Stories
- Article
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.
- Article
The doctor who challenged the unicorn myth
Our era of fake news and medical misinformation is nothing new. Estelle Paranque relays the thrusts and parries of a 440-year-old row over a magical cure-all, the unicorn horn.
- Book extract
Of incubators, orchids and artificial wombs
In this extract from Claire Horn’s new book, ‘Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth’, she traces the development of the artificial womb, soon to become a reality.
- Article
Found items
Books leave their traces in our minds, but we leave traces of ourselves in books too, as these fascinating items found inside old works show.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Horn.pdf
Date: 09 Oct 2006- Archives and manuscripts
Horn, Bill
Date: c.1954-c.1983Reference: WF/M/I/PR/506Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Horn, Eva Emmeline
Date: 1913-1914Reference: RET/6/20/1/8/54Part of: The Retreat Archive- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Horn, Carolyn
Date: 02/08/2009Reference: TP1/A/658Part of: One and Other Project
- Digital Images
- Online
Horn rimmed spectacles, 4 types.