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Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, later Our Bodies Ourselves (1969–)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 06, 2019
The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective was a women’s health organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that published the informational…
OrganizationfeminismReproductive HealthEqual RightsHealth education of women
“Anatomy of the Clitoris” (2005) by Helen E. O’Connell, Kalavampara V. Sanjeevan, and John M. Hutson
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 13, 2023
In 2005, Helen O’Connell and colleagues published “Anatomy of the Clitoris,” a review article, in The Journal of Urology. The article was one of the…
Female orgasmGenital Organs, FemaleGenitalia, Female
Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)
By: Federica Turriziani Colonna
| Published: Jul 05, 2014
Barbara McClintock worked on genetics in corn (maize) plants and spent most of her life conducting research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in…
McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCornDNA Transposable Elements
“Improving Women’s Health”: Section 3509 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Mar 25, 2018
In 2010, US Congress enacted section 3509 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA, to target issues relating to women’s health. The…
LawUnited States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActObamacareClinical TrialsWomen's health services
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990)
By: Jonathan LaTourelle
| Published: Dec 19, 2014
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 established the legal framework that governs infertility treatment, medical services ancillary to…
LawEmbryo transplantationReproductive technologyWarnock, Mary, 1808-1900Human reproductive technology
"The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize" (1950), by Barbara McClintock
By: Federica Turriziani-Colonna
| Published: Oct 24, 2014
The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, by Barbara McClintock, was published in 1950 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
LiteratureMcClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992ChromosomesTransposonsCorn
2D Obstetric Ultrasound
By: Sean Cohmer
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
The development of the obstetric ultrasound has allowed physicians and embryologists to obtain a clear picture of the developing human embryo and…
TechnologyUltrasonographyReproductionmedicineHuman Development
Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957)
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Nov 17, 2022
Ernst Gräfenberg was a physician and researcher who studied sexology, the study of human sexuality, in both Germany and the United States during the…
G spotFemale orgasmGynecologySexology--ResearchWorld War, 1914-1918
Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger (1829-1910)
By: Megan Kearl
| Published: Jun 22, 2012
Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger was a physiologist known for his research on respiration, the respiratory quotient, experimenting on the effects of…
PeopleRespiratory quotientRespirationEmbryologyEmbryos
“The Treatment of Early Syphilis with Penicillin: A Preliminary Report of 1418 Cases” (1944), by Joseph Earle Moore, J. F. Mahoney, Walter Schwartz, Thomas Sternberg, and W. Barry Wood
By: Srivatsan Swaminathan
| Published: Aug 13, 2024
In 1944, Joseph Earl Moore and colleagues published “The Treatment of Early Syphilis with Penicillin: A Preliminary Report of 1418 Cases,” hereafter…
SyphilisTreponema pallidumPenicillinsAntibiotics, PenicillinPenicillin