Stories
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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Chemotherapy-day drawings
Undergoing treatment for bowel cancer, artist Clare Smith produced around 70 abstract drawings while sitting in the chemotherapy chair. She reflects on how creativity can bring respite in a crisis.
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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Diseases of the Breast
Date: Early-mid 20th CenturyReference: GC/9/4Part of: Cooke, Arthur- Books
Breast carcinoma monograph.
Date: [1973]- Journals
Breast : diseases of the breast.
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with Teaching Aids at Low Cost (TALC), with sample TALC slide packs entitled Breast Feeding, Common Skin Diseases in Children in the Tropics, and Skin Diseases in Children in Temperature Climes
Date: 1983Reference: WTI/SGB/D.20Part of: Browne, Stanley George, CMG, OBE, MD, FRCS, FRCP, DTM (1907-1986)- Archives and manuscripts
Gwen Prout stamp collection vol.49 Cancer Breast and Cervical
Date: 1965-2014Reference: EPH751:49Part of: Gwen Prout Stamp Collection