Stories
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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.
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Sockets and stumps
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
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Adapting to life as a thalidomide survivor
Growing up as a thalidomide survivor meant coping with all the usual challenges of childhood and adolescence, while having to fit into a world designed for the able-bodied.
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Thalidomide survivors in the 21st century
As thalidomide survivors enter their 60s, they look back on their lives and the legacy of the thalidomide catastrophe.
Catalogue
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Artificial limbs in Britain.
Date: No date- Books
Artificial limbs / by Leon Gillis.
Gillis, Leon.Date: [1957], ©1957- Books
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Artificial limbs / J. Gardner & Son.
J. Gardner & Son.Date: [1900?]- Books
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Artificial limbs and their relation to amputations.
Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions.Date: [1939], ©1939- Digital Images
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Artificial limbs and crutches, 19th century.