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Eric Wieschaus (1947- )
By: May Catherine, Justin M. Wolter
| Published: Apr 29, 2014
Eric Wieschaus studied how genes cause fruit fly larvae to develop in the US and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Using the…
Drosophila melanogasterGeneticsGenetic Screening
Prenatal Care (1913), by Mary Mills West
By: Katherine Madgett
| Published: May 18, 2017
Prenatal Care is an educational booklet written by Mary Mills West of the US Children’s Bureau and published by the US Government Printing Office in…
LiteraturePrenatal CareUnited States. Children's BureauPrenatal care--Law and legislationPrenatal care--Utilization
Not of Woman Born (1990), by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
By: Kelly Roberts
| Published: Jul 02, 2024
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, Abdominal
Hilde Mangold (1898-1924)
By: Maria Doty
| Published: May 09, 2011
Hilde Mangold, previously Hilde Proescholdt, was a German embryologist and physiologist who became well known for research completed with Hans…
Organizers, EmbryonicBiographydifferentiationAmphibians
Free Hospital for Women Scrapbook by Harvard University Library
By: Kimberly A. Buettner
| Published: Nov 13, 2007
This scrapbook is part of the Harvard University Library's collection on "Working Women, 1800-1930," which is itself part of the Open Collections…
LiteratureOrganizationsethicsReproductionmedicine
Henry Morgentaler (1923-2013)
By: Sepehr Abdi-Moradi
| Published: Jun 09, 2017
Henry Morgentaler was a physician who performed abortions, acted as a reproductive rights activist, and advocated for legal access to abortions in…
AbortionObstetrics--SurgeryBirth ControlReproductive RightsCanada
Symptoms Associated with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Dec 19, 2017
Polycystic ovarian syndrome or PCOS is one of the most common reproductive conditions in women, and its symptoms include cystic ovaries, menstrual…
Polycystic ovary syndromeHirsutismOligomenorrheaMenstruation DisturbancesAmenorrhea
HeLa Cell Line
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Sep 18, 2020
The HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--Cancer
Lewis Madison Terman (1877–1956)
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Feb 25, 2025
Lewis Madison Terman was a researcher and university professor who studied educational psychology and advocated for eugenics in the United States…
EugenicsBinet TestIntelligence testsReproductionIntelligence
Hans Asperger (1906-1980)
By: Alexandra Bohnenberger
| Published: Aug 27, 2016
Hans Asperger studied mental abnormalities in children in Vienna, Austria, in the early twentieth century. Asperger was one of the early…
Asperger's syndromeMental HealthPsychiatryChild psychiatryWorld Health Organization