Stories
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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 conditional child
Deanna Fei asks what it means to sustain a life, drawing on her own experience of having a premature baby as well as an 18th-century essay.
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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.
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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.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Neonatal morbidity and mortality in a specialised neonatal intensive care unit - is there room for prevention through maternal lifestyle modification nd ante-natal intervention?
Health Education CouncilDate: c.1980Reference: SA/HEC/B/34/101Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Books
Spot 12 : five months in the Neonatal ICU / Jenny Jaeckel.
Jaeckel, JennyDate: [2016]- Archives and manuscripts
Joint Meeting of the Neonatal Socieies of the United Kingdom and Sweden, 22-25 May 1986
Neonatal SocietyDate: 22-25 May 1986Reference: SA/NNS/C/1Part of: Neonatal Society- Archives and manuscripts
"Neonatal intensive care units", Medical Post, Canada, 12 May 1981
Date: 1981Reference: PP/CDW/J.5/16Part of: Williams, Cicely Delphine (1893-1992)- Archives and manuscripts
Decision Making in Neonatal Units grant
Date: 1993-1994Reference: SA/IME/E/14Part of: Institute of Medical Ethics