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.
- 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.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Infant Care. Us Department of Labor, Childrens Bureau publication
Date: 1926Reference: SA/FPA/SR16/3Part of: Family Planning Association- Books
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Infant care.
Date: 1945- Books
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Infant care / [United States Children's Bureau].
United States. Children's Bureau.Date: 1935- Books
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Infant care and management : a manual for teachers / by Edith L. Matnard.
Maynard, Edith L.Date: [1914]- Books
Infant care in Tudor and Stuart England / Valerie Fildes.
Fildes, Valerie.Date: 1986