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Irving White Potter: OBGYN Supernova

By Stephen Kellogg - October 17, 2016

Dr. Irving White Potter was a leading proponent of child delivery through a method called "version and extraction." Though widely criticized by the medical community, Potter championed his method as being beneficial for both mother and child. 

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