Stories
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
- 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
The poor child’s nurse
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
- Article
Sharing breastmilk with parents
Alev Scott donated her frozen breastmilk to a hospital milk bank, but she was curious about other routes. Here she explores commercial operations and informal private arrangements.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
rapidly, safely effective in infantile diarrhoea and gastro-enteritis : new enterfram : kaolin with framycetin - the ideal antibiotic for enteric use.
Date: [1960?]- Ephemera
- Online
Kid's stuff! : Dioderm: effectively controls infantile eczema and dermatitis - without risking the patient's skin.
Date: [approximately 1975]- Ephemera
Drug advertising ephemera. Box 5.
- Ephemera
Drug advertising ephemera. Box 4.
- Books
Birth and breastfeeding : rediscovering the needs of women in pregnancy and childbirth / Michel Odent.
Odent, Michel, 1930-Date: 2003