Abstract
Forty years ago, Dr. J. Clifton Edgar,1addressing the Section in Obstetrics and Gynecology of the New York Academy of Medicine, described the various manikins and their accessories then used in obstetric teaching, commenting on the necessity for studying models before actually attending parturient women. He also described a metal pelvis which is very satisfactory for demonstrating normal labor because it clearly indicates the bony landmarks and does not obscure the movements of the fetus. In 1892,2the Long Island College Hospital was using five manikins in teaching the class in obstetrics. Some writers of that day3were of the opinion that the use of the manikin was old-fashioned because the Germans, at that time the foremost authorities, were abandoning the manikin and studying live clinic patients. The manikin, however, serves to demonstrate much that cannot be shown on the living patient, and it is today considered one of
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