Stories
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The law of periodicity for menstruation
Dr Edward Clarke's Law of Periodicity claimed that females who were educated alongside their male peers were developing their minds at the expense of their reproductive organs.
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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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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
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It’s getting mighty crowded
Mid-20th-century population-density research on mice produced a whiskered apocalypse, predicted to become the fate of humans too. But perhaps a more compassionate approach could fend this off.
Catalogue
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Reproduction.
Date: 1999- Books
Reproduction and sex.
Swyer, G. I. M. (Gerald Isaac Macdonald), 1917-1995.Date: [1954]- Archives and manuscripts
Reproduction of Articles Correspondence
Date: 1946-1948Reference: HALDANE/5/3/2Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Reproduction "Wellcome" pharmacy pot
Date: 1989Reference: WF/M/Obj/36Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
Reproduction of Wellcome MS. 8932.
Stevens, RosemaryDate: 2015