Stories
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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 indelible harm caused by conversion therapy
With first-hand evidence from two powerful testimonies, neurologist Jules Montague explores the destructive history of conversion therapy, a punitive treatment designed to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality.
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What is hysteria?
Hysteria has long been associated with fanciful myths, but its history reveals how it has been used to control women’s behaviour and bodies
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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
- Books
On the constitutional treatment of female diseases / by Edward Rigby.
Rigby, Edward, 1804-1860.Date: 1857- Books
Diseases of women : a clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment / by George Ernest Herman.
Herman, G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1849-1914.Date: 1903- Books
Diseases of women : a clinical guide to their diagnosis and treatment / by George Ernest Herman.
Herman, G. Ernest (George Ernest), 1849-1914.Date: 1913- Books
Gynecologic therapy / by William Bickers.
Bickers, William M. (William McKenzie), 1908-1990.Date: [1957], ©1957- Books
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The practice of medicine and surgery : applied to the diseases and accidents incident to women / by W.H. Byford and Henry T. Byford.
Byford, W. H. (William Heath), 1817-1890.Date: 1888