Problem: giving birth is often a long and painful process. (especially for “more civilised women, who often do not have the opportunity to develop the muscles needed in confinement.”
Solution: strap the pregnant woman an electro-mechanical device that is rotated at high speed until the baby is propelled out into a basket.

In 1965, the Blonsky bithing table was granted US Patent 3,216,423: Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal Force.

In 2014 The Science Gallery in Dublin displayed a “modern” version of the device for their exhibit Fail Better:

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