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In 2008, Barranca Productions released a documentary called The Business of Being Born, detailing the topic of childbirth. Ricki Lake and Abby…
LiteratureChildbirthObstetricsParturitionDelivery (Obstetrics)Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski published Not of Woman Born in 1990. The book is a historical account of the cesarean birth procedure, hereafter c-section…
Cesarean SectionAbdominal DeliveryC-Section (OB)Caesarean SectionDelivery, AbdominalFrederik Ruysch made anatomical drawings and collected and preserved human specimens, many of which were infants and fetuses, in the Netherlands…
PeopleRuysch, Frederik, 1638-1731ObstetriciansMedical JurisprudenceEmbalmingIn 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 homeIgnaz Philipp Semmelweis demonstrated that the use of disinfectants could reduce the occurrence of puerperal fever in patients in nineteenth century…
Puerperal septicemiaSepsisSepticemiaAntisepticsInfection, PuerperalJohn Chassar Moir lived in Scotland during the twentieth century and helped develop techniques to improve the health of pregnant women. Moir helped…
ObstetricsPregnancyErgot AlkaloidsHemorrhageVaginaFrederik Ruysch made anatomical drawings and collected and preserved human specimens, many of which were infants and fetuses, in the Netherlands…
PeopleRuysch, Frederik, 1638-1731ObstetriciansMedical JurisprudenceEmbalmingIan Donald was an obstetrician who developed the technology and therapy of ultrasound diagnostics during the twentieth century in Europe. Ultrasound…
ObstetricsGynecologyRespiratory therapy for newborn infantsFetal MedicineRespiratory Distress SyndromeGestational diabetes is a medical condition that causes blood sugar levels to become abnormally high, which manifests for the first-time during…
Diabetes in pregnancyGestational DiabetesPregnancy--ComplicationsHigh-Risk PregnancyDiabetes in womenElinor Catherine Hamlin founded and helped fund centers in Ethiopia to treat women affected by fistulas from obstetric complications. Obstetric…
EthiopiaAustraliaFistulaFistula, Vesico-vaginalVoluntary Health Agencies