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Cynthia Berra

Dr Cynthia Bearer, MD, PhD — neonatologist and Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; Chief of Neonatology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital

Sep 30, 2026

6:30
So let's get to the 19th century and, you know, the changes then that happened in the 19th century for European cultures.
6:39
Yes.
6:39
So somebody finally developed a cloth diaper.
6:44
So those were used from the late 1800s until somebody actually invented the safety pin.
6:51
So the safety pin was a huge design thing.
6:54
You may want to follow the safety pin in one of your futures.
6:58
So that really changed everything.
10:08
So are there moves afoot to try and, I guess, change that, change the materials, look at nappies into the future in a different way?

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