The Chamberlen family of Surgeons maintained a monopoly on forceps by kicking everyone else out of the room and blindfolding the woman giving birth so no one saw the forceps.

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History memes for people who know the past was way weirder than the textbooks made it sound. From ancient civilizations and medieval chaos to world wars and historical oddities - if it happened, we can meme it.

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