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Why were chainsaws invented? How the tool was used during childbirth - and the Scottish surgeons who created it
![Chainsaws were originally invented for child birth they were used to cut thru the pelvic bone to extract the fetus because regular childbirth was too time consuming **Trigger warning for third slide** : Chainsaws were originally invented for child birth they were used to cut thru the pelvic bone to extract the fetus because regular childbirth was too time consuming **Trigger warning for third slide** :](https://preview.redd.it/chainsaws-were-originally-invented-for-child-birth-they-v0-dh5rs14bzsbb1.jpg?width=620&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77385ef8181546b6764887189ffe2ddf4285b172)
Chainsaws were originally invented for child birth they were used to cut thru the pelvic bone to extract the fetus because regular childbirth was too time consuming **Trigger warning for third slide** :
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Chainsaws were originally invented in 1780 to aid in childbirth. Before C-sections were a thing, doctors would use chainsaws to cut through parts of the woman's pelvic bones and cartilage in order
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