Stories
- In pictures
Imagining the foetus
From the miniature adult in the womb imagined by 15th-century artists to the increasing detail of today’s ultrasound scans, Tania Staras traces our changing view of the human foetus.
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The secret hystery of a womb
A Renaissance image of a caesarean section inspired Anna Blundy to recount the story of a hidden, perhaps mysterious part of her body.
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Thalidomide babies
In a time without scans or antenatal tests, neither medical staff nor parents were prepared for the damage to the foetus caused by the thalidomide drug.
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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.
Catalogue
- Videos
Foetus snatcher.
Date: 2005- Archives and manuscripts
Foetus Furore
Date: Mid-late 20th centuryReference: PP/PRE/F.13/1/2Part of: Evans, Philip Rainsford (1910-1990), and Barbara (nee Hay-Cooper) (1909-1995)- Digital Images
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Foetus in amniotic sac
Paul Martin- Books
Foetus envy / Maureen Cummins.
Cummins, Maureen- Digital Images
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Foetus in a young man