever actually used. Read more about this bizarre invention by clicking the link in our profile. Witnessing an elephant