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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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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My important, ridiculous nose
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.
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Why are women more willing donors than men?
Why is there a gender imbalance when it comes to the donation of organs, blood and tissue, and what can be done about it?
Catalogue
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The male generative organs in health and disease, from infancy to old age / by Frederick Hollick.
Hollick, Frederick, 1818-1900.Date: 1853
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Clinical memoirs on diseases of women / by Alfred H. M'Clintock.
M'Clintock, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1821-1881.Date: 1863
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Commentaries : principally on those diseases of females which are constitutional / by Marshall Hall.
Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.Date: [1830?]
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The lady's medical guide : being a popular treatise on the causes, prevention and mode of treatment of the diseases to which females are particularly subject / by the late Richard Reece.
Reece, Richard, 1775-1831.Date: 1832
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Lectures on the diseases of women / by Charles West.
West, Charles, 1816-1898.Date: 1879