Stories
- Article
Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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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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The work of wet-nursing
Many of us know that in the past, babies were sometimes nourished by wet-nurses. But, perhaps surprisingly, the practice continues today – and the milk recipients are not only babies.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
The Physiological Society's Audio Visual Collection
Date: 1948-2011Reference: SA/PHY/TPart of: The Physiological Society
- Ephemera
- Online
The Physiological Society : University College Hospital meeting : 27 November 1943 / G.L. Brown, W.H. Newton.
Brown, G. L.Date: 1943- Archives and manuscripts
The Physiological Society's Photographic Collection
Date: 1860s-2010Reference: SA/PHY/ZPart of: The Physiological Society- Archives and manuscripts
The Physiological Society history by Ann Silver
Date: 29 November 2005Reference: SA/PHY/R/1/8Part of: The Physiological Society- Journals
The Physiological Society magazine.