It's been over two weeks since the verdict came down in the Baby Olivia trial. Dr. George Backardjiev was found guilty of negligence for using forceps during Olivia Coats' delivery. Angie Coats, ...

This essay is an inquiry into the socio-cultural history of the use of forceps in 19th-century Mexico. It argues that the knowledge and practices that the use of such instruments implied were related ...