Stories
- Article
Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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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 meaning of trauma is wound
Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.
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The secret sting of cystitis
Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
KtzBtu: AIDS & Female Genital Mutilation
Date: 1987Reference: SA/WHL/14/35/32/12Part of: Women's Health Library: archive- Books
Diseases of women and abdominal surgery. Vol. 1 / by Lawson Tait.
Tait, Lawson, 1845-1899.Date: 1889- Books
- Online
Lecons de gynecologie operatoire / par Vulliet et Lutaud.
Date: 1889- Books
- Online
A handbook of gynaecological operations / by Alban H.G. Doran.
Date: 1887- Books
Surgery of the female pelvis / by Carey Culbertson ; with 60 illustrations by Tom Jones and W.C. Shepard.
Culbertson, Carey, 1871-Date: 1923