The First Obstetric Misdiagnoses: Lessons From Historic Mistakes
The Obstetric Intellect: From the 1920s rabbit tests to the 1983 “worm” preeclampsia controversy, obstetric history is a chronicle of wrong turns that taught right lessons.
Every scientific breakthrough in obstetrics carries a shadow of error. From pregnancy tests that relied on rabbits, to the first misread ultrasound, to a 1983 paper in AJOG that saw “worms” in women with preeclampsia, our field’s progress has been paved by mistakes that dared to be published. These errors didn’t end progress—they made it possible.
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