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The search for a cure for endometriosis

Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.

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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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A virtual view of history

Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.

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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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  • Obstetrics, Sim's shaped enucleator hook
  • Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites, SIM.
  • Father Christmas (Santa Claus) delivering Christmas mail sealed with the tuberculosis stamp. Colour lithograph by Sim, 193- (?).
  • James Sims. Aquatint silhouette, 1801.
  • Harry Marion-Sims. Photograph by Barraud.
  • Marion Sims duck-bill obstetric speculum
  • Alfred Russel Wallace. Photograph by Sims, 1889.
  • Albert Sims. Photograph by Thomas Barnes & Son.
  • Marion Sims duck-bill obstetric speculum (skeleton type)
  • Portrait of James M. Sims wearing orders and decorations.
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