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Regnier de Graaf, a Dutch physician and anatomist, was born 30 July 1641 in Schoonhoven, the Netherlands. Though he published papers on both…
PeopleReproductionBiographyVarious techniques constitute assisted reproduction, one of which is gamete intra-fallopian transfer (GIFT). The first example of GIFT involved…
TechnologyReproductionNicolaas Hartsoeker, a Dutch astronomer, optics manufacturer, and naturalist, was born 26 March 1656 in Gouda, Netherlands, and died 10 December 1725…
PeopleHartsoeker, Nicolas, 1656-1725SpermatozoaBiographySpermVictor Albrecht von Haller was an 18th century scientist who did extensive work in the life sciences, including anatomy and physiology, botany, and…
OvumOvaFetusMarcello Malpighi studied chick embryos with microscopes in Italy during the seventeenth century. Trained as a medical doctor, he was among the first…
MicroscopyHistologyChick EmbryoJames David Ebert studied the developmental processes of chicks and of viruses in the US during the twentieth century. He also helped build and grow…
PeopleBiographyCarnegie Institution of WashingtonLaboratoriesPlan B is a progestin-only emergency contraceptive pill (ECP) that can be taken within seventy-two hours of unprotected sex in order to prevent an…
TechnologyContraceptionReproductionReproductive RightsThe embryological treatise De formato foetu (The Formed Fetus) was written by anatomist and embryologist Girolamo Fabrici. There is no conclusive…
LiteratureFabricius, ab Aquapendente, approximately 1533-1619FetusPublicationsAnatomyGirolamo Fabrici, known as Hieronymus Fabricius in Latin, was given the surname Aquapendente from the city where he was born, near Orvieto, Italy.…
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