Stories
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The pain that punished feminists
In a society that viewed getting the vote, and pursuing an education and career, as unnatural goals for women, the pain of endometriosis was viewed as nature’s retribution.
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Sockets and stumps
Historian Emily Mayhew has met soldiers who have survived the seemingly unsurvivable. Here, she explores the part prosthetics play in the process of military rehabilitation.
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Society, not Covid-19, makes us vulnerable
Rick Burgess coped with the death of his mother in February 2020 by immersing himself in the task of protecting his community from Covid-19 and challenging the government's failure to protect and support elderly and Disabled people during the pandemic.
Catalogue
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Pelvis: seven figures. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.
Campbell.Date: [1816/1821]Reference: 561280i- Digital Images
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Pelvis of a man who had extroversion of the bladder
Jones, W B- Pictures
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Pelvis: two figures. Lithograph by Martelli after C. Squanquerillo, 1838.
Squanquerillo, Costantino.Date: 1838Reference: 562617i- Pictures
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Pelvis of E. Welch, showing disease of right hip and dislocaton of left hip. Radiograph, 1900/1904.
Date: 1900Reference: 38516i- Books
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[A cour]se of lectures upon midwifery, wherein the theory and practice of that art are explain'd in the clearest manner. More particularly, The Structure of the Pelvis and Uterus. Of the Foetus in Utero, and after Parturition. The Management of Child-Bearing Women, during Pregnancy, in Time of Labour, and after Delivery. The Manner of Delivering Women, in all the Variety of natural, difficult, and preternatural Labours, perform'd on different Machines made in Imitation of real Women and Children. By Mr. Smellie.
Smellie, William, 1697-1763.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCXLII. [1742]