The Saw Was First Invented for Birth!

Even if you haven’t heard of it before, we are telling you that it is actively used in various sectors. Why the saw was invented It was actually once about assisting with birth!

We know it sounds pretty scary. that comes to mind in your mind Of course, the saw used at birth is not the same as the saw used during birth. But it is obvious that the reason for its invention was birth. So what do you think was the reason?

Some inventions, although they may sound a little scary at first, can actually be an important part of medical advances.

This is exactly how the medical use of the saw emerged. Scottish doctors John Aitken and James Jeffray in 1785 The saw invented by was designed to alleviate difficulties experienced by women during childbirth.

However, this was not a method used in every birth. On the contrary when the baby gets stuck in the birth canal It was a device developed to save the mother’s life.

This method was used to avoid risking the mother’s life if the baby got stuck during birth.

Woman’s pubic bone is widened The size of the birth canal was expanded, thus making the birth of the baby easier, thanks to the ‘saw’. Although it may seem easy when explained this way, it was actually a very risky and very difficult procedure.

Designed as a flexible saw, this tool cutting bones quickly and effectively It was used for. A cut was made between the symphysis pubis bones in the front part of the pelvis. The cut bone was slightly expanded and thus the volume of the pelvis was increased.

Later, the tool called osteotoma, developed by Doctor Bernhard Heine in 1830, changed the role of the saw in obstetric surgery.

This tool, which has now been developed, if the baby gets stuck in the birth canal not the mother’s bones; It would be used to cut tissues. Since the conditions of that period required it, a method that was as successful and less damaging as possible was tried.

Although the medical use of this device may seem primitive and cruel, these primitive methods played a life-saving role in the 18th and 19th centuries. By 1918, what came to mind in our minds was production of chainsaws It was also started. Of course, this time it was for chopping wood.

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