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John Hunter studied human reproductive anatomy, and in eighteenth century England, performed one of the earliest described cases of artificial…
Artificial InseminationDeadBody snatchingPregnancyAnatomyHarry Hamilton Laughlin helped lead the eugenics movement in the United States during the early twentieth century. The US eugenics movement of the…
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943American Eugenics SocietyEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Eugenics--United States--HistoryDavid Starr Jordan studied fish and promoted eugenics in the US during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In his work, he embraced…
EugenicsEvolutionEmbryosEmbryologyHeredityPrior to 1971, women had some difficulty obtaining contraceptive materials due to a law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives by anyone…
LawReproductionContraceptionReproductive RightsIn Maureen Kass v. Steven Kass (1998), the Court of Appeals of New York in Albany, New York, ruled that the state should generally consider IVF…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroInformed consent (Medical law)Surrogate mothersSergio Cereceda Stone was born 16 April 1942 in the coastal city of Valparaiso, Chile. Stone's mother Luz was a housewife and caretaker for Sergio…
PeopleFertilityethicsReproductionBiographyPelvic organ prolapse is a common condition in women that causes the pelvic organs to descend, often resulting from a weakened pelvic floor. Pelvic…
Pelvic PainPelvic FloorPelvisPelvic ExaminationChildbirthDiethylstilbestrol (DES) is an artificially created hormone first synthesized in the late 1930s. Doctors widely prescribed DES first to pregnant…
DiethylstilbestrolDiethylstilbestrol--Side effectsDiethylstilbestrol--CarcinogenicityPregnancyEstrogenIn 1901, physician William Henry Walling published the article, Some of the Uses of Electricity in Gynecology, in the January issue of the American…
LiteratureElectricity in medicineGynecologyElectrotherapeuticsElectrotherapyZygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) is an assisted reproductive technology (ART) first used in 1986 to help those who are infertile conceive a…
TechnologyZygote Intrafallopian TransferReproductionFertilization