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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The search for a cure for endometriosis
Discover how a white American doctor’s experimental operations on black female slaves laid the foundations for modern gynaecological surgery.
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How shame makes us sick
The fight-or-flight response can have long-term consequences for our bodies if left unchecked. Lucia Osborne-Crowley investigates how shame and trauma are connected, and how both can lead to chronic ill health.
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The sum of my parts
Testing positive for a rogue gene meant Jessica Furseth was more susceptible to cancer. After the years of anger and dissociation from her body that followed, she began to pick up the pieces.
Catalogue
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Malformations de l'uterus & du vagin au point de vue obstetrical / par Julien Picot.
Date: 1891- Books
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Ueber Bildungshemmungen des Utero-Vaginal-Kanales / von Livius Furst.
Date: 1868- Books
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On a mal-conformation of the uterine system in women : and on some physiological conclusions to be derived from it : in a letter to Sir E. Home, bart. V.P.R.S. / by A.B. Granville.
Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.Date: 1818- Books
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On some malformations of the organs of generation / by William Turner.
Turner, Wm. (William), Sir, 1832-1916.Date: 1865- Books
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Uterus bicornis : graviditas cornu sinistri repetita / von Ludwig Kleinwächter.
Kleinwächter, Ludwig, 1839-1906.Date: [1893]