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Joseph Bolivar DeLee (1869–1942)
By: Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 20, 2021
Joseph Bolivar DeLee was an obstetrician in the US between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who advocated for the specialized teaching of…
Medicine--History--BibliographyMedicine--United States--HistoryMedicine--History--20th centuryChildbirthObstetrical Forceps
“The Prophylactic Forceps Operation” (1920), by Joseph Bolivar DeLee
By: Alexis Darby, Sierra Hope Jones
| Published: Apr 18, 2021
In 1920, Joseph Bolivar DeLee published the article, “The Prophylactic Forceps Operation,” in which he describes how physicians can manually remove a…
LiteratureMedicine--United States--HistoryMedicine--History--20th centuryChildbirthChildbirth at home
Vaginal Speculum (after 1800)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
A vaginal speculum is a medical device that allows physicians and health providers to better view a woman’s cervix and vagina during pelvic exams…
VaginaHysteriaGynecologySecond-wave feminismReproduction