Stories
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A nasty history of the vaginal speculum
The vaginal speculum carries the weight of generations of preconceptions about morality, blame and attitudes to pain. Lalita Kaplish explores the history of the implement and how societies shaped its use.
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The meaning of trauma is wound
Daisy Johnson recalls her difficult journey to being diagnosed with vaginismus, and why women are so good at turning bad things into a joke.
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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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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
Catalogue
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Speculum - 101 not out.
Date: 1985- Books
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Speculum astrologicum : Das ist, Nativität-Spiegel / [J.C.G].
J. C. G.Date: 1693- Books
Speculum astrologicum : Das ist, Nativität-Spiegel / [J.C.G].
G., J. C., Math.Date: 1693
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'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.
Mendyk, Stanley G.Date: [1989], ©1989- Books
Speculum astrologiae, quod attinet ad iudiciariam rationem nativitatum atque annuarum revolutionum: cum nonnullis approbatis astrologorum sententiis / Auctore Francisco Iunctino.
Giuntini, Francesco, 1523?-1590.Date: 1573