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Madison Grant was a lawyer and wildlife conservationist who advocated for eugenics policies in the US during the late nineteenth and early twentieth…
EugenicsGrant, Madison, 1865-1937Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)NazisWorld War, 1939-1945In “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs,” hereafter “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene,” Marni Sommer,…
LiteratureMenstruation disordersFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsStigmatizationScientist Franz Max Albert Kramer worked as a psychiatrist in Poland and the Netherlands in the early twentieth century and is known for his…
Behavior disorders in childrenScience--Poland--HistoryHyperactive childrenAttention-deficit Hyperactivity DisorderPsychiatryMargaret Higgins Sanger advocated for birth control in the United States and Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.…
Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive RightsArizonaLight therapy, also called phototherapy, exposes infants with jaundice, a yellowing of the skin and eyes, to artificial or natural light to break…
TechnologyPhototherapyJaundiceKernicterusBilirubinThe embryological treatise De formato foetu (The Formed Fetus) was written by anatomist and embryologist Girolamo Fabrici. There is no conclusive…
LiteratureFabricius, ab Aquapendente, approximately 1533-1619FetusPublicationsAnatomyKnown by many for his wide-reaching interests and keen thinking, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson was one of Britain's leading scientific academics in the…
PeopleBiographyMorphologyIn March 2006, scientists from Ghana and the UK Karen Edmond, Charles Zandoh, Maria Quigley, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Seth Oqusi-Agyei, and Betty Kirkwood…
LiteratureBreastfeedingBreastfeeding promotionBreast FeedingBreastfeeding--Immunological aspectsIn 2012, a team of scientists across the US conducted an experiment to find the mechanism that allowed a group of flatworms, planarians, to…
Regeneration (Biology)GeneticsPlanariansGenesWound Healing