Stories
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A history of gestation outside the body
It’s been over 400 years since a Swiss alchemist theorised that foetuses could develop outside the womb. Claire Horn examines incubator technology past and present, and explores the possibilities recent prototypes might bring.
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The conditional child
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
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Confusion, guilt, and the battle to breastfeed
Most new mums are told that breast is best. But breastfeeding doesn’t always come as easily or naturally as you might imagine.
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Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
Catalogue
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Infantile temperatures in health and disease / by William Squire.
Squire, William, 1825-1899.Date: 1869- Books
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Quelques considérations sur les causes de la mortalité des nouveaux-nés et sur les moyens d'y remédier / par Louis Odier et René Blanche.
Odier, Louis, 1836-1879.Date: 1867- Ephemera
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The two-headed girl : death of the double-headed Girl : duplex child - Rita-Christina.
Date: [1829]- Videos
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Bathing and dressing synchronised with new audio.
Date: 1935/2012- Videos
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Heart disease in infancy.
Date: 1971