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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.

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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.

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The life and death of Tamagotchi and the virtual pet

Discover how the 1990s craze for Tamagotchis became a flood of robotic and virtual pets, sending their owners on an emotional rollercoaster ride.

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Disturbed minds and disruptive bodies

Prison officers tried to regulate women’s minds and bodies and maintain a new disciplinary routine in the second half of the 1800s.

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  • Child care; Infant Mortality rate 1851-1901
  • Childbirth, midwifery and care of the new born infant. Lithograph by G. Lopéz (?) after Fray B. de Sahagún.
  • A full view of all the diseases incident to children / Containing a translation of Dr. Harris's book upon the acute diseases of infants, and of the eminent Dr. Boerhaave's treatise upon all their diseases, as well acute as chronical. Together with a careful abridgment of the best authors who have wrote upon their particular diseases viz. Sylvius ... Willis ... Sydenham ... Andry ... Burton ... Glisson ... Wiseman. [Compiled and translated by John Armstrong?].
  • A full view of all the diseases incident to children / Containing a translation of Dr. Harris's book upon the acute diseases of infants, and of the eminent Dr. Boerhaave's treatise upon all their diseases, as well acute as chronical. Together with a careful abridgment of the best authors who have wrote upon their particular diseases viz. Sylvius ... Willis ... Sydenham ... Andry ... Burton ... Glisson ... Wiseman. [Compiled and translated by John Armstrong?].
  • A full view of all the diseases incident to children / Containing a translation of Dr. Harris's book upon the acute diseases of infants, and of the eminent Dr. Boerhaave's treatise upon all their diseases, as well acute as chronical. Together with a careful abridgment of the best authors who have wrote upon their particular diseases viz. Sylvius ... Willis ... Sydenham ... Andry ... Burton ... Glisson ... Wiseman. [Compiled and translated by John Armstrong?].
  • Médecine maternelle, ou l'art d'élever et de conserver les enfans / Par Alphonse Leroy.
  • Choosing and using disposable nappies / Disposable Baby Napkin Manufacturers Association.
  • Choosing and using disposable nappies / Disposable Baby Napkin Manufacturers Association.
  • A nurse holding a baby. Engraving.
  • A school for mothers / by Evelyn M. Bunting [and others].
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