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The Silent Scream (1984), by Bernard Nathanson, Crusade for Life, and American Portrait Films
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: May 02, 2013
The Silent Scream is an anti-abortion film released in 1984 by American Portrait Films, then based in Brunswick, Ohio. The film was created and…
LiteratureAbortionAbortion in literatureFetusEmbryos
Bernard Nathanson (1926-2011)
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: Apr 22, 2013
Bernard Nathanson was an obstetrician and gynecologist in New York City, New York, who argued for, and later against, women's rights to abortion.…
PeopleObstetriciansGynecologistsAbortionUltrasonics in obstetrics
Oregon State Board of Eugenics
By: Cera R. Lawrence
| Published: Apr 22, 2013
In 1917 the Oregon State Legislature, in Salem, Oregon, passed a bill titled, 'To Prevent Procreation of Certain Classes in Oregon.' Passage of the…
OrganizationEugenicsOregonInvoluntary SterilizationSterilization (Birth control)
The Cabinet of Frederik Ruysch
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Apr 12, 2013
Frederik Ruysch's cabinet of curiosities, commonly referred to simply as the Cabinet, was a museum Ruysch created in the Netherlands in the late…
OrganizationHuman AnatomyAnatomical museumsHuman anatomy--HistoryTissues--Preservation
James Marion Sims's Treatment of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula
By: Amanda Andrei
| Published: Apr 12, 2013
James Marion Sims developed a treatment for vesico-vaginal fistulas in Montgomery, Alabama in the 1840s. Vesico-vaginal fistulas were a relatively…
TechnologySpeculum (Medicine)Fistula, Vesico-vaginalSurgeryGynecology
Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731)
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Apr 08, 2013
Frederik Ruysch made anatomical drawings and collected and preserved human specimens, many of which were infants and fetuses, in the Netherlands…
PeopleRuysch, Frederik, 1638-1731ObstetriciansMedical JurisprudenceEmbalming
Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731)
By: Britta Martinez
| Published: Apr 08, 2013
Frederik Ruysch made anatomical drawings and collected and preserved human specimens, many of which were infants and fetuses, in the Netherlands…
PeopleRuysch, Frederik, 1638-1731ObstetriciansMedical JurisprudenceEmbalming
James Marion Sims (1813-1883)
By: Amanda Andrei
| Published: Apr 08, 2013
James Marion Sims developed a surgical cure for ruptures of the wall separating the bladder from the vagina during labor, ruptures called vesico-…
PeopleSims, J. Marion (James Marion), 1813-1883Speculum (Medicine)Fistula, Vesico-vaginalSurgery
Human Evolution Inferred from Tooth Growth and Development
By: Kate MacCord
| Published: Mar 28, 2013
To study human evolution, researchers sometimes use microstructures found in human teeth and their knowledge of the processes by which those…
EvolutionteethDental EnamelFossilsHuman Evolution
The Process of Implantation of Embryos in Primates
By: Justin M. Wolter
| Published: Mar 21, 2013
Implantation is a process in which a developing embryo, moving as a blastocyst through a uterus, makes contact with the uterine wall and remains…
FetusPregnancyEmbryologyDevelopmental BiologyEmbryos